Secret Sleuth Exchange: April 1st Deadline

Hi Sleuths,

It's time for our spring Secret Sleuth Gift Exchange: Nancy Drew's Birthday exchange. This coincides with the series' anniversary of April 28th!

For those of you who want to sign up, e-mail me: sleuths@ndsleuths.com by April 1st!

HOW IT WORKS:

You will make and/or buy items to create a fabulous Nancy Drew theme gift for the Sleuth you will be giving it to. You will send off the gift by Mid-April to arrive around the 28th in time for the anniversary.

Ideas for gifts can be found at our website: you can click on the "members only" link and at our web site section for members only, there is a section on gift exchanges where you can see a list and view pictures. One example is shown above.

I will send out assignments on April 2nd to all who have signed up. If you have not heard from me by the end of the evening, please e-mail!

Jenn:)

New style of ND Sleuths silhouettes debuting! We'll be revamping our website over the next couple of weeks in some areas, so be on the look out for fun stuff!

Our Jr. Detective Squad will undergo some changes as to membership kits. G&D is getting involved in some minor ways to promote their classic ND books we all know and love:) And this will spill over to our club as well.

Jenn:)

Feb & Mar '09 E-News & Clues

E-mail: sleuths@ndsleuths.com

Hi Sleuths!

I'm keeping it simple for Feb./Mar. '09 and combining E-News Blogs. There's not a whole lot going on right now! Anyone got an exciting mystery to solve? ;)

In this E-News & Clues: Nancy Drew News, Rizzoli ND Calendar Update, Jan/Feb '09 The Sleuth, & '09 Sleuth Convention:

NANCY DREW NEWS: Feb. '09 Releases:

Papercutz: What Goes Up

Mar. '09 Releases:

Girl Detective: Identity Revealed
Clue Crew: April Fool's Day

RIZZOLI ND CALENDAR UPDATE:

The 2010 Nancy Drew engagement calendar will be out this July and it's like a day-planner type calendar with each week filling a page along with lots of illustrations from the books and images. I sent some images for the calendar to help them get it together. They ran into issues where they couldn't use picture covers much due to the texture in scanning them. It's going to be great, so look for that neat collectible to be out in just a few months.

JAN./FEB. '09 THE SLEUTH:

See the Blog entry below this one for the cover image and detailed contents of our Jan./Feb. '09 issue of The Sleuth. Our next issue will have the theme Togo or Not Togo--all about Togo! We're looking for submissions or just your general comments about Nancy's little furry guy!

http://www.ndsleuths.com/thesleuth.html

US Subscriber Special: $32.00 rate if you subscribe by March. 15!

Jennifer Fisher
P.O. Box 128
Higley, AZ 85236-0128

Or Pay Pal: nancydrewsleuth@aol.com

NANCY DREW SLEUTH CONVENTION SEPT. 30 - OCT. 4, 2009 LAS VEGAS, NV

Registration deadline: May 15.

View details at our website:

http://www.ndsleuths.com/ndsconventions.html

Jenn:)

January/February 2009 Issue of The Sleuth

Issue Contents:

Calling All Sleuths: Editor's Note By Jennifer Fisher

The Clue Conundrum: Nancy's Crookbook Match Up

Nancy's Mysterious Men By Jennifer Fisher

Sleuthing For Love By Lisa Kwong

The Nancy Drew Crookbook Part III By Caroline Stellings

Deconstructing The Digests - Debunking The Misconceptions Surrounding The Nancy
Drew Paperbacks #81 - The Mardi Gras Mystery By Todd H. Latoski

Revisiting The Nancy Drew Conference…15 Years Later Pt II Compiled By Jennifer Fisher & '93 Conference Attendees

Re-Rediscovering Nancy Drew by Geoffrey S. Lapin

From The Series Book Blogosphere A Blog Reprint By Jennifer White

Crazy Eights with Michael G. Cornelius - X Marks The Spy By Michael G. Cornelius

Series Spotlight: Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator Extraordinaire By Todd H. Latoski

A Nancy & Ned Story By Faye Kisker

A Book's Life: The Clue in the Old Album By Pamela J. Horack

Sleuth Notes By Janet DeVries

Drewggle: Cats Pt I Compiled By Amriel Simpson

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: A Look Back at TV's First Nancy Drew: Episode
1.12 -Mystery Of The Ghostwriter's Cruise By Todd H. Latoski

Nancy Drew's Survival Guide: Sleuth Lesson #15

Classic Nancy Drew Book Illustrations Series #3: The Bungalow Mystery

Jenn:)

Nancy Drew in Collectors News Mag: Feb. '09 Issue

The February 2009 issue of Collectors News magazine is now available. It features a two-page article on Nancy Drew and my collection of Nancy Drew memorabilia and talks about the Nancy Drew Sleuths fan group and our conventions! I'm including some pictures in the Blog.

If you are interested in getting this particular issue or subscribing to this publication, visit Collectors News online and you can also e-mail: collectors@collectors-news.com or call 800-352-8039.

I was originally contacted by them for an article on my Vintage Halloween collectibles and website, Vintage Halloween. I suggested they consider doing a piece on Nancy Drew and it led to this piece which was put together last summer.

I thought it was well-done and even mentions Edward Stratemeyer!

Jenn:)

Jan. '09 E-News & Clues & 2009 Annual Newsletter

Sleuths,

Our Jan. '09 E-News & Clues is short! That's because it coincides with our 2009 annual Sleuth Newsletter where all the good stuff is! As most of you know, this is our once a year newsletter that previews the coming year for members with Sleuth news and Nancy Drew events and news! We have it available online as a PDF file you can read/print.

To view the newsletter, click this link:

http://www.ndsleuths.com/2009SleuthNews.pdf

Highlights include:

2009 Month-By-Month of Nancy Drew book and collectible releases, Nancy Drew merchandise news, 2009 Convention news, 2010 80th Nancy Drew Anniversary news, and much more! We have a preview of the 2010 Nancy Drew engagement calendar!

Jenn:)

Sleuths on Myspace and Facebook?

Sleuths,

Have you checked out Facebook? Or Myspace? I have created pages at both for our Nancy Drew Sleuths group, so if you're on or want to join and keep up, here's the links:

FACEBOOK:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/profile.php?id=1383288274&ref=name

MYSPACE:

http://www.myspace.com/nancydrewsleuths

So far quite a few of you have joined, so the more the merrier!

Jenn:)