Amanda Hocking

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In Light of Things

April 19th, 2013 by
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I’d planned on writing a blog this week to talk about Wake and Lullaby being in paperback, as well as a few other things coming up. Then the bombing at the Boston marathon happened. And then the factory blew up in Waco. And then the MIT shooting and the incidents at Watertown. And everything about my books felt trivial and unimportant. 

But the reality is that I need to talk about my books because 1) I enjoy writing them, 2) Some people enjoy reading them, and 3) I want to continue being able to write books and have people read them for as long as I possibly can.

So here’s what I’m going to do: On Monday, I’m going to tell you about my books and what’s going on with them (including a book club going on over at Wattpad). But for now, I’m going to leave links of where to donate money to help those effected in the recent Boston tragedies as well as the Waco explosion.

I’m also going to encourage everyone to help as much as they can. If you can’t afford to donate, and if you’re too far away to volunteer to help, then volunteer somewhere locally or simply try to be kinder and nicer and slower to anger. People are hurting everywhere, and every little bit – every tiny bit of happiness and love and generosity that you can pay forward – makes all the difference.

As Patton Oswalt so succinctly and wonderfully said, “So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred or ignorance, just look it in the eye and think, ‘The good outnumber you, and we always will.'” 

Here’s some ways to donate to help Boston:

 
Here’s some ways to donate to help Waco:


I don’t have a very long list of places to donate to in Waco, so if anyone has any additional suggestions, please say so in the comments, and I’ll try to update the blog and add them.

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  • Nadia says:

    Excellent resources, Amanda! Thank you for sharing them with us. =)

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  • Ashley Berg says:

    As a Massachusetts native I would like to say thank you! This has been a very emotional and stressful week, and it is nice when people show that they care.

  • Thank you for the resources, Amanda. I’m always pleased with what a caring and kind woman and writer you are. <3

  • This is a kind post. We need to be there for one another.

  • Meg says:

    Amanda, I think you are a really good person – thanks for this post 🙂
    I hope you have a good night!

  • I love Patton Oswalt’s quote! I’m posting that to Facebook.