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ellenkushnerOwing to the constraints of time & what's left of my brain, I am completely & utterly stealing this text from the mighty ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rm (with thanks, if not permission!). I'll add a more personal post later, as Laurie J. Marks & her wife are very good friends of ours, and this means a lot to me. But let's just get the ball rolling, here:
I will add that the recent loss of Kage Baker taught me a valuable lesson: Praise the books you love before the author is at death's door and she can't enjoy the fact that everyone suddenly wants to read them and is buying them like mad!
I trust I make myself clear.
If you can do nothing else to help, please buy Laurie's books. It will make a difference. And you will be ridiculously happy at how good they are.
rm (with thanks, if not permission!). I'll add a more personal post later, as Laurie J. Marks & her wife are very good friends of ours, and this means a lot to me. But let's just get the ball rolling, here:Deb Mensinger needs a new liver, because hers has been destroyed by a genetic form of porphyria. The hope is that Deb's brother will be able to be the live donor (livers are awesome that way). However, Deb's brother lives on the opposite coast and is uninsured, which means there are a lot of expenses involved in all of this that Deb's insurance won't pick up.
So a fandom auction is stepping in to help Deb, her wife (Laurie J. Marks, author of the Elemental Logic series, the Children of the Triad series, The Watcher's Mask, and Dancing Jack, and guest of honor at WisCon 31) and her brother. The auction will open for bidding on May 1, but right now we need people to offer things to bid on! Please visit![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
debsliverlovers to offer items to bid on, and please help spread the word. Thank you!
So a fandom auction is stepping in to help Deb, her wife (Laurie J. Marks, author of the Elemental Logic series, the Children of the Triad series, The Watcher's Mask, and Dancing Jack, and guest of honor at WisCon 31) and her brother. The auction will open for bidding on May 1, but right now we need people to offer things to bid on! Please visit
debsliverlovers to offer items to bid on, and please help spread the word. Thank you!I will add that the recent loss of Kage Baker taught me a valuable lesson: Praise the books you love before the author is at death's door and she can't enjoy the fact that everyone suddenly wants to read them and is buying them like mad!
I trust I make myself clear.
If you can do nothing else to help, please buy Laurie's books. It will make a difference. And you will be ridiculously happy at how good they are.