Auction ends Midnight tonight!
Bidding on the debsliverlovers auction closes tonight, Sunday, May 23, 2010, 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4).
First, I'd like to thank everyone who's donated some crazycool stuff, bid on it, spread the word . . . and especially the tireless mods, akycha & heavenscalyx .
You should also know about the stuff that's being offered by a very special group of people close to Laurie & Deb:
* Singer Didi Stewart ("Girls' Night Out") offers a voice lesson in the Boston area (I've done this with her, and it's lovely - and useful) & CDs! Didi's not just an amazing musician - she & Laurie & deliasherman & Rosemary Kirstein (aka moonmothx ) are in a longrunning writers' group together (sometimes called "Didi and the Genrettes!").
* Rosemary offers some exceptionally cool stuff from her Steerswoman series.
* And, like Didi, Delia's giving of her time & professional expertise - as soon as she gets back from teaching Clarion, she'll critique your manuscript (as will several other pros).
* Debbie Notkin, also an old friend, offers her contract-reading expertise & advice for anyone with a publishing contract.
* Sarah Smith offers an advance copy of her new novel - plus the lavender shortbread cookies we all ate at Laurie & Deb's wedding!
* Karen Joy Fowler offers to sign 2 first edition hardcovers of The Jane Austen Book Club.
(* And there are even a couple of truly exceptional things from Laurie Marks herself)
Here are a few more rare jewels I would hate to see you miss:
* Hanne Blank's " Baked Good of the Month" subscription
* Interstitial artist Wendy Ellertson will do handbound mythic leather books (see other examples here! You want something by Wendy, trust me!)
*Katherine Kerr (aberwyn ) is offering signed ARCs of 2 of her classic Deverry novels!
* Laramie Sasseville's totally badass wearable bookmark, " Death's Sweetie Pie"
Finally, I was very moved that author, critic & old friend Marta Randall contacted me personally last night to ask if it was too late to add something. She writes: My husband had a liver transplant five years ago -- I'm grateful for it every day. If I can help spread the joy, all the better. Marta's hand-made, hand-designed crib quilt is truly stunning - and will cover that baby with blankets of LOVE.
And don't miss the highly collectible original art pieces! Charles Vess (a watercolor from Neil Gaiman's Blueberry Girl!) , Thomas Canty (George R. R. Martin's A Feast of Crows), Colleen Doran (actual page of A Distant Soil!), Terri Windling and others . . . .
If I didn't mention your fave here, it's not because I don't love it - it's probably because it's got plenty of bids already (or I'm bidding on it myself) - other possibly overlooked treasures are also listed here.
***If auctions make you nervous, and/or you just want to donate to the cause, info is here.***
First, I'd like to thank everyone who's donated some crazycool stuff, bid on it, spread the word . . . and especially the tireless mods, akycha & heavenscalyx .
You should also know about the stuff that's being offered by a very special group of people close to Laurie & Deb:
* Singer Didi Stewart ("Girls' Night Out") offers a voice lesson in the Boston area (I've done this with her, and it's lovely - and useful) & CDs! Didi's not just an amazing musician - she & Laurie & deliasherman & Rosemary Kirstein (aka moonmothx ) are in a longrunning writers' group together (sometimes called "Didi and the Genrettes!").
* Rosemary offers some exceptionally cool stuff from her Steerswoman series.
* And, like Didi, Delia's giving of her time & professional expertise - as soon as she gets back from teaching Clarion, she'll critique your manuscript (as will several other pros).
* Debbie Notkin, also an old friend, offers her contract-reading expertise & advice for anyone with a publishing contract.
* Sarah Smith offers an advance copy of her new novel - plus the lavender shortbread cookies we all ate at Laurie & Deb's wedding!
* Karen Joy Fowler offers to sign 2 first edition hardcovers of The Jane Austen Book Club.
(* And there are even a couple of truly exceptional things from Laurie Marks herself)
Here are a few more rare jewels I would hate to see you miss:
* Hanne Blank's " Baked Good of the Month" subscription
* Interstitial artist Wendy Ellertson will do handbound mythic leather books (see other examples here! You want something by Wendy, trust me!)
*Katherine Kerr (aberwyn ) is offering signed ARCs of 2 of her classic Deverry novels!
* Laramie Sasseville's totally badass wearable bookmark, " Death's Sweetie Pie"
Finally, I was very moved that author, critic & old friend Marta Randall contacted me personally last night to ask if it was too late to add something. She writes: My husband had a liver transplant five years ago -- I'm grateful for it every day. If I can help spread the joy, all the better. Marta's hand-made, hand-designed crib quilt is truly stunning - and will cover that baby with blankets of LOVE.
And don't miss the highly collectible original art pieces! Charles Vess (a watercolor from Neil Gaiman's Blueberry Girl!) , Thomas Canty (George R. R. Martin's A Feast of Crows), Colleen Doran (actual page of A Distant Soil!), Terri Windling and others . . . .
If I didn't mention your fave here, it's not because I don't love it - it's probably because it's got plenty of bids already (or I'm bidding on it myself) - other possibly overlooked treasures are also listed here.
***If auctions make you nervous, and/or you just want to donate to the cause, info is here.***