Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Brenda Novak's 2006 JDRF Auction

Author Brenda Novak is about to launch her second on-line auction to raise money for diabetes research. (Brenda has a son with Type 1 diabetes.)

At her auction: you can bid on reads by editors and agents, critiques by a number of authors, PR packages, autographed books, gift baskets, and other amazing experiences like lunch with a published author and her agent in Atlanta this summer or tea with bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Check out the auction!

I'm looking at:
  • An American Flag to be flown over the nation’s capitol commemorating the event of your choice donated by Congressman John T. Doolittle.
  • The design of a brand new website
  • Kate Duffy of Kensington Books is donating FIVE reads.
  • Beth de Guzman, Editorial Director Mass Market, Warner Books is donating the read of a fiction proposal
  • Senior Editor Shauna Summers with Bantam Doubleday Dell is donating the read of a fiction proposal.
    Senior Editor Laura Cifelli with New American Library (Penguin Putnam Group) is donating the read of a fiction proposal.
  • Jennifer Enderlin, Associate Publisher Mass Market & Executive Editor for St. Martin's Press is donating the read of a fiction proposal.
  • Editor Lauren McKenna, Editor for Pocket books, is donating the read of a fiction manuscript
  • Harlequin Executive Editor Tracy Farrell is donating the read of a proposal targeted to HQN.
  • Harlequin Associate Senior Editor Brenda Chin is donating the read of a proposal targeted to Harlequin Blaze.
  • the complete Leslie Kelly Library
  • Editorial Director Kate Duffy of Kensington Books is donating a 1-year's subscription of BRAVA books and a 6-months' subscription of BRAVA ARCs.
  • Vicki Lewis Thompson nerdy backpack

I know...it's a big list. But it's quite whittled down from the hundreds of things Brenda has arranged to be donated. I wonder how long until things go out of my price range :)

2 comments:

Karen Erickson said...

Gosh, want a few things, don't ya? :) That list she compiled is awesome. So much stuff...my kids were distracting me as I tried to look at it yesterday but I need to go back and read it carefully.

You know the prices on some of that stuff is gonna shoot through the roof...

Jennifer McKenzie said...

I couldn't even finish the list. Bidding is too much like gambling for me. I love the "Buy It Now" buttons on EBAY. I start going all crazy and then I'm starting to spend money I can't spare.
Great stuff on there though. Funny I wanted all the books more than the critiques.