Booktree 2017

Publishing news and updates by K.A. Wiggins

20 Dec 2017


Microupdate plus #booktree end of year shout outs to everyone who sent me books this year!

Where things are at:

  • Blind the Eyes (G&S book 1) is still under query, so the tentative indie release date has been bumped to March 2018. There’s been some good feedback and it may still get picked up by tradpub, thus the long runway. :)

  • G&S2 plot is mapped out and undergoes developmental consultation on Jan. 10, so hopefully I’ll be at least mid-draft by the time book 1 comes out! Currently expecting G&S will be a trilogy.

  • Serial fiction Things Got Out of Hand is finally getting a proper plot map! I haven’t decided whether to continue its draft zero as a serial or take it down yet, so keep an eye on Wattpad in the new year just in case :)

  • Tiptoeing into some short story writing, since the serials are necessarily on hold for a while yet. The zero drafts need some polishing, but expect some short reads in the new year in a wider variety of genres (I tried for contemporary, but so far I can’t help sneaking in some fantasy or supernatural elements into every story)

  • Been rounding out my freelance portfolio and recently launched Business Writing Solutions in beta on the boring grown-up side of my life. The part of me that isn’t compelled to write about monsters and magic tends to geek out over template automation and well-crafted copy, lol.

  • Still in the Pacific Northwest for the foreseeable future. Travel’s on the radar, but there’re just too many bullet points to tick off to make #digitalnomad-ing practical right now!

So! On to the shout-outs. Special thanks to Goodreads, 49th Shelf and artist & book blogger Iryna Khymych who have taken the trouble and expense to send me books this year!

As promised in the social media posts that you probably followed to get here, here’s the full list of books with review and shopping links.

Kidlit

Mr. Crum’s Potato Predicament by Anne Renaud & Felicita Sala (Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr (Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

YA Reads

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (Giller Prize Shortlist, Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Riven by Jane Alvey Harris (Indie Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Enough Space for Everyone Else edited by J.N. Monk and Lee Black (Comics Anthology) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Adult Reads*

Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill (Giller Prize Shortlist, Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Minds of Winter by Ed O’Loughlin (Giller Prize Shortlist, Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Transit by Rachel Cusk (Giller Prize Shortlist, Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

I am a Truck by Michelle Winters (Giller Prize Shortlist, Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

The Felix Chronicles: Freshman by R.T. Lowe (Indie Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA | UK

Floating City by Kerri Sakamoto (Canadian Read) Goodreads | Amazon US | CA

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