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October 14, 2009
Lint Is Not Your Friend
I have two events today here in beautiful Arizona. Details about them, and then I'll tell you about our hotel-on-fire experience of three nights ago.
First, however, thanks to TourTron for putting me at the Biltmore, which is a gorgeous Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired hotel and spa. Not just inspired by him, he also consulted on the design. I love me some FLW.
Here are the event details:
Wednesday October 14th, 2:00PM
Chandler Public Library
22 South Delaware Street
Chandler, AZ 85225
Wednesday...
October 12, 2009
Interview with Keith
There's a cool interview with Keith Thompson, the artist for Leviathan, over at Tor's Steampunk Month!
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Keith at work on Leviathan
Here's a quote from the interview about researching the images:
What kind of research did you do for the book, either for artistic inspiration or for historical details?
"It's a bit dangerous for me when the setup is as interesting as WWI. I actually had to pull back a bit as my research was taking away time from the art at points and it was making me far too...
October 11, 2009
Steampunk Cakes!
You know what makes any sub-genre better? CAKES, that's what!
Perhaps it's not surprising, given that October is Steampunk Month, but one of my favorite blogs, Cake Wrecks, is all about the steampunk this week. Normally Cake Wrecks covers only weird, horrible cakes, but apparently everything steampunk is GOOD:
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Cake by Mike's Amazing Cakes.
Click here to see more delicious steampunk cakes.
Here are the next few days of my tour:
Seattle
Monday October 12, 7:00PM
(with Sarah Rees Brennan)
Third Place ...
Romantic Times Interview
A while ago I did a series of interviews with Romantic Times, about illustrations in Leviathan, writing YA, and living and working with Justine. They're up on YouTube now, so I thought I'd share them with you while I'm out on tour.
Enjoy.
Thanks to everyone at Romantic Times for a great interview.
By the way, I'll be doing a signing (only, no presentation) at Costco in Portland tomorrow. Hope to see some of you there.
Sunday, October 11
1:00PM – 3:00PM
Costco
4849 NE 138th Street
Portland, OR...
October 7, 2009
(Still) On Tour
Update: Leviathan has now been out for four days! Sarah and I have been on tour for five.
A few other things:
1) My lovely wife Justine in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Festival of Southern Books, to talk about her book Liar. If you're around Nashville, go say hi:
Justine Larbalestier
Saturday, 10 October, 2:00-3:00 pm
Southern Festival of Books
Talk in Room 16
Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN
Followed by signing
3:00-4:00 pm
War Memorial Plaza
Between 6th & 7th Avenues.
Nashville, TN
2) It's still ...
On Tour
Well, Leviathan has been out for almost 24 hours, and I have been on tour for a whole day. Kind of tired already, though it's been great to see so many of you.
Sarah and I had a great afternoon at the Santa Monica Library. Thanks to everyone who came, and especially to all the teen journalists who asked us such excellent questions in the press conference beforehand.
As you may remember, it's Steampunk Month over at Tor.com, and they just posted an interview with me about Leviathan. Click here...
October 6, 2009
Leviathan Is Out
Hello from California! I'm on tour right now and will be for the next three weeks. So posting may be infrequent, or it may just be really weird.
I'll be out in Santa Monica this afternoon:
Tuesday October 6th, 4:30PM
(with Sarah Rees Brennan)
Santa Monica Public Library Event hosted by Children's Bookworld
601 Santa Monica Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Click here for the rest of my tour info.
And because Leviathan is out TODAY, let's all enjoy the trailer one more time:
October 4, 2009
Leviathan Art – The Grand Map
Here we are, two days before Leviathan comes out, and I've just realized that it's the beginning of a new month. That means it's time to reveal one last piece of Keith Thompson's wonderful art!
This is an illustration that we call THE GRAND MAP! And it comes with a story:
As I was writing Leviathan, and the characters began to wind their way across Europe, a wise editor of mine suggested that we might want to put a map in the book. I agreed, of course, because all the best novels have maps in t...
October 2, 2009
The Wobbler, The Brick
Four things:
One: As you may remember, Leviathan is coming out on Tuesday, a mere three days from now.
But there is another object going on sale that very same day. I call it "the brick," because it looks like this:
The brick contains all four books in the Uglies series—Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras! And they all live together in a lovely box that references all four covers. I love me a slipcase.
Two: Simon & Schuster Canada sent me this amusing steampunk video on how to install a...
October 1, 2009
Much Stuff!
With Leviathan a mere FOUR DAYS AWAY in the US and Canada, there is much stuff to cover.
First: If you live in Toronto and want to see me, Cassie Clare, and Holly Black on November 6, you will need tickets! I guess the event is going to be wicked huge, so they rented a church, which costs money. Admission is five Canadian bucks, and you can buy the tickets right here. You can also pay at the door, if there's any room left!
Friday November 6th 7:00PM
Trinity St. Paul's United Church
427 Bloor...
