#RomanceForMaui update from author Lucy Eden: from a starting goal of $5K, to confirmed donations of $170K (so far).

If you are waiting to be contacted, please check your spam/junk folders for email from romancecharityauction@gmail.com

@romancelandia

@romancelandia

Author Lucy Eden started #RomanceForMaui with a handful of offerings to auction, and a humble goal of $5,000

In a week, #Romancelandia offered over 400 items and services, and raised almost $136,000 for Maui residents.

Thank you.

@romancelandia WE ARE ON EXTENDED BIDDING

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

EXTENDED BIDDING IS ON!

#RomanceForMaui

ETA: it's so wild to see the total raised change every time I refresh the page, and the time left increase by one minute every time.

We are at almost $132 grand! woot woot!

ETA ETA: Are we going to reach $135K?

ETA 3rd: WE DID!!!!

ETA 4th: blimey, we may reach $136K, 3 minutes to go.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

@romancelandia

::ringing bell:: Last call, LAST CALL!

#RomanceForMaui ends in twenty minutes, LAST CALL!

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

@romancelandia

412 items up for auction
$12, 337 raised for charity so far
Three hours to go

Go forth, help someone in need.

#RomanceForMaui

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

@romancelandia Just six hours left in the #RomanceForMaui auction!

From a humble original goal of $5K, the total right now is just over $110K.

A whopping 410 items are up for grabs; all monies raised go directly to the organizations listed on the auction's main page:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

GO, ROMANCELANDIA, GO!

Hey there, @romancelandia, there are just about 30 hours left in the #RomanceForMaui auction--over 400 items up for grabs, just over $100K raised for people who've lost everything.

Go forth, be kind, help someone out.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

If your budget needs something less rich that some of the hot items, here's an alternative: buy now 3" stickers!

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

As always, please share for wider reach--how much can this community raise for people in need?

@romancelandia

Via Tessa Dare (on twitter):
"Do you love stickers? Been watching bids on #RomanceForMaui items soar out of your price range? Author Lucy Eden designed ADORABLE 3” vinyl stickers as a buy-it-now gift for giving to the cause. $10 donation for one design, $15 for 2, and $30 for the full keepsake 4-pack."

Can we get to $100K by Monday? (Please boost for wider reach)

The stickers:
https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111621/auctions/148453?t=search&v=lucy+eden

The full auction:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Good morning, @romancelandia! There are just over two days left in the #RomanceForMaui auction--over 380 items,from books and swag to zoom consults with everyone from Beverly Jenkins to Courtney Milan, and crafty items galore!

From a humble first goal of $5K, can we raise a $100K in the time left?

Go forth and bid for a good cause!

(please boost for a wider reach)

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

@romancelandia

Please read the links in the post above for context; the #RomanceForMaui auction is still going strong; from a humble $5K goal, we are now close to $75K raised for local relief, with over 320 items for auction.

Please check it out, bid to help people who've lost everything in the #MauiFires, and share to increase the reach:

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

@romancelandia ICYMI:

The #RomanceForMaui auction is live, until 3pm EDT on Monday August 21; the original goal was a humble $5K, but the current total is siting just shy of $62K, with 281 items on offer.

Go forth, bid, be kind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUs0ye4FyEE

@romancelandia

There are just over four full days left on the #RomanceForMaui auction, and just under 280 items to bid on; how much money can we raise?

Bookish things! career things! craftythings!

Anything your heart might desire, and all going to a great cause.

Go forth, bid, help out:

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Via Steve Ammidown: "It’s #GeorgetteHeyer’s birthday, so let’s remember that she loved inserting antisemitism into her “foundational” Regency romances!"

#RomanceForMaui a@a.gup.pe
Essay by Felicia Grossman:
https://romancedailynews.medium.com/guest-post-georgette-heyer-was-an-antisemite-and-her-work-is-not-foundational-historical-romance-fc00bfc7c26

You can buy her just-released historical romance, featuring two Jewish main characters, right now:
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/felicia-grossman/marry-me-by-midnight/9781538722541/?lens=forever

UPDATE on #RomanceForMaui: the auction is not even 24hrs old, and there are now over two hundred bookish/readerly/writerly/crafty items on offer.

@romancelandia blew right past the original and very humble $5K goal; with six full days left, we are within touching distance to TEN TIMES the original goal.

Go forth, help people who've lost everything:

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

If you want to donate something, go here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

Please boost for wider reach.

@romancelandia

The #RomanceForMaui acution starts in less than an hour! Over 120 items to bid on, from writerly perks to reader golden items to crafty prizes.

Beverly Jenkins, Courtney Milan, Olivia Dade, Tessa Dare, Kit Rocha, Katee Robert and many more authors have items up--check them all out.

Go forth and bid, treat yourself for a good cause.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

If you want to contribute an item, you can still do so through this form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

The generous and always lovely @OliviaWrites has two items up for the #RomanceForMaui auction, starting today!

There are over 100 items to bit, from readerly to writerly to crafty, all for a most excellent cause.

@romancelandia Go forth and do some good.

https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Starting today!

@romancelandia

#RomanceForMaui: one week auction, starting today August 15 at 3pm Eastern

If you are interested in donating items, go here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

The auction itself is here:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Please boost for wider reach.

@romancelandia

#RomanceForMaui: one week auction, starting on Tuesday.

If you are interested in donating items, go here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

The auction itself is here:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui