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When the Clock Strikes Eight

You can be the wind beneath every child's literary wings. Come fly with me...

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When the Clock Strikes Eight

When the Clock Strikes Eight

When the Clock Strikes Eight

When the Clock Strikes Eight

When the Clock Strikes Eight

You can be the wind beneath every child's literary wings. Come fly with me...

You can be the wind beneath every child's literary wings. Come fly with me...

You can be the wind beneath every child's literary wings. Come fly with me...

You can be the wind beneath every child's literary wings. Come fly with me...

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Columbus, United States
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AWARD WINNING & SCHOLASTIC BOOKS CHILDREN'S AUTHOR 

I'm N. Joy, children's author of The Secret Olivia Told Me, which received an American Library Association Coretta Scott King Honor. Book Club rights were acquired by Scholastic Books and it has sold almost 100,000 copies to date. It's a humbling honor to be able to say that there are close to 100,000 children in the world who have a copy of something I penned on their bookshelf. But I don't want to stop there, which is why I'm making it my personal crusade to see to it that as many children as possible are blessed with the experience of creating that everlasting bedtime story memory...and have I got the perfect bedtime story.

THE BEDTIME STORY EXPERIENCE

As a mother of four--three school-aged who attend three different schools (that means I'm at three different PTO meetings a month)--and on top of that being a work from home mom and wife, no matter how hectic, draining and bananas my day has been, come bedtime, my youngest--my seven year old--still expects me to end the night by tucking  him into bed with a good old fashion bedtime story. That's our thing. It's our time. It's our moment. Shouldn't every child own such a moment? If there's no other story we can pass down to future generations, it's how wonderful bedtime was because of that favorite bedtime story we read over and over and over again (without complaint on either end ;-). It just so happens that I want to create that tradition with a bedtime story about...well...bedtime.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Just like with The Secret Olivia Told Me, When the Clock Strikes Eight is a children's book that I wrote when my now 28 year old was around six. Little one’s will think twice the next time they want to stay up past their bedtime, especially on a school night! In When the Clock Strikes Eight, the kid in this story learns the hard way that staying up past bedtime might seem like a great idea in the midst of all the fun, but there will be a price to pay indeed come morning.

The same way I waited fifteen years to dust off my Olivia manuscript and watch it become a part of so many children's lives, my prayer is for that same type of blessing to fall upon When the Clock Strikes Eight; one hundred fold! And just like with Olivia, the time is right. And, after all, timing is everything (no pun intended).

HOW YOUR DONATION CAN HELP

By donating toward this campaign, not only will I be able to get the book into production (pay an illustrator, designer for layout, editor, copyright, typesetter, printer, shipping cost, marketing, promotions, etc...), but I'll be able to personally visit children, shelters, libraries and schools all over the map to hold reading events and workshops. Can't you just see it now; kids getting to wear their pajamas to school/the library and bring their pillow-pet because author N. Joy is coming to read them a bedtime story? I do author visits and instruct workshops all over the map now with The Secret Olivia Told Me, but my heart desires to do it on a much larger scale...and much more often. My budget may not be able to accomplish such today, but my faith is certain about my achievements of tomorrow.

It's a must that I move forward, and this campaign is that vehicle to get me moving along. Things that don't move forward stagnate and die. Written words live and bring forth life, and I want to play a huge part in being the heartbeat of bringing back the family tradition of bedtime storytelling. 

GREAT BEGINNING TO A VISION WITH NO END

Fifty thousand dollars will be a great start to the beginning of a vision that has no end. Books may have a literal ending, but the experience of the words live on forever in the imagination. Books live on forever, they are a legacy. No donation is too big or too small. A donation of at least $30 will get you two autographed copies of the first printed books hot off the shelf; one to keep for yourself or your child(ren) and one to bless another child with. Donate $500 and fifty copies will be donated to the school, shelter, library, organization of your choice. For a donation of $2000 or more, I will go to the school, shelter or library of your choice in the United States or Canada as a guest author. I will donate ten copies to that school/library/shelter as well as instruct my "Kreative Kids Write!" writing workshop. You can pre-order your autographed copy for $20.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP IN ADDITION OR OTHER THAN FINANCIALLY

Please don't get discouraged if your budget doesn't allow you to donate or pre-order the book. Any amount you can offer toward the campaign will go toward the production of the book and getting it into children's hands across the map. The more books that can be printed on a print run, the less expensive it is to produce a book, which makes it more feasible for families to obtain and more books organizations/donors can donate to charities, shelters, libraries and schools.

Even if you can't contribute financially, you can contribute by word of mouth. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, schools, libraries, churches and PTA/PTO's about the When the Clock Strikes Eight campaign. You can even use the Indiegogo sharing tools to post on social media. 

BE WHO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE

I'm almost certain that the full goal amount will be achieved, but if it isn't, the funds that are raised will go toward the production of the book, and my team will still work  just as hard to promote what should be everyone's favorite pastime; bedtime with a bedtime story. We say reading is fundamental and education is important, well how are our children going to believe us if we won't even pick up a book ourselves...or gift them a book? Let's be who we want our children to be. Let's be readers, and let's make them readers as well.

Thank you in advance for your donation...and happy reading!

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