Angel in the Shadows by author Lisa Grace has reached a new level of achievement: AOL’s Top 10 Seller’s List, following an extensive 20 city national book signing tour. Angel in the Shadows is published by Strategic Book Publishing.

Poised to become the de facto Christian altervative to the Twilight series, Angel in the Shadows Book 1, has been described as, “a suspensful thriller,” by critics.” This exciting book can be purchased at nearly any Barnes and Noble store.

Watch CBS NEWS Morning Show interview with Lisa Grace

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Author Lisa Grace Website with Excerpts

Last year Aquinas and More started the First Communion Story website so you could share the fond memories of your First Communion day.

With First Communion season approaching again we are running a new First Communion Story contest!

Here are the rules:

1. Submit a First Communion story about you or your children by 3/31/10.
2. Story must be true and a GOOD memory.
3. You must own copyright on any photos you use in your story.
4. Voting on stories will run through 4/30/10.
5. Voters may vote for more than one story but please only vote for a story once.
6. The winners will be announced on 5/03/10.
7. The first prize winner will receive a First Communion dress or a $100 gift certificate at Aquinas and More Catholic Goods!
8. Two runner-up prizes for $25 gift cards to Aquinas and More Catholic Goods will be awarded as well.
9. First Communion dress must be chosen from the selection available on the Aquinas and More website.

Now, we really want the word to get out about the contest so we are also announcing a…

Blogger Contest!

Here are the rules:

1. Write a blog post about the contest and link to the First Communion Stories website and our First Communion gift store.
2. Send an email to ianataquinasandmoredotcom to let us know about your post.
3. On May 3rd, 2010 we will choose two random winners of $50 gift cards.
4. On May 3rd, 2010 we will also choose our favorite post and award another $50 gift card to that blogger.
5. As a blogger you are welcome to enter the contest.
6. If you are an Aquinas and More affiliate you will earn referral fees just as you would for any other link.

All award decisions will be made by Aquinas and More Catholic Goods and are final.

Visit FirstCommunionStories.com for banner graphics and more information.

We would like to announce that effective immediately, StBlogs will no longer place automated Google adsense ads on its blogs. This will prevent any inappropriate advertising from appearing on our network.

We would like to express appreciation to Holy Land Direct. Their sponsorship is helping to make the StBlogs Catholic community possible. StBlogs.com is the largest Catholic blog host community in the world. We offer professional-grade blogging features to Catholics without any charge.

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StBlogs.com is the largest Catholic blog host community in the world. We offer professional-grade blogging features to Catholics without any charge.

New poll at My Light’s Yahoo group. Stop by http://groups.yaho.com/group/mylight to cast your vote. Decide on the future of our blog site!

Come stop by My Light Magazine at http://mylightmagazine.com and see our June 2009 issue. The PDF version will be up soon.IN the mean time, enjoy the site and some new features including our new column “The Year of the Priest”. This column is based on Pope Benedict XVI theme for this year: The Year of the Priest.

July 2009 Issue

Take the Poll. Visit our My Light yahoo group and tell us what you think about us becoming a magazine in print.
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/mylight

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MEDIA RELEASE
Media Contact: Jennifer Gladen
Editor, MY LIGHT MAGAZINE
Email: [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pennsylvania (April 24, 2009)– My Light Magazine, a Catholic centered online magazine for children, announces a new member of the My Light Team. Author/Poet Diane Smit accepted the position of Poetry Editor. She will assist in reviewing and editing Poetry submissions.

She is a regular contributor of the magazine with frequent works of Poems and Bible stories. She completed a writing course from the Institute for Children’s Literature. Since then she has had stories and poems published in Partners, AppleSeeds, My Friend, Our Little Friend, Primary Treasure, Boy’s Quest, My Light and Stories for Children. Many of her story ideas come from her volunteer work she does with children, her own four children and her childhood memories. She is now near completion of a second writing course from the Institute and has a chapter book for ages 7-11, ready for publication.

Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Gladen is honored Ms. Smit accepted her invitation to help My Light. “We’re always impressed with her submissions. She has a great eye for poetry!”

Ms. Smit is also enthusiastic about her new position. “I’m honored and would be happy to commit to being Poetry Editor.”
The My Light Team looks forward to working with Diane Smit. To see more of her work, please visit http://dianesmit.blogspot.com/ . Poetry submissions can be sent to [email protected] or directly to her: [email protected] .
Jennifer Gladen: [email protected]
Jaclyn Morales: [email protected]
Carol Brook: [email protected]
Diane Smit: [email protected]
Website: http://mylightmagazine.com
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Using Google Analytics is free, and will provide you very detailed reports on how many visitors have read your blog, which posts they have read, and even which city they are from.

Fun!

Thanks to a recommendation by Curt Jester, StBlogs is now on twitter. You can follow us, as well as all our great bloggers here.

Come check out My Light’s interview. Mayra Calvani interviewed Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Gladen at Suite 101.

The March issue in its entirety is now up at http://mylightmagazine.com . We added a new section  titled Puzzles. This is different from the crossword puzzles we put up. These are virtual jigsaw puzzles. We plan to add more in the future.

Also in this issue is a story that will only be available for this month titled “All the Way Home” by Larry Kayser.  Thank you to MCCG  for allowing My Light the use of the lyrics to “Let There Be Peace On Earth.”

There’s tons of stuff to see and do, so come check out our March Issue.

Here’s are top 3 StBloggers for the March contest thus far:

Pelianito Journal

Clam Rampant

Modestia

If you haven’t checked out the February issue of My Light Magazine, hop on over and take a look. There’s fun Valentine activities, more puzzles, stories and poems to explore. Don’t miss our Bible story titled “How Saul Became Paul the Missionary” by Diane Smit and illustrated by the talented Feras Nouf. Check it all out soon before the March issue comes out. As always, thanks for reading and contributing to  My Light Magazine.

If you haven’t checked out the February issue of My Light Magazine, hop on over and take a look. There’s fun Valentine activities, more puzzles, stories and poems to explore. Don’t miss our Bible story titled “How Saul Became Paul the Missionary” by Diane Smit and illustrated by the talented Feras Nouf. Check it all out soon before the March issue comes out. As always, thanks for reading and contributing to  My Light Magazine.

My Light Magazine is on Facebook.  We set up a cause page and a fan page. Come check us out! Come and share thoughts and ideas you have about the magazine on our Fan Page. Spread the word and meet up with other My Light Fans.

We also have a Causes page. You can find out information about helping the magazine or our selected beneficiary.

Thanks for checking us out!

My Light Magazine is on Facebook.  We set up a cause page and a fan page. Come check us out! Come and share thoughts and ideas you have about the magazine on our Fan Page. Spread the word and meet up with other My Light Fans.

We also have a Causes page. You can find out information about helping the magazine or our selected beneficiary.

Thanks for checking us out!

One of our magazine’s frequent contributors just informed me of a story she has published in the LA times. Marjorie Flathers’ story, The Butterfly Scarf, is a wonderful story about creating our own “luck”. After you read the story, feel free to return to our blog and leave a comment. What did you think? As My Light’s Editor-in-Chief, I enjoyed the story very much. Another great work from a My Light contributor!

One of our magazine’s frequent contributors just informed me of a story she has published in the LA times. Marjorie Flathers’ story, The Butterfly Scarf, is a wonderful story about creating our own “luck”. After you read the story, feel free to return to our blog and leave a comment. What did you think? As My Light’s Editor-in-Chief, I enjoyed the story very much. Another great work from a My Light contributor!

word searchThe January 2009 issue of My Light Magazine is now up at http://mylightmagazine.com

In this issue we explore the feast of the Epiphany, a new Bible Story, and many poems, including one about the Chinese New Year. 

Don’t forget about our regular features including  Candace J. Hardy’s Paper dolls and Tanja Cilia’s challenging word searches.  We added a bonus puzzle just for this issue.  So, don’t miss out on the fun. Come visit us at My Light Magazine. While you’re there, sign our guestbook and let us know what you think.

One change is that the PDF version is not up yet. We are working on changing our layout and are still testing it out. The other features, such as paper dolls and the coloring page are available in a pdf version.

Thanks for reading My Light!               

The January 2009 issue of My Light Magazine is now up at http://mylightmagazine.com

In this issue we explore the feast of the Epiphany, a new Bible Story, and many poems, including one about the Chinese New Year. 

Don’t forget about our regular features including  Candace J. Hardy’s Paper dolls and Tanja Cilia’s challenging word searches.  We added a bonus puzzle just for this issue.  So, don’t miss out on the fun. Come visit us at My Light Magazine. While you’re there, sign our guestbook and let us know what you think.

One change is that the PDF version is not up yet. We are working on changing our layout and are still testing it out. The other features, such as paper dolls and the coloring page are available in a pdf version.

Thanks for reading My Light!