Author Archives: kirstincm

OK, my friends, this is why I love teenage boys: boredom + video camera = fun that gets over 100,000 hits on YouTube. If you haven’t already seen it, see it. Major props to Afternoon D Light Studios! Read more … Continue reading →

See this photo? Don’t you love it? I do. It’s a bit hard to see, but the lovely tattooed knuckles say BOOK WORM. Full disclosure: this is my agent Amy Tipton (woo hoo for me for having such a killer … Continue reading →

You might know that today is Elvis’s 75th birthday (holy God, can you imagine a 75-year-old Elvis?). I’m guessing, however, you didn’t know this: Elvis used an alias a couple times–John Burrows. I can’t imagine it actually worked, but who … Continue reading →

It’s that time again. Reality time. Sigh. Break is always so fast. But I am happy to see YOU, blog readers! I did get to do a lot of research and writing while not bending my brain with teaching, so … Continue reading →

I mentioned it before, somewhere back in the early gifts, but I’ll say it again: one of the best gifts writing YA novels has brought to me is laughter. Buckets full of laughter. Backyards full of laughter. Snowbanks full of … Continue reading →

There is nothing better than flipping the bird at someone (metaphorical or otherwise), and teenagers are way better at it than grown-ups are. We tend to remember the consequences, so that gets in our way (for better or worse). But … Continue reading →

YA romance is a ton of fun to write. But it’s also mysterious and challenging, because my flirting days are long over (though we still try). I do love digging deep into the recesses of my brain and finding that … Continue reading →

This post reveals a great mystery. Or not. In my silly YA world, the 4 Emotions of the Apocalypse are anger, sadness, anxiety, and love. I believe them to be the secrets gift of YA. I haven’t heard anyone talk … Continue reading →

I’d better pick up the pace on the gifts, huh? I’m running out of month! Grading has kicked my ass out of the blogosphere. In any case, two gifts this time. First: watching. I’ve always been a people-watcher, and (like … Continue reading →

Blog friends, today is Agent Love Day, as declared by a few authors who love their agent. Since that is me, too, I wanted to share in the joyousness. My agent is Amy Tipton of Signature Literary Agency. She is … Continue reading →