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By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 7, 2011
I am very excited to have a cover for the third book in the Misfit McCabe series, Tattered, for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I love the cover. And secondly, it means the release of Tattered can’t be far behind.
Posted in 3-Tattered | Tagged book cover, books, juvenile fiction, Katie McCabe, LK Gardner-Griffie, Misfit McCabe, Misfit McCabe Series, Tattered, young adult |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 4, 2011
Having been a soda-holic at one point in my life… okay, let’s be honest for most of my adult life… I found this article on the consumption of sugary soda highly interesting.
Posted in Underage Drinking | Tagged characters, LK Gardner-Griffie, soda, soda consumption, teen drinking, teen drinking habits, violence, Writing |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on November 3, 2011
When someone uses their celebrity to help address one of my pet issues, it makes me feel good. That they use their pull and tap into their fanbase to raise awareness about the issue, such as bullying, it gives me hope that something positive will come out of it.
Posted in Bullying | Tagged anti-bullying, Berkman, Born This Way, Born This Way Foundation, bully, bullying, Jamey Rodemeyer, Lady Gaga, LK Gardner-Griffie, MacArthur Foundation, The California Endowment |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on October 2, 2011
Bullying is a hot topic these days. As a nation, we’re grappling with how best to stop bullying and yet more cases are jumping into the public eye. Recently the case of Jamey Rodemeyer has been making headlines, because bullying drove this fourteen-year-old boy to take his own life.
Posted in Bullying | Tagged Brandon McInerney, bullies, bully, bullying, Lawrence King, Lawrence King shooting, LK Gardner-Griffie, middle school violence, mistrial, trial, victim |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on September 13, 2011
When I saw the article title at first I thought I had misread it. I looked again. Nope. It said what I read the first time. Lawyer wants to ban Pledge of Allegiance in schools; claims it’s bullying.
Posted in Bullying, Censorship | Tagged beverly cleary, brookline ma, bully, bullying, catch-22, joseph heller, LK Gardner-Griffie, patriotism, pledge of allegiance, ramona the pest |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 26, 2011
I love book releases. There is something special about all of the efforts the author made finally coming together and having them share their inspiration with the world. And the release of a debut novel is even more special. Knowing the writer is finally seeing the end product and is sharing something so intimate with the world for the first time. Because the book writing process is an intimate one and I know from personal experience, the blood, sweat, and tears that go into the process.
Posted in Contest | Tagged contest, Heather McCorkle, paranormal, The Secret of Spruce Knoll, Tour of Secrets, young adult |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 9, 2011
This is a continuation of Stop the Insanity – Part I so if you haven’t read it yet, you might want to click the link #justsayin. Back to the insanity of banning Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler.
Posted in Censorship | Tagged Book banning, censorship, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurie Halse Anderson, LK Gardner-Griffie, Republic MO, Sarah Ockler, Slaughterhouse-five, Speak, Twenty Boy Summer, Wesley Scroggins |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 8, 2011
The world is an insane place. That is the only explanation I can come up with. Back in September 2010, a man by the name of Wesley Scroggins stirred up the people of Republic, MO by asking that Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, and Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler be banned from the schools.
Posted in Censorship | Tagged Book banning, censorship, Kurt Vonnegut, Laurie Halse Anderson, LK Gardner-Griffie, Republic MO, Sarah Ockler, Slaughterhouse-five, Speak, Twenty Boy Summer, Wesley Scroggins |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on August 6, 2011
One of my goals is to share real world experiences along with thoughts and articles about the issues which crop up in my writing. And to do that, my plan was to contact people and ask them to share some of their experiences…
Posted in Bullying | Tagged Armijo High School, bullies, bully, bullying, Cecil, High Functioning Autism, intolerance, life experience, LK Gardner-Griffie, reality check |