Author Archives: kirstincm

OK! It only seems appropriate that I write about HP 7 today. If you’re not a Harry Potter geek, I think you still know that the 7th film comes out today (part 1, anyway). I hope it lives up to … Continue reading →

Finding time to write these days is like finding a lost kitty–the reunion is joyous, but kitties are quite elusive, especially when it’s noisy and chaotic. All I want is my skulls, my Black Hills, and my ghosts. Is that … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Today’s Outlaw Boots are worn by A.S. King, an outlaw if I ever met one (photo of her boots supplied by Amy!). She is the esteemed author of THE DUST OF 100 DOGS (from Flux, so she is an imprint-mate) … Continue reading →

Dear SKY readers: After last week’s post, I realized I forgot to give credit where credit is due–to whom do I owe my first published year (besides my awesome friends at Flux)? You, kind readers. You have been astoundingly generous … Continue reading →

. . . yawp yawp YAWP! First, anybody know who this handsome young dude is? That’s right! It’s our friend Walt Whitman, also known to me and my students as Uncle Walt, sometimes Gay Uncle Walt. I truly, truly heart … Continue reading →