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  Advertise with Writer Unboxed

  3790 readersYou may have noticed something new recently at Writer Unboxed: advertisements at the top of the left-hand column. (We just finished running an ad for Chris Abouzeid, author of Anatopsis.) With the help of our assistant, we’ve created informational kits for both authors and businesses who might be interested in advertising with us. Bonus: They

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  Writer Unboxed Newsletter Sign-Ups!

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  Writer Unboxed 3-Day Auction Begins Today

  6750 readersUpdate: The auction has ended! Thank you for all who participated–and who tried to participate–despite the problems the site had over the weekend. We appreciate all of you. ____________________________ As promised, our first ever Writer Unboxed auction begins today. We are excited to offer you opportunities to gain valuable attention in exchange for funds that

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  Auction #1: Guest Post with Writer Unboxed

  6875 readersWant to bid to win a guest post opportunity with Writer Unboxed? The winning post will go live on Writer Unboxed in March of this year, on a FRIDAY. We only put a blog post up for bid once before, with the Writers for the Red Cross auction, and it went for a healthy $400.

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  Auction #2: Rotating Ad on Writer Unboxed

  6563 readersWant to bid to have your book appear as one of three profiled ads in a Writer Unboxed rotating ad? Your ad will run for two weeks in our sidebar, anytime within the next year. You tell us when. Look at the top-left sidebar of our homepage. See the rotating ads there—with Therese Walsh’s The

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