Diabetes Auction and Your Weekend Quiz
Every year, author Brenda Novak holds an online auction to raise money for diabetes research. She's aiming to raise over $300,000 this year. As someone who's been shooting up with insulin for more than 10 years, I heartily support this. My father is also diabetic, and the genetic component means my boy has a higher chance than average of getting it as well. So if nothing else, go forth and bid for my son so he never has to deal with this crap!
The main auction page is at http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/, and includes a TON of goodies, including jewelry, books, critiques from professional authors/editors, and more unusual items like a baseball autographed by Obama or a personal tour of Edgar Allen Poe's house.
I've got two contributions this year:
1. An autographed copy of Stepsister Scheme
2. A critique of a short story or the first chapter of a novel
Bidding for both of these starts at $2 (well under the cover price for the book ;-)
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Weekend Quiz: Under U.S. copyright law, does an author have the legal ability to waive copyright and release his/her work into the wild? Debate, discuss, and have fun!
This weekend's quiz is inspired by a thread in the SFWA newsgroup. I have no idea whether or not I'll make the quiz a regular thing.
The main auction page is at http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/, and includes a TON of goodies, including jewelry, books, critiques from professional authors/editors, and more unusual items like a baseball autographed by Obama or a personal tour of Edgar Allen Poe's house.
I've got two contributions this year:
1. An autographed copy of Stepsister Scheme
2. A critique of a short story or the first chapter of a novel
Bidding for both of these starts at $2 (well under the cover price for the book ;-)
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Weekend Quiz: Under U.S. copyright law, does an author have the legal ability to waive copyright and release his/her work into the wild? Debate, discuss, and have fun!
This weekend's quiz is inspired by a thread in the SFWA newsgroup. I have no idea whether or not I'll make the quiz a regular thing.