Bonus Auction Item 9: Marketing Consultation by Dea Poirier

About this item: A couple hour marketing consultation, which can include advice on building audience for website, SEO, website usability, and email marketing.  Donated by … Poirier Pages Dee Poirier Website | Twitter I’m an internet and email marketing professional located in the Orlando, Florida area. Above all else, I have a passion for email marketing — Weird right? Second to that, ecommerce. Improving conversions, following trends, forecasting, these are the things that make me Read more…

Bonus Auction Item 10: 50 Pages YA Critique by Trisha Leaver

About this item: A first fifty page critique of a young adult manuscript. Donated by … Trisha Leaver Website | Twitter Trisha Leaver lives on Cape Cod with her husband, three children, and one rather irreverent black lab.  She is a chronic daydreamer who prefers the cozy confines of her own imagination to the mundane routine of everyday life.  She writes Young Adult Contemporary fiction, Psychological Horror and Science Fiction and is published with FSG/ Macmillan, Read more…

Bonus Auction Item 11: Query + 1st Chapter Critique by Wendy Spinale

About this item: A query and first chapter critique of manuscript. Donated by … Wendy Spinale Website | Twitter Wendy is the author of EVERLAND coming 2016. She’s a Pitch Wars mentor. Represented by Thao Le with Sandra Dijkstra Agency. Published by Scholastic.   STARTING BID: $10 TURNAROUND TIME allow two weeks for query critiques + 1st chapters, four weeks for partials, and six weeks for full critiques. Donors will discuss turnaround times with winners. Read more…

Bonus Auction Item 12: Signed Copy of THIEF OF LIES by Brenda Drake

About this item: A signed copy of an ARC or a final copy (depending on what the author gets) of THIEF OF LIES: a Library Jumpers novel along with swag. This title releases January 5, 2016 but copies will be given to author earlier. Author will mail winner a signed copy as soon as it’s available. About the book …   Available for pre-order: Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Read more…

Bonus Auction Item 13: Query + 50 Pages YA Critique by Jodie Andrefski

About this item: A query and first fifty pages of a young adult manuscript critique. Donated by … Jodie Andrefski Website | Twitter Jodie’s been passionate about reading ever since she was a little girl, when she used to climb trees to escape with a favorite book. She now lives and writes in a small town in Pennsylvania with her teenage daughter. Though still an avid reader, she now prefers a comfy chair over the Read more…

Bonus Auction Item 14: Query + 3 Chapters Critique by Sharon Johnston

About this item: A query and first three chapters of your manuscript critique. Donated by … Sharon Johnston Website | Twitter After growing up listening to my father reading fables, folklore and fairytales, it’s no surprise I love stories. As soon as I could read, my nose was firmly ina book. I love reading, listening to audio books and writing. My day job is as a senior specialist of public relations, but I write and Read more…

Auction Item 1: Full Manuscript Critique by Lara Edits

About this item: A full manuscript diagnosis redeemable in September. Donated by … Lara Edits Website | Twitter Hailing from the arid highlands of Colorado, Lara Willard graduated with highest honors in Interdisciplinary Studies (Literature, Writing, Editing, and Design) from the University of Northwestern. She writes poetry, contemporary short fiction, and fantasy novels. Lara lives in Minnesota with her husband, sons, and dog-show dropout Havanese. See her editor bio here. Will not edit certain scenes or genres. No Read more…

Auction Item 2: 50 Page critique & 30 Minute Phone Consultation by Mandy Schoen

About this item: A 50 page critique and 30 minute phone consultation to discuss the manuscript. Donated by … Mandy Schoen Website | Twitter Mandy is a freelance editor specializing in Young Adult and New Adult fiction. She’s also the managing editor of Swoon Romance (YA, NA, and adult romance) and a senior editor of Month9Books, LLC (MG, YA, and NA speculative fiction). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband and dog in Read more…

Auction Item 3: 50 Page Middle Grade Manuscript Critique by Jen Malone

About this item: a 50 page middle grade manuscript critique. Donated by … Jen Malone Website | Twitter | Jen Malone Consults Website Jen writes books for tweens and teens, including At Your Service and the You’re Invited series with Simon & Schuster, and Map to the Stars and the forthcoming Wanderlost with HarperCollins. She is a former Hollywood marketing exec who once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical Read more…

Auction Item 4: One Hour Marketing Consultation Call by Jen Malone Consults

About this item: a one hour consultation with Jen Malone of Jen Malone Consults, road maps for marketing your children’s or YA book. Donated by … Jen Malone Website | Twitter | Jen Malone Consults Website Jen writes books for tweens and teens, including At Your Service and the You’re Invited series with Simon & Schuster, and Map to the Stars and the forthcoming Wanderlost with HarperCollins. She is a former Hollywood marketing exec who once spent a year traveling the world solo, Read more…