We just hit our first milestone last night. The first book from the Action Faction is set to be shipped as soon as it arrives. We are contributing brand new paperbacks or hardcovers of my YA fantasy title The Secret of the Witchwand to elementary, middle and high schools as our first title. For every $50 we get in Action Faction sponsorships, we’ll contribute another new paperback or hardcover book.
Jessica Halloran is the first fictional character I created all the way back in 1999. My fantasy books are “noblebright” which is to say they present an optimistic view of the world rather than the cynical alternative of “grimdark.” My books contain many academic lessons that are woven into the stories. If you’ve read my detailed descriptions of future technologies in my science fiction books just imagine that approach being taken to things like history, math, geography and writing.
I believe we can put a book in every school in America. Now I want you to think about that for a minute: Every campus could have at least one brand new book: Public or private, all are eligible. If I succeed, I hope to inspire other authors to do the same. Each book would get us one step closer to a more literate culture, and goodness knows that can’t get here soon enough.
I’m inviting you to help us get to our first $2000 milestone as fast as possible. I think we can do it by Monday, March 2. For $2000 I can get books into every campus in two major school districts here in Southern California. That will be enough to put our project on the map. Everything after that is execution.
The buttons you see after each chapter are pay what you want, which means you’re not limited to $1, $2 or $5. Those are just suggested amounts. Contribute what you can. Every sponsorship earns you credit in the next story and, if you don’t already have one, an Action Faction callsign to go with it!
In the meantime, I will promise you new serialized science fiction here and on Bitbook as often as I can get a chapter written. Let’s encourage students to pick up a book and discover the riches of the printed page. It’s one of the most generous things you can do for them.