Save Dave Freer's Dragons...and his pets

Because of deteriorating conditions, Dave Freer and his family will be emigrating from South Africa to Australia. Thing is, his family includes 4 dogs and 4 cats, all of whom will be need to be quarantined in special housing for a period of time. This is expensive, and fluctuating exchange rates have eroded the funds Dave had budgeted to cover these costs.

The Freer family does not want to leave these animals behind. They're family, too. So, in order to make up the shortfall, Dave is doing what writers do. He's offering a story.

Dave's words here, from his website:

The idea is simple and borrowed from Scheherazade and her companions of ages past: I tell you all a story and at critical moments I pass the hat around. When you've given me enough money I continue.
In fact I'm modifying this slightly - the idea is to put up a chapter a week of my latest book "Save the Dragons" assuming that I've received enough donations (the thermometers at the left tells you where we are). The book has 25 chapters plus an epilog. You get the first one free and then I collect $400 (US) per chapter (and per week).

If and when the book is published anyone who contributes more (in total) than $25 will get a personalized signed copy in Hardback posted to them (or if it doesn’t ever come out in hardback -all but my first book have done -- in the next most expensive format). And no matter what all the money raised goes to keeping the Freer furry animals together with their servants--that would be us--as we head off in search of a new life.

Me again--please consider donating. I know these are hard times and it seems that every day brings another cause or two or ten that are deserving of funds. But many of us have four-foots, and we know how devastated we would be if faced with this.

Save Dave Freer's Dragons...and his pets

Because of deteriorating conditions, Dave Freer and his family will be emigrating from South Africa to Australia. Thing is, his family includes 4 dogs and 4 cats, all of whom will be need to be quarantined in special housing for a period of time. This is expensive, and fluctuating exchange rates have eroded the funds Dave had budgeted to cover these costs.

The Freer family does not want to leave these animals behind. They're family, too. So, in order to make up the shortfall, Dave is doing what writers do. He's offering a story.

Dave's words here, from his website:

The idea is simple and borrowed from Scheherazade and her companions of ages past: I tell you all a story and at critical moments I pass the hat around. When you've given me enough money I continue.
In fact I'm modifying this slightly - the idea is to put up a chapter a week of my latest book "Save the Dragons" assuming that I've received enough donations (the thermometers at the left tells you where we are). The book has 25 chapters plus an epilog. You get the first one free and then I collect $400 (US) per chapter (and per week).

If and when the book is published anyone who contributes more (in total) than $25 will get a personalized signed copy in Hardback posted to them (or if it doesn’t ever come out in hardback -all but my first book have done -- in the next most expensive format). And no matter what all the money raised goes to keeping the Freer furry animals together with their servants--that would be us--as we head off in search of a new life.

Me again--please consider donating. I know these are hard times and it seems that every day brings another cause or two or ten that are deserving of funds. But many of us have four-foots, and we know how devastated we would be if faced with this.