I’m back! With only slightly modified content… But I have some fun updates as well. I’m currently in the process of getting my first Treehouse Castaways book published. This would have happened a lot sooner – for anyone that’s been following this site for some time, you might know I finished the first book in the series back in 2019. The reason I haven’t published it since then is… complex, to say the least. But it’s finally happening! At least, once I have enough money for the cover art. Wah wah.
In the meantime, I decided to upload a revised version of chapter one of the first book for preview because I am a very finicky, artist-type writer and never feel like my work is done. The first chapter also carries a LOT of weight for this epic fantasy series, so it makes sense that I never felt satisfied with it. I am keeping the original chapter on this website, so for anyone that’s curious to see the changes (I swear they’re there!), they can have fun hunting for them between the two. Think of it as a game that no one asked for.
I think it’s important to preserve older edits because it shows the progress not only writers make as they’re learning the craft, but the journey a story takes on its way to completion. Like my main character, Elijah Hawthorne, it’s a coming-of-age arc that never gets old. Anyway, for those of you interested, here is the updated version of Chapter One: Into the Closet (no, this has nothing to do with suppressing queerness).
K.G. Wiles 