Auction & Knives

[ellenkushner]

You cannot believe the stuff that's just gone up at the debsliverlovers auction.

My jaw is on the floor.

Writers (including  deliasherman  ) are offering story critiques.  Authors & publishers are offering books (including the limited edition Kelly Link, complete with a deck of cards by Shelly Jackson).  Colleen Doran has offered a page of original art from her amazing comic A Distant Soil (and it's the one where Rieken meets Liana!!!).  Thomas Canty has sketched illo's into 2 copies of Water Logic from Small Beer Pres. There's even a set of signed glyphs from Shaftal, drawn by Laurie herself!

Overwhelmed?  Check out the grey column on the right, under "Offered:" for various categories like "signed books" or "original art."  The Auction ends at 11:59 pm this Sunday, May 23.  Good luck!

Oh, and don't forget to support Laurie J. Marks by buying her books!  Our friends at Dreamhaven Books are offering Fire Logic as well as Water Logic online, now - and, of course, you can buy the whole series as eBooks wherever eBooks are sold.

I'm headed down to Henry's tomorrow to sign more The Man with the Knives books. He's sending them out in batches, so if yours hasn't come yet, don't worry.  Remember, he's a one-man band:  publisher, designer, shipping clerk, bottle washer.....

Comments

[jess-ka.livejournal.com]

Mine came! And it is beautiful and amazing and wonderful.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Oh, good!

[jay-of-lasgalen.livejournal.com]

I guess I'll just have to be patient!

[contrarywise]

I just got mine in the mail! It's gorgeous, inside and out!

[queenbookwench.livejournal.com]

Um, not at all related (and sadly I have bupkes in terms of money or I'd be over there) but I didn't know you were a fan of A Distant Soil!

And I think I saw you in the comments to Betsy Bird/Fuse #8's Top 100 Children's Novels post (unless there is another Els Kushner out there that I don't know about). Anyhow, if it was you, it makes me very happy to know that someone else besides me loves A Room Made of Windows.

[hakumeiun.livejournal.com]

Mine came the day before yesterday and it is gorgeous! The only problem with it is that once I start reading it, I won't be able to stop, and then it will be all over, and that will make me sad.
So now it is just sitting in my bookcase, being its gorgeous self and not getting read....
Thank you so much!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Hurray!

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

It's probably not the last Riverside story I'm going to write - indeed, "The Duke of Riverside," written last year, won't even be out til 2011 (in Ellen Datlow's CITIES anthology) - but this is the one that wanted to be told right now.

I know what you mean about hoarding books, though - I do it myself.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

We met Colleen back when we were all Guests of Honor at a distant Gaylaxicon, and became fans & friends!

Ah! The fabulous librarian & blogger ("Travels in Booland") Els Kushner is my cousin Elisabeth. She's read a lot more than I have - I've learned it's always wise to listen when she says she loves a book.