Con Or Bust starts on Feb 11th, and you can make offers now. And note that: "As a reminder, Con or Bust is now helping fans attend all cons of their own choosing, not just WisCon as in the past. (Requests for assistance to attend cons in April, May, and June 2012 will be taken from February 15 through 25"

I... really really will have my offering ( Read more... )

My box o' books offer is up to $90 - which is happymaking! But frankly it's still a deal, def. less than the books will be worth, so if you want to grab bookses, now's the chance! Bidding ends on the 15th.

Also, there are so many awesome auctions. Now is definitely the time to check out magick4terri in general ( Read more... )

You can bid on one here :)

And I promise it'll be a droolworthy box.

If you haven't, do go look, cause there are splendid things on offer. And, y'know, because it's for Terri Windling, nuff said ( Read more... )

Bidding ends tonight!

Here's the latest roundup of items with no bids or only one bid on them! Some great deals there!

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And! Thanks to sairaali and whumpdotcom, tithenai and I are spending today doing this: (O.O)

Also tithenai owes us a poem! *big happy grin*

Bidding hit $150!!

So here! For yoou! is an English translation of the Padishah Begum's poem to the ruler of Syria, the Arabic translation of which is on that diplomatic missive I keep talking about :)

And remember, if it hits 200 we get to MAKE AMAL WRITE A POME!

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Because our brothers1 warred, I stood against Roshanara2
spoke walls4 against the ( Read more... )

You guys, Con or bust is well short of goals and needs, with just two days to go. This is a sadness!

As much as I'm pushing myyyyy stuff, I totes understand that it's way out of most people's price range now -- hell, it's out of mine! But kate_nepveu's post, linked above, has a list of stuff with no bids on it, or just one bid, and she lists some wonderful ( Read more... )

tithenai and I were just plotting. You see, bidding on our con-or-bust auction is up to $110! Which is AWESOME. But, y'know, we'd like it to be even awesomer.

SO! If the bidding hits $150, I will post the English-language "translation" of Jahanara's poem here, annotated, with explanatory footnotes.

...And if it doesn't hit $150, I may post the ( Read more... )

I now have a dragon to help me get around! It's carved wood and takes the overall form of a cane. And by magic, I've had it all along.

See, elsmi has a superpower: I tell him my problem, and it turns out to have already been solved. Normally this happens with the computer; the moment he looks over my shoulder the problem evaporates and the computer ( Read more... )

is here!

It features the low-res image of The Picture that I'd been mumbling about. Wot you can also see here.

Here is its story! tithenai and I decided at some point (I think while she was writing To Follow The Waves) that my alternate Mughal world and her alternate Syria could be the SAME alternate world. We even tweaked the stories a little to make ( Read more... )