I've chosen Farm Sanctuary as the recipient of the auction proceeds. They work to prevent cruelty to farm animals and rescue abused farm animals, providing them with happy lives on three sanctuaries totaling 500 acres.
The winners of auction items will have the option of donating directly to Farm Sanctuary (possibly best if you need a receipt for tax purposes) or, if you don't trust them not to sell your info to other animal rescue organizations, paying me, in which case I will make the donation and back you up with my receipt if you get audited.
The items up for bid are those I would have been offering in the BN Auction. Possibly the list will grow if any agents, editors or authors see this and decide to join in.
To bid, go to comments, give the item number, your maximum bid, (You can always raise your maximum bid if someone tops it) and the name you which to be identified by on the blog. Also, tell me who you really are. No matter what your maximum bid is, your actual bid will be $5.00 more than the previous high bidder's maximum bid. So if the current high bidder made a maximum bid of $100.00 and you bid $120.00, your actual bid will be $105.00. If someone else bids $115.00, that becomes your actual bid because you got there first. Someone would have to bid more than $120.00 to oust you from the high bidder position. If no one ousts you, you pay your actual bid, not your maximum bid. Even if you don't want any of the items, this is your chance to annoy the people who do want them by making them pay more.
Bidding closes Monday, the 11th at 6 PM eastern on any item that hasn't been bid on in the previous 15 minutes. If an item has been bid on in the previous 15 minutes, auction on that item closes at 6:15. Unless there's again been a bid in the previous 15 minutes. Etc, etc.
Your comments and real name won't be posted. Only the current high bid and the fake name of the high bidder.
Items up for bid:
Current bid: $200.00 (DF)
I'm starting the bidding at $300. This item has never gone for less than $1100 in the other auction, and twice went for more than 10 times $300.
Item # 3. Your book's first 10,000 words edited by Evil Editor, the world's most famous editor, and back to you by the end of June.
Current bid: $10.00 (Barbara)
Item # 4. Signed ARCs of both Evil Editor color comic strip collections.
Current Bid: $10.00 (MBG72)
Item # 5. Dear Literary Agent... A collection of the funniest query critiques from nine years of the Evil Evil Editor blog. Illustrated, color, 8 by 10.
Current Bid: $5.00 (JB 65)
Item # 6. Signed ARC of Schliegelman Saves the Universe
Evil Editor's prize winning story now a graphic novel starring Evil Editor!
Bidding starts at $5.00.
Item # 7. Both volumes of Why You Don't Get Published, the only writing books anyone has ever read from start to finish. Autographed.
Current bid: $5.00 (AA)
Item # 8. All 3 Novel Deviations books, signed. Hundreds of novel openings and hilarious continuations provided by EE and his minions.
Current Bid: $5.00. (Zombie)
Item # 9. Evil Editor Teaches School: The funniest of the writing exercises we used to do on this blog. Most of them by EE. Autographed.
Bidding starts at $5.00.
Item # 10. My autographed copy of Immodest Proposals, collected short stories by the late science fiction author/satirist William Tenn (1920 - 2010).
600+ pages. Hardcover.
Current Bid: $5.00. (Evil Minion #1)
Item # 11. My signed copies of Katherine Neville's novels The Eight (trade paperback) and The Fire (hardcover).
Bidding starts at $5.00
Bidding starts at $5.00.
Item # 13. Autographed copy of Kiersten White's YA historical novel Illusions of Fate.
Current bid: $5.00. (R.H.)
Item 14. Jenna Black's 4-book Guardians of the Night paranormal romance series.
Autographed. Bidding starts at $5.00.
1 comment:
Great idea, EE!
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