Buddy can you spare a dime?
Nov. 15th, 2007 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumSteven Brust; author, raconteur, musician, Lj blogger, got sick a while back. Was in hospital.
It wasn't cheap. Being an author he doesn't have the sort of medical coverage which can insulate one from that. As I found out with my kidney stone (and jested, when Walter Reed gave me the unstinted care for my sulfa-reaction) even a short stay in a hospital can eat up a a lot of funds.
Steve is facing bankruptcy. That's bad enough, but there is some question as to the value of the rights to his books (a specialist lawyer; through no small urging of folks on Lj, has been procured).
Because his "friends" of the real and blogspace sort, have (to quote him), "twisted his arm," he has a tip jar.
I'd make some pitch, or a plea to your better natures, or an ode on the virtues of charity, but that's not the point. He could use some help. I think helping him is a good thing. If you agree, that's how you can help.
It wasn't cheap. Being an author he doesn't have the sort of medical coverage which can insulate one from that. As I found out with my kidney stone (and jested, when Walter Reed gave me the unstinted care for my sulfa-reaction) even a short stay in a hospital can eat up a a lot of funds.
Steve is facing bankruptcy. That's bad enough, but there is some question as to the value of the rights to his books (a specialist lawyer; through no small urging of folks on Lj, has been procured).
Because his "friends" of the real and blogspace sort, have (to quote him), "twisted his arm," he has a tip jar.
I'd make some pitch, or a plea to your better natures, or an ode on the virtues of charity, but that's not the point. He could use some help. I think helping him is a good thing. If you agree, that's how you can help.
