Dee's Teen Fan Confession

 She's fun and she's following God. The popular Christy Miller invites you to join her unforgettable high school adventures! It all starts during a dream summer in sun-kissed California...The first nine books in the popular Christy Miller series are now available in three treasured volumes! Bestselling author Robin Jones Gunn packs each one with enough action, romance, and drama to keep you reading and wanting more. It all starts the summer Christy vacations on a California beach and meets two friends who change her life forever. But after moving across the country with her family, Christy must begin her sophomore year of high school uncertain where she'll fit in. A red-headed new best friend, a try at cheerleading, a job at a pet store, and expectations for the prom fill Christy's high school years with a string of laughter-and-tears moments. Fireball Katie keeps everyone guessing what she'll do next, and surfer Todd keeps showing up while popular Rick has determined to get her full attention! As these memorable years unfold, Christy and her God-loving friends find out what it means to be a "peculiar treasure." Follow Christy Miller as she stays true to her identity in Christ, drawing closer to God for help in realizing her dreams and dealing with her disappointments.

I'm a big teen fiction fan. And yes...I love Smallville has been a devoted fan since Episode 1.

My favorite book is Me and Fat Glenda, and I used to own all the old Sweet Valley High Books. Yeah, that's right. Stephanie Perry Moore has some great teen fiction out and she will share them with us here and/or at Gospel Fiction in the new future. But for now my pick for a good teen read. Selah's baby sitter will love this. So I guess I have to get her this collection, too.

And oh, yeah... Monkeys and Hello Kitty rocks on!! Kimora Lee designed this glammed up watch. I can't afford it yet, but if I got me some Kryptonite or a few donations it would sure be a blinged out Happy Birthday to me.

Jaquelin's Back

Jaquelin Thomas is back and in full effect in 2006.

 Shades of Gray is on bookstore shelves now.

 

And she just signed a two book deal with Pocket books to do a young Christian fiction series. Simply Divine release date is October 2006.

 

"This is the first in a series featuring Divine Matthews Hardison.  Simply Divine is a reverse rags to riches story and is due out this October.   The second, Divine Confidential will be released in January and focuses on the dangers of Internet chat rooms," states Thomas.

 

And in April prepare for the sequel to the Prodigal Husband, Defining Moments.

 

Boy, oh, boy. No wonder she's award winning. Blessings, Jacquelin.

 

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The Last Ten Percent Sneek Peek

From bestselling author Michelle McKinney Hammond...her debut novel,

The Last Ten Percent.

Harvest House Synopsis:

Tracy awakens one morning to a radio report—the ratio of eligible men to available women is slim to none. Now, armed with actual statistics and a past of heartbreak, Tracey explores, with her four good friends, how intelligent women with impressive careers, coveted urban dwellings, and closets full of fashions can still worry so much about the shortage of men.

But as life unfolds, they discover that it is not the last ten percent of eligible men in the country but true faith that will ultimately give their hearts one hundred percent love.

Haven't received an advanced read on this one, only email blurbs, so we'll see in March(release date) how this novel fares. But if you attend her Diva Principles conference you'll get the book before I do.

 

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Musings on Tech stuff, Java, Linux and Open Source: Steve Jobs' keynote speech - MacWorld Conference Expo 2006

Thanks Melvin Vivas for providing this link to Steve Job's MacWorld Conference Expo speech for us cats that can't listen to his speech for watching the Alito confirmation hearings.

From Melvin'sMusings on Tech stuff, Java, Linux and Open Source Blog...

For those who can't view Steve Jobs' keynote through streaming video...Here's a summary of his speech...

http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/10/steve-jobs-keynote-live-from-macworld-2006


From what I read I think iMovie is interesting, especially if you want to do like author, Deanne Gist did and create a trailer for your book.

appiWeb is interesting too. I don't have a Mac, so I will be reading more about Apple, as I am in the market for a laptop or powerbook.

I will come back to this later on how these features and other techy stuff can be useful to Christian writers. I use Outlook everyday and don't know how I could stay ontop of my magazine queries without it.