Mrs Pollifax Fan Blog

Sad News

mrspfans — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:39:25 +0000

I received this email yesterday:

Dear Jolene,
I am sorry to let you know that my mother, Dorothy Gilman, passed away this morning at the age of 88. She had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for the past nine years so her death is both sad and a relief. She appreciated the kind work you have done to provide information and a forum for her fans. Take care and feel free to pass this information along as you see fit. Jonathan Butters

We wish to express our sincerest regret to Jonathan and the rest of his family for this tremendous loss. All of us will cherish her writings and miss her style.

Here is a link to the New York Times writeup:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/books/dorothy-gilman-spy-novelist-dies-at-88.html

Happy New Year Fellow Fans

mrspfans — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:33:33 +0000

Happy New Year all the fellow fans of our favorite author Dorothy Gilman. We hope you have had a safe and happy holiday season. I don’t know about you but I have been re-reading all of my favorite Dorothy Gilman books and look forward to conversing with my fellow fans. To answer the number 1 question of will there be any more books? The answer is probably not. Dorothy Gilman is getting older and has not published any new works for over 11 years. We, as avid fans, wish her well and if there is ever going to be anymore books I am sure I will be first in line to buy one. All we can really do is read our favorites, share the books with our friends and relatives, and make up our own stories about our favorite characters. You can join the Forum for Dorothy Gilman Fans: http://theforum.mrspollifax.com/smf/index.php and add your ideas and comments to the discussions there. It is an open place for Dorothy Gilman fans to discuss the books, her characters and what story lines you would have like to read about. Just because there may not be any more books doesn’t mean we cannot create our own and share them with our fellow fans.

Another creative outlet we are hoping you will try out is participating in the All About Limericks – Contemporary Limericks Contest. Our Sponsor site Jolenes Books and More has created a contest that is open to everyone in the U.S. over 18 who would like to win a cash prize for creating family oriented, rated “G”, limericks about contemporary subjects. Who better than the great Mrs Pollifax fans to create fun limericks. You can read all the contest rules on the website that has been created specifically for this contest at: http://all-about-limericks.jolenesbooksandmore.com. Even if you don’t win all the limericks submitted by her fans will be featured here on her fansite. This is a monthly contest with the first prize being issued the 1st of March. What have you got to lose? Start creating your limericks now!

Mrs Pollifax Movie Updates

mrspfans — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:49:34 +0000

If you are a Netflix subscriber then you might want to take a look at the movies they have added recently. The Mrs Pollifax – Spy movie with Rosalind Russell has been added to their viewing list. My kids and I love the service we can watch movies and TV-shows as much as we want as many times as we want for only $8.00 a month. We use that service all the time even with cable at home. I can watch on my laptop wherever there is an internet service connection.

I have, again, emailed CBS sales department and requested that the Unexpected Mrs Pollifax movie with Angela Lansbury be released at least in digital format for buying and/renting on www.amazon.com. It seems a shame not to at least release their “made-for-tv” movies in a digital download setting if not on regular dvd. I propose that every fan of Dorothy Gilman’s who would love to see this movie go to the CBS website and send a letter requesting that they company release the movie on digital format! I told them that we would have at least 6000 people wanting to order the movie, if not more, from all across the globe. So, help get this movie released to the public as soon as possible take a few minutes and use the email form on the www.cbs.com website!!!!!

Dorothy Gilman Books Now on Kindle

mrspfans — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:55:02 +0000

Good Day Fellow Dorothy Gilman Fans! I was cruising the Amazon site looking for new books to add to my new Kindle Reading Device and came across several of Dorothy Gilman’s books available on the Amazon Kindle Section of the Bookstore! Granted only two of her books have actually been converted to a Kindle Book version however several are being offered as audio book downloads from their server directly into your Kindle Device. How cool is that? Because there is no physical media or packaging involved the prices for these audio books are less expensive than the ones you order on CD or cassette tape (if you can still find them). I was so excited I can’t wait until payday so that I can order my first one. We have added the links to these books on our Dorothy Gilman Bookstore page under the category “Books on Tape/CD/Kindle“.

If you don’t have a Kindle Reading Device yet now is the time to get one! They are offering lower prices on their devices and are even offering a Colored Touch-Screen Version of the device called a Kindle Fire. You can look at one on our bookstore page under the heading “Kindle Devices”. It will not be shipped until the middle of November and as soon as I can afford one I am absolutely going to order one. I have enjoyed my lightweight Kindle very much over the last several months and look forward to using the colored version as well.

Happy Birthday Dorothy Gilman

mrspfans — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:35:18 +0000

Hey Everybody,Today is Dorothy Gilman’s Birthday! As fans we would like to wish her a very happy one and wish her many more. She has written over 40 books throughout the years that have entertained and delighted all of her fans. We have been introduced to a host of great characters not the least of which is Mrs Pollifax, Spy and Grandmother. There is not one fan that has not been touched by her stories. Even though she has not published a new story since 2002 we still remember her in our thoughts and re-read her books.

We all hope you have a great and wonderful day.

All subscribers to this blog can post their own birthday wishes below in the comment box.