Hey everyone,

You may have heard by now of Worldbuilders, the charity run by fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss. In a nutshell, it’s this: You donate $10 to Worldbuilders, all of which goes to Heifer International—an organization that helps families in developing nations directly with goats, chickens, heifers and other sustainable sources of food—and you get a chance to win signed books by your favorite fantasy authors. For every $10 you donate, you get another chance to win. And regardless of  whether or not you win some goodies, the cool thing is that hungry kids get to eat.

I’ve donated two signed sets of the Iron Druid Chronicles to help out. One set is in the general prize pool, so you have a chance to win it—or any number of other fabulous books—for as little as $10. But if you’d like to make ULTRA HONKIN’ CERTAIN that you get a signed set of the series rather than just a chance to win it, you can bid on the other set at an auction. Again, all money from the auction goes directly to Heifer International. And here’s why you might want the set that’s up for auction: They’re not merely signed. Each one also has a unique sketch of one of the characters and a little message from them. Here’s what I drew in each book:
HOUNDED: Perry! First time I’ve ever drawn him. And what I have him saying is kind of an inside joke that you won’t understand unless you’ve read book two. :)
HEXED: The Morrigan!
HAMMERED: Leif Helgarson!
TRICKED: Oberon!
TRAPPED: Atticus!

So HERE IS THE LINK to Pat’s blog, where you’ll see all the author-donated books and find links to the general donation page. You can also click through to his other recent blog posts and see all the other books and goodies you can win or bid on, because there are a buttload of them on there, donated from publishers and independent spiffy people and so on.

And, in case you’d rather go straight there, HERE’S THE LINK to the Iron Druid auction with the specially signed/illustrated books. The pictures that they show there are from the first set, not the illustrated set, so don’t panic. :) As of this writing I believe the auction is open for about one more week.

Thank you, as always, for reading, and if you can spare it, thank you for donating to this worthy cause. Hope you win!