Thank you!
Well, we made it. The raffle is over. You can head on over to the prize page to see who won what. Thanks to you, we raised enough money to buy seven laptops for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project! Thank …
The end of the raffle is upon us.
This is it, folks. The raffle to benefit the Afghan Women’s Writing Project ends tonight. At 10pm PST, I’ll be using a random number generator to choose the winners. Prizes include signed books by Junot Diaz, Susan Choi, and Ernesto …
Final Raffle Prize: Attention craft-lovers. Yes, you.
Susan Ito, a fellow volunteer writing instructor for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, has generously donated the final item into the raffle prize basket: a beautiful quilt, made by her mother. You want this quilt? Each $10 you donate earns …
Final Raffle Prize: Attention craft-lovers. Yes, you. Read more »
Afghan Women’s Writing Project Raffle Extended
By request of the project’s founder, Masha Hamilton, the raffle has been extended. You now have until 10pm PST, Friday, July 17th to donate and get a chance to win one of these fantastic prizes. Remember, each $10 donated earns …
Have I mentioned lately that I love Portland?
We had a perfect Portland day on Saturday. First, we went blueberry picking on Sauvie Island. Then we went to the Multnomah County Bike Fair: Unicyle jousting. Tall-bike jousting. (Confession: I have a thing for tall bikes. I have no …
And even yet still MORE raffle prizes
Anita Amirrezvani has donated a signed hardcover edition of her novel, The Blood of Flowers. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee has donated signed copies of three of her books: Free-Range Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off, and At Knit’s End. Check out the full …
And back to that twitchy waiting feeling
The revised manuscript for Adverse Possession has been back with my agent for a few weeks now. The first two weeks of waiting are pretty easy, but at this point I could either hear from her any day now or …
And even MORE prizes
Seriously, folks. How can you resist? Two more prizes have been added to the already fantastic list of prizes for the raffle to benefit the Afghan Women’s Writing Project: Gayle Brandeis has donated a signed first-edition hardcover of her novel …