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: Brenda Novak
May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | 16 Comments
It's May! My peonies are blooming, the air is flush with good smells and yellow dust, and my blue car is now a strange shade of pollen-coated green. It's also time for the Brenda Novak Auction, which has raised over $1.3 million dollars for a cure for juvenile diabetes. The auction is going on all month - and there are a lot of really neat things to bid on. Let's go shopping! In the Once in a Lifetime Experiences category, there's a two night stay at the Ritz Carlton in Lake Tahoe, and as I write this, the high bid…
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June 21, 2011 | Tuesday | 9 Comments
This RITA® Reader Challenge review was written by Shari. This story is found in the That Christmas Feeling anthology, and is nominated in the Novella category. Plot Summary: A woman seeking refuge in a strange town during a snowstorm is taken in by a man who helps her discover that home is where the love is. Shari didn’t think the plot summary really captured the book, so she included her own summary: “Ken is a super-hot, fairly young retired NFL player. Cierra’s a spunky 25-year-old mail order bride from Guatemala who attempted to sacrifice herself to keep her and her…
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June 07, 2009 | Sunday | 8 Comments
From Brenda Novak’s assistant comes word that the 2009 Diabetes Auction raised $270,611: “That’s more than last year and it puts us on track to break the 1 million mark in 2010.” According to Novak’s auction page on her website, in five years the auction has raised $770,611 for diabetes research. Way to go! I am such a big fan of Novak’s auction, and the time and effort that must go into the event is extraordinary. Kudos to Brenda and her assistant Anna, and to everyone who donated. This year, Smart Bitches donated an adspace and an interview, both of…
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May 03, 2009 | Sunday | 7 Comments
The 2009 Brenda Novak Online Auction to Benefit Diabetes Research is on. This year’s goal $300,000.00. First day total money raised? $42,222.00 That is some big money - and I bet the goal is in reach by 15 May. The items offered are amazing, as usual, from from once-in-a-lifetime experiences like trips and vacations or a night in Inn Boonsboro, Nora Roberts’ romance-themed bed and breakfast in Boonsboro, Maryland (trust me, it’s so worth the trip). Dear Author donated an adspace, and we have two items on the auction as well: the middle column adpsace currently occupied by the Bosoms,…
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July 24, 2008 | Thursday | 124 Comments
Angie Fox won an Smart Bitch Interview in the Brenda Novak Diabetes auction, prompting me to freak the hell out because dude, I don’t know of a single question that would adequately measure up to the bid she made to fight diabetes and be interviewed by yours truly. So first and foremost, thanks to Angie for supporting a great cause, and giving me an inferiority complex that is barely contained by my undershorts. Onward to the interview! Sarah: Ok, the obvious part! Pimp your book in a handful of words! Angie:Newly anointed with demon-fighting powers and suddenly able to hear…
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June 05, 2008 | Thursday | 6 Comments
According to the auction page, Brenda Novak’s Diabetes Auction raised over $252,300.00. Holy crapping damn, folks. That’s awesome.
Big ups to Ms. Novak. Now I have to start thinking creatively for items to donate next year.
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May 16, 2008 | Friday | 4 Comments
Yesterday, a one-day auction of an author interview here at Bitchery HQ to benefit Brenda Novak’s Diabetes Auction netted a $788.00 winning bid. Holy smacking tuna. That’s just outstanding (and a little bit of pressure, I must say - what is a $788 dollar question?)!
But check out this other bit of awesome: so far for Dear Author’s one day auction of a one time adspace: with 9 hours to go, the high bid is $825.00. That is just breathtakingly awesomesauce. Way to go, y’all.
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May 01, 2008 | Thursday | 5 Comments
Probably closing her eyes for five minutes after assembling the most amazing collection of items for her annual auction to benefit juvenile diabetes research. Today is day one. Bid early, bid often, and big, big ups to Brenda for a truly impressive display of effort and dedication, and to the folks who donated some seriously asskicking items.
Full disclosure: we donated two, but I wasn’t talking about us. African safari? Big screen tv? Damn, y’all. That is so, so awesome.
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April 24, 2008 | Thursday | 35 Comments
Back in the day, I used to be a conference and meetings person - professionally. Those of you who have had that job know how challenging it is, akin to herding cats while each cat is wearing a magnet. Sometimes they all line up and head off in a group. Sometimes, all those magnets face the wrong way and everyone is repelled into different directions. Sometimes, people forget to clean the litterbox. A few people have emailed me to say, “OMG, did you HEAR about the CRAZY that went on with one of the Mr. Romance candidates?” Several emailed me…
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