1. For today’s prize of a paperback copy of Misfit McCabe along with Mayan December by Brenda Cooper AND an ARC of Tattered, simply comment on this post.
2. To get a free ebook copy of Misfit McCabe:
• Put together the puzzle and write down the code. Each day will give another part of the coupon code. Please note at the top whether it is for eBook or Print.
• Once you have collected the entire code, go to Smashwords and purchase Misfit McCabe input the code and download whichever ebook version you need for free.
3. To get 50% off the print version of Misfit McCabe:
• Put together the puzzle and write down the code. Each day will give another part of the coupon code. Please note at the top whether it is for eBook or Print.
• Once you have collected the entire code, go to Griffie World Store and purchase Misfit McCabe input the code and receive 50% off the purchase price.
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• Support this tour by commenting on each of the daily stops — It’s only 11 days, not even as long as the 12 days of Christmas.
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• And if you’re under 18 and would like to enter, but don’t have Facebook or Twitter, etc. if you have a friend comment on the posts saying that you sent them, we’ll consider that your entry for the Grand Prize. One friend for each stop (and they can enter too and bring all of their friends to the party).

Tattered is the third novel in the heartwarming young adult series, Misfit McCabe. A little about the book:

What do Sunday afternoon court proceedings, cheerleader tryouts, and a book burning have in common? Katie McCabe is back in action.

After her nemesis Harvey is found guilty and sentenced to community service, Katie wants to believe her troubles are over, but Harvey won’t rest until he gets revenge. When blackmail rears its ugly head, she’s caught between friends and enemies putting her growing relationship with Tom at stake. Books go up in flames and Katie’s world rains down in tatters.

I know what you’re thinking… you’re thinking that I’m going to say that I got involved with LLBR through Twitter. Wrong. In August of 2008, Shannon Yarbrough, the founder of LLBR, reviewed Misfit McCabe, then by October I had come onboard as the second reviewer. I don’t get to review as many these days as I’d like to, but LLBR has grown and now has several people to help get the reviews out there. And it was LLBR who introduced me to Twitter (you knew I had to bring Twitter into it somehow). Now I’ll turn things over to Katie McCabe, the fourteen-year-old main character of Tattered.

Katie: Hi LLBR peeps! Thanks for having me today. Today I get to talk about two of my cousins, Uncle Charley’s sons, Matt and Mark. Matt is the oldest, then Mark, then Sarah, then Tim and me. Before I moved to town, I’d never met my cousins, or at least I didn’t think I had. When Matt picked me up at the bus stop I was floored. When he stepped on the bus and called my name it was like looking at an old picture of Daddy come to life. Tall, Blonde, and those clear blue eyes. In some ways it makes me feel better just to look at Matt, but then sometimes looking at him makes me miss Daddy more. Matt’s kinda quiet and he works hard. In fact, lately I hardly ever see him because he’s been working on building a house so when his girlfriend (who I haven’t met) comes back from her trip, he can propose to her.

Mark on the other hand, is noisy. He bursts through the door, his boots clomping on the floor. He has dark hair and eyes like Uncle Charley and a wickedly mischievous grin. Sarah warned me about how overprotective he can be, but I didn’t listen very well. She said that he won’t think any guy is good enough for me, so that’s one of the reasons I don’t talk about Tom being my boyfriend at home. Well, that and Uncle Charley won’t let me date. And Mark calls me Kit-Kat instead of Katie and has since the very first day after I arrived. It had something to do with the fit I threw during supper the first night…Mark thought it was funny. It was embarrassing.

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Travels of Misfit McCabe

I thought I’d take just a moment to let everyone know where each of the eight books are and current travel plans for the books.

Book 1
The Purple line started off in Garden Grove, CA and then traveled to Bayfield, CO, a trip of 801 miles, then on to Durango, CO, which brought the total mileage of the book up to 828 miles. It’s next stop was Montreal, QC where it is participating in the Pearson Prize Book Award contest, bringing the total mileage for the Purple line to 2,175 miles. Wow! I haven’t received any updates as yet from Montreal, but hope they start trickling in soon.

Book 2
The Yellow line started off in Snohomish, WA and has now traveled on to Woodinville, WA, a short jaunt of approximately 7 miles so far. No further updates on this line at this time. Has it been passed on, or is it sitting on the shelf?

Book 3
The Red line is currently in West Milton, OH. No updates to whether Brian has finished reading it yet or where it might be going next.

Book 4
The Green line started in Hesperia, CA and we were expecting it to go haring off to Oregon next, but in an unexpected update, the book traveled down the 15 to the 91 freeways and ended up with Ryan in Corona. A journey of 55 miles.

Books 5, 6, & 7
I don’t have any updated information from Books, 5, 6, & 7 with the exception of confirmation of arrival at the starting point. I have heard that some have moved on, but I don’t have any information to share. Just to give you a flavor for where they are starting:
Book 5 – the Blue line started in Las Vegas, NV
Book 6 – the Teal line started in Norfok, VA
Book 7 – the Pink line started in El Paso, TX

Book 8
The Brown line took a trip from MaryAnn in Butler, NJ to the Jersey shore and is now staying with Savannah in Atlantic Highlands, NJ. A jaunt of 67 miles. Savannah reports that school work is getting in the way of reading. So to Savannah’s teachers, could you lay off the homework for a bit to allow her to finish the book? Just kidding – as always school work needs to come first.

Sequel Update

It is a very proud moment for me to be able to say that I have finished the first draft of the sequel to Misfit McCabe. I still have all of the editing and rewrites to do, so that will take a little more time, but I am hoping to be able to launch the sequel before summer. The next step in the process is for me to re-read what I have written, and try to keep my fingers off the keyboard while doing it, so that I can get a good sense of what I have to start with. Hopefully by the time I’m done with the read through, I’ll have a title that comes to mind. Then after that, fingers back on the keyboard and I get to start ripping it apart and putting it back together again. Fun times ahead!

Book Trailer
I have posted my book trailer for Misfit McCabe on YouTube. So stop by and take a look and let me know what you think. Just type Misfit McCabe in the search box and you should find it.

That’s all the news for now. Keep on Reading!

LK Gardner-Griffie

Travels of Misfit McCabe

I thought I’d take just a moment to let everyone know where each of the eight books are and current travel plans for the books.

Book 1
The Purple line started off in Garden Grove, CA and then traveled to Bayfield, CO, a trip of 801 miles, so that it could go to school with Keely in Durango, CO and was shared with her class. That brought the total mileage of the book up to 828 miles. Miss Pam’s class decided to send the book to another class in Montreal, QC. And the book is currently traveling and trying to get through Customs to get to the classroom in Canada. Once it arrives, the total mileage for the Purple line will be 2,175 miles. Wow! It is also exciting to have one of the books travel to another country. So far Book 1 has been read by 5 people.

Book 2
The Yellow line started off at Gail’s house in Snohomish, WA and has now traveled on to Lily’s house in Woodinville, WA, a short jaunt of approximately 7 miles so far. I hear that Lily is planning to pass the book around to her friends once she is done reading it.

Book 3
The Red line is currently in West Milton, OH where Diane has read it and now Brian is in the process of reading it. They are still trying to decide where it will go from there.

Book 4
The Green line started in Hesperia, CA with Justine, and has moved 12 feet down the hall to her brother Jacob. It will soon be starting its travels by going to Oregon, and then most likely to eastern Washington after that. From there? It could be Chicago, IL, but who knows??

Books 5, 6, 7 & 8
I don’t have any updated information from Books, 5, 6, 7, & 8 with the exception of confirmation of arrival at the starting point. I have heard that some have moved on, but I don’t have any information to share. Just to give you a flavor for where they are starting:
Book 5 – the Blue line started in Las Vegas, NV
Book 6 – the Teal line started in Norfok, VA
Book 7 – the Pink line started in El Paso, TX
Book 8 – the Brown line started in Butler, NJ

Sequel Update

As some of you know, I have started to work on the sequel to Misfit McCabe. Chapter 1 has been completed, and for me that was going to be the most difficult to write. Why was it the most difficult? Because I wanted to make sure that I covered what happened in Misfit McCabe enough so that someone who starts with the sequel won’t be lost, but didn’t want to bore those of you who have already read and enjoyed Misfit McCabe. Hopefully, I will have done a good job of this, but you will be the judge of that once the sequel has been completed.

Up until yesterday, Chapter 1 was as far as I had gotten due to the holidays and a few other reasons, but yesterday, I dusted off my keyboard, plugged my headphones in on my mp3 player and started typing. If I didn’t have something that I had to do last night, Chapter 2 would be complete by now, but I am only about 1,000 words off completion of Chapter 2, so should be done tonight. I will keep you posted on what is happening with the sequel as I am working on it.

Book Trailer
I finally have posted my book trailer for Misfit McCabe on YouTube. So stop by and take a look and let me know what you think. Just type Misfit McCabe in the search box and you should find it.

That’s all the news for now. Keep on Reading!

LK Gardner-Griffie

In today’s writing generation, it’s absolutely amazing that authors can now write a book, edit it, format it, publish it, sell it, print it, ship it, and market it all from their desk top computer. Let’s not forget readers! They can buy it and read it on their computers as well. That’s the tricky part for authors. How do we get readers to buy our books, read them, and spread the word so overall our sales increase along with our popularity?

It all comes down to marketing! Book marks. Press releases. Emails. Virtual book tours. YouTube Book Trailers. Chat sessions. Blogs. Again, the internet and our home computers are valuable tools for self-published authors when it comes to spreading the word. But it still all comes down to getting our book in the hands of a reader. What if there was a way to track just that? What if a book could go across the country and tell us where it is and where it’s been? That would be a POD authors dream come true! For LK Gardner-Griffie, it’s about to happen.

LK took full advantage of the self-publishing possibilities Lulu.com has to offer and published eight special hardcover editions of her book, Misfit McCabe, with the intention of linking the books to an online tracking system solely dependent upon her readers to pass the books on. She added special instructions to the books along with some blank pages at the end for her readers to sign and date. She then shipped the books to various friends and family across the country with instructions to pass the book on.

For LK and her readers, the fun comes by visiting the website, Where in the World is Misfit McCabe?, where recipients of each book can log their location and watch where the book goes next. It’s like a travel diary where the books can tell us all about their readers and the places they’ve been. There’s an FAQ on the website and even a place to sign up if you would like to get involved and receive one of the special copies, and a nifty Google map (shown above) showing the location of each book which has been assigned a special number and color.

For the next several months, LLBR will be watching and promoting this magnificent marketing plan which LK Gardener-Griffie has invested a ton of time and energy in. Join us in watching Misfit McCabe travel the world! Heck, pop on over to the website and sign up to receive a copy. If you receive one and pass it on, post comments below letting us know about it!

Congratulations to LK and good luck to Misfit McCabe on this marketing adventure! We wish you both much success on the journey!

Click on the map at the top of this page to go to the WITW is MMC website now!