Category Archives: BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

The second regret and how to live with the both/and

Posted on October 11, 2022 by kirstincm

A few blog posts previous to this one, I said I had one regret in my publishing life, that I hadn’t been a good book citizen. That’s still true. But I have one other regret, and that regret is ten … Continue reading →

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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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School friends! Back-to-school BOOK GIVEAWAYS!

Posted on September 6, 2016 by kirstincm

  Like it or not, summer is over.  Some school folks are YAAAAAAAAAAAY, some folks are BOOOOOOOOOOO, and some folks are, “Well, my favorite parts of school are students, reading books, and listening to music in my office.” Or maybe … Continue reading →

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Gabe’s words/my words: losing Prince (1958-2016)

Posted on April 22, 2016 by kirstincm

(This series of Prince photos–at maybe 19?–are complete treasures. Look them up.) The first time I heard a Prince song, I was 14, and it was probably “1999.”  But the one that hit me most was “Little Red Corvette.”  I … Continue reading →

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Mom IRL, kid on the page

Posted on April 1, 2016 by kirstincm

***This post may make no sense to anyone but me. And yes, my kid knows I wrote it.  He’s letting me post it because, and I quote, “No one reads your blog anyway.”  Fair enough. In real life, I’m the … 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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love, cispeople, and 41%

Posted on February 13, 2014 by kirstincm

Valentine’s Day is a made-up holiday to get people to buy shit so we can demonstrate we love each other.  Hahahahaha.  Yeah.  No.   The goal of life is to love people for who they are, where they are, as they … Continue reading →

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“Gratuitous hate crimes” (?) & why I write them (?)

Posted on October 10, 2012 by kirstincm

Bless me, book people, for I have sinned–I have continued to read online reviews of BMUC.   Dangerous idea.  My justification is the controversial content of this book: I want to know what people are saying.  But knowing is a … Continue reading →

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PLAYLISTS!

Posted on September 21, 2012 by kirstincm

Way back in 2005, I decided I wanted to write a book where the main character is so attached to music he can’t get through his day without it (just like me).  Consequently, that produced a book with a crap-ton … Continue reading →

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Book trailer!

Posted on August 20, 2012 by kirstincm

These are the days I like the most–right before the book comes out.  Some people know about it and are passing it around, some people are just finding out, some people are already loving it, and some people have yet … Continue reading →

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