My Light Magazine

The new issue of My Light Magazine is up at http://mylightmagazine.com . We have a new addition to the My Light team this month. Her name is Carol Brooke and she is our new Illustrator Coordinator. She will match manuscripts with illustrators and review illustration submissions ( if you'd like to send a sample and help out as an illustrator, please send 3 samples and a cover letter to carolbrooke@mylightmagazine.com .) She has been a tremendous help already. We look forward to working with her.

The new issue of My Light includes an interview with Carol Brooke. Please visit http://mylightmagazine.com and click on Meet Carol Brooke to learn more about her. As always, thank you for reading My Light Magazine.

My Light Magazine Has a New Team Member

Media Contact: Jennifer Gladen

Editor, MY LIGHT MAGAZINE

Email: editor@mylightmagazine.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Pennsylvania (January 2, 2009)– My Light Magazine, a Catholic centered online magazine for children, announces a new member of the My Light Team. The Magazine named contributor and illustrator Carol Brooke as the Illustrator Coordinator. She will assist in matching up authors and illustrators for manuscripts published in My Light.

She is currently an author and illustrator for children. In addition, she works as a counselor and holds a Masters of Science in Counseling degree. She has extended experience in working with children, including running her own classroom as a teacher.

Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Gladen is thrilled to welcome Carol Brooke to the My Light Team. “Her enthusiasm for the magazine will be a great asset in continuing the mission of My Light.”

Mrs. Brooke is just as excited to join My Light Magazine. “I am happy that the magazine is growing and I'm so excited to be a part of it!”

My Light Magazine looks forward to working with Carol Brooke. She can be reached via her email at CarolBrooke@mylightmagazine.com .

As always, we welcome new illustrators. For Guidelines, visit http://mylightmagazine.com or www.mylightmagazine.stblogs.com

Media Contact:

Jennifer Gladen: editor@mylightmagazine.com

Jaclyn Morales: JaclynMorales@mylightmagazine.com

Carol Brooke: Carolbrooke@mylightmagazine.com

Website: http://mylightmagazine.com

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My Light Magazine

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope the holidays have been good to all of you. Are you ready for 2009?

A new year often brings changes. Things are no different here at My Light Magazine. It has been brought to our attention that the Magazine is not very user-friendly at times. In the last two months, we have had several problems, including access to the website, problems with the PDF and the archive section.

I want you all to know that we at My Light Magazine take these issues seriously, as we want nothing less than top quality service to our readers.

This is where the changes are coming in. We are working on a whole section of archives, but it is slow moving. November and December should be up when the January issue comes out.

We believe we have resolved the PDF problem and there should be no more issues with that. Of course, a main goal we have is to figure out why the website is difficult to access. I have several theories, but we need to take a closer look at it and maybe have another pair of eyes looking at it.

As always, thank you for your support. If there are any other issues that you notice, feel free to send me an e-mail at editor@mylightmagazine.com or to my assistant Editor, Jaclyn Morales at Jaclynmorales@mylightmagazine.com .

A Star in the Night: Coming Soon!

My first picture book, A Star in the Night, is now listed as "coming soon" on Guardian Angel Publishing's website. Click here to see it. It is the last book in the selection. It isn't up for sale yet, but I promise I will let you know when it is available. Illustrator John Blackford is doing a tremendous job with the pictures.

Submissions for My LIght Magazine

ATTENTION AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS!!

We are in need of stories and articles for January asap. The earlier the better so I can give our illustrators time to work on the project.

Also- illustrators - if you have time or are willing to work on a short deadline this month e-mail me asap and let me know what you prefer to do: story, article, poetry, designs to perk up stories, etc.

In addition - we are now accepting submissions in every category for our February, March APril and May issues. The categories include: stories, articles, poems, puzzles, arts and crafts, recipes, profiles on saints (which will be up year-round)

PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND ALL SUBS IN AN ATTACHMENT,with category and age group in the subject line ( this helps us with our organizing). Send subs to our assistant editor:

jaclyn morales
jaclynmorales@mylightmagazine.com

Any further questions contact Jaclyn or

Jennifer
editor@mylightmagazine.com

Or feel free to post a question in the My Light Group if you think others will benefit. www.groups.yahoo.com/group/mylight

As always, thanks for your help!

Jennifer Gladen
Editor,
My Light Magazine
http://mylightmagazine.com

Green Books for Christmas!

THRIFTY BOOK BUYS: e-BOOKS are GREEN - They Save Trees!

The word is out. . . Children's e-Books, on CD or Download,

Are the Bargain of the Year!

Cheaper than paper, they are the epitome of "GREEN."

These are QUALITY BOOKS - fun, inspirational and educational.

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BUY a "green" CD and save a tree.

Do your bit to save the planet!

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Kids Are Computer Savvy!

ADD to a LAPTOP or PC

and

Books on CD can distract kids before a doctor or dentist appointment, on rainy Sundays, holidays. . . , or in the back seat on long car trips.


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Coming soon:

Jennifer Gladen’s first Children's Book:

A Star in the Night

Michael makes his way home from shopping one Christmas Eve
Night. What starts out as an ordinary winter night turns into something much more on his journey home. He is faced with three experiences that will change his life, all the while it seems he is being followed by a peculiar star.

Visit

Guardian Angel Publishing

Find a wide range of wonderful children's books,

by authors who care about children.

On Download, CD, and . . . . . Hard Copy!

Of Atlantis: Part Two of the Prologue

Okay. As promised here is the second part of the prologue from Lanaia Lee's Of Atlantis. Enjoy the ride! I found it tons of fun.

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Archimedes mother gave him a puppy and hoped this would provide much needed companionship for her very lonely son. Archimedes was very careful of how he played with the
dog because of his extraordinary powers. One day while playing, the dog jumped up on the child
and scared him. He was still too young to control his powers, so he pushed the dog aside when
right before the boy’s eyes, the dog just disappeared.

The child had not meant to hurt his only friend, the puppy he so loved, but Archimedes
still did not know how to control his very special gift. The child honestly believed it to be some
sort of demonic curse which saddened and frightened him.

Archimedes loved all kinds of animals, even insects. He saw them as his only friends. He
walked over to his mother’s roses and listened to the birds as they sang. The bees buzzed from
the rose bushes, going about their business and their most important work.

One bee found its way to Archimedes and stung him, hurting the child. Archimedes did
not know that after a bee stings someone it dies. So, the small child said, “Where are you? You
hurt me. If I find you, I will kill you.”

His nanny standing close overheard this and admonished him, “Archimedes, you should
be ashamed. A child of your age shouldn’t say such things!” His nanny kept a safe distance from
the boy because she, just like every one else, feared the young child’s capabilities. His nurse
continued, “You should come inside now. It is almost time for your nap!”

Archimedes replied stubbornly, “I don’t want to go inside. I want to play some more!”

But his nanny was very persistent and kept fussing at the child.
Archimedes’ frustratration boiled within his very being. He wanted to hurt her, but he
knew this is wrong, so he took a deep breath and went inside with his nanny. He followed his nanny to his bedroom, where she cautiously tucked him in his bed for a nap. Archimedes watched his nanny until he saw that she was gone. Then he jumped out of bed, and very quietly made his way to his mother’s chambers. When he arrived there, he slowly opened the door and peeked inside.

His mother, Queen Cheris, pulled a brush through her hair when she spied her small son.
She smiled at him and with open arms she cried out, “Archimedes, come to me.” The child ran
and they embraced. Archimedes really loved his mother as a true friend and protector. He never
sensed fear from his mother.

As Cheris held her son, she noticed the child felt warm. She mentioned this to Archimedes and then poured her son a cool glass of water, which he greedily drank. Cheris then said, “I know you didn’t have lessons today as your teacher took ill. What did you do all day?”

Archimedes answered, “I played in the gardens all day by myself. Mother, can I have
another puppy to play with? I promise to be careful so I don’t hurt this one. I just want someone
to play with. I hear the others playing outside the wall and I feel so bad. I have no one to play
with. Everybody is afraid of me.”

Cheris looked down as she answered her son, “Let’s see what we can do about getting
you another puppy. I know you are lonesome my son, but when you are older, I promise you will
understand everything.”
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There you have it! Stay tuned for part three tomorrow!