The good stuff just keeps coming in! Here’s a sample of Emily Rankin’s beautiful narration on the Sword and Verse audiobook, also releasing January 19 from Blackstone Audio:
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More SWORD AND VERSE News!
Less than 2 weeks left until the publication of Sword and Verse, and I have more good news to share!
Foreign Rights
Sword and Verse will be published in Spanish by Penguin Random House and in Turkish by Pegasus Publishing!
Sample Chapters
Did you know that you can read the first 9 chapters of Sword and Verse for free at EpicReads?
Giveaways
Enter by January 10 to win one of 10 advanced reader copies of Sword and Verse being given away by EpicReads! (US and Canada only)
Enter by January 16 to win a signed advanced reader copy at Literary Rambles (US and Canada only)
Goodreads Book Giveaway
Sword and Verse
by Kathy MacMillan
Giveaway ends January 12, 2016.
See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.
Preorder Incentive
Preorder Sword and Verse in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook and receive a special personalized gift: your name written in the language of the gods and a letter from the main character! (Open internationally.) Ten lucky winners will also be selected to receive handmade personalized Sword and Verse bookmarks! Click here for more information.
Launch Day Event
January 19, 2016 from 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm at Carroll County Public Library, Finksburg Branch (2265 Old Westminster Pike, Finksburg, MD 21048. Phone: 410.386.4505)
Join us for a reading, signing, refreshments, and a screening of the winning entries in the SWORD AND VERSE trailer contest. Open to all! For more information, see http://library.carr.org
Writer-Focused Event
Writers: Let’s Talk Revision
Thursday, January 21 at 7 PM
Baltimore County Public Library, Cockeysville Branch
9833 Greenside Drive
Cockeysville, Maryland 21030-2188
From first draft to final copy, a novel goes through many stages of change. Join Kathy MacMillan, author of Sword and Verse (HarperTeen, 2016), and Manuela Bernardi, the book’s betareader, for a frank discussion of feedback and how it shapes the revision process. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing after the program. This program is co-sponsored by Baltimore County Public Library and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators MD/DE/WV Region. Please RSVP at http://mddewv.scbwi.org/ by January 19.
Sword and Verse Gala
Tickets are on sale now for the Sword and Verse Gala on January 22, 2016, an elegant dinner and book signing event to benefit Deaf Camps, Inc.
News and Excitement
Lots of exciting things are happening for Sword and Verse! A couple of them:
1) Positive early reader response in the UK has led to the decision to put the book out in hardcover in the UK market, rather than waiting for paperback.
2) Just found out a few days ago that Sword and Verse will be released on audio! As someone who is concerned with accessibility, and as a lover of audiobooks, I am tickled pink!
Actual footage of me right now:
Libraries and Camps and Bookcart Drill Teams: The Long Twisty Journey from There to Here
Dawn Babb Prochovnic, author of the “Story Time with Signs and Rhymes” series, was kind enough to interview me on her blog about Little Hands and Big Hands and signing with children:
An Interview with Kathy MacMillan
I initially entitled this post “An Interview with Author, Kathy MacMillan,” but in addition to being an author of several books, Kathy is also an ASL interpreter, sign language workshop presenter, a trained librarian (and probably a host of other things I haven’t learned about quite yet!).
I was first “introduced” to Kathy when I read her book, “Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together.” Kathy and I share a love for signing with hearing children of all ages, and I really connected with her simple, accessible approach to signing with kids. I did a little research and found out that she is the author of several other books (some of which are pictured later), and she blogs and presents regularly at libraries and other community venues.
I wanted to get to know Kathy a bit better, and she was kind enough to participate in an interview:
Dawn: How did you first become interested in sign language (and in particular, signing with hearing children)?
Find out the answer – and lots more – in the full interview here.
Welcome!
With the impending publication of my first mainstream nonfiction book, Little Hands and Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together, and with my debut novel, The Library of the Gods, inching ever closer to publication, I have decided to revamp my websites so they can each focus on different aspects of this crazy choose-your-own-adventure career of mine.
This site, which can be accessed at www.kathymacmillan.com, will function as my author website, with news and information about my books, author appearances, and writing workshops.
My American Sign Language ventures now have their own separate website at www.storiesbyhand.com, where you can find information about my ASL storytelling programs, classes, interpreting services, and ASL workshops.
Those interested in my storytime resource books and workshops will find lots of great information and free stuff at www.storytimestuff.net, my shared website with co-author Christine Kirker.
Of course, since I am still one person and my projects often overlap in the manner of a Venn diagram, I will often be posting some information in more than one place, but I hope you will find each of these sites valuable and useful. I welcome feedback on content and design. Please follow this site, using the link at the right, to receive email notifications of updates. You can choose to receive immediate updates, or to receive weekly or monthly digests.
I don’t plan to be a crazily prolific blogger – that’s just too much pressure – but this is where I plan to share my thoughts about favorite books I have read, news about publications, and other random musings. Oh, and once The Library of the Gods comes out, oh, do I have extras to share! I hope you will come along for the journey!
~Kathy
Stories By Hand with Kathy MacMillan 