So, I write stuff. Like this book: When The Storm Passes.
When The Storm Passes follows thirteen-year-old Avalie Milner from May 22, 2011 - the day the EF-5 tornado hit Joplin, Missouri - to February 2012. A plainspoken girl without much pretense, Avalie is nobody famous, or even all that special. She's just a kid in the face of the storm.
After being rescued from the rubble of her house, Avalie has to find a way to survive on her own while looking for her mother. Accompanied only by her broken-down pug dog, Max, she tiptoes through the literal and emotional debris of the storm to restore her home and family, and to grow up in a world where everything has changed.
I like Avalie. I mean, I wrote her, so of course I like her, but that's not really fair. Avalie (short A, long E, not Everly, not Ava Lee) is kind of her own person. Maybe I'm a method writer, or maybe Avalie just told me her story and let me write it down. I like to think that the latter happened, as the novel wrote itself in the space of six days in early February. By Valentine's Day, it was published. Avalie and I hope it doesn't suck.
As a starving writer, I gotta eat and feed the pug, so I do want the book to sell - but a portion of any profits will go to support organizations working hard to help Joplin recover from one of the most horrific natural disasters Missouri has ever seen. Bright Futures, Rebuild Joplin and the Joplin Humane Society are worthy charities that are helping kids, families, and animals in Joplin. I want them to reap some benefit from Avalie's story. So buy mah book, y'all. And then go to those websites and donate some more, if you can.
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