I know it's been a long while since I've posted. Life got crazy there for a minute. Lots of sickness in our house. Si I apologize for my abcense.
Today I am going to be discussing something important, a cause near to me. I have been editing a brilliant book written by my dear friend, Alys B. Cohen, entitled Sacred Blood. This book is brilliant for so many reasons but right now I am going to just discuss one part of it with you.
In Popular Literature today it has become an epidemic to read of abusive men in relationships. These men are not the villians, either. Unlike times past, these men are the so-called heroes. The Edwards and Christians. As the product of an abusive relationship, I am not OK with this glorification of what my own mother had to protect me from. What my mother taught me to avoid in a man. What does this have to do with Sacred Blood? In this book the Heroine, Juliette St. Clare, is in an abusive relationship. The difference? She has the guts to get out of it and go to her friend who has offered to help. The clencher? Julette doesn't just sit idelly by while her friends go and fight an epic battle against her ex-boyfriend. No, she LEADS the battle. She not only gets of the bad situation, she also kicks that creeps ass in the end. This story is full of Humor, Romance, History, and is well researched. Alys has worked hard to right an amazingly original supernatural tale that is desperately needed right now when the polar opposite is being idolized by this generation.
Why am I telling you about this? Because my friends, Alys has started a Kickstarter to help finish the editing (I am by no means a professional) and print out enough copies that Alys can take them to a writing confrence and get face time with various agents. This book NEEDS to be read by the masses. The only way to do that is to get it published. Honestly I don't know how this isn't getting gobbled up as is. It already is mountains ahead of Twilight and 50 shades in quality. So my dear friends, please contribute what you can.
Sincèrement,
Bird
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