Over the last few years I’ve had the privileged of meeting some amazing people who love books and reading and just life in general. One of those people is Faith Hochhalter.
I first met Faith when I was in Phoenix a year ago, and she was easily one of the nicest people I’d met in a long time. So you can imagine how sad I was to hear that Faith was recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
But there is some good news. Faith is so universally loved and respected in the literary community that over 40 authors have pledged anything from signed books to the dress Stephenie Meyer wore to the Breaking Dawn prom (yes, the Stephenie Meyer) to the Project Book Babe auction–the proceeds of which will all go directly to help Faith, the Book Babe herself.
There are so many amazing things going up for auction that I can’t even start to list them all here. Just know that it is very, very worth checking out the Project Book Babe website for information on the items that will be auctioned off at the live auction on Saturday, April 4th in Tempe, AZ.
But what if you don’t live in Phoenix? Well, then you are going to miss out on an incredibly fun evening, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to be left out entirely. Not at all.
There are dozens of items that are going to be auctioned off online. These also include autographed items from people like Stephenie Meyer and Rick Riordan, Shannon Hale and Christopher Paolini.
I am offering to critique the first ten pages of some aspiring writer’s manuscript (it’s under the Other Items section at the bottom of the page).
So please take a moment to check out the Project Book Babe website. Read about all the auction items and rules there (I’m not one of the organizers, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to answer your questions as well as they can, so please go to the source if there’s something you need to know.)
And, most of all, please keep Faith in your thoughts and prayers. She’s someone who has given to the book world for most of her very young life. It’s time, I think, for the book world to give back to her.
Take care, everyone,
Ally
