Who's Kate?
Her name is Sabrina Ogden and she reviews crime fiction on her blog MY FRIENDS CALL ME KATE. It's one of the few blogs I still read religiously. She's also a co-editor at SHOTGUN HONEY, who gave me my first chance at publishing and who are also the first ever magazine to feature me twice. She's an amazing woman and she needs a little help from her friends right now.
Why does Kate needs our help?
She's been battling a jaw condition since 1994. She totally has insurance for that, but you know how insurance companies are. They'll go out of their way to sell it to you if you don't need it, but if you do need their services, they press the "deny" button. The first time, it took three years and a legal battle to get her surgery. She experienced various hardships with that condition, but was clear of any trouble for about a decade. But now she needs surgery again and her insurance company doesn't want to pay.
What's FEEDING KATE?
It's a project on IndieGoGo, a short story anthology featuring major writers like Hilary Davidson, Chuck Wendig, Stephen Blackmoore, Joelle Charbonneau, Chris F. Holm and Josh Stallings, as well as a few of my underground favorites, such as Chad Eagleton, Steve Weddle, Kent Gowran, Linda Rodriguez, Chad Rohrbacher, Ron Earl Phillips and Thomas Pluck. This is a very impressive line-up by any anthology standards. All of this, from the initiative of Laura K. Curtis, who I don't know but I'm sure she's awesome.
How can I help?
You go to IndieGoGo web site and run a search for "Feeding Kate". It should bring you here. There are many formats available. For only five bucks, you can have the eBook in any format you goddamn want. For 18 dollars, you get a paperback copy (which is what I took). For 100 dollars you get a signed copy and for 500 bones you get a signed copy AND a year's subscription to CrimeSpree Magazine. Of course, the last two are symbolic donations, but if you have money to spare, this is a good occasion to do some real good.