Day 6, Item 5: Editorial Gift Certificates

From Editor Cassandra Marshall: 

TWO $35 gift certificates to editorcassandra.com, which can be used for a submissions package edit (query + first ten pages), a ten page partial edit, or a synopsis critique (up to four single spaced pages). Certificates can also be used towards the cost of a full edit or gifted to other writers.

Note: The top two bidders will win the certificates.

Cassandra Marshall is a freelance editor, lit agent intern, YA writer, and loves to play with her dog Mollie. She dreams of one day owning a small house near the water, preferably in England, with a shelf full of books she has written and has helped others to write. Her past clients have gone on to secure agents and many now have book deals. She wept like a baby the first time she held a client's finished and published book. She specializes in YA, but loves MG and unique adult books too.


Learn more about Cassandra at her writing website, her editing website, and on Twitter. 

This item will close on Wednesday, September 21. Highest bid timestamped 10PM (EST) or earlier wins.

Day 6, Item 4: Editor Non-Fiction Proposal Critique

From Editor Michele Wells:

Win a critique of your non-fiction proposal. 


Michele Wells has fifteen years of experience in publishing, both in print and multimedia. Currently working as a senior editor for DK Publishing editing illustrated nonfiction for children and adults, she previously acquired adult nonfiction for McGraw-Hill and Penguin Group USA, and edited series nonfiction for children and young adults. 


Learn more about Michele at her personal website, at the DK Publishing site, or on Twitter. 

This item will close on Wednesday, September 21. Highest bid timestamped 10PM (EST) or earlier wins.

Day 5, Item 11: Editor 10-Page Critique

From HarperTeen Editor Kari Sutherland

Win a critique of the first 10 pages of your children's manuscript (YA, MG, chapter or picture book).

Kari Sutherland, Editor, HarperTeen - Kari lives in Northeastern New Jersey and can now attest to just how high the river near her house comes after a hurricane. While she and her library of books are lucky enough to be above that line, she is thrilled to be a part of this auction to help those who were more directly impacted by Hurricane Irene. Kari has spent the past four years at HarperCollins Children's where she works primarily on YA novels including the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series by Sara Shepard, Firelight by Sophie Jordan, and Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting. 

Kari is brand new to Twitter, but once she gets used to it she will begin tweeting like mad. Or, more accurately, once a week.

This item will close on Sunday, September 18. Highest bid timestamped 10PM (EST) or earlier wins.

Day 3, Item 9: Editor 10-Page Critique

From editor Rachel Abrams

Win a critique of the first 10 pages of your children's manuscript (YA, MG, chapter or picture book).

Rachel Abrams is an assistant editor at HarperCollins Children's books. Since joining HarperCollins in 2007, she has worked closely with authors Avi, Neil Gaiman, Chris Lynch, Lemony Snicket, and Rachel Vail, as well as illustrators, Brett Helquist, Dave McKean, Charles Vess, Adam Rex, Maira Kalman, and Vladimir Radunsky. Rachel earned her Bachelor's degree at New York University and is a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course.  She currently works on books for teens, middle grade readers, and young readers.


This item will close on Friday, September 16th, at 10:00PM EST. 

Day 2, Item 9: Editor 10-page Critique

From editor Sarah Dotts Barley:

Win a critique of the first 10 pages of a children's manuscript (YA, MG, chapter or picture book) by associate editor at HarperCollins Children's Books, Sarah Dotts Barley.

Sarah Dotts Barley is an associate editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. Authors she works with include Georgia Byng, Holly Cupala, Gwendolyn Heasley, Geraldine McCaughrean, and with her editorial director, Donna Freitas and Joyce Carol Oates. Recent books that she has edited include DEAR BULLY: 70 AUTHORS TELL THEIR STORIES, edited by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones and DON'T BREATHE A WORD by Holly Cupala.

Learn more about Sarah Dotts Barley on Twitter.

This item will close on Thursday, September 15th, at 10:00PM EST.   

Day 1, Item 2: Editor 10-Page Critique

From HarperTeen Editor Erica Sussman: 

Win a critique of the first 10 pages of your children's manuscript (YA, MG, chapter or picture book).

Erica Sussman is a senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books, where she acquires and edits teen and tween fiction. She works with many authors, including Kiersten White, Amy Garvey, Leigh Fallon, Erin Bowman, and Robison Wells. Upcoming projects include the middle grade novel Storybound by Marissa Burt and the teen novel The Selection by Kiera Cass. She is also the editor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Warriors series and she is closely involved with the Little House program.

Learn more about Erica by following her on Twitter.


This item will close on Wednesday, September 14th, at 10:00PM EST.