{"id":869,"date":"2011-03-01T08:52:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T08:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/mindthegap\/?p=869"},"modified":"2011-03-01T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T08:52:29","slug":"in-which-i-do-my-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/mindthegap\/2011\/03\/01\/in-which-i-do-my-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"In which I do my bit"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me, one of the highlights of Science Online 2011 was meeting @HistoryGeek \u2013 Holly Tucker<\/a>, an Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University who teaches French and the history of medicine, and whose upcoming book Blood Work<\/em><\/a>, a tale of murder and medicine in the Scientific Revolution, is coming out imminently from WW Norton. In fact, I\u2019m not ashamed to admit I have a bit of a girl crush on Holly. Which is why, when she invited me to take part in Writers for the Red Cross<\/a>, I leapt at the chance.<\/p>\n

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Holly and her friend Beth Dunn organized Writers for the Red Cross (#write4red<\/strong>) to celebrate Red Cross Month, which kicks off today. Intended to raise funds and awareness for the American Red Cross<\/a>, this online event will be auctioning off publishing-related items and services donated by publicists, agents, editors and authors \u2013 including yours truly. <\/p>\n

The American Red Cross has more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees who work together through nearly 700 locally supported chapters to help out during worldwide disasters. It\u2019s a great cause, and you can take part in the auction to win a wide variety of swag bags put together by the various participants \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be American to show your support. Week One\u2019s auction is now open<\/a>!<\/p>\n

My own goody bag<\/a> will be available for bidding next week. In addition to signed copies of both my novels, Experimental Heart<\/em> <\/a>and The Honest Look<\/em><\/a>, you can win a fabulous Science Is Sexy T-shirt and mug (see the picture above for the design) and also a lovely full-color micrograph of one of my cell biology experiments, suitable for framing. (We are also considering selling these mugs and T-shirts on LabLit.com<\/a> if they prove popular.) Do take a look at all of what’s on offer<\/a> throughout the month.<\/p>\n

Post-script:<\/em> For those of you interested in how The Honest Look<\/em> is doing, it sold out quite quickly in the US, necessitating a second print run. So I am pleased to report that after a long hiatus, the book is finally available again on US Amazon<\/a>. Grab your copies while they last! The journal Cell<\/a> thought it was pretty groovy, as did Grrl Scientist<\/a>, writing in the Guardian<\/em>. If you’ve already read it, please consider writing a review on Amazon – every little helps. The more books I sell, the more likely that my third novel – a light-hearted tale about a feminist virologist in a sexist institute – will be taken up for publication when the time is right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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