I've been following Carrie Harris for a long time, from back in the days when Twilight parodies and Slayer (of Bees) stories debuted, people at the gym freaked us all out and Richard Simmons made regular appearances on her not quite so fancy blog. I still have emails from when she got her book deal and the fabulous prizes she sent after I zombified her two years ago.
But nothing could have prepared me for the awesomeness that is The Night of the Giving Dead. Not only is this woman funny, she's generous too.
To celebrate the release of her debut YA novel, Bad Taste in Boys, Carrie is hosting an auction to benefit the Giving Library at the University of Michigan Mott Children’s Hospital, a hospital that serves about 70,000 kids. Yeah, totally worthy recipient, right?
Here are just a few of the items you can bid on:
- Signed copies of great books like Clarity by Kim Harrington and Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson.
- Audio cds of books like Torment by Lauren Kate
- Query and manuscript critiques from agents like Tina Wexler, Alyssa Eisner Henkin and Kate Schafer Testerman or authors like Beth Revis, Caroline Star Rose or Cynthea Liu.
- Weronika Janczuk is even offering a full manuscript critique and Michelle Wolfson has a 30 minute phone call up for grabs.
But check out the grand prize drawings:
- A Kindle preloaded with Bad Taste in Boys OR
- A 6-month mentorship with Carrie herself
Help sick kids, get cool stuff -- it's a win-win for sure. The auction only runs through July 25 so make sure you make your bids before time runs out.
And just so you know, tomorrow night while Carrie vicariously attends the midnight showing of Harry Potter with me, I'll be catching my zzzz's through her. We're part of the Order of the Blog Ninjas. We can do things like that :D
13 comments:
Ooh, scary pictures! And what a great idea to celebrate the release of her book!
That is an awesome way to celebrate the launch of her book. I'm go have to check it out. :D
Zombification makes Ninja 10x cooler. And vice-versa, too.
Wow, that's awesome!!
And the mentorship is a very cool gift. I think a lot about how I want to mentor young writers in the future. Never thought about auctioning that kind of thing off, but it's a nifty idea!
Such wonderful prizes!!! Will give this some thought, fer sure. Thanks for sharing, Sherrie.
What an awesome way to celebrate the debut of her YA novel. The prizes sound great. Cool pics.
That is a VERY COOL way of celebrating her book release. Go her!
(And yay! I'll be at an HP midnight screening too!)
Someday, we will meet, and the first round of whatever we are drinking will be on ME.
I look forward to that day, Carrie!!
That is such a wonderful way to celebrate a book release!
I cannot wait to read Carrie's book!
Awesome! Best of luck to Carrie! She sounds like an amazing person.
Wow, it sounds like a wonderful event! Good luck, Sherrie!
I'll be done with Bad Taste in a few days and I'm loving it. I'll check out her auction link.
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