Monthly Archives: October 2010

Kick me with an Outlaw Boot

I am sooooo embarrassed–I forgot author website links in my Outlaw Boots posts. I know I forgot it in Jon’s post, but maybe even in all of them. : Instead of going back to check, I’m just going to try … Continue reading

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Outlaw boots, pair #4: Jon Skovron

In this month’s installment of Outlaw Boots, we have classic outlaws: rock and roll heroes in the forms of Jon Skovron and Sammy, Jon’s protagonist of STRUTS AND FRETS. If you are a music-is-my-soul kind of human, you must read … Continue reading

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Things I love this week

First and most obvious (if you are my FB friend, you know this already), this announcement from PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “Kirstin Cronn-Mills’s BEAUTIFUL MUSIC FOR UGLY CHILDREN, following a boy, who thinks he’s the master of disguise because his given name … Continue reading

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Epic-ness and skulls

Do you feel epic, friends? Some days I do. Some days I think I can win the Internet, single-handedly make my books NYT bestsellers, make my students elect me for a Nobel Peace Prize, and raise my child to be … Continue reading

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Domestic violence and you . . . and me

I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this post for a couple weeks. First, the deets: it would be great, awesome, and cool if you could check out Swati Avasthi’s auction (click the button above to get there). … Continue reading

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