What do you creative folks think of contributing to a book?

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Every time someone posts a wonderful poem, I think, " Gee, it would be cool

if we collaborated and made a book of our writings & art to tell the story

of BPD from an adult survivor's standpoint " . I mentioned this in 's

latest thread " Two KO relevant poems-by Oliver " . I thought I would

make a new thread.

I know Holly and others have posted things they've written, we've had

conversations before about how so many of us like to write & draw & do other

artistic things... was wondering what you guys thought about this?

Some of the things Holly & I were discussing were regarding how to go about

doing it, how if people wanted to remain anonymous we could do that at least

in the book, etc. My original idea was that any proceeds could go to a

non-profit charity that raises awareness about child abuse or BPD or

something like that. My fiance had an idea I liked. He said if we could

get like a forward done by someone who knows a lot about BPD that it might

be a nice way to preface the book... that made me think of Randi LOL. Not

sure if she would be interested, but first things first... and that I feel

is to see if anyone's actually interested in doing this.

Maybe if we were to share our stories through our art, we could help inspire

someone who's suffering to get help & make them feel less alone. I think it

would also be therapeutic for us, too.

I would very much love to hear from anyone interested. Would love to hear

ideas, concerns, questions, etc. I think if we put our heads together, we

could actually pull this off. It will obviously take some time, but we're

smart people and I think we could do it!

Input, please? Also do not be afraid to bring up any concerns, hesitations,

reservations, etc. I want to make sure it's something that people would

feel safe & comfortable with if they wanted to participate.

Mia