Saturday, December 22, 2012

Thank you donators and bidders!

The auction has come to a close!

Thank you to everyone who participate in donating and bidding! Special thanks to those who wanted to donate but we could not squeeze in :(

Notes:
  • All bids are closed.
  • All emails to winners have gone out.
  • Please donate your bids by tomorrow at the link sent in your email.
  • If you did not leave any contact information and we could not find you - the second person won.
  • If you left a twitter id only - we have tweeted you. Please contact us by midnight tonight for your item/instructions.
  • All winners and donators will be linked up by tomorrow - once donation is complete. :

We appreciate your generosity during this auction.

We raise over $5, 500 in 5 short days!

We have been overwhelmed at the response from both donators and bidders! My goal was 5,000 and as you can see we exceeded this.

Thank you for your support in the auction and for a good cause - esp right before the holidays.

Happy Holidays!

Shelli, Miral and Kate.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

List of Auction Items!

12/20 update:Please leave emails so we can track you down easily!

12/19 Update: Please round your bids to the nearest  5$. Going forward, we will only be able to accept the highest bid (in an increment of 5$). For ex: 30$ bid, followed by a 33$ . If the auction ended - we will take the 30$ bid. It's just easier accounting for us :) Thx for understanding!

12/18 Update: Donations will now be made DIRECTLY to the Newtown Youth and Family Services. They have created a web site for direct payment 

(The agencies Tax ID number for your taxes is 06-1082115.)

NOTE: Some of the auctions will be opening up to International Bidders so check the comments and listings!!

We thank you in advance for donating to Publishing Hearts Connecticut!

We appreciate any bids and understand the holidays are near. With budgets, it is difficult o spend money. WE just wanted to do something for the families who will not have the holiday they expected this year or any year going forward.

If you do not see anything you like/need or have a budget, feel free to give a monetary donation directly to the United Way in Western Connecticut/Sandy Hook Relief Fund. The links are provided on the side bar.

Thank you for giving!

NOTE: Bear with us as we continue to organize this list (as we get time) and lump end dates together to make it easy to navigate. 

TODAY
* the items in italics will have special end dates and times.
Most ofthe items end Friday night, Dec 21 at 11:59 PM EST (9 PM PT). Winner will be determined by the blogger EST time stamp in the blog comments.

Critiques - these all have special ending times

Ends Wed. (I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)
THESE AUCTIONS ARE CLOSED. Thank you for your bids!!
Ends Thurs. (I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)
THESE AUCTIONS ARE CLOSED. Thank you for your bids!!

Ends Friday at Noon EST 
(I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)
THESE AUCTIONS ARE CLOSED. Thank you for your bids!!

Friday Night - All end FRI Night 11:59 PM EST
(I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)



Bestselling Packages - All end Friday Night 11:59 PM EST
(Please check listings to see if it is open to International)
Signed Books - All end Fri Night 11:59 PM EST 
(Please check listings to see if it is open to International)
Ebook/Book services - All end Fri Night 11:59 PM EST
(I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)
Marketing - All end Fri Night 11:59 PM EST
(I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)
Miscellaneous - All end Fri Night 11:59 PM EST
(I think these can be international since nothing is mailed!)


    50 Page manuscript critique with follow up phone call (Author of Milo 2.0/Agent Intern Debra Driza)

    Author of Milo 2.0/Agent Intern Debra Driza has offered a 50 Page manuscript critique with follow up phone call. The highest bidder will win the following package:
    • 50 Page manuscript critique
    • The submitting author may submit their pages whenever they are ready for critique. 
    • Follow up phone call

    Opening Bid: $25


    Round bid up to the nearest $5 amount. For ex: if you want to bid 33$, pleases bid 35$. It make sit easier for us. :) Include your bid in the comments below. The auction will start Fri (Dec 21th) at 12 AM EST (9 AM EST) and end Friday, Dec 21st at 11:59 PM EST (9 PM PT).

    Auction Procedures:



    If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid in the comments and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email).
    Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation withing 48 hours of winning  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   
    All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
    Good luck!

    Author of Milo 2.0/Agent Intern Debra Driza


    I’m Debra Driza, and I’m a physical-therapist-turned-Young-Adult-author and a stay-at-home mom. Not to be confused with a stay-at-home mistress—those are the ones who eat bon-bons and watch soap operas all day long. The soap operas sort of fall by the wayside when you have a seven-year old, a three-year-old, three dogs (one of them seriously defective), one extremely messy husband, and deadlines to meet.
    Seriously, though–my family is great. I wouldn’t change one second of our crazy, messy, unorganized lives. What this house lacks in a paper or dog-free spot on the couch, it makes up for in laughter and hugs.
    I’m represented by Taylor Martindale of the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.  The first book in my YA sci-fi thriller series debuts in Fall 2012 from Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins.

    Full manuscript critique of a middle grade or young adult novel, and provide at least two pages of notes. (Agent/Author Caitlen Rubino-Bradway)

    Agent/Author Caitlen Rubino-Bradway has offered a full manuscript critique of a middle grade or young adult novel, and provide at least two pages of notes. The highest bidder will win the following package:
    • Full manuscript critique of a middle grade or young adult novel
    • The submitting author may submit their pages whenever they are ready for critique. 
    • At least two pages of notes

    Opening Bid: $50


    Round bid up to the nearest $5 amount. For ex: if you want to bid 33$, pleases bid 35$. It make sit easier for us. :) Include your bid in the comments below. The auction will start Thur (Dec 20th) at 9 AM EST (6 AM EST) and end Friday, Dec 21st at 11:59 PM EST (9 PM PT).

    Auction Procedures:



    If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid in the comments and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email) 
    Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation withing 48 hours of winning  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   
    All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
    Good luck!

    Agent/Author Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
    Caitlen Rubino-Bradway works at the LKG Agency in New York City. She is also the author of Ordinary Magic and the co-author of Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, which she wrote with her mother. She was also a contributor, with her mother, to the anthology Jane Austen Made Me Do It. She has recently baked so many Christmas cookies that she's started to have nightmares about it.

    All 2013 Month9Books titles in eBook (Editor/Author Georgia McBride)


    Editor/Author Georgia McBride of Month9Books is offering one ecopy of their 2013 catalog as each book is released to one winner. The highest bidder will win the following package:



    • A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso (ebook)
    • GABRIEL STONE AND THE DIVINITY OF VALTA by Shannon Duffy (ebook)
    • SIDEKICK: The Misadventures of the New Scarlet Knight by Pab Sungenis (ebook)
    • PRETTY DARK NOTHING by Heather L. Reid (ebook)
    • PRAEFATIO by Georgia McBride (ebook)
    • MY SISTER'S REAPER by Dorothy Dreyer (ebook)
    • ENDLESS by Amanda Gray (ebook)
    • Charity Anthology 2: Myths & Legends edition (ebook)
    • SCION OF THE SUN by Nicola Marsh (ebook)
    • DEAD JED: Adventures of a Junior High Zombie by Scott Craven (ebook)
    • THE EMISSARY by Kristal Shaff (ebook)


    Opening Bid: $10


    Round bid up to the nearest $5 amount. For ex: if you want to bid 33$, pleases bid 35$. It make sit easier for us. :) Include your bid in the comments below. The auction will start Thur (Dec 20th) at 9 AM EST (6 AM EST) and end Friday, Dec 21st at 11:59 PM EST (9 PM PT).

    Auction Procedures:



    If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid in the comments and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email).
    Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation withing 48 hours of winning  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   
    All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
    Good luck!

    Editor/Author Georgia McBride





    Georgia was born and raised in NYC, but has been living in NC since 2006. She hates to be bored. Then why move to the sticks with little to do, you ask? Georgia believes you ask too many questions.
    A career marketer and former manager of rock bands (and a boy band here or there), she now writes full-time. When not writing, or running her very own piece of the publishing landscape called Month9Books (a speculative fiction imprint for teens and tweens), or managing the non-profit literary organization YALITCHAT.ORG (which she founded), Georgia works as a freelance editor and ghostwriter.
    Georgia founded Month 9 Books in 2012, a young adult  imprint featuring speculative fiction stories from some of today’s most admired young adult and middle grade authors.
    On the homefront, Georgia rocks the mom thing–rounding up 2 kids, 3 Chihuahuas, 1 fancy green cheek Conure and 1 frog. Hardcore. She hopes to sneak another dog into the house without anyone noticing.
    Georgia writes books for teens and tweens, and even has an adult non-fiction book brewing in that overactive brain of hers. In fact, she’s conjuring up new ideas right now.
    She doesn’t understand why people say black is not a color since it, gray and red are the only three colors in her wardrobe. Georgia also believes that one can never own too many hoodies, in black of course. She plays her music loud. Don’t bother asking her to turn it down.
    An animal lover, Georgia supports adoption (people and dogs), music appreciation, reading/literacy, animal rescue, cultural exchange, eco-friendly activities, equal rights for everyone, and believes that we can achieve world peace. We have only to genuinely try.
    Georgia is represented by Tamar Rydzinski of The Laura Dail Literary Agency. This is a good thing.

    A 25 page critique, plus hardcover signed copies of both UNDER THE NEVER SKY and THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT ( Bestselling Author Veronica Rossi)


    Author Veronica Rossi has offered a 25 page critique, plus hardcover signed copies of both UNDER THE NEVER SKY and THROUGH THE EVER NIGHT The highest bidder will win the following package:
    • a 25 page manuscript critique
    • The submitting author may submit their pages whenever they are ready for critique. 
    • Hardcover copy of Under the Never Sky - SIGNED
    • Hardcover copy of Through the Ever Night - SIGNED

    Opening Bid: 25$


    Round bid up to the nearest $5 amount. For ex: if you want to bid 33$, pleases bid 35$. It make sit easier for us. :) Include your bid in the comments below. The auction will start Thur (Dec 20th) at 9 AM EST (6 AM EST) and end Friday, Dec 21st at 11:59 PM EST (9 PM PT).




    Auction Procedures:


    If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid in the comments and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email). 
    Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation withing 48 hours of winning  After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when.   
    All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
    Good luck!

    Veronica Rossi is the author of Under the Never Sky, the first book in a post-apocalyptic trilogy for young adults. She completed undergraduate studies at UCLA and then went on to study fine art at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two sons. When not writing, she enjoys reading, painting, and counting down the minutes until she can get back to making up stories about imaginary people. 

    Foreign rights to the UNDER THE NEVER SKY trilogy have sold in over twenty-five territories to date and film rights have been optioned by Warner Bros.

    Her work is represented by Josh Adams of Adams Literary.