: About Me

My name is Valerie Jean Routhieaux. My pen name is Valerie Jean.

I completed a course for children in 2006: The Institute of Children's Literature.

I live in Green Bay, Wisconsin, am the mother of three and the grandmother of five. I am currently on the move to a new home I am in the process of buying with my twelve-year-old border collie, Rascal.

I have had a passion for writing since I was a young girl. I read as much as I could, and started writing when I saw a television show that I felt I could write better. I was eight.

The road to publication started for me in 1980 at the same time that I accepted Jesus as my personal Savior and Lord and began a journey that is second to none.

I have 30+ titles for books that I hope to have published one day. I have just as many articles on www.faithwriters.com.

I write novels for Christian fiction most genre's. I also write poetry, Bible studies, devotions, and currently working on a Sunday School curriculum for children K-5 for my church.

I also write for NaNoWriMo.com and currently working on the April Script Frenzy challenge to write 100 pages in 30 days.

You can read exerpts of my finished novels on my website: http://just4him.webs.com

My passion is ...

my faith in Jesus Christ

I know too much about ...

They say I'm a walking encyclopedia on the Bible. I know where to find just about any verse in the Bible, and if I don't it doesn't take me long to find it.

My parents always told me ...

I used the right word even though I didn't actually know what it meant

My childhood ambition ...

to be a nurse

My favorite memory ...

My fifth birthday: Bay Beach in Green Bay, Wisconsin with my grandparents, aunt and cousins

Why I write ...

I have a story to tell

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading: Too busy writing at the moment to read. Watching: I enjoy television that deals with outer space, if it has Star in the title it's on my favorites list. Listening: Praise and Worship music

My first job ...

Bethesda Lutheran Home as a nurses aide

My best moment ...

The day I gave my life to Jesus Christ

My inspiration ...

Life

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Spring Fun There are a lot of kids in my neighborhood.  The one thing I see as soon as the snow melts are kids outside.  They are always busy doing something.  Riding their bikes, riding their skateboards, rushing down the sidewalk on roller blades, anything that will bring out the laughs and giggles.  And they are always in groups.  Kids like doing things with other kids.  It’s that way on the school playground as much as at home. Another great sign of spring is that parents don’t have to beg their younger children to go outside to play.  The...

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