Tuesday, December 4, 2012

STEPHEN POWER -- SENIOR EDITOR, WILEY -- 10-MINUTE PHONE CONSULTATION ON YOUR PITCH (Up to 10 winners possible on this item!)

BIDDING OPEN UNTIL 12/11  9 a.m. EST 

10-minute phone call, during which you can pitch your nonfiction idea to Stephen and he will give you feedback and help you shape it.  

All bids must start at $10 or more.  The top 10 bids will ALL win this item!!

Genres:  any nonfiction

More on Stephen:
Stephen S. Power is a senior editor at Wiley, where he works on sports, music, history, science and narrative nonfiction. His NY Times bestsellers include The Worst Person in the World by Keith Olbermann, Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles (1974-2001) by Don Felder and Wendy Holden, and Never Give Up: My Stroke, My Recovery and My Return to the NFL by Tedy Bruschi and Michael Holley. His two most recent books, both excellent gifts for the holidays, are Learn Something New Every Day: 365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life by NPR librarian Kee Malesky; and Perfection: The Inside Story of the 1972 Miami Dolphins’ Perfect Season by Bob Griese and Dave Hyde.  He tweets from @stephenspower.

Place your bid in the comment section of this post.
Auction ends 9:00 a.m. EST, Tuesday, December 11th.
For full auction schedule and rules, click here

35 comments:

  1. I'd like to bid $15. Thx (david@walkwithadoc.org)

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  2. $25! I have a title but now I'll have to get the pitch together!

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  3. Thank you both. And sometimes a title says everything.

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  4. $30 - Thanks for donating your time.

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  5. I would love to consult with you but my my story is sci-fi. Should I bid? If not, might you know of another, similar option for me?

    BTW - this is quite a nice offer - thanks.

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  6. I'm getting nervous--I'll raise my bid to $30.00.

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  8. Can't figure out how to remove my bid...

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  9. Hi, not sure how to post properly, but that's my bid above for $36 (Doreen).

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  10. I'd like to bid $40. Thanks, Cynthia.

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  11. Congratulations to the following bidders:
    Rose N -- $41
    Cynthia -- $40
    Doreen -- $36
    Girl at Art -- $40
    Casey N -- $40
    B. K. Stevens -- $50
    Lynn Weber -- $50
    Carolyn X -- $40
    Greg -- $40
    Lynn Mann -- $35

    You've all won this auction item!!

    By January 10, 2013, please make your corresponding donations to the American Red Cross or other 501(c)(3) Sandy relief charity (that provides e-mail confirmation), then send your receipt to me at klionetti@bookends-inc.com with “Auction Donation” as your subject heading. At that time I’ll put you in touch with Stephen.

    Please note that if the donation receipt isn’t received by 1/10/13, we will assume you’re forfeiting this auction item.

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