footage for the vlogs (d. dobrik) #wattys2017

a message to you.

I haven't looked at this book in what feels like forever, but I just noticed that two weeks ago marked the three year anniversary of Footage For The Vlogs :') <3

Thank you to all the re-readers, new readers, and the old readers. Without you, this book would not exist. It literally feels like I wrote it last year, and seeing how fast time flew, I'm mind blown. 

If I have any Harry Potter fans, Game of Thrones fans, Supernatural fans, or The Vampire Diaries fans, I have uploaded some books that you all might like to check out.

I would like to take this time to address the state of America, and the rest of the world as well. I know that this is a platform where we write stories and it's fun and a nice little escape, but there's a real world out there and it's bleeding. I hope everyone is being safe with the current health situation, and I hope that if any of you reading this have gone to any protests or riots that you are being safe and staying aware of your surroundings. We have a voice that we need to use for the voiceless. I believe that all lives matter, all life is precious, but right now it isn't about the rest of us. Right now we need to focus on our black friends, family members, neighbors, acquaintances, etc. I don't care what your political views are, I don't care if you're rolling your eyes and scoffing as my words appear before your eyes; we are supposed to be UNITED yet we remain DIVIDED by hatred and delusional supremacy. Skin color should not dictate if we live or die. What a person looks like should not determine if they're a criminal or not. 

If you cannot attend protests, please spread awareness. Sign petitions, donate to causes dedicated to black lives, start a conversation, and, above all, spread LOVE. We are not our parents or grandparents. We were born into a world where change is just beginning. Now is our time to step up and be a voice for the voiceless, a light in the darkness, and hope for the hopeless. Spread love, speak love, be love. Use your platforms if you have one. While I do not condone violence or looting, if you are a rioter or a looter, be safe! I cannot stress how dangerous being in those riots can be. Chaos is present now, but if we scream a littler louder, change will come. Peace will come. But in order to bring about change and peace, we must be better than those who wish us harm and who harm us. 

I love you. Be safe. Be smart. Love one another. Thank you.