Category Archives: yawp

Ten years, one regret

Posted on September 16, 2019 by kirstincm

  Time goes amazingly fast, doesn’t it? Maybe it’s just me. My first novel, The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind, came out in September 2009. My kid was 11. I’d been at my job for 10 … Continue reading →

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When art creates art, and YOU MEET THE ARTIST (omg!!)

Posted on July 8, 2019 by kirstincm

    The title doesn’t make it clear, but the book does: the title of WRECK is inspired by “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” a song written and performed by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976, about the shipwreck of the … Continue reading →

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The . . . disrespectful? . . . launch of WRECK

Posted on April 16, 2019 by kirstincm

    Launching WRECK has been unlike launching any other book in my career. Its subject matter is hard, and the book isn’t funny (I love writing funny books).  But more than anything, its launch feels a way I can’t … Continue reading →

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Sometimes you write the book, sometimes the book writes you.

Posted on November 26, 2018 by kirstincm

  Writing is a funny thing. You’d think you’d be in control of the process, but sometimes you’re not. Sometimes the characters do or say things you’re not expecting. Sometimes the book goes in a direction you don’t expect (the … Continue reading →

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“Why do YOU care?”

Posted on June 21, 2016 by kirstincm

Before I get started, you need to read this LGBTQIA+ perspective on what you do for your kids, and have Kleenex.  History matters. Read it. So many LBGTQIA+ folks have spoken out after Orlando and its aftermath, and you should … Continue reading →

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“Success:” a pep talk

Posted on September 29, 2015 by kirstincm

    I really dislike the word “success.”  I am super not interested in having people measure my “success,” but it happens ALL THE TIME–it’s a service society offers for free, bless its heart. Of course, when you’re busting your … Continue reading →

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Transgender Lives: backstory and new resources

Posted on August 1, 2014 by kirstincm

Here’s the publisher’s blurb for our (this book is a village!) new book Transgender Lives: Complex Stories, Complex Voices, out in September 2014: Meet Katie, Hayden, Dean, Brooke, David, Julia, and Natasha. Each is transgender, and in this book, they … Continue reading →

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