Brenda Novak’s Auction

Every year, DP and I donate something to Brenda Novak’s Auction in support of Juvenile Diabetes research, but this year Brenda tells me the goal is 1 million, so we’re going all out. For the press, we’re offering a couple of manuscript edits, one full length up to 120k words, and one shorter work or partial. I’m personally offering 1. art; 2. an original poster; 3. a WordPress blog or CMS design; 4. a ZenCart or WordPress ecommerce design; and 5. a year of hosting and one domain registration.

Why it’s so important to me is under the cut, but beware. It’s pretty dismal and I whine a bit.

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Books!

This is an awesome week for me.  First, I won Muse and Reverie by Charles de Lint from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review, which Tor kindly and speedily shipped to me in a squishy envelope (thanks Graeme!). If you haven’t visited Graeme’s web home, you ought to. He gives away books! All the time!

Second, Lucy Snyder (book list) offered my husband and me a copy of Spellbent (I published one of her short stories. The woman can write.), which also arrived promptly and in good condition, (and which he, knowing me, promptly put into my hot little hands, though it will go on his keeper shelf after I’m done. He’s already read it, the bastard).
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