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A geeky Kickstarter campaign
If you're a fan of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series, now is your chance to get some merch related to the books. A new campaign has launched on Kickstarter with t-shirts, pins, patches, posters, miniatures and more! You can pledge to the campaign through November 20.
As a bit of background, I met my husband through a chat group dedicated to Lackey and specifically the Valdemar books. We were able to meet Lackey and her husband, Larry Dixon, at a con several years ago and told them that it was all their fault!
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