Day 3 Item 5: Custom Scene Featuring the Characters of ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS

This auction is for one written conversation of your choice between Anna Oliphant and Étienne St. Clair, the main characters of ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS!

From Stephanie Perkins:

If you win, you’ll send me a topic, and I’ll write a short scene in which Anna and Étienne muse upon it.

The scene will be added as a permanent “Extras” feature on stephanieperkins.com, and I’ll list your name (and link to your website, if you have one) as the dedication. I will also print a copy, sign it, and mail it to you.

Your topic must be brief, like “kumquats” or “Dr. Who.” In other words, if you send this idea to me: “Étienne breaks up with Anna to date Michelle Huffernagle, aka me, the winner of this auction,” I will tell you to pick another topic.

I will also not write about anything that will spoil the companion novels to ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS. Your topic idea cannot be “Lola,” “Cricket,” “Isla,” etc.

I will be open-minded, but I do reserve the right to refuse any idea that I deem inappropriate and to ask you to select another one.

The winner’s scene will be on my website (and the paper copy mailed) within sixty days of settling on the topic.

Thanks for bidding, and good luck!

Day 3 Item 4: 30 page Critique on YA Manuscript

2011 debut author, Tessa Gratton, has been kind enough to donate an in-depth 30 page Critique of a YA novel

Tessa Gratton's debut novel, Blood Magic (Random House) is set to be released May 24, 2011 and is a stand-alone novel of blood, kissing and cemeteries.

Day 3 Item 3: 2 hour photograph session

Birmingham photographer and personal friend of Crystal, Stephen DeVries has been kind enough to donate a Photography Session (up to 2 hours) and a disc containing the hi-resolution images.

Stephen is an AMAZING photographer (you can view his work at Stephen DeVries Photo or just google him) and if you need bridal or engagement photos, family portraits, or anything else, Stephen will do a superb job.


Session has a retail value of $400.

Please note: If the winning bidder lives outside of the Birmingham area they will have to discuss travel fees with Stephen. 

Day 3 Item 2: Query Critique

You may know her through Twitter or The Bookanistas. Her name is Shana Silver and she is offering a Query Critique of a YA manuscript. If you need help on your query, trust me when I say this someone you'll want help from.

Shana Silver is a YA writer represented by Sarah LaPolla at Curtis Brown. She had nearly a 100% rate on her query. Her writing came in 3rd place in the 2008 RWA Great Expectations contest and 4th place in the 2007 RWA Get Your Stiletto in the Door contest. She currently lives just outside of NYC where she works in the publishing industry.

http://www.Shana-Silver.com

Day 3 Item 1: Signed book - UK edition of Matched

Signed UK edition of MATCHED by New York Times bestselling author, Ally Condie

Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black.

The Society tells her it's a glitch, a rare malfunction, and that she should focus on the happy life she's destined to lead with Xander. But Cassia can't stop thinking about Ky, and as they slowly fall in love, Cassia begins to doubt the Society's infallibility and is faced with an impossible choice: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she's known and a path that no one else has dared to follow.