A Helping Proposition
On April 19th, my family and I were evacuated from our home because of the flooding on the Rock River in Barstow, IL. We haven't been home since. We were able to grab about 2 bags of clothes, and I shoved my computer in my bag. That's all we got out of there.
The day after we were evacuated, the dike holding the flood waters in broke at its weakest spot, which happened to be about 15 feet behind our home. The river has since gone down most of the way, but because there's a dike, the water isn't yet out of our neighborhood. We have no idea if the water got into our house, because there's almost no news coming out of Barstow (it's an extremely small town, and apparently the local news doesn't care enough of the the 60 or so people who live there enough to report on it), but all signs point to everything we had being ruined. I'm not going to go through a list of all the things we lost, because it's pretty much everything (including our home), and it'd be too much of a downer to think about it.
Thankfully my wife's parents have taken us in, and my parents have helped, too. My two kids are actually pretty happy with the situation; they feel like they're on vacation, and it's much more fun at their grandparent's house, although I think my son is going through some pretty serious video game withdrawal. We have a place to stay, but it still feels like being homeless.
If you can find it in your hearts to help us out, I have a proposition. I wouldn't feel right just taking your charity, so please buy my novel, Early Mourning . We both win from the deal. I get some relief from my situation, and you get a book out of the deal.
I get the most out of it if you buy a physical copy of my book directly from the printer. Click here to go to CreateSpace to do that. The physical copy of the book is $12.50 + shipping. You can also purchase it from Amazon.
If you have a device compatible with the Kindle app, you can also purchase the eBook from Amazon. If you're a Amazon Prime member, you can read Early Mourning for free, and it'll still help me out.
Finally, I also have a book for kids, which I wrote and illustrated. It's called, The Wurly Burly Boy Has A Boring Day. Here's the physical book on CreateSpace, and here's where you can get it from Amazon.
If you think you have some friends who'd be interested in helping a writer/artist and his family on your social networks, please consider sharing this, too.
Thank you so much for the help.
The day after we were evacuated, the dike holding the flood waters in broke at its weakest spot, which happened to be about 15 feet behind our home. The river has since gone down most of the way, but because there's a dike, the water isn't yet out of our neighborhood. We have no idea if the water got into our house, because there's almost no news coming out of Barstow (it's an extremely small town, and apparently the local news doesn't care enough of the the 60 or so people who live there enough to report on it), but all signs point to everything we had being ruined. I'm not going to go through a list of all the things we lost, because it's pretty much everything (including our home), and it'd be too much of a downer to think about it.
Thankfully my wife's parents have taken us in, and my parents have helped, too. My two kids are actually pretty happy with the situation; they feel like they're on vacation, and it's much more fun at their grandparent's house, although I think my son is going through some pretty serious video game withdrawal. We have a place to stay, but it still feels like being homeless.
If you can find it in your hearts to help us out, I have a proposition. I wouldn't feel right just taking your charity, so please buy my novel, Early Mourning . We both win from the deal. I get some relief from my situation, and you get a book out of the deal.
I get the most out of it if you buy a physical copy of my book directly from the printer. Click here to go to CreateSpace to do that. The physical copy of the book is $12.50 + shipping. You can also purchase it from Amazon.
If you have a device compatible with the Kindle app, you can also purchase the eBook from Amazon. If you're a Amazon Prime member, you can read Early Mourning for free, and it'll still help me out.
Finally, I also have a book for kids, which I wrote and illustrated. It's called, The Wurly Burly Boy Has A Boring Day. Here's the physical book on CreateSpace, and here's where you can get it from Amazon.
If you think you have some friends who'd be interested in helping a writer/artist and his family on your social networks, please consider sharing this, too.
Thank you so much for the help.
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