Brenda Novak's Auction starts Saturday!

I wanted to remind everyone about Brenda Novak's fabulous auction to raise money for Juvenile Diabetes research. You can click on the graphic above to go straight to the auction site. She offers items for readers, writers, and everyone else. It's an amazing array. And all the money raised goes to a great cause.

I donated an "Indulge Your Inner Reader" gift collection. Just search the auction for my name and you'll find it.

Here's what's in it:

Check it out! You'll have fun just browsing!

Thanks for supporting the auction!

I know quite a few people from Romancing the Yarn supported Brenda Novak's Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research, both by donating auction items and by buying them, so I wanted to pass on Brenda's thanks.

With everyone's help, the auction raised over $270,000 in one month! That's really impressive, especially in an economy where charitable donations are down, proving once again that writers and knitters are great people.

Brenda Novak's auction nearing its end

I just wanted to remind folks here that Brenda Novak's auction to fight juvenile diabetes closes tomorrow. "Romancing the Yarn" has a great gift bag on offer. It's filled with books and yarn. There are lots of other fabulous things to bid on (including a pair of handmade earrings donated by yours truly, along with an autographed copy of my latest book Music of the Night).

Click on over and put in your final bids! Here's the link: http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Home.taf

It's a very worthy cause!

The bidding has begun!

I wanted to let everyone know about a fun auction which benefits a worthy cause. Author Brenda Novak's 5th Annual On-line Auction for Diabetes Research is now live and runs through the month of May. You can bid on autographed books, jewelry, critiques by editors and agents, vacations, and a whole host of other fabulous donations from the publishing community and beyond. Last year the auction raised $252,300. Her goal for this year is $300,000. Here's the link to the auction's home page:

http://brendanovak.auctionanything.com/Home.taf

Romancing the Yarn contributed a gift bag of all the goodies below. If you'd like to bid on it, look under the category "Gift Baskets and Collections" or go to Item 1361520. There's already a hot bidding war going on because it's got such great stuff in it.

I also donated an autographed book with a pair of earrings I made myself. Look under "For Readers" for Item 1341683 if you're interested.

Just browsing through the listings is a lot of fun and anything you spend goes to a very worthy cause.