I consider myself quite adept at procrastination. I even belong to a procrastinating writer’s club (my rationalization knows no bounds). But when I heard that THE Helena Hann-Basquiat, my favorite dilettante, was publishing Volume 1 of her Memoirs of a Dilettante and that if I supported her Kickstarter project, I could get a specially SIGNED hard copy of said memoir, well, Dear Reader, I dropped EVERYTHING and immediately went to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimsquires/memoirs-of-a-dilletante-volume-one and signed up!
But YOU, you only have until Saturday, March 22nd, at 3 pm EST, to secure your own special-just-for-you signed copy of Memoirs of a Dilettante Volume 1. So go there NOW (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimsquires/memoirs-of-a-dilletante-volume-one). If you not familiar with Helena’s stories of hilarious escapades with her niece Penny, the Countess of Arcadia, then by all means visit her blog and see what I mean. (And, of course, the rest of us will wonder just what rock you’ve been living under.) After you’ve drunk in Helena’s always entertaining, often enlightening prose, kick your *ss in gear and head over to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimsquires/memoirs-of-a-dilletante-volume-one. It’s so easy to sign up and order, you won’t even miss those few minutes that you would have otherwise procrastinated away :)
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On behalf of a dear friend, wonderful writer, and favorite dilettante, I ask that you drop whatever your doing (well, if you’re reading this on a laptop, you don’t want to literally drop it), and hop over to Helena Hann-Basquiat’s blog, in particular this post: A Very Unwelcome Swamp. Helena’s friend and Kickstarter promoter has had the rather disgusting experience of a sewer line backing up into his basement. I know, go ahead and say, “GROSS!” Now that that’s out of your system, after you read Helena’s post, go over to Helena’s Kickstarter project at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimsquires/memoirs-of-a-dilletante-volume-one and either contribute yourself (you can participate for as little as $1) and promote the bloody hell out of it.
If you’re not familiar with Helena’s writing (and I don’t know how on earth that could be possible), spend some time on her blog. Her stories at once make you laugh and tug at your heart. If you prefer stories that are more along the lines of H.P. Lovecraft, then spend some time with Helena’s pet Jessica B. Bell. In fact, Jessica has a number of short stories you can purchase at Amazon (click here).
So there are a number of ways you can show support for Helena and for Jim as well. After all, it takes a village … even a virtual one :)
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I’m very pleased to reblog this post from Helena Hann-Basquiat, indeed my favorite dilettante, someone who grows dearer to me with each passing day. Give her Kickstarter program a look and then give her Kickstarter program some support!
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