Behind the scenes at Sony Studios

While I was out in LA, I was a guest on the set of a friend’s show. It was all kinds of epic, even if the PAs did sort of strand me in the parking lot, forcing me to wander the film lot aimlessly with my video camera:

The new cover revealed!

I am super-mega-ridiculously excited to show you guys the new cover design for Knightley Academy!

Ridiculously awesome, right? The school crest is on the back, made of stone. And there’s a ton of advance praise we’re using to decorate the jacket:

• “Steampunky, subversive and enthralling!” - Tamora Pierce

• “A fabulously enjoyable tale, brimming with humor, suspense and swordplay. I found myself wishing I could attend Knightley Academy!” – Kaza Kingsley, author of the bestselling Erec Rex series

• “Terrific fun! Knights-in-training, a looming war, and white-knuckle subterfuge made for a great read. Can’t wait for the next one!” – Dean Lorey, author of the Nightmare Academy series

I am at a loss for consonants: Eeeeeee!

In case you were wondering about the castle on the cover, it’s an illustration of the school:

“Knightley Academy didn’t look like an elite school for young aristocrats. In fact, it rather reminded Henry of a ramshackle country estate built by a slightly eccentric duke. The buildings were a mismash of styles: flying buttresses topped with thatch, turrets on innocent-looking wooden cottages, mansard roofs, and ivy-covered brick, all connected by a series of cobblestone paths that threaded through a grassy quadrangle complete with an absurd hedge maze that only came waist high.”

Do you think the cover matches the description from the book?

p.s. there is a new countdown widget for the book in the sidebar. If you’d like to use it on your blog or myspace page, please let me know so I can send you a virtual hug and an invisible, no-calories, made-of-your-imagination magical cupcake.

Steampunk in Oxford

Here’s a video of a steampunk exhibition at Oxford that makes me wish I was still living in England:

Are any of you guys into steampunk? Let me know in the comments.