HELP PUBLISH WANDA’S RECIPE BOOK
My name is Ashley Russell. I am self-publishing a recipe book in honor of my grandmother, Wanda Mae Sell. Wanda passed away in June 2024 at the age of 90. What started as a cookbook of her beloved recipes for our family has become a passion project for me. Wanda always encouraged me to be a writer, and this book feels like a big step in that direction.
I started fundraising for this project on GoFundMe in the Spring of 2025, along with rallying together a group of amazing volunteer recipe testers. Thanks to my friends, family, and community's support, I raised $3,500 through the GFM platform by early June 2025. Now that I have launched a site for preorders of this recipe book, I plan to fund the remaining $6,000 needed by October 2025 with presales. If you feel inspired to give extra to the project to help see it through final printing, please do so here. If this page is live, I have not reached the self-publishing cost goal, and the book is still in need of support.
Eventually, when the book becomes profitable, a portion of profits from any book sales, big or small, will be donated to help support the fight against cancer through direct funding to individuals or organizations such as the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle to help prevent, detect, and treat cancer. We lost both Nana (Wanda), my grandmother, and Pops (Bob), my grandfather, to cancer, as well as having had other family struggles with the disease.