Hearing about the COVID situation in India but unsure how to help? Check out the http://BooksforHope.org  auction May 8 & 9. Bid on 300+ amazing items — signed books, author visits, mentorship opportunities & more. Funds go UNICEF & immediate aid. #booksforhopeindia #booksforhope

Here are some of the items up for bid -- and more are going up as I write this!

I'm offering signed copies of #tinyprettythings, #symptomsofaheartbreak & an hour-long #mentorship opp for #writers. #amwriting #YAbooks

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/12-signed-books-private-mentorship-session-sona-charaipotra

The awesome @planetalvina, editor-in-chief at @LittleBrownYR, is offering a 35-minute #publishing mentorship call.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia #kidlit #ya #middlegrade #picturebooks #amwriting

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/35-thirty-minute-informational-phone-or-video-call-with-an-editor-with-alvina-ling

My amazing agent, @sztownsend81 from @NewLeafLiterary, is offering a 5-page critique of your #writing.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #first5pages #ya #kidlit #adultfiction

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/34-agent-query-first-5-pages-critique-with-suzie-townsend

The kickass agent @petejknapp at @ParkandFine is offering to critique a query and pages, plus a quick chat about your work.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#agentquery #amwriting #kidlit #yabooks #middlegrade

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/26-critique-of-query-and-10-pages-and-follow-up-call-peter-knapp

The lovely agent @ashleyhblake -- also an author -- is offering to critique a query and three chapters, plus a quick chat about your work.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #authorlife #kidlit #yabooks #middlegrade #amquerying

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/158-query-first-3-chapters-critique-from-ashley-herring-blake

The amazing @rosemaryhb, VP and Editorial Director at @QuillTreeBooks and #heartdrum at @HarperCollins, is offering a 10-page novel or picture book critique.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #middlegrade #picturebooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/236-10-page-novel-or-picture-book-manuscript-critique-from-rosemary-brosnan

The awesome @cupoflee at Dial Books at @PenguinBooks is offering an hour-long consult on your picture book manuscript or the first 100 pages of a middle grade or young adult manuscript.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #yabooks #picturebooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/202-hour-long-consultation-with-michelle-lee

The kickass @navdeep_dhillon, author of #sunnygsseriesofrashdecisions, is offering a 50-page critique of your manuscript.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #middlegrade

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/87-critique-of-first-50-pages-of-ya-manuscript-by-navdeep-singh-dhillon

The awesome @oliviachadha, author of #RiseoftheRedHand, is offering a critique of your query and first ten pages.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yafantasy #scifi #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/92-critique-of-first-10-pages-of-novel-1-query-critique-by-olivia-chadha

The amazing @LGartonScanlon is offering a picture book critique.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #picturebooks #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/81-picture-book-critique-by-liz-garton-scanlon

The awesome author (and editor) @LeilaSalesBooks is offering a critique of your picture book, query letter or first ten pages of a novel.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #picturebooks #yabooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/74-critique-of-picture-book-ms-query-letter-or-first-ten-pages-of-a-novel-by-leila-sales

Kickass writer (and doctor!) @IWGregorio is offering a signed copy of her latest, #thisismybraininlove, plus a 15-page manuscript critique.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/64-signed-copy-of-this-is-my-brain-in-love-by-ilene-wong-and-a-15p-manuscript-critique

Amazing picture book author (and also doc!) @amithaknight is offering to critique your picture book.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#authorlife #amwriting #amquerying #picturebooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/46-picture-book-critique-by-amitha-knight

The kickass @aishacs @emerylord AND @LaAnnaMarie are ALL offering to critique 15 pages of your manuscript. I think I might need to bid on this one!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #authorlife #yabooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/43-fifteen-page-manuscript-critique-with-aisha-saeed-emery-lord-anna-marie-mclemore

The amazing author @Sara__Holland is offering to critique your query and the first ten pages of your YA or middle grade novel.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #middlegrade #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/category/manuscript-reviewcritique/6

The stellar @ShebaKarim -- author and one of the organizers of the auction -- is offering to critique the first 50 pages of your manuscript.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#authorlife #amwriting #amquerying #writinglife #yabooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/12-read-and-comment-on-50-pages-of-manuscript-sheba-karim

The kickass picture book author @Raakstar is offering signed picture books plus a 30-minute virtual #authorvisit.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #authorvisits #picturebooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/95-set-1-signed-books-by-raakhee-mirchandani-book-swag-30-minute-virtual-author-visit-set-1

Awesome author @Sabina_Writer is offering a 30-minute publishing mentorship chat.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #yaauthor

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/217-thirty-minute-phone-call-with-author-sabina-khan

The lovely #yaauthor @SajidahWrites is offering a couple of #publishing mentorship consult calls.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/117-60-minute-phone-call-with-sk-ali-about-queryingpublishing

The amazing author (and professor!) @marierutkoski is offering a 30-minute chat -- about publishing, the writing life and more. Ask her about her awesome new book!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#authorlife #amwriting #yabooks #yafantasy

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/84-30-minute-zoom-with-marie-rutkoski

Have you always wanted to be a character in one of @staceyleeauthor's books? SAME! Now you can. Bid on the opportunity in the #booksforhope auction.

#booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amreading #suchacharacter #authorlife #yabooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/101-name-a-character-in-a-stacey-lee-book-become-a-character-in-one-of-staceys-novels

The kickass @marimancusi has some awesome #publishing stories and insights to share. Score a three chapter critique and 30 minute consult call this weekend in the #booksforhope auction.

#amwriting #amquerying #yafantasy #yabooks

#booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/170-three-chapter-manuscript-critique-and-30-minute-zoom-consultation-with-mari-mancusi

The awesome @KellyCoon106, author of the Grave Maidens series, is offering up signed books, swag and a 30-minute zoom chat about all things publishing.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#yaauthors #yabooks #yafantasy #amwriting #amquerying

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/178-signed-books-by-kelly-coon-book-swag-and-a-30-minute-zoom-qa

My fave (and yours!) @olugbemisola, author, teacher and @diversebooks hero, offers a 30-minute Skype or Zoom visit for your kids' class. Trust me: BEST 30 minutes ever.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeauction

#kidlit #middlegrade #amreading #authorvisits

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/188-30-minute-skype-or-zoom-qa-for-grades-3-8-with-olugbemisola-rhuday-perkovich

What's better than tea and books. One answer: NOTHING. So nab this awesome virtual bookish tea party with historical fiction author @SusanMeissner. Delightful!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#authorvisit #bookclub #historicalfiction

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/204-virtual-book-club-tea-party-with-author-susan-meissner

Learn how to protect yourself as a creator. Writer and lawyer @RektokRoss offers her #copyright for #authors class, along with a legal consult and a copy of her new book Ski Weekend.

#authorlife #amwriting #publishing

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/76-copyright-101-for-authors-bloggers-and-creatives-follow-up-legal-consult-and-arc-of-ski-weekend-by-liani-kotcher-writing-as-rektok-ross

Awesome author and @simonschuster and @salaamreads editor @deebazargarpur offers a 50-page critique of your middle grade or YA manuscript, plus a consult call.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #middlegrade #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/175-first-50-pages-critique-and-phone-call-for-mg-or-ya-from-deeba-zargarpur-editor-ss-bfyr-salaam-reads

The amazing @LydiaYKang is offering a bundle of her awesome books this weekend in the #booksforhope auction to help with the COVID crisis in India. Funds go to UNICEF for immediate aid and action.

#booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amwriting #adultfiction

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/225-signed-book-bundle-by-lydia-kang

Love books by @rlynn_solomon? SAME! Score a signed and ANNOTATED copy of her latest, The Ex Talk, in this weekend's #booksforhope auction -- all proceeds go to UNICEF for immediate action on the COVID crisis in India.

#booksforhopeindia #amreading

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/201-signed-and-annotated-copy-of-the-ex-talk-by-rachel-lynn-solomon

My fave (and soon to be yours!) @AnjaliEnjeti has TWO books out -- you can score signed copies of both by bidding this weekend in the #booksforhope auction to help with the COVID crisis in India.

#booksforhopeindia #amreading #amwriting #literaryfiction

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/49-signed-books-and-bookmarks-by-anjali-enjeti

Taking a break for now — but there are still so many amazing bookish items to come (300 and counting!) in the #booksforhope auction. Bidding will be open this weekend. All proceeds will go @UNICEF for immediate aid with the #CovidCrisisIndia. Learn more at http://booksforhope.org 

Here we go! More items up for bid! Also: auction will be open for bids starting tomorrow afternoon! Get your thumb smash ready!

Here's the site: http://www.BooksforHope.org 

Proceeds will be going to UNICEF to help with immediate aid for #CovidCrisisIndia: https://www.unicefusa.org/stories/india-faces-brutal-covid-19-crisis-unicef-there-help/38520

So cool! Signed books from #annpatchett and swag from her amazing bookstore @ParnassusBooks1!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/399-signed-books-by-ann-patchett-along-with-a-parnassus-books-tote-bag-from-parnassus-books

The awesome author @robynschneider is offering a query and 25 page manuscript criitique.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amquerying #yabooks #yawriters

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/385-25-page-manuscript-and-query-critique-from-ya-contemporary-and-fantasy-author-robyn-schneider

The truly epic @ElloEllenOh, author and @diversebooks founder, is offering up multiple auction items, including signed copies of her books & a 50-page #middlegrade manuscript critique.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amquerying #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/367-50-page-middle-grade-manuscript-critique-by-author-ellen-oh

Amazing @KokilaBooks editor @ZareenJaffery is offering a critique of twenty pages and a synopsis of your #YAnovel.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#authorlife #amwriting #amediting

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/386-editorial-notes-on-20-pages-synopsis-of-a-ya-novel-and-a-half-hour-phone-call-with-editor-zareen-jaffrey

Amazing author and professor @SwatiAvasthi is offering a first chapter critique of up to 15 pages. Get your work read and workshopped by a true expert.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amediting #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/353-critique-of-first-chapter-no-more-than-15-pages-by-author-swati-avasthi

The awesome author @jules_writes is offering a signed, personalized copy of her latest, Broken Wish. Sweet! (Or sinister, knowing Julie!)

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amreading #yafantasy #yareads #yabooks

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/349-signed-and-personalized-copy-of-broken-wish-by-julie-c-dao-and-signed-special-mirror-bookmark

The astounding @kacencallender -- winner of the National Book Award, Stonewall, Lambda, and World Fantasy Award -- is offering a 25 page critique. Really, can you afford to miss this?

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amediting #fiction

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/311-25-page-critique-by-kacen-callender

Grab a critique and signed copy of the Foreshadow anthology from the amazing @msmayaprasad, whose wonderful short story won earned her a spot in the journal's collection.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amediting #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/314-bundle-signed-copy-of-foreshadow-critique-of-query-and-25-pages-by-maya-prasad

If you write #picturebooks, you can't afford to miss this: a critique and pass to a @ChronicleBooks #editmeeting from the amazing @KateMessner and @mmanlove!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeauction

#amwriting #amediting #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/332-picture-book-critique-and-free-pass-to-a-chronicle-books-editorial-meeting-by-kate-messner-and-melissa-manlove

Want to learn how to land awesome press for your book -- including TV? Author & journalist @sorbonified -- a creator of the #booksforhope auction -- is offering a one hour mentorship full of tips and tricks for managing your marketing. #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/356-one-hour-zoom-call-with-author-and-emmy-award-winning-reporter-and-anchor-sorboni-b

Got some burning #publishing Qs? Amazing editor @megilnit from @HarperCollins @harperteen is offering a 30 minute Ask Me Anything mentorship session.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amquerying #bookpublishing #yabooks #amediting

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/344-thirty-minute-ask-anything-phone-call-with-megan-ilnitzki

The absolutely fabulous @anicarissi -- an author and former executive editor -- is offering a 20-minute mentorship session to talk all things writing and publishing.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amediting #kidlit #yabooks #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/248-twenty-minute-phonevideo-chat-with-anica-mrose-rissi

#Picturebook #writers and #illustrators, get on this! The awesome @NikMarieGarcia is offering a picture book manuscript and dummy critique!

#picturebooks #amwriting #amediting #writinglife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/160-a-picture-book-manuscriptdummy-critique-from-nikki-garcia-editor

My fave (AND YOURS) @KellyLoyGilbert is offering the amazing opportunity to have a character named after you in her next book. Truly priceless!

#amwriting #amediting #yabooks #yaauthors #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/250-a-character-named-after-you-in-kelly-loy-gilberts-next-ya-novel

Support the cause -- and South Asian authors! -- by bidding on a curated selection of books selected by @ishitakent at @interabangbooks, a Dallas-based #indie #bookstore.

#bookstorelove #indiebookstore #booksellersrock

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/category/adult-fiction

Haven't read the #dreadnation duology by @justinaireland yet? What are you waiting for? Score signed copies in this weekend's #booksforhope auction AND help a good cause.

#yafantasy #zombies #yabooks #yaauthors #amreading

#booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/299-signed-copies-of-the-dread-nation-duology-by-justina-ireland

If you absolutely love @kierstenwhite's work (and who doesn't?), then you're gonna want to bid on this: Kiersten will include your name in one of her books, adult or #middlegrade, your choice!

#booksforhopeIndia #booksforhope

#authorlife #whatacharacter
https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/323-named-character-by-kiersten-white

The amazing @sam_aye_ahm is offering an exclusive swag bag of pins, a book AND the chance to see your name in one of her future books!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amreading #yabooks #yareads #whatacharacter

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/-37-exclusive-book-swag-and-name-a-character-by-samira-ahmed

YA icon @ThisIsTanuja is offering a superfun #DimpleLaLa bundle featuring #BornConfused books, CDs, and a signed bookplate. Get on this!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#yabooks #amreading #yaauthors

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/13-signed-books-cds-bookplates-tanuja-desai-hidier

The fab @ADRajurkar1 is offering a signed copy of her awesome debut #AmericanBetiya, along with a laptop decal and bookmark, plus playlist!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia #yabooks #amwriting #amreading #AuthorLife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/11-signed-book-playlist-and-swag-anuradha-rajurkar

Dig deep into the ins and outs of #publishing by bidding on a one-hour mentorship call with debut author @nazkutub, who'll tell you about his own journey and offer amazing advice.

#authorlife #yaauthor #bookpublishing

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/342-one-hour-zoom-call-with-naz-kutub

Get your #publishing career on track with a half hour mentorship chat with the amazing (trust me!) @JoSVolpe, founder of @NewLeafLiterary. This is a chance you don't want to miss!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/358-30-minute-call-with-agent-joanna-volpe-about-the-publishing-industry-topics-of-choice

Score a critique of your query and the first ten pages of your manuscript from amazing agent and author @ZREllor!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amquerying #authorlife #amreading

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/185-query-plus-first-ten-pages-critique-from-zabe-ellor

Awesome agent @UweStenderPhD of @triadaus is offering three query critiques with follow up chats filled with wisdom and publishing guidance.

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/111-query-critique-from-uwe-stender-with-a-follow-up-call-1

Whip your query into shape with a critique from awesome agent @agent_ayesha, who runs her own agency!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeIndia

#amwriting #amediting #amquerying

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/333-query-letter-review-by-ayesha-pande

Truly a privlege: the chance to win a shot at seeing YOUR NAME in print in a @gayleforman book. Bid this weekend in the #booksforhopeindia auction!

#booksforhope #yabooks #amreading #yareads

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/25-naming-of-character-rights-in-future-novel-signed-copy-of-we-are-inevitable-gayle-forman

#amquerying #authors, don't miss the chance to score a #querycritique and 30-minute follow-up call with the amazing agent Brent Taylor at @triadaus!

#booksforhope #booksforhopeindia

#amwriting #amediting #yabooks #middlegrade #authorlife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/51-query-letter-critique-along-with-a-follow-up-30-minute-phone-call-qa-with-brent-taylor

Fabulous agent extraordinaire @agentsaba is offering a major mentorship opp with a series of chats about the ins and outs of the publishing business! Bid this weekend in the #booksforhopeindia auction!

#booksforhope #amwriting #amquerying #AuthorLife

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/33-mentorship-calls-with-saba-sulaiman

Don't feel like writing that synopsis? Me neither. Let's duke it out for the opportunity to have @BriannaShrum -- a professional!! -- write it instead. Bid for the chance this weekend during the #booksforhopeindia auction.

#booksforhope #amwriting

https://www.booksforhope.org/items-for-auction/143-brianna-shrum-wants-to-write-your-synopsis