{"id":2362,"date":"2011-08-30T16:30:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T22:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2011-08-30T14:32:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T20:32:54","slug":"one-month-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewjkirby.com\/kirbside\/?p=2362","title":{"rendered":"One month away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve mentioned this, since I mention it to everyone these days, but I am under deadline. And being under deadline, I have learned that deadlines are an effective way to time-travel. As they approach, time speeds up, bringing them rapidly closer, and before you know it you&#8217;re in the future and they&#8217;re right on top of you. But their time-compression effects aren&#8217;t local. No, they bring on other things more swiftly in their wake.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is to say that I&#8217;m amazed September 1st has arrived without more advance warning. In one month, on October 1st, <em>Icefall<\/em> will be out in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook, simultaneously. I&#8217;ve seen the hardcover, and they look amazing. Once again, Elizabeth Parisi at Scholastic has designed a truly stunning book. October 1st is also the day that <em>The Clockwork Three<\/em> comes out in paperback.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the release of <em>Icefall<\/em>, The King&#8217;s English in Salt Lake City will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsenglish.com\/event\/matthew-kirby-icefall\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">hosting a launch party<\/span><\/a>, and I&#8217;d love for everyone to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Date: October 5th<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Time: 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Where: The King&#8217;s English Bookshop (1511 South, 1500 East, Salt Lake City)<\/p>\n<p>The end of September\/beginning of October also marks the first of a series of trips I&#8217;ll be taking. Between Labor Day and Thanksgiving I&#8217;ll be going to Baltimore, Denver, Portland, Houston, Boulder, and Chicago, with local events in Utah scattered between. But rather than list all the details here, I&#8217;ve added an events page to the side-bar menu, as well as a calendar where you can click on the days in bold and see where I&#8217;ll be. I&#8217;ve only added a few events so far, but I&#8217;ll get the rest entered soon.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of October is also when the manuscript for my third book is due to my editor. And so we come back to deadlines. Which reminds me, I need to get back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve mentioned this, since I mention it to everyone these days, but I am under deadline. And being under deadline, I have learned that deadlines are an effective way to time-travel. 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