A Guest Post by Deedy that Mentions Us Izzies

Ok, we don't usually do this, but today we are allowing Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) write a guest post.  When we first read it, we weren't sure if we'd let her do this, because it is MOSTLY about the Other Kind Of Writing she does.

But she does manage to squeeze in a mention of us Izzies at the very end.

So we gave her the green light.

Love from the Izzy Elves

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I was thinking the other day about the fact that my first historical novel for kids (The Riddle of Penncroft Farm) was set in the 20th Century and the 18th Century.  My second historical novel for kids (A Buss from Lafayette) is set in the 19th century with lots of information about the 18th.  My third historical novel for kids (A Scalp on the Moon, which I'm working on now) is set in the 17th century.

I said to my husband, "Wow! That means I will have written  about four different centuries: the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th!"

He looked at me.

"Deedy, " he said. "Your Izzies are 21st century elves."

He's right.

I guess that makes me a Five Century Writer!

Woo hoo!

Regards,
Dorothea Jensen

Dizzy and Frizzy are celebrating!

Hooray!  Deedy (Dorothea Jensen to you) has made trailers for both our stories! We hope you like them as much as we do!

Love,

Dizzy and Frizzy

 Dizzy's Trailer!

 Frizzy's Trailer!

A Trailer for Blizzy!

So happy to tell you that Tizzy is no longer the only Izzy elf with his own trailer.

Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) has made one my my story, too.

Now it is only Dizzy and Frizzy whose noses are out of joint.

Hurry up and do theirs, too, Deedy.  I hate seeing them so unhappy!

Anyway, here it is!

Blizzy's Trailer





Love,

Blizzy

♡♡♡♡♡

Tizzy has a Trailer of His Own!

I am so delighted to announce that Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) has FINALLY made a trailer just for my own story, Tizzy, the Christmas Shelf Elf!  Take a look!

Tizzy's Trailer!

Now Blizzy, Dizzy, and Frizzy are all acting annoyed and a little jealous that they don't have trailers for their stories.  I'm sure Deedy will do theirs soon.  I hope. It's getting a bit uncomfortable around here!










Love,

Tizzy

PLEASE DON'T TELL THE TABLOIDS!

Ok, ok, we know that we have posted only six of us eight Izzy Elves in underbits.  Today we will remedy that omission.  Here are the final two, Tizzy and Blizzy.

 They don't actually know that we are posting this today.  We think they are a little bit embarrassed that they are both looking so googoo-eyed.  Frankly, we're all a little embarrassed that they are looking so googoo-eyed. But what can we do?  They always look like this these days.

Ever since Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) wrote down their stories (Tizzy, the Christmas Shelf Elf and Blizzy, the Worrywart Elf) they are no longer shy or discreet about showing how much they like each other. Or whatever.

The rest of us (that is Bizzy, Frizzy, Fizzy, Dizzy, Whizzy, and Quizzy, who are posting this) think it all happened when each read the story about the other.

After all, here is what appears in  Tizzy, the Christmas Shelf Elf, when Tizzy is telling two naughty boys who sneaked downstairs before their parents were up about all the Izzy Elves:

While Blizzy’s the last (she’s my favorite lass)
She fashions the snowflakes that swirl under glass.

And as for Blizzy's story, well the WHOLE THING shows how fond she is of Tizzy, but especially this part:

Then Blizzy smiled happily all to herself
And wondered when she’d see her favorite elf.
This is the year, she thought, when Tizzy might
Take hold of her hand when they danced in the night.
And maybe—that’s maybe—he’d give her a kiss
Beneath the green mistletoe. That would be bliss!
Just thinking of this made her blush like a rose
As she threw back her covers and threw on her clothes.

So we guess that all this "googoo eyes" business is Deedy's fault.  After all, she's the one who wrote these "tell-all" stories.

We just hope the tabloids don't get hold of these revealing pictures.

Love,

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

NO FAIR! Deedy didn't show OUR cups (which are way cooler)

Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) just posted her first video blog. While we always enjoy seeing her online (she doesn't get up here to the Izzy Elf Section of the North Pole very often in person), we must confess we are a little disappointed in what she decided to feature in this video blog.

Take a look:

Deedy's First Video Blog

If you look very, very carefully, you can see that on the shelf behind her are OUR cups, or at least those for Tizzy, Blizzy, Dizzy, and Frizzy. We really love those cups. But what did Deedy show???
A cup for her Other Kind of Book: A Buss from Lafayette.

As you know, we Izzy Elves are not Whiners as a rule, but we would like to go on record as saying that Deedy needs to show everybody OUR cups.

They hold coffee just as well as the one with that red-headed girl and Lafayette on it.

 So there.

Love from the somewhat frustrated and disappointed Izzies:

We FINALLY Got Deedy's Attention! (It's about time.)

Deedy (that's Dorothea Jensen to you) has been neglecting us Izzy Elves shamefully for a long, LONG time.  She has been so involved with her Other Kind of Writing (A Buss from Lafayette, which is historical fiction for kids, whatever THAT is) she has pretty much ignored us completely!

We pointed out to her that she has not helped us post anything on our Elfblog for almost TWO MONTHS!!

She apologized for all this and said she would do better.  We'll see.

Anyway, we read through our blog posts and realized that we have not quite posted all of the Izzy Elves in Underbits Pix. (You might recall that these are sketches by Shayne Hood for a new project she and Deedy - and Dee Dee, actually - are doing.)

So here is another Elf in Underbits:  DIZZY!

As some of you know, Dizzy specializes in toys that surprise. Recently, however, he has SUPER-specialized in electronic toys.  (He's become very savvy in this type of thing.)

Those of you who have read his story, Dizzy, the Stowaway Elf, know that because of this skill he solved a big problem for Santa, which probably helped S.C. forgive him for stowing away on his sleigh on Christmas Eve. (Although Dizzy himself admits that a boy named Stuart figured out how to make the Virtual Reins work.)


In any case, we are happy that Deedy has finally seen fit to help us out on our blog.









Thanks for checking in!


Much love,