Leah Angstman's Blog: Writing News

Happy book birthday to the audiobook version of Out Front the Following Sea! You can get the audiobook anywhere audiobooks are sold, or request it from your local library.

Here it is on Audible!
https://www.audible.com/pd/Out-Front-...

Thanks & love to Taylor Swift as Books for including Shoot the Horses First in this great Bookshop list of books that include exits, especially by fathers. Happy to see my girl among these beasts.

https://bookshop.org/lists/leaving-li...

I'm so excited to unveil the COVER REVEAL for my next book and to announce that preorders are open! ***Shoot the Horses First*** contains some of my favorite stories ever!

Preorder:
http://www.kernpunktpress.com/store/p...

Join me this afternoon! Virtual book launch for 'Out Front the Following Sea'! I'll be reading + taking questions! There will be prizes! 2 p.m. EST https://tinyurl.com/LeahFBLaunch

Out Front the Following Sea was reviewed on January 5, 2022, at The Literary Assistant.

https://www.theliteraryassistant.com/...

“Soulful and hauntingly beautiful. This isn’t a story, it’s a journey. If you enjoy a story that doesn’t follow a cookie-cutter path to perfection, you NEED to read this book. … I found myself falling head first into the adventure that was unfolding on each page. I’m looking forward to reading more books from Leah Angstman.”
—The Literary Assistant

Leah has a radio interview with Shannon Young on KGNU on January 10, 2022, at 8:10 a.m. Mountain, during the Morning Magazine segment.

Listeners in the Boulder/Denver area can tune in via 88.5 FM or 1390 AM; listeners near Ft. Collins can tune in to 98.7 FM; and listeners near Nederland can tune in to 93.7 FM.

Those who wish to listen who live outside the area can stream the radio segment live on KGNU’s website or find alternative streaming methods and help on KGNU’s streaming page.

Out Front the Following Sea was reviewed by Alex Carrigan on Quail Bell Magazine.

“… [A]bsolutely fascinating. … Out Front the Following Sea is like a lighthouse on the coastline: meticulously built and designed, but also illuminates so much to carefully draw the reader in. Angstman’s research and prose makes Ruth’s story one that stands out for its vividness and relatability, and the plot is exciting enough that the reader will surely want to see the next course set. By drawing from the history of New England-set historical fiction, Out Front the Following Sea elevates and reignites the passion for these kinds of stories, and will hopefully inspire others to set sail into these uncharted waters.”

Some upcoming in-person book tour dates just added for Out Front the Following Sea! If you're in the area, mark your calendar!

Boulder, CO
Boulder Book Store
Jan 11, 2022 @ 6:30 p.m.

Grand Junction, CO
Barnes & Noble (#2852)
Feb 5, 2022 @ 2 p.m.

Casper, WY
Wind City Books
Feb 19, 2022 @ 11 a.m.

Louisville, CO
Louisville Public Library
Feb 27, 2022 @ 2 p.m.

My third novel, The Only Way to Cheat a Hangman (forthcoming ~2024), about wagon trains and the decline of the Gold Rush in Sacramento Valley, was longlisted for the 2021 Laramie Book Award for Americana Fiction.

Medium has some new features these days, so I was able to give my Medium profile a facelift, match some colors to my website and preferences, and put my Medium posts in one pretty place. I moved all my Nerdy & Random Bookshelf posts over, and this week I’ll move my Travelurgy posts over, so they’re also in one place. Check out the profile HERE if you haven’t yet, and follow me if you’re on Medium.

Up at The Coil today I have a new Nerdy & Random Bookshelf column HERE (free-access link) where I talk about Samuel T. Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems, Ruben Quesada’s Revelations, Paul Crenshaw’s In Stone, and on deck: Jacqueline Doyle’s The Missing Girl. Use the hashtags #NerdyRandom and #CoilMag on social media and tag @CoilMag if you’re reposting on Twitter. If you like the column and you’re a Medium member, please give it a couple claps!

Books Mentioned:
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems
Revelations
In Stone
The Missing Girl