Do you know who Marcus Sakey is? I didn't either, before learning about him for a LitReactor news piece I wrote, last Tuesday. He's an award-winning crime writer who wrote novels like THE BLADE ITSELF and THE TWO DEATHS OF DANIEL HAYES. Also, Sakey hosts a show called HIDDEN CITY on the Travel Channel. I had no idea about all that.
I've learned about Sakey, because he's doing something very awesome. See, friends of his have lost their son Julian to cancer. It's a horrible, horrible thing to happen, but being strong and driven people, they created Team Julian Foundation to help raise money for pediatric cancer. I'm warning you right now. If you click on the link and go to their web site, prepare to have you heart broken. Julian was a handsome little man, who looked full of life and promises. Thinking he's been swept away by brain cancer is so overwhelmingly unfair.
September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, so Marcus Sakey decided he would give 100% of the profits for sales of his e-collection SCAR TISSUE to Team Julian Foundation. Since it's a little late in the month to announce that, I'll also tell you that Sakey will give 50% of the profits from SCAR TISSUE from October on. Talk about a nice thing to do. Writing is everything but a stable profession and I can't command Sakey enough for giving back, since he achieved a certain status.
I have bought my copy of SCAR TISSUE and will review it very shortly, so it can use the ongoing momentum. I won't be able to review it until October (I have obligations), but expect it very soon. In the meantime, I encourage you to get your copy before October, so Team Julian Foundation can fully have the benefits and cures can be found to awful diseases that kill children.. Because you know, you can't count on medication peddlers to do that.