Categotry Archives: The Broken Lands
Novellablog: It’s Time! PRE-ORDER THE KAIROS MECHANISM! And while you’re at it, PRE-ORDER THE BROKEN LANDS!
Boyohboy, guys, here we go! It’s time. It’s really, really time! It’s all over but the formatting, so I’m pleased to announce that The Kairos Mechanism will be available in paperback and your choice of digital formats created with Vook (PDF, iBooks-compatible, Kindle-compatible, and Nook-compatible) on Friday, September 7th, and you can preorder it right here, right now. Because the paperback of The Kairos Mechanism winds up costing a bit more like what an “adult” pb costs than what a middle grade or [...]
Kirkus weighs in on The Broken Lands (spoiler: Kate is very happy)
Publisher:Clarion Pages: 464 Price ( Hardcover ): $16.99 Publication Date: September 4, 2012 ISBN ( Hardcover ): 978-0-547-73966-3 Category: Fiction Two teens race against time to thwart the forces of evil in this prequel to The Boneshaker (2010). The Broken Land is a hotel where much crucial action takes place, but it is also an apt description of the United States in 1877. The Civil War has scarred the country, and Reconstruction has ended. “Folks are angry, still,” orphan Sam is told. “Folks are scared and folks [...]
Novellablog: Holy Moly! Two Flipping Weeks Left to Become Part of the GREATEST PUBLISHING EXPERIMENT OF ALL TIME!*
Okay, so maybe I’m a bit biased in my assessment of this project’s relative importance in the world. Either that, or I’ve discovered that the more sensational the title, the more clicks my website gets. (Spoiler: it’s the latter.) Either way, the objective truth is this: with fourteen days left to go, The Kairos Mechanism‘s Kickstarter campaign is sitting pretty at 102%. This is outrageously cool, and I’m hugely indebted to everyone who’s helped out. In these last two weeks, I [...]
MEGA-GIANT (non-Kickstarter) ANNOUNCEMENTS!
As if it wasn’t already a flipping awesome week here at Milford Command Central (for those of you who weren’t aware, The Kairos Mechanism exceeded its funding goal yesterday around 1:30), I have two very exciting announcements. Since I cleaned up the lair, I am able to couple these announcements with their related TBR research piles. They will be presented in an order chosen for maximum hilarity. Exhibit #1: This is the to-read/research pile for Announcement the First: a beloved [...]
Novellablog: In Which Nathan Comes Up With New Kickstarter Rewards
I knew there was going to be a stagnant point in this campaign, and this is it: The Kairos Mechanism‘s Kickstarter effort has been languishing for about a week, painfully inching toward full funding with about 3 weeks left to go. I read lots of blogs by Kickstarter users that warned that this would happen, so I’m not entirely surprised. I am, however, massively twitchy. I want to know I’m in the clear, and then I want to blast the goal [...]
Novellablog: Halfway there on the Most Amazing Kickstarter Project Ever*–and it Still Needs You!
It’s May 12, a month after the Kickstarter campaign to fund The Kairos Mechanism started. With 29 days to go and the help of 110 backers and many others who’ve given time, blog space, and moral support, as of noon today, the campaign stands at 88%. (This excludes cash/check contributions made at Wednesday’s Happy Hour, which will be used in June to begin mailing out rewards, since Amazon holds backer contributions for two weeks after the close of the campaign.) Wow, [...]
Novellablog: A Kid Editor Interview with Mason, and My Thoughts on Reading Military History.
Ah, the Kid Editors. We’ve discussed that they’re brilliant. We’ve discussed that giving your book to a kid basically guarantees that you’re going to be given insights about your work, yourself, your talents and your shortcomings in completely unexpected ways. If a kid gets you, give yourself a pat on the back. If a kid tells you you got it wrong, FIX IT IMMEDIATELY. Well, apart from getting some good story notes, I learned something about myself from the second [...]
I’ll Be At Grey Dog Cafe Tonight With Party Favors. Where Will You Be?
Note: THIS POST REFERS TO A THING HAPPENING TONIGHT. Wednesday, May 9th. TONIGHT, ok? Right now I’m writing notes and sealing special things into envelopes in preparation for The Kairos Mechanism’s Halfway Happy Hour. If you’re within reach of New York City, won’t you come out and celebrate? For clarity, the celebration in question is TONIGHT. I may not have mentioned that. This will be a very low-key celebration. Grey Dog is a cafe, not a bar, so all ages [...]
Novellablog: Kid Editors: Because the kid in the room understands your book better than you do.
Remember that post I wrote about how I can’t be trusted to edit my own stuff? Well, last week it was time to send The Kairos Mechanism to the last and most critical set of readers before I send it to the critmate who’s acting as uber-editor. These are the Kid Editors: Emma, Luci and Edie, Mason, and the newly-deputized Julia and Talia. Their mission: make sure I’m not going to embarrass myself by putting this book up in front [...]
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