Heard of it?
It’s a sci-fi, fantasy and horror-based auction in service to the Red Cross to aid the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. It is filled with a ton of awesome stuff from your favorite authors past, present and future. Hello, Neil Gaiman? Mike Shevdon? Adam Christopher? Rowena Cory Daniels? Hell, the list goes on and on and the index of lots is right here.
Anyway, they asked me to contribute a little something-something, which is like asking a bait-minnow to hang out with a flock of majestic blue whales — hell, blue space whales, glorious and translucent as they float through the nebulae — but hey, I’m totally excited to have been asked and doubly excited that maybe someone will bid on my lot and send some money to the relief effort.
What do I have on the auction block?
First, an e-book of Irregular Creatures.
Second, a critique of your writing. Up to 5,000 words, which might be a short story or a piece of a novel. Is my critique worth anything? Well, hell, I dunno. I like to think so. Outside of my dubious writing advice that I offer here on this site, I have developed a number of books for White Wolf Game Studios, and that involved me helping writers hammer their first drafts into final drafts. You can ask them if I’m qualified, I guess.
Anyway, what I’m saying is, the bidding is now open.
Get on over there and pitch your coins into the hat if you care to. If not for my lot, then for another lot from another great publisher, editor, or author. Time to help out if you can, peeps.
Thanks, in advance. I’d also appreciate you spreading the word on this.
My Lot (Item 21) can be found here.
Josin says:
Is the auction in the UK? The bids are in £.
March 29, 2011 — 11:54 AM
terribleminds says:
It is in the UK, but the site discusses conversion so it’s not critical to be UK-bound.
— c.
March 29, 2011 — 11:56 AM
Maria Lima says:
I threw my hat in the ring (so to speak) and donated a set of my 1st four BLOOD LINES books (the only actual books in print at the moment). Autographed, of course!
My lot is #43. 🙂
Great cause, great bidding going on!
March 29, 2011 — 12:09 PM
terribleminds says:
Maria:
Oooh. Awesome.
Here’s the link for hers, if anybody is interested:
http://genreforjapan.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/item-43-signed-copies-of-the-first-four-blood-line-books-by-maria-lima/
— c.
March 29, 2011 — 3:53 PM
Elizabeth Poole says:
I would give my left kidney for a critique from you, Chuck. While I found on-site pounds to dollars converters so I would know how much was being bid, I still don’t know how I would pay properly. I have dollars. How would I go about paying up if I win?
March 30, 2011 — 11:37 AM
terribleminds says:
@Elizabeth —
I don’t actually know how you pay. Oh!
Here it is:
https://genreforjapan.wordpress.com/bidding-auction-rules/
— c.
March 30, 2011 — 11:41 AM
Elizabeth Poole says:
Thanks! I worked my way through that page, and the FAQs. Turns out you can donate internationally through Justgiving.com. So I have placed my bid. Boo-ya!
March 30, 2011 — 3:31 PM
Andrew Jack says:
This is where I wish i wasn’t broke… I need to sell a kidney (I guess it doesn’t have to be MY kidney…)
March 30, 2011 — 9:00 PM
Sparky says:
Damn your popularity Chuck Wendig! You are to rich for my blood, but thanks for pointing me to the auction, I still bid on a few things.
March 31, 2011 — 6:12 AM