Author Michael Thomas Ford has launched a website to raise money for writers and to draw attention to the lack of funding for working writers generally. At www.dollaraword.com he's writing a novel one word at a time, as he gets sponsonship from individuals like you. Give him a dollar and he'll write another word. Give him a thousand and get a chapter or so. When the money runs out, so does the novel--even in the middle of a sentence. You can read the beginning of the book here.
So dust off your checkbook and become a patron of the arts. If he gets enough money to finish the book and is able to sell it to a publisher, Ford will end up donating $100,000 to various organizations which support authors. At the very least, tell your friends about the project and discuss Ford's big question: What is art worth?--David E
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