Another Book Signing for Deedy!

June 18 Booksigning in Manchester, NH! Come join the fun

Sat., June 18, 3-5 p.m., Deedy (Dorothea Jensen) will be be signing copies of A Buss from Lafayette at the Manchester Barnes & Noble Store. (1741 South Willow Street Manchester, NH 03103 603-668-5557)


There will be costumes, book "artifacts", fiddling, and more!

(Wish we Izzies could be there, too!)

Deedy has an Audio Book in the Works!

Deedy (Dorothea Jensen to you) sent us this post and we are putting it here.  We are not TOO jealous, because she has already made audio books of all the Izzy Elf stories published so far.




Still.

We are getting a little teensy bit tired of being Back Burnered.


Love from Bizzy, Blizzy, Dizzy, Fizzy, Frizzy, Quizzy, Tizzy, and Whizzy.


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After I read the opening of my story on the recent radio broadcast, I realized that I really enjoyed doing this. With the equipment advice of my professional sound and film editor son, "Hawk Jensen", I now have everything I need to do this myself.

I asked my publisher about this, and they gave me a green light! So exciting. The only down side is that in my experience, reading something aloud is the best way to stumble across bits that need to be fixed.  Oh well, I will try to contain my Editing Instinct and focus on my Dramatic Side.

It will probably take me most of the summer to accomplish this, then BQB Publishing will post it for sale on ACX and other audio book websites. I hope that teachers and parents will find this useful in the classroom and at home!

Must go "vocalize!" (How's THAT for pretentious???)

Regards,

Deedy

P.S. I have not yet figured out how to upload audio to this blog, but you would like to listen to the WEMF broadcast, it is on the front page of abussfromlafayette.com. Click here!

Come meet Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you)!

On Sunday, June 12, Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) will be signing copies of A Buss from Lafayette at the Barnes & Noble store in Nashua, NH, from 3-5 p.m as part of the Teen Book Festival. It is located at 235 Daniel Webster Hwy Nashua, NH 03060 .  Here is the store’s website: Nashua Barnes & Noble. 



Come join the fun! (We'd go if we could, but New Hampshire is QUITE a long way from the North Pole!

Love,

The Izzy Elves

On the Air: What fun!

Here's Deedy again. Wish she'd let us have our blog back! (Although we think she might have mentioned us on the air. Then all is forgiven.)

Love, the Izzy Elves

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Last night I went down to Boston to talk about A Buss from Lafayette (mostly) on WEMF Radio.  It was great fun to chat with Gina House and Max Bowen. The broadcast was recorded and will be available as a podcast this weekend. I'll keep you posted.

Gina House

Gina House, Deedy, and Max Bowen

Here we are after the broadcast. We were trying to point at the word "more" on the poster, as I fell under that category (as opposed to "music" and "movies.")

Deedy's Going on the Radio! (Wish she would take us with her.)

Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) is going to talk on the radio this Thursday. Unfortunately, she won't be talking about us Izzy Elves, but about Her Other Kind of Writing. Sigh.

She told us how to listen in. We hope you do, too.

Love,

Bizzy, Blizzy, Dizzy, Fizzy, Frizzy, Quizzy, Tizzy, and Whizzy

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A MESSAGE FROM DEEDY


This Thursday, May 12, I will be interviewed at 8:30 pm on a Boston radio program called Citywide Blackout.  Broadcast on WEMF radio, Citywide Blackout “spotlights the independent art scene of New England.” To listen LIVE go to http://wemfradio.com (go to the upper left where it says, “LISTEN NOW” in orange). Listeners can ask questions while I'm on the air via the following two sites: Citywide Blackout Facebook and Citywide Blackout Twitter.

I've done many radio interviews, but it's been quite awhile since the last one. I guess I'll just do what I always do: chat with someone interesting and try to ignore the fact that many, many others are "eavesdropping!"

The best part is that since it is an audio rather than a video kind of thing, I don't have to wear my costume. It's beautiful but not all that comfortable, even though no corsets are involved. (No wonder Clara resists dressing this way.)

The interview will be posted as a podcast a few days after the broadcast.

Hope you'll tune in!

Cheers,

Dorothea

Ok, ok. We finally officially handed over our blog to Deedy. For now.

We Izzies are still letting Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) post all her Historical Fiction Stuff on our website. Bear with us. We'll be back later on to talk about her Real Writing - about US!!

Love,

Bizzy, Blizzy, Dizzy, Fizzy, Frizzy, Quizzy, Tizzy, and Whizzy.

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So the message below is DIRECTLY from Deedy!

 

Amazing Numbers!

My goodness! The total number of "hits" on my Bublish page reached 25,000 today. If you add in the rest of my online hits, that makes the total well over *****!!!! 98,000 !!!!!!******

I only have one question.

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?????

The Izzies' Sibling Rivalry Thing

As we told you before, we are letting Deedy (Dorothea Jensen to you) take over our blog for awhile to talk about her OTHER kind of writing. We're not happy about that but there's not much we can do about it  Here's the latest on her new book, A Buss from Lafaeytte.

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I am delighted to report that even though it has not yet been released (ONLY 14 days to go!) A Buss from Lafayette has been getting some reviews!

Here's the latest one, from Goodreads.com:

Readnride rated it: really liked it

 
"As a fan of The Riddle of Penncroft Farm, I was hoping A Buss From Lafayette would be as good, and it is! The characters really came to life for me and the story moved along at a good pace. The heroine, Clara, has some of the same issues as girls of today, even though she’s living almost 200 years ago! Historical fiction fans will enjoy this book, especially as it was based upon a real historical event, General Lafayette’s visit to New Hampshire. I found the glossary helpful and informative. Read it...You'll be glad you did!"

That review definitely made my day, although I hope that doesn't irritate the Izzy Elves. They have some sort of sibling rivalry thing going on with my historical fiction. Can't understand why. 

Regards

Dorothea