Leo Valiquette grew up in rural Ontario, Canada, but escaped to Tatooine, Middle Earth, and that bar...
Also, just a reminder—since its been such a long process—to update your mailing address through your inkshares account. Just in case you have moved since you’ve pre-ordered your copy of Under The Rug.
It’s official! Under The Rug releases October 22nd. I look forward to hearing what you all think. Thanks for the continued and patient support.
Greetings, adventurers!
Sorry for the lack of #MushAnch Monday this month--and sorry in advance for the lack thereof for next month, as well. There is a reason for this. Things have gotten very busy around here in the past few weeks, and that’s about to ramp up, because after a year of trying, we’re finally moving!
I don’t have any updates for you on the book front as I continue to wait patiently for news, myself. It’s my hope that this beautiful time of year finds you well, and I hope to be back and updating regularly again in December.
Thanks for your patience!
May your travels be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting,
K. M. Cooper
Hi, all!
A couple of book release announcements - very October-themed!
~First, "The Pooka’s Share" is available now from JMS Books! This novella is my contribution to the Legendary Loves collection - you can buy it separately as an ebook, or buy the whole collection in ebook or paperback, which gives you a discount, versus buying all three stories individually! (Plus, you know - paperbacks are neat!)
“The Pooka’s Share” is around 23k of m/m paranormal romance, featuring
-a pooka shapeshifter
-an exasperated magical cop with a secret
-apple-theft
-an enchanted bridle
-enemies (or at least an assignment to capture an apple-thief) to lovers
-sex in a forest and also later in a very nice bed
…so if that sounds like your cup of tea (or apple cider?) here are some purchase links!
The Pooka’s Share separately
JMS Books (currently 20% off - only $3.19!)
The Legendary Loves Collection, Volume One
JMS Books (currently 20% off - only $4.79!)
~Second, my super-short m/m Hot Flash Fiction story "October Spice" is available for pre-order from JMS Books! The Hot Flash romance stories are all under 5k words and priced at 99 cents - or 79 cents if you pre-order! "October Spice" features a Halloween-loving baker, pumpkin cupcakes, and an adorable firefighter, and will be released October 12!
Pre-order link at JMS Books (currently 20% off - only 79 cents!)
Hope you enjoy - I always love autumn and October and Halloween, and I’m excited to have so many themed releases!
Happy October! I reread my latest draft and sent it back to my editor! She’s thinking she’ll be able to dive in in mid-November. I’ll keep you posted.
In other news, my short story, "Neighborhood Alert," was accepted for publication in the next issue of Inlandia: A Literary Journey and I’m thrilled!
We’re preparing for a Halloween release of the new Writing Bloc Anthology, where you’ll be able to read "Rachel Rose, Semite."
I’ve posted a piece on my website about the punk scene in North Central West Virginia in the early 2000s. I was unhappy with the way the zine I submitted it to cut the last half, so you can read it in its entirety here. Thanks to everyone who shared their experiences!
I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo this November, drafting a TOTALLY NEW project that I’m reall excited about! Let me know if you’re participating too so we can cheer each other on!
Thank you, as always for your support.
Hi Everyone,
Firstly, the (very) exciting news: ALL THE KING’S TRAITORS IS OUT IN PAPERBACK AND EBOOK ON AMAZON! On the site, it is sitting in the top 2000 books in Canada right now and I need your help to get it to the top 100!
Amazon (CA): https://www.amazon.ca/All-Kings-Traitors-Highwings-Book/dp/1999008812/
Amazon (USA): https://www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Traitors-Highwings-Book/dp/1999008812/
Now that that’s out of the way, onto the more boring stuff (haha). This will probably be one of my final communications though Inkshares. If you would like to keep receiving bookish updates please consider signing up for my newsletter where you will be the first to get access to advanced reader copies and exclusive content: http://eepurl.com/gvScND
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As you know, Inkshares has refunded your donations as the campaign was not successful (if you didn’t check for your refund last time I emailed, please do, should be sometime around February).
I did want to take the opportunity to thank each and everyone of you, even though this campaign was unsuccessful (again, make sure you got your refund) your support meant everything.
As a thank you, I wanted to offer free ebooks (in the kindle format) to those who are interested. To claim your free ebook send me an email at keylinrivers@gmail.com and I can walk you through the process of getting ATKT on your kindle.
For all of those who donated in the month of December, even though the campaign failed, we still made the donation to plant some trees! Thanks to all of you, California has 98 more trees, you can watch the video here (tree planting donation is at the end of the video at 6:52): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLF9vJ12ru4&t=363s
You folks are what started all of this, and your support is so appreciated!
Happy reading everyone,
Keylin
We did it! The campaign has ended, I’ve had a wonderful talk with Adam, the CEO of the publishing company, and the sequel to The Seclusion is officially in production.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who supported over the past few months!
I’m going to give everyone’s inbox(and myself) a break for a bit, but there is exciting news in the pipeline and I will keep all of you updated as I can with news and behind-the-scenes developments every month or two. While I don’t have a timeline yet, my best guess after having been through this process before is a early/mid 2021 release. Again, I’ll let you know more as I do. Try and stop me.
For now, I’m going to turn my attention to something I haven’t been able to focus on as much as I would have liked to these past couple months - finishing the story! Right now, it is about 85% of the way finished, and my goal is to have the first draft turned in to the developmental editor by the end of October or early November.
From there we will talk through how to make the story stronger. Then, we go through the old song and dance of revising, editing, revising, editing... and rinsing and repeating until everything is shiny and perfect.
For those of you who supported by ordering 3 copies or more, look out for occasional emails from me regarding polls and surveys for behind-the-scenes decisions.
Tomorrow evening I will be at the Author Reception and Signing at the NC School Library Media Association Conference in Winston-Salem. If you will be be there, let me know so we can connect!
Thank you again, and until next time!
-Jacqui
P.S. - The winner of the $100 Air BnB Gift Card is Jason Stokes who referred over ten supporters!!! Congrats Jason!
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Thank you to these final backers!
Catherine Evans, Anya Pavelle, Mike Donald, Anthony Bassignani, and Glen Cantrell
Check out some of their work below:
Greetings Crow’s Gambit Supporters!
I have good news and not as good news. Last night I submitted the completed draft of Crow’s Gambit, along with all the other front and back matter, to Inkshares. I am sincerely sorry for the procrastination and the obsessive nitpicking that has delayed you getting your book. That said, Inkshares won’t be able to start working on it for at least three months.
While you wait I will be getting you some Crow’s Gambit tidbits; the Crow Research prospectus and employee manual you have been promised, as well as some tidbits from the second book, Crow’s Haven.
In the meantime, if you are in the mood, check out the short story I submitted last week to the Reedsy Short Story Contest called "Accident on the Waterloo". For those who are familiar with my other book on Inkshares, Fortunes of the Space Sloth, this story takes place in the same universe. (click here to read the story)
As always, thank you for your support.
PT