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momebiePeter David, who is a wonderful writer, as well as the husband of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
puppetmaker40, had a stroke several days ago. By the accounts I've seen from PuppetMaker herself and other comics professionals around the net, his recovery seems to be moving along, but he's going to require quite a bit of after care that is normal for these situations. They have health insurance, but any of you in the US know that there are just some things health insurance won't cover and that co-payments can really add up. The family has asked the internet to spread the word about how we can help them in this time by purchasing Peter's works and supporting his creator owned stuff (which he will see the most money from). I'm going to copy and past from the blog at his site concerning what to get and where to find them.
Please help if you can when you can. I know that personally, his writing has brought me much joy over the years, and I think that it's important to take care of our creators and voices. If you can't or wouldn't like to give money, I'm going to echo the entreaty to please just share this in your public spaces and let other people see it.
puppetmaker40, had a stroke several days ago. By the accounts I've seen from PuppetMaker herself and other comics professionals around the net, his recovery seems to be moving along, but he's going to require quite a bit of after care that is normal for these situations. They have health insurance, but any of you in the US know that there are just some things health insurance won't cover and that co-payments can really add up. The family has asked the internet to spread the word about how we can help them in this time by purchasing Peter's works and supporting his creator owned stuff (which he will see the most money from). I'm going to copy and past from the blog at his site concerning what to get and where to find them. The most direct way is to buy his books from Crazy 8 or from Amazon or Barnes and Nobel websites. These are books that he gets the money from directly and the most per book.
His currently Crazy 8 Books are
Pulling Up Stakes Part 1
Pulling Up Stakes Part 2 (Brand new)
This is one novel broken into two pieces. This is the cover blurb
Sick of vampire books? Movies? TV shows? Yeah. So are we. Sick of the entire unlife of vampires? Yeah. So is Vince Hammond. Unfortunately, Vince is in it up to his (wait for it) neck. Because Vince is a young vampire hunter who lives with his vampire hunter mother in an entire community of vampire hunters, who in turn are part of a cult of vampire hunters going back all the way to the French Revolution, which many believe to be an uprising of the poor against the rich but was actually a massive purging of vampires from the French nobility (hence the guillotine)
The Camelot Papers
A powerful ruler who’s considered by many to be simple-minded and vacuous and has serious father issues. A no-nonsense, polarizing woman who favors pants suits and pursues dubious agendas involving social needs. A remarkably magnetic leader of men with a reputation as a skirt-chaser. A scheming, manipulative adviser who is constantly trying to control public perceptions. A man seen as the next, great hope for the people, except there are disputes over his background and many contend he’s not what he appears to be.
George W? Hillary and Bill? Karl Rove? Obama?
Try Arthur Pendragon, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and Galahad.
Whatever you think of the state of today’s politics, The Camelot Papers shows you just how little matters have changed in the past thousand years or so. The Camelot Papers presents a fresh perspective on Arthurian legend by using modern day sensibility and combining it with a classic tale to bring a new insight into iconic characters.
The Hidden Earth Saga of which there are two published and the third is in the works.
Darkness of the Light (book 1 of the Hidden Earth saga)
Height of the Depths (Book 2 of the Hidden Earth saga)
These are science fiction mixed with mythological creatures and the fate of the Universe hangs in the balance. Big epic sweeping books with those great characters that Peter is famous for writing.
There are Print on Demand for all these books if you want a paper copy rather than electronic.
More HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you already have these or can’t purchase them for whatever reason, you can still help us a lot by getting word out all over the Internet about how they can help Peter. I am asking every blogger and people who have access to an audience to spread the word.
The more we sell of these books, the easier it will be for us to pay the bills as they start to pour in.
Buying his other books does help but that is very long term and isn’t much per books but it does help especially the Marvel graphic novels he has written.
Please help if you can when you can. I know that personally, his writing has brought me much joy over the years, and I think that it's important to take care of our creators and voices. If you can't or wouldn't like to give money, I'm going to echo the entreaty to please just share this in your public spaces and let other people see it.
