Writers Kate Hart, Cleolinda Jones, Moira Rogers, Amanda Hannah and Kody Keplinger have put together an auction to raise money for southern storm relief.  A ton of great stuff is available for readers and writers: manuscript/synopsis/query critiques from agents, editors and authors, promotional opportunties, signed books and bookish miscellany.  I’m offering a detailed ten-page or first chapter critique including [...]

Especially signed ones   There are a few days left in the Bridget Kicks Cancer Auction with lots of signed books, including The Mark, up for grabs.  Check it out here.  All bidding ends Saturday, December 4.  The following weekend, I’ll be reading and signing with four other authors – Shari Maurer, Shannon Delany, Jame [...]

Starting today, there’s an online auction to benefit librarian and writer Bridget Zinn, diagnosed with stage four colon cancer.  I’m offering a signed book and 25-page manuscript critique, but there are lots of great things for both writers and non- including signed books, query critiques, a customized school guide for your book, jewelry, notecards, vacation home [...]

One: Thanks to all the blog commenters over the past four days!  We raised $77 for the Berks County Public Libraries.  A complete list of participating blogs is here and many of the challenges are still active - stop by to comment & increase their donation amount, if you can.   Two: After many late nights, the first round of Vision’s [...]

I’m participating in Jenn Hubbard’s library-loving blog challenge! For every commenter on this post between now and Friday, March 26th at 5pm EST, I’ll donate $1 to Berks County Public Libraries up to $150 total.   Berks County is where I grew up and the libraries there, the ones that had a real impact on me.  I [...]

PAYA, Bringing (More) YA to PA, is an initiative started by book bloggers Harmony and Yan with help from Tenner author and PA librarian, Josh Berk, in response to dramatic Pennsylvania state budget cuts that have reduced library funding by more than 25%.     Since I grew up in Pennsylvania, this struck a chord with me.  Plus, I [...]

Good Thing #1:  Take the Dare, Show You Care! Author Cynthea Liu is sponsoring an amazing online auction to raise money to buy books for 2nd and 3rd grade students at a Title I school in her home state, Oklahoma.  Auction items include autographed books and prize packs and lots of stuff for aspiring writers – many, [...]