Dear Friends, Family, and Righteous Supporters,

Thank you SO MUCH to all of you generous donors! Because of you,  the Office of Letters and Light  met its fundraising goal, I got to attend a private (6 person) coffee "date" with the inspirational, humble, and hilarious Chris Baty, and to meet my fellow top fundraisers, and I got to attend an amazing event and, oh yes, I won a Dell laptop! I will be sending candy and love and gratitude your way. Until next year!  

I'm doing it again!  On November 20, the Office of Letters and Light will be bringing together the most mighty of endurance novelists for an event that will define our generation forever.

I'm speaking, of course, of National Novel Writing Month's Night of Writing Dangerously. It's a write-a-thon, and it will take place at the beautiful Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco. I will be there, writing my heart out and raising money for the Office of Letters and Light, NaNoWriMo's parent nonprofit. Check it out: that's my arm behind the guy in the yellow hat! (More shots of my arm on my FB page https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150096066192812.302036.664847811&type=3)

Attendees like me must raise $250 to get in the door, and from there, a rich array of prizes, delicious food, and sumptuous writing time awaits. But this is not about me getting a treat-filled night of literary abandon. This is about children and adults getting the encouragement, structure, and inspiration they need to achieve their creative potential. Proceeds from the event will fund National Novel Writing Month's free creative writing programs in hundreds of schools and communities around the world. If you're thinking about donating, please  consider clicking now -- don't hesitate; you don't want to come back later, you have a life to lead -- because only the first 250 people to raise the dough get to go!

The Office of Letters and Light does inspiration like nobody else (did I mention I'm writing an entire novel this November?). And on their behalf, I am asking you to donate.

Also, I will let you touch my raffle prizes if I win some. And I promise to limit my plagiarism to this canned letter. Further, I promise this is the only cause for which I'm fund soliciting. The whales and orphans are on their own.

Thank you for supporting me in my novel-writing quest, and for helping the Office of Letters and Light create a more engaged and inspiring world.