Dec. '08 E-News & Clues

E-mail: sleuths@ndsleuths.com

Happy New Year Sleuths!

Hope your holidays were fabulous with a capital Drew! As part of my Christmas I was able to add to my collection one of Tricia Zimic's Nancy Drew Files paintings which I'll preview in a new Blog! It's just lovely and I had it framed before I headed to Texas for the holidays.

Our E-News and Clues will be brief this month as our annual New Year newsletter will be online mid-January '09 in PDF form for you to access and even print if you like. This newsletter will preview some of the exciting things to come in 2009! So be sure to check the blog out mid-January and look for our e-mail reminding you of this!

In this E-News & Clues: PA Convention DVDs, Nancy Drew News, 2009 Sleuth Convention News, The Sleuth Special.

PA CONVENTION DVDS:

We have 5 DVDs leftover from our convention for sale. First come first serve. E-mail me if interested: sleuths@ndsleuths.com. These feature our speakers and their presentations, our sightseeing and our gift exchange. $15.00 each which includes shipping!

NANCY DREW NEWS:

December Releases:

Nancy Drew Girl Detective: Secret Identity

2009 NANCY DREW SLEUTH CONVENTION NEWS:

Our registration fees/deadlines/hotel information and itinerary are up at our website! Dont' miss out on our Las Vegas convention: Sept. 30 - Oct. 4, 2009! Check it out here:

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

THE SLEUTH SPECIAL:

To celebrate Nancy Drew and 2009, I'm offering a special on those of you who haven't subscribed to The Sleuth, our Nancy Drew/series book zine! Check out back issues at our website:

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

We have 14 issues in print! Normal subscription rate is 38.00 per year for US subscribers. Special: 33.00 by Jan 31st! Outside the US: take off 3.00 of the non-US subscriber rates listed at our website!

And for back issues, they're normally 3/20.00 but I can offer a rate of 5.00 each x 14=70.00 for all back issues.

You can send a check or money order or purchase directly at our website, all the details can be found at the above link!

Jenn:)

November/December 2008 Issue of The Sleuth

Issue Contents:

Calling All Sleuths: Editor's Note By Jennifer Fisher

The Clue Conundrum: Nancy's Mementos Match Up

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

Secrets of Nancy Drew Revealed: Series Book Events, Research, & Reflection By Jennifer Fisher

Crazy Eights with Michael G. Cornelius - The Mysterious Fireplace By Michael G. Cornelius

Collecting World Loses Well Loved Personality By Rick Sayers

Sleuths Remember John Axe

From Old Clock to Winter Wonderland: 75 Years of Mystery And Adventure With Nancy Drew, America's Oldest Teenage Sleuth Pt II By JK

Amriel's Unofficial Nancy Drew's Keepsakes List: 1-56 By Amriel

Deconstructing The Digests - Debunking The Misconceptions Surrounding The Nancy Drew Paperbacks #80 - The Case of the Disappearing Diamonds By Todd H. Latoski

The Nancy Drew Crookbook Part II By Caroline Stellings

Nancy Drew News: Nancy Drew 2009 Convention Update

Nancy Drew's Survival Guide: Sleuth Lesson #14

To subscribe or order a back issue, check us out here:

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

Jenn:)

Nov. '08 E-News & Clues

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving! The holidays are always a hectic time, makes me wonder how Nancy Drew managed so well with running her household and sleuthing at this time of year!

In this E-News & Clues entry: John Axe, Popcorn Posters--New Nancy Drew Licensee, Nancy Drew News, The Sleuth--Reminders, $30.00 Subscriber Holiday Special, 2009 Sleuth Convention Update.

JOHN AXE:

For those of you who haven't heard yet, series book collector/author and Sleuth member John Axe died on Monday, November 17, 2008. There is a blog posting about his passing below this entry. We will have a nice tribute to John in our upcoming Nov/Dec issue of The Sleuth and some of your memories of John. If anyone would like to send in anything about John, please feel free to e-mail, what we can't use for Nov/Dec we will run in Jan/Feb. Check out an online tribute:

http://www4.vindy.com/extra/tributes/905472111.html

POPCORN POSTERS--NEW NANCY DREW LICENSEE:

A new licensee of Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys - Popcorn Posters - is selling really cool 11 x 17 posters and magnet sets featuring Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys book covers! I got a box of samples of the Nancy Drew in and they all look fabulous. The posters come in a heavy plastic protector--which you can remove to have the poster framed, they're just slipped in there to protect them. The magnets are cute--you can see the actual book's spine--rather than just featuring the cover only, so they are neat. The posters are shipped flat--not rolled up!

I'll be a retailer of these products and you can order them at The Sleuth Shop! Remember, official Sleuth members get 15% discounts (makes each poster 12.74 for example...)! So, you can e-mail me an order and I'll get a total to you and you can then pay via Pay Pal or send a check. OR, you can also purchase at the website and I can credit you back the 15%-- whichever is easier for you.

View the posters/magnets here:

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/sscbooks.html

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/thesleuthshop.html

I only have the Nancy Drew stuff for sale right now, however anyone interested in the Hardy Boys posters or magnets sets--see the links to images of these below--you can e-mail me your order as I can order them for you--same prices as the Nancy Drew posters and magnets shown at the shop link above!

The posters have a white border around them--the blue shown below in the link is the catalog page background, they'll look like the Nancy Drew posters at the shop.

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/hbposters.jpg

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/hbmagnets.jpg

NANCY DREW NEWS:

Aside from the new Popcorn Posters licensee info above, here are some scoops:

Vintage Nancy Drew doll from Tonner Doll in the new year! You'll hear more about this in our January '09 annual holiday newsletter online. They've been in touch with me on what to do for a nice vintage doll and are looking at a 1930s Nancy Drew doll. More soon!

November 2008 Releases:

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: Wedding Day Disaster
Papercutz Graphic Novels: #15 Tiger Counter

Check out my website for more news/updates/scoops:

http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/sightingsbook.html

THE SLEUTH--REMINDER/RESUB SPECIAL:

If you didn't receive your Sept/Oct issue of The Sleuth, it's because you didn't resubscribe. To resubscribe, check out our website:

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

Those of you who didn't resubscribe received notices and those of you whose subscriptions ran out with our Sept/Oct issue or will run out with the upcoming Nov/Dec issue, have been mailed resubscriber notices with a special.

NEVER SUBSCRIBED TO THE SLEUTH? $30.00 HOLIDAY SPECIAL:

For those of you who have never checked our our own zine, The Sleuth, try it! Special: US subscribers: Suscribe by Dec. 20, pay only 30.00 for your subscription! That's an 8.00 savings! Outside USA: Take off 4.00 from the subscription cost. For a limited time, back issues for 5.00 each through Dec. 20. You may Pay Pal: nancydrewsleuth@aol.com or send a check to me at: Jennifer Fisher, P.O. Box 128, Higley, AZ 85236-0128

2009 SLEUTH CONVENTION UPDATE:

Convention Dates: Sept. 30 through Oct. 4, 2009. Las Vegas, NV.

Hotel: Excalibur Hotel (can't start booking yet though, will let you all know when you can...)

Check out info and coming updates at our website:

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

I hope to have more info by mid-Dec on registration fees, other activities and deadlines.

Jenn:)

Sleuth John Axe

It is with sadness that I make this post today, I just couldn't yesterday. I spoke to Sleuth Rick yesterday and he let me know that John Axe passed away. For those of you who don't know John, he was a series book collector and had written several series book guides that were very nice. All About Collecting Boys' Series Books and All About Collecting Girls' Series Books and The Secret of Collecting Girls' Series Books. They are not in print anymore, but you can usually find copies of them at eBay or other online bookstores from time to time. He especially liked the Judy Bolton series and attended the Coundersport gathering each year, except for this past year. He had quite a wit about him and was very creative and talented, so it was sad to see him decline in the last year of his life. We used to exchange very entertaining e-mails and I have missed that over the last year. He always had something interesting to say and was a great help to collectors. He will definitely be missed!

Jenn:)

Oct. '08 E-News & Clues

E-mail: sleuths@ndsleuths.com

Sleuths,

Happy Halloween to you! Lots of info in this entry. Hope you all are doing well. We just got back recently from the 2008 Sleuth convention which was a lot of fun. In the entry below we have some photos up and some slide shows at the "members only" section of our website:

http://www.ndsleuths.com

I hope to see more of you next year in '09! Details on our website about the convention!

I'm going to be updating my personal Nancy Drew Blog with quite a few updates, so check it out: I recently got a personalized Nancy Drew plate and other goodies, so I'm updating every day or so with new info!

http://nancydrewsleuths.blogspot.com

In this E-News & Clues: convention wrap up: goodies for sale, Cafe Press Closes 10-31!, 2009 Convention Invite, Sept./Oct. issue of The Sleuth, Nancy Drew News.

Payment Info for anything below: Pay Pal: nancydrewsleuth@aol.com or send check/money order to me at:

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

2008 CONVENTION WRAP UP: GOODIES FOR SALE

CONVENTION DVDS:

If you would like a set of DVDs from our convention which include our sleuthing adventures in Amish Country, our neat gift exchange of fun Nancy Drew theme gifts, and our presentations from our convention day: myself, Nancy Drew Files illustrator Tricia Zimic, Penny Warner, Lea Fox, and Michael G. Cornelius, e-mail me off list. I'm taking orders! We'll place our order in early November and will be shipping these off by mid to late November. We're not doing VHS, just DVDs!

Total is 15.50 which includes regular mail shipping. You can send a check/money order or Pay Pal. Please e-mail me if you are interested in ordering by Nov. 13!

LEFTOVER CONVENTION GOODY BAGS:

We have just a couple of these left! View bag here:

http://www.ndsleuths.com/08goodybag.jpg

In the bag which is a neat Old Clock bag from the set that came out in '07, blue multi pic eps inside the bag, a little booklet of Sleuthing Tips from Amish Country based on stuff Nancy and her chums did in the books--featuring illustrations from the books, a neat ornament that Kelly made using our hex symbol design, a miniature Witch Tree book, 2 pins--one says "Everything is Evidence" and the other says "Get a Clue," a Nancy Drew Girl Detective PB 30, Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers PB 22, and the Nancy Drew Magnetic Wisdom set.

All this for 25.00 which includes flat rate priority shipping! E-mail me if you're interested so I don't run out before you pay! You can send a check/money order or Pay Pal.

CAFE PRESS CONVENTION MERCHANDISE ENDS 10-31:

http://www.cafepress.com/nancydrewsleuth

Our Nancy Drew Cafe Press Sales end 10-31, so be sure to stop by our shop and load up on Nancy Drew vintage art goodies!

SLEUTHS WEBSITE CONVENTION MERCHANDISE ENDS 10-31:

There are lots of leftovers from the convention for sale: mini buttons, ornaments, mousepads, shirts, journals, plus our vintage book cover journals, altered art charms, and lots of scrap sets for your craft or scrapbooking projects!

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

2009 CONVENTION INVITE:

If you are interested in attending the 2009 convention in Las Vegas: Sept. 30 - Oct. 4, send me an e-mail and I'll put you on our e-mail list for updates/info about it. Interested in speaking? Drop me a line!

SEPT./OCT. 2008 THE SLEUTH

Our Sept./Oct. issue--which I noted in last month's editor column would be delayed due to the convention--went into the mail today. So you should have your issue shortly! If you haven't checked us out yet or want to try a back issue, or subscribe, check out our website:

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

NANCY DREW NEWS

October 2008:

Nancy Drew Girl Detective: Perfect Escape
Her Interactive: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Jenn:)

2008 Witch Tree Sleuth Convention Pics

Dean's Nancyopoly
Sleuth Hex Cake!

Here are some pictures from our convention--it was a lot of fun! We have slide shows with a lot more photos at our website, check out the "members only" section!

www.ndsleuths.com


Lea's Gift Exchange Bag


City Tavern Group

Dean Spots a Hardy Boys Book!

Witch Tree with Hex!

Hex Symbol on a Barn

Tricia Zimic Presentation



Group at Independence Hall

Jenn:)

September/October 2008 Issue of The Sleuth

Our latest issue of The Sleuth is ready:

www.ndsleuths.com/thesleuth.html

Calling All Sleuths: Editor's Note

Nancy Drew News

The Clue Conundrum: The Witch Tree Sumbol Trivia Quiz

Nancy Drew Sleuths & The Witch Tree Symbol Convention Report By Jennifer Fisher

Drew Review: Nancy Drew, Girl Detective Ghost Stories By Todd H. Latoski

The Nancy Drew Crookbook Part I By Caroline Stellings

Drew Interview: Around The World With Nancy Drew - British Nancy Drew Files By Lea Shangraw Fox

Deconstructing The Digests - Debunking The Misconceptions Surrounding The Nancy Drew Paperbacks #79 - The Double Horror of Fenley Place By Todd H. Latoski

From Old Clock to Winter Wonderland: 75 Years of Mystery And Adventure With Nancy Drew, America's Oldest Teenage Sleuth By JK

Crazy Eights with Michael G. Cornelius - The Witch Tree Symbol By Michael G. Cornelius

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries: A Look Back at TV's First Nancy Drew: Episode 1.10 -Mystery Of The Fallen Angels By Todd H. Latoski

All The Gossip That's Fit To Print: Sleuths Chat About the Sleuth Convention