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Romancing the Vote is back and officially live!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This is recurring fundraiser supported by authors, crafters, artists, and more.<\/p>\n This year, proceeds will go to Vote Riders<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Southern Coalition for Social Justice.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n They\u2019ve also partnered with Rainbow Broomfield<\/strong><\/a> so this year\u2019s auction is going to be extremely powerful.<\/p>\n There are consults, crafts, books, limited editions<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s going to be\u00a0intense.<\/em><\/p>\n This year, Sarah has donated a cross stitch<\/a> and RTRW Guest host spot<\/a>. We previously offered up a guest host spot, which was won by frequent commenter FashionablyEvil. We had a blast!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Sarah was also part of a group annotation of\u00a0Howl\u2019s Moving Castle<\/em> by Diana Wynne Jones.\u00a0<\/a>This edition has a trove of marginalia mayhem from Rose Lerner, Lish McBride, Sarah Wendell, Alexandra Vasti, Emma Barry, Candy Tan, and Olivia Waite, who organized the annotation.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Note from Sarah:\u00a0<\/em>This special edition of this book<\/a> has one of the most romantic illustrations in the end papers and I could not stop looking at it.<\/p>\n The goal for the auction is $50,000.00, but by 10am they\u2019ve already raised $14,042!<\/p>\n The auction will end July 5th, so keep that in mind when watching items.<\/p>\n Another note from Sarah:\u00a0<\/em>Y\u2019all, there is a My Lady Jane<\/em><\/a> behind the scenes photo book from the personal collection of showrunner Gemma Burgess. I loved that show!<\/p>\n And you can join a zoom with Courtney Milan telling you why Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby<\/a>. 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