Okay, guys, bear with me for a minute here.

I am a fan of my breasts. I grew them myself, and as I am not an apple tree or a corn maze, there's not that much I can say that about. I am a fan of my breasts remaining healthy and hence, y'know, attached. Not all my friends have been that fortunate. Statistically speaking, I may not be that fortunate forever. This is a sad truth of the modern world.

But there are things we can do.

Books for Boobs, a project of Save the Boobs, is auctioning off signed books to help support the fight against breast cancer. Authors with works in the currently live auctions include Mary Robinette Kowal, Lev Grossman, me, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Westerfeld, Holly Black, me-as-Mira, and many more.

Auctions will remain live for the next eight days, and are all currently quite low. Support a good cause, get yourself some signed literature, and save the boobs. Because sadly, not being apple trees or corn mazes, we can't grow more if we don't preserve the ones we have.

Now, it's really no secret around here that I love jimhines dearly. He was one of the first DAW authors to reach out to me and say "welcome to the family" (andpuff doesn't count, since we've known each other for years). He's been supportive, sane, and willing to pat me on the head when I'm flailing hysterically. Since we share an editor, this may have been born partly out of the desire to have me not drive said editor insane, but I try to interpret things positively.

Jim is a nice guy. That's one of the best things about him. That he's just a damned nice guy. And he's auctioning off an ARC of The Mermaid's Madness, sequel to The Stepsister Scheme, to benefit the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

It's a good cause. It's a good book. And he's a damn good guy.

jimhines is a great guy, an awesome author, and generally just a neat person. This auction is a chance to get an advance copy of his upcoming book, The Stepsister Scheme -- which sounds bad-ass cool -- and help a good cause at the same time.

Things like this are why fandom is such an incredible thing.