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Locus Magazine's fundraiser is a quarter-way to its goal, with 25 days to go. And there are a lot of cool perks for donors. A personalized letter to you from a fictional character. A couple of story critiques from pro writers. (These are pretty hard to come by; they're a lot of work for the writer!) A couple of tuckerizations (that's a mention of you by name, in the author's next novel; the writer Wilson Tucker was notorious for doing this to friends, hence the term) and one goaterization (you'll have to go to that perk for a definition). Plus lots of signed hardcovers--which would make excellent Christmas or birthday presents for the fanatic reader you care about most.
But probably the niftiest perk of the lot is a half-hour private Zoom coffee chat with Connie Willis. With typical generosity Ms. Willis has volunteered to take on up to eight of these, and they're not cheap. But they're worth it. Connie is extremely good company. She's as smart as a whip. She knows everything that's worth knowing about science fiction. And she's a genuinely kind human being. I can't think of a more pleasant person to share a cup of coffee or tea with.
Oh, and have I mentioned that Connie has won more Hugos and Nebulas for fiction than anyone else in history?
If you're curious, you can visit the Locus Indiegogo fundraiser here.
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