{"id":1511,"date":"2010-09-22T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T19:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2010-09-27T10:18:06","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T16:18:06","slug":"my-first-review-and-a-couple-of-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"My first review, and a couple of interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received my first review of <em>The Clockwork Three<\/em>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/reviews\/single\/60273-the-clockwork-three.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Children%27s+Bookshelf&amp;utm_campaign=065cf2686b-UA-15906914-1&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/span><\/a>, and it&#8217;s starred, which makes me very, very happy.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a nice quote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;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&#8217;s immersive story can be read as a modern morality play or a satisfying stand-alone tale.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have people ask me all the time what kind of book <em>The Clockwork Three<\/em> is, and I struggle a bit to find a succinct answer.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not quite fantasy, not quite historical fiction, nor is it steampunk, but it borrows from all three genres.\u00a0 Something I appreciate about this review is that it didn&#8217;t try to pigeonhole the book, or label it as this genre or that, but instead described it how I think of it &#8211; a mixing of different elements.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________<\/p>\n<p>I recently gave an interview to The Deseret News, which I&#8217;m told will appear in the Sunday Arts section on September 26th.\u00a0 If it ends up online, I&#8217;ll link to it.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________<\/p>\n<p>I also gave an interview to Sherrie Petersen over at <a href=\"http:\/\/solvangsherrie.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/author-spotlight-on-matthew-j-kirby.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Write About Now<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 You can go check it out now if you want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I received my first review of The Clockwork Three.\u00a0 It&#8217;s from Publisher&#8217;s Weekly, and it&#8217;s starred, which makes me very, very happy.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a nice quote:<br \/>\n&#8230;debut novelist Kirby has assembled all the ingredients for a rousing adventure, which he delivers with rich, transporting prose. 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