Are you a budding author?

Are you a budding writer? Then you might be interested in bidding on one of the following items in an online auction to benefit Bridget Zinn, a YA author. She has had a crazy year, one that including getting an agent, getting married, getting diagnosed with colon cancer, and make her first sale. The services that would appeal to authors include: * Chapter critique of your middle grade novel by author Jennifer Cervantes * Critique of the first 20 pages of your manuscript By New York Times bestselling author April Henry * Foot in the Door Critique Package Critique of your whole novel, synopsis, and query letter by Through The Tollbooth * One Critique of a QUERY plus FIRST 10 PAGES of your Middle Grade or Young Adult Novel By Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency * One critique of a QUERY plus the FIRST 10 PAGES of your middle grade or young adult novel By Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency * One Critique of a Query Plus the first Ten Pages of Your Middle-Grade or Young Adult Novel By Michael Stearns, Upstart Crow Literary, LLC * Picture Book Critique from Picture Book Author, Jean Reidy Detailed critique of a fiction picture book manuscript up to 1000 words * Proofreading services for one query letter and synopsis By Martha Brockenbrough, Punctuation Activist This is Bridget. Auction items can be viewed at http://www.32auctions.com/view_auction?id=bridget&pwd=rules - or just go to www.32auctions.com and use the Auction ID: bridget and Password: rules (as in: Bridget rules!!) to view the auction. In order to bid on auction items, you will need to create an account on the site in order to bid. (Creating an account simply requires your name, email address, and a password, and it is required so that you can be contacted if you win an item.) Bidding ends 9 p.m. Central time on Dec. 11.