HALFWAY THERE! Humbled and grateful. And thinking of you all.
To all of my supporters, your pledges have knocked me over the half-way mark and I'm only 2 days in out of 30! I didn't know this would be such a moving experience. I want you to understand how important your support is to me.
Writing is a solitary pursuit. Writers spend an indecent amount of time on their own, agonizing over the perfect word to turn a story while memoirists wrestle with not only words but the twists of memory; the good, the bad, and the lonely. I say this to tell you that you've not only given me money, you've given me company. You've elected me to be your personal storyteller of a time you are all intrigued by, a time you may very well have participated in. So you can bet I'm imagining you all here with me while I take this journey back to honor the place, and the time, in all it's raging glory.
Solitude is overrated. Thank you. I'm honored.
xo
Adele I (adele the 1st!)
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A virtual thank you and a very real shout-out on my website!
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A virtual thank you and shout-out on my website, + a special letter snail-mailed and inscribed in an old-fashioned fountain pen (very anachronistic) to you, with a page torn from my notebook!
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All the above + ebook download of No New York memoir when published!
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All the above + inscribed first edition published copy of No New York memoir + short QT movie of my dog Cicciolina dancing in a tutu!
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All the above + Anubian Lights CD (my old band, me singing lead, limited amount of 20 available) + a personal ‘thank you’ phone call!
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All the above + limited edition numbered chapbook short story, inscribed to you! + your name included in thank you’s when book is published.
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All of the above + unreleased recording of me singing the Italian partisan song Bella Ciao!
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All of the above + dinner and a movie date in Los Angeles (air fares and hotel not included!) WOWEE!
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Comments
Creator Adele Bertei on May 23, 2012
Thank you Cassie!
Creator Cassie Marketos on May 23, 2012
So touched by this message, Adele! It's lovely.