One More Detour on the Writing Road

There is an auction currently taking place over at debsliverlovers to benefit Deb Mensinger and her wife, author Laurie J. Marks. Short version: due to the effects of porphyria, Deb needs a liver transplant, and there are many expenses not covered by insurance. Many more details here.

I wasn't sure what I could add to all the neat things already being offered. The I poked around my bookshelves and found one of my two copies of the Russian edition of Code of Conduct. It might be a cool thing to have, if you're a Jani fan. Anyway, the opening bid is $25. It's a fairly rare item, in good shape but for yellowed pages and a little creasing on the edges of a couple of pages. The paper is very thin.



Bidding closes on Sunday, May 23, 2010, 11:59 pm Eastern DST.

For the first time, I have the honor of participating in Brenda Novak's Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research. My offering is a gift basket containing the following:

Autographed copies of all five Jani Kilian mmpbs

A bound and autographed copy of "Incident on a Small Colony," the Jani novella that appeared in Baens Universe in December 2006.

Along with the books, a few things that crop up in the stories, or reflect Jani's life, specifically her Anglo-Indian French dialect-speaking background:

2-12 oz bags of Community Coffee, whole bean, medium/dark roast
2 black fleur-de-lis mugs
a $25 gift card for Penzey's Spices
A claddagh picture frame in ivory ceramic.
A small figurine of Ganesh, Remover of Obstacles

One or two more surprises.

Hoping to pull the stuff together for a photo in the next few days.

The auction runs through the month of May. Please bid if you can, for this or any other items that you like. It's for a great cause.