February 2009 Newsletter

February 27, 2009

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