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October 28, 2019 /

By kimderosenyc

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I love creating Pinterest inspiration boards for w

I love creating Pinterest inspiration boards for whatever book I’m writing to help bring the book to life. Here’s a little glimpse of a few images I gathered as I was writing FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE. Link in bio for the full inspiration board 🔥 #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven #inspirationboard #pinterest

Did you know that I have a newsletter on Substack?

Did you know that I have a newsletter on Substack? Of course you didn’t! Because I never told anyone! That’s how good I am at self promotion, folks. I just quietly create something on the internet, create a single post, and then never ever mention it. But hey, it’s a week out from the launch of my debut so I’m pulling out all the stops and actually TALKING about things. That’s called progress. Thank you, therapy.

And why am I talking about The National in this moment instead of, you know, my upcoming book? I swear, it’s actually related and comes full circle but you’ll have to read to find out. You can find a link to my Substack in my bio, and rest assured that I will not spam you. With any luck you’ll get 1-2 newsletters in the next 10-12 years. You’re welcome.
#thenational #writinglife #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yadebut

Bea might come across as quiet and even a bit remo

Bea might come across as quiet and even a bit removed, but in truth she is thoughtful, introspective, and highly aware that every action has a consequence.

“What was the appropriate punishment? Was it death? Banishment? Was it even for Bea to decide?

She wanted a reckoning. She wanted repercussions—and not just for them, but for every person out there who’d violated someone. But she didn’t want it to be up to her to decide. It was too much. She could barely carry her own trauma, let alone hold someone else’s future in her hands.” #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven

Heralding in fall with apple picking and apple orc

Heralding in fall with apple picking and apple orchard piggy back rides 🍎

Elliott lives on Santa Barbara’s Upper East Side

Elliott lives on Santa Barbara’s Upper East Side, in a Craftsman bungalow that, in my imagination, is a lot like this one. A bungalow that her dad grew up in, back when he was a latchkey kid living with his working-class parents, but would now be well outside his price range.

“Long ago, Santa Barbara was beachy and funky—an artist’s community, or so her dad said. Now it was a weekend getaway for LA hipsters and a place celebrities and billionaires had enormous second (third? fourth?) homes. They’d taken down the JC Penny’s and replaced it with a Saks Fifth Avenue, which, her mom had often lamented, was really all you needed to know about the town’s overall trajectory.” #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven #santabarbara

Chloe might be friendly and bubbly and a little to

Chloe might be friendly and bubbly and a little too quick to rack up the credit card debt (Thanks, Daddy!) but make no mistake, this girl is razor sharp and honed in on exactly what’s going wrong in our patriarchal society.

“But as Chloe sat there listening to Celia Muñoz talk about sexual violence and women being believed, the “me too.” Movement started by Tarana Burke, the importance of consent, and the disproportionate violence against women and girls of color and trans people, Chloe couldn’t help thinking that schools should be having these discussions all the time. It should be baked into their curriculum from the very start. Growing up, girls got lectures that basically amounted to how to not get raped; maybe boys should get weekly trainings on how not to be a rapist.”

#forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven

Midwest, I’m headed your way next month! I’ll

Midwest, I’m headed your way next month! I’ll be doing a couple of events in support of FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE! On Thursday evening 10/12 I will be at @bookends_and_beginnings in Evanston, IL, and then Friday 10/13 I will be at @indyreadsorg in Indianapolis, IN. More details to come, but if you’re in the area save the date. 📚🔥
#forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven #booktour

POV: It’s April 2019 and you’re three weeks po

POV: It’s April 2019 and you’re three weeks postpartum with your second child, a daughter whom you spent 5 long years enduring medical interventions in order to conceive. You have postpartum depression and anxiety, actually, though no one could tell it just by looking at you. There’s a lot of things they can’t tell just by looking at you, like the fact that you are currently outlining a book about witchcraft and revenge. Like the fact that you have personal reasons to want to write a book about witchcraft and revenge. A book that you will go on to write in the spring of 2021 during a global pandemic. A book that will go on to become your debut.

But not yet. For now you are sitting in your favorite coffee shop, thanking the universe for caffeine and Americanos, thanking the stars that this baby likes to sleep for hours in said coffee shop as long as she’s wrapped to your chest, and trying to thank every agent’s rejection email that graces your inbox for your last book (while you simultaneously outline your newest witchy book), because every no is getting you one step closer to a yes.

In 2 weeks time FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE will be out in the world, and I have just one word: YES. 🔥💜 #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #yabooks #witchbooks #witchy #magic #witches #bookstagram #booksta #spells #justice #revenge #YA #coven #writerlife

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