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Deseret News interview, and a few more nice reviews
The Deseret News interview I gave should be in the Sunday Arts section of the paper tomorrow. But it’s also up online, and if you’d like to read it, click here. The journalist who interviewed me also reviewed the The Clockwork Three, and you can read that here. I like the line, “Part mystery, part…
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My first review, and a couple of interviews
I received my first review of The Clockwork Three. It’s from Publisher’s Weekly, and it’s starred, which makes me very, very happy. Here’s a nice quote: …debut novelist Kirby has assembled all the ingredients for a rousing adventure, which he delivers with rich, transporting prose. Mixing fantasy and steampunk elements with subtle urban mythology, Kirby’s…
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The Clockwork Three – Launch Party
I just received something amazing in the mail from Lisa, my editor. It’s this: I cannot tell you how satisfying and surreal it is to hold that in my hands. Years of hard work, rejection, more hard work, more rejection, finally culminating in this. A book. That I wrote. For all the writers out there…
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ALA 2010
I’ve been meaning to post about my first conference of the American Library Association for a while now. I had an amazing time. Scholastic brought me in to promote The Clockwork Three. It was the first real publicity for the book, with a reading and signing, and ARCs handed out. But the weekend was also…
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The Clockwork Three Cover
The cover for The Clockwork Three is finalized and I can now officially reveal it. It’s already been floating around out there on the internet in various stages of completion. But I’m excited to share with you the version you will actually see in the bookstores. What do you think? I’m thrilled with it, and…
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The King’s English Book Group
Last week I went to a book group at The King’s English in Salt Lake City. I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating over and over that The King’s English is a wonderful bookstore. I wish I lived closer to Salt Lake because I would love to browse and shop there more than I…
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Some upcoming events
Just a little update about where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing this summer, writer-wise. First, next week is the Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Workshop. I’ve written about it before, about what a great event this conference has been for me, and will continue to be for other writers. I’ll be […]
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NYC – Part 4
Part 1, here. Part 2, here. Part 3, here. So, after a long day of filming and a good night’s sleep, the next morning we rode the subway down to a recording studio. There I met Mary Gruetzke, the audiobook editor for The Clockwork Three, and Cheryl Smith, the audiobook producer. Both women were very…
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NYC – Part 3
For part 1, click here, and for part 2, click here. After putting in a day-and-a-half of sightseeing, it was time to get down to the business that brought me to NYC in the first place. So Thursday morning the Scholastic Book Fairs film crew came to pick us up at our hotel. The members…
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Scholastic Librarian Preview – Fall 2010 Webcast
Publishers often hold seasonal previews to get librarians and educators excited about upcoming titles. These are what Elizabeth Bird (AKA Fuse #8) often reports on, like this one. But normally you have to live close to the publisher to attend, which usually means New York City. But this year, Scholastic did something pretty cool. They…