. . . . for clicking on this link, I do appreciate your time.
The story so far,very quickly, I won a ballot place for last years marathon. I had lost my brother to Cancer the previous year and decided I would raise money for the Hospice in Welwyn Garden City where he died. Fair to say, I was not a natural runner, I found it harder than I could ever have imagined and contrary to all the blurb I read I never got the bug!.
As I took my first Lycra clad steps I began this blog, I wrote about why I was doing it, how I was attempting to do it, the money we were raising for the charity along with other bits and pieces that were happening in our lives along the way.
Despite my best efforts, marathon day was not a raging success and although I past the start and the finish markers I walked a fair bit of it because I seemed to hit the wall rather earlier than I had anticipated. I wasn't going for any records but I had wanted to run (well I lope!) my way round. I was very disappointed and decided, along with my 18 year old daughter that I would have another go.
Without a ballot place we contacted charities we thought we would like to run for. Most were Cancer or Hospice charities but we also spoke to Shelter. I work in benefits and see the struggle some people have to find and then keep a home, something many of us take for granted. Shelter offered us both a place and between us we have a large fund raising target.
We have tried the regular fund raising idea's but I think people are raffled, tombola'd and cake stalled out. Our recent coffee morning would have raised more if we had just collected what it cost us all to put it on!. I think too that whilst so many people have been touched by Cancer, many see homelessness as something people do to themselves and not something that could happen to them.
In an effort to do something different I decided to make my blog into an ebook and it's on sale now at Amazon for £1.96. The profits are going to be split between Shelter and the Association for International Cancer Research. I will always run in memory of my brother and it seemed right that some of the money went to Cancer Research. I chose the International one because so many of the people who read - or stumble across - my blog are from around the world. I don't know quite how much the profit will be because I haven't sold enough to get a payment but it will be at least 50p for each charity for each book sold.
My problem is getting it out there, I don't have a marketing budget and my friends are getting a little weary of 'My Mountain'. I just wondered if someone out there could maybe read my book - don't be expecting a literary masterpiece, it's not, but I do hope it's a little bit moving, a little bit funny and for some people, a little bit inspirational. Please don't judge it on my recent blogs either, I was definitely funnier last year, knowing what's to come has curbed my sense of humour this time around. If you decide to read it, and if when you have read it you have enjoyed it then I would be so grateful if you could pass it on to others, give me a little plug or mention me somewhere. We need to sell around 6,000 books to get to our target.
Whatever you can do I will be so grateful - Thank you for your time
Viv x
Here is a link to my ebook:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vivs-Mountain-ebook/dp/B009UETRQU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1357683699&sr=1-1
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