Tickles for Twins
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First of all, thank you for taking the time to visit my page. The aim is simple, to raise £2500 to enable me to get my first children’s short story published, whilst also helping raise money for research into Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome.
I have been offered a publishing deal by a major publishing house in London, on what is called a contribution based contract. Essentially, as I am a first time author, there is an element of risk, so they have asked for £2500 as a contribution from myself. This is where this campaign comes in.
The way in which it works is this. I need to raise £2500 to get my story published. When I have the book in the shops, the first £2500 made in sales will be donated to the TTTS appeal.
I have chosen this organisation specifically as a couple very close to me lost their twin boys, Bobby and Teddy, to this awful condition. I have seen first-hand the devastating affect it can have on parents to be when it strikes. The mortality rate is massively high, and a pregnancy could potentially even fall victim to this illness at full term.
The disease means that inside the womb, the twins have an unequal share of the placenta. In turn, one baby gets too many of the nutrients, and the other one not enough. As a direct result, the baby receiving the lesser amount of nutrients has to work much harder. In simple terms, the result can be, and often is, catastrophic.
Should the target be met, and my story go to print, the TTTS organisation will benefit from the money donated by you, and we can move closer to a cure for this terribly sad illness.
The story I have written is called Harry Marry and the Tickle of Terror. It is about a villain called Harry Marry, who unleashes the devastating Tickle of Terror in his town. Only one person can save the town from the devastating tickle frenzy, Stinks McGinks. But does he……?
As a father of two boys, age 12 and 7, who are always in need of something, quite honestly I just don’t have the money. Therefore, I am appealing to those who want to help. Once the money is raised, and the story in print, it will be so much easier for my other works to go to print.
Moving forwards, not only would the first £2500 made in sales from Harry Marry be donated to the TTTS appeal, but a percentage of the sales over and above this amount would also be donated to this charity.
In the spirit of giving, I will also give something to those that donate. Should the target be met, and the book published, I will offer a signed copy of the book to the first person to donate, and the two biggest single donations will also receive a signed copy of the book. On top of the signed book, the person who pledges the single biggest donation will also have a one off story written for them by myself.
Furthermore, to give an idea of exactly how the story goes, it starts off a little something like this.
“Harry Marry was an odd looking man. He had a wonky mouth, a crooked nose, a wart on his chin, and funny straw coloured hair that looked quite a lot like a birds nest. So much like a birds nest in fact that a family of Magpie’s actually moved in for a little while.
Most of all though, Harry Marry was a bad man. In fact, Harry Marry was the baddest of all bad men. So bad in fact, that just looking at him could turn even the best person a little bit naughty. Some of the bad things done by Harry Marry include…….
· Riding his bicycle on the pavement when there was a cycle lane next to the path.
· Writing a letter to school saying he was sick, and signing it from his mum.
· Setting a mouse free in a church full of people.
· Burping at the dinner table and not saying excuse me.
· And worst of all, letting out the Tickle of Terror…..
Now first of all, before we can really get into the tale, you need to know what the Tickle of Terror is. Are you sitting comfortably? Are you alone? Are you sure there are no tickle fingers creeping up ready to tickle you to within an inch of doom?
The Tickle of Terror is this. It is a tickle so terrible, so awful, so incredibly unbearable that even the biggest tickle fans in the world wouldn’t want to receive the Tickle of Terror. One boy who was caught by the Tickle of Terror went so mad he would only go to school on a donkey.”
If you have taken the time to read this far, thank you so much. You now know a little about the story, and a little about the incredibly important charity this donation will go on to benefit.
Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I will always answer as quickly as I can.
#unleashthetickle
I have been offered a publishing deal by a major publishing house in London, on what is called a contribution based contract. Essentially, as I am a first time author, there is an element of risk, so they have asked for £2500 as a contribution from myself. This is where this campaign comes in.
The way in which it works is this. I need to raise £2500 to get my story published. When I have the book in the shops, the first £2500 made in sales will be donated to the TTTS appeal.
I have chosen this organisation specifically as a couple very close to me lost their twin boys, Bobby and Teddy, to this awful condition. I have seen first-hand the devastating affect it can have on parents to be when it strikes. The mortality rate is massively high, and a pregnancy could potentially even fall victim to this illness at full term.
The disease means that inside the womb, the twins have an unequal share of the placenta. In turn, one baby gets too many of the nutrients, and the other one not enough. As a direct result, the baby receiving the lesser amount of nutrients has to work much harder. In simple terms, the result can be, and often is, catastrophic.
Should the target be met, and my story go to print, the TTTS organisation will benefit from the money donated by you, and we can move closer to a cure for this terribly sad illness.
The story I have written is called Harry Marry and the Tickle of Terror. It is about a villain called Harry Marry, who unleashes the devastating Tickle of Terror in his town. Only one person can save the town from the devastating tickle frenzy, Stinks McGinks. But does he……?
As a father of two boys, age 12 and 7, who are always in need of something, quite honestly I just don’t have the money. Therefore, I am appealing to those who want to help. Once the money is raised, and the story in print, it will be so much easier for my other works to go to print.
Moving forwards, not only would the first £2500 made in sales from Harry Marry be donated to the TTTS appeal, but a percentage of the sales over and above this amount would also be donated to this charity.
In the spirit of giving, I will also give something to those that donate. Should the target be met, and the book published, I will offer a signed copy of the book to the first person to donate, and the two biggest single donations will also receive a signed copy of the book. On top of the signed book, the person who pledges the single biggest donation will also have a one off story written for them by myself.
Furthermore, to give an idea of exactly how the story goes, it starts off a little something like this.
“Harry Marry was an odd looking man. He had a wonky mouth, a crooked nose, a wart on his chin, and funny straw coloured hair that looked quite a lot like a birds nest. So much like a birds nest in fact that a family of Magpie’s actually moved in for a little while.
Most of all though, Harry Marry was a bad man. In fact, Harry Marry was the baddest of all bad men. So bad in fact, that just looking at him could turn even the best person a little bit naughty. Some of the bad things done by Harry Marry include…….
· Riding his bicycle on the pavement when there was a cycle lane next to the path.
· Writing a letter to school saying he was sick, and signing it from his mum.
· Setting a mouse free in a church full of people.
· Burping at the dinner table and not saying excuse me.
· And worst of all, letting out the Tickle of Terror…..
Now first of all, before we can really get into the tale, you need to know what the Tickle of Terror is. Are you sitting comfortably? Are you alone? Are you sure there are no tickle fingers creeping up ready to tickle you to within an inch of doom?
The Tickle of Terror is this. It is a tickle so terrible, so awful, so incredibly unbearable that even the biggest tickle fans in the world wouldn’t want to receive the Tickle of Terror. One boy who was caught by the Tickle of Terror went so mad he would only go to school on a donkey.”
If you have taken the time to read this far, thank you so much. You now know a little about the story, and a little about the incredibly important charity this donation will go on to benefit.
Should you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me. I will always answer as quickly as I can.
#unleashthetickle
Organizer
Tom Parfitt
Organizer
