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Interviews

Eight Book Recommendations to Help You Own Your Wild (The Nerd Daily)
Embracing Her Inner Werewolf (The Santa Barbara Independent)
From Submission to Publication (The Author Burnout Cure podcast interview)
Focus Less on the Destination, and More on the Journey (Writer’s Digest)
You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault (Lit Hub)
We SHOULD Be Uncomfortable: The importance of addressing sexual assault in YA books, a guest post by Kim DeRose (Teen Librarian Toolbox)
Q&A: Kim DeRose, Author of ‘For Girls Who Walk Through Fire’ (The Nerd Daily)
A Reading List of Badass Covens (CrimeReads)
The Page 69 Test: Hear Her Howl
Authors Interviewing Characters: Women Writers, Women Books
The Page 69 Test: For Girls Who Walk Through Fire
My Book, The Movie: Kim DeRose
Interview w/ The Santa Barbara Independent (For Girls Who Walk Through Fire)
Interview with Authors Answer (For Girls Who Walk Through Fire)
Interview with Pine Reads Review (For Girls Who Walk Through Fire)
Interview with Jean Book Nerd
Interview with Campaign for the American Reader

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kimderosewrites

YA Author | Ragey Feminist Weird Girl Stories | Essays on Grief, Life & Creativity | Grief Coach & Death Doula in training | Newsletter in bio 🌈🩷💜💙

Am I full of rage? Always. And for many reasons. Y Am I full of rage? Always. And for many reasons. You can read more at https://kimderose.substack.com/

Also, I hope you’ll join us at Outspoken: Metabolizing Rage & Resisting Rape Culture in YA Fiction - tickets are donation based and all donations go toward the GoFundMe for the Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis.

Link in bio - TO REGISTER visit https://tinyurl.com/outspoken3

Because in a culture designed to silence us, the most radical act is to be outspoken.

#metoo #yabooks #bookstagram #bookpanel #femininerage
Friends, we’re back with another artist here to he Friends, we’re back with another artist here to help YOU stay wild and keep howling: none other than New York Times bestselling author and OG badass, Gayle Forman @gayleforman . Gayle says: 

“I stay wild by letting my gray hair flow. Why should we apologize or hide the fact that we are getting older? The alternative is dying (or Mar-A-Lago face). 

And as far as a wild soul that inspires Gayle:
“Kathleen Hannah. Something in her voice has always been a conduit for my feminist rage.”

Thank you, Gayle! And go back her latest amazing feminist AF book, Orchid Girls, on Kickstarter NOW!

#staywild #bookstagram  #authorsofinstagram #orchidgirls #feministbooks
We’re so thrilled to announce that Mindy McGinnis We’re so thrilled to announce that Mindy McGinnis @mindymcginnisauthor will also be joining Outspoken: Metabolzing Rage & Resisting Rape Culture in YA Fiction! Link to register in bio and below:

https://tinyurl.com/outspoken3

In the face of ongoing systemic injustice, staying silent is not an option. And on October 27th we will be OUTSPOKEN. Spurred by recent events—including outrage surrounding the Cornell 7 and LSU rape cases—and collective exhaustion with pervasive rape culture, this third installment of the Outspoken YA panel series brings together a community of authors and readers to reflect on this current moment.

Our panel will begin with a grounding exercise led by trauma-informed clinical psychologist Dr. Lauren of Muddy Lotus Therapy Collective. And then join YA authors Rocky Callen @rockywrites Annie Cardi @anniecardi Kim DeRose @kimderosewrites , Madeline Claire Franklin @madelineclairefranklin Mindy McGinnis @mindymcginnisauthor , Sonia Patel, Amber Smith @ambersmithauthor , and Rebecca Stafford @rebeccahstafford as we discuss how books can serve as a space to metabolize rage, challenge harmful narratives, and actively resist rape culture. 

All tickets are donation based, with donations going to the GoFundMe for Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. 

AND when you register you’re automatically entered to win books from all panelists plus books from additional YA authors resisting rape culture. 

Because in a culture designed to silence us, the most radical act is to be outspoken.

#outspoken #yabooks #yaauthors #bookstagram #bookpanel
Just a reminder that if you’re feeling rageful at Just a reminder that if you’re feeling rageful at the toxic masculinity news cycle and f’ing fed up with rape culture, that’s why our books exist. And you can automatically enter to WIN all nine of them when you register for Outspoken: Metabolizing Rage and Resisting Rape Culture in YA Fiction, a virtual panel and fundraiser to support Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis.  To register visit: https://tinyurl.com/outspoken3

All registrations are donation based, all donations go to the GoFundMe for Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. 

Enter for a chance to win books from YA authors Amber Smith @ambersmithauthor , Hannah V. Sawyerr @hannsawyerr Olivia A. Cole, Kim DeRose @kimderosewrites Rebecca Stafford @rebeccahstafford , Madeleine Claire Franklin @madelineclairefranklin , Annie Cardi @anniecardi Sonia Patel, and Rocky Callen @rockywrites 

Because in a culture designed to silence us, the most radical act is to be outspoken.
 
#yabooks #yaauthors #bookstagram #bookgiveaway #bookpanel
Are you feeling rageful at the toxic masculinity n Are you feeling rageful at the toxic masculinity news cycle and f’ing fed up with rape culture? Us too. Which is why our books exist. And you can automatically ENTER TO WIN all nine of them when you REGISTER for OUTSPOKEN: METABOLIZING RAGE AND RESISTING RAPE CULTURE IN YA FICTION, a virtual panel and fundraiser to support Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. 

REGISTER AT: https://tinyurl.com/outspoken3  All registrations are donation based, all donations go to the GoFundMe for Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. 

Enter for a chance to win books from YA authors Amber Smith @ambersmithauthor , Hannah V. Sawyerr @hannsawyerr Olivia A. Cole, Kim DeRose @kimderosewrites (published via @unionsqandco ) Rebeccah Stafford @rebeccahstafford , Madeleine Claire Franklin @madelineclairefranklin Annie Cardi @anniecardi , Sonia Patel, and Rocky Callen @rockywrites 

Because in a culture designed to silence us, the most radical act is to be outspoken.
 
#yabooks #yaauthors #bookstagram #bookgiveaway #bookpanel
In the face of ongoing systemic injustice, staying In the face of ongoing systemic injustice, staying silent is not an option. And on October 27th we will be OUTSPOKEN. Spurred by recent events—including outrage surrounding the Cornell 7 and LSU rape cases—and collective exhaustion with pervasive rape culture, this third installment of the Outspoken YA panel series brings together a community of authors and readers to reflect on this current moment.

Our panel will begin with a grounding exercise led by trauma-informed clinical psychologist Dr. Lauren of Muddy Lotus Therapy Collective. And then join YA authors Rocky Callen @rockywrites Annie Cardi @anniecardi Kim DeRose @kimderosewrites , Madeline Claire Franklin @madelineclairefranklin , Sonia Patel, Amber Smith @ambersmithauthor , and Rebecca Stafford @rebeccahstafford as we discuss how books can serve as a space to metabolize rage, challenge harmful narratives, and actively resist rape culture. 

TO REGISTER visit https://tinyurl.com/outspoken3

All tickets are donation based, with donations going to the GoFundMe for Cornell 7’s Jane Doe and LSU’s Kendall Francis. 

AND when you register you’re automatically entered to win books from all panelists plus books from additional YA authors resisting rape culture. 

Because in a culture designed to silence us, the most radical act is to be outspoken.

#outspoken #yabooks #yaauthors #bookstagram #bookpanel
Looking to unmask Cornell’s Jane Doe, internet a-h Looking to unmask Cornell’s Jane Doe, internet a-holes? Look no further. I am Jane Doe. #iamjanedoe #metoo
I love seeing FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE feat I love seeing FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE featured in a Feminine Rage display at the @bnmadisonwest Barnes & Noble! Thank you @paigie.alexus for the pic! 🔥 #femininerage #yabook #metoo #bookstagram #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire
Spotted at the Georgetown Barnes & Noble! Thanks f Spotted at the Georgetown Barnes & Noble! Thanks for the pic @kathygreenlit #feminierage #metoo #yabooks #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #bookstagram
This book,a product of my pain and rage, felt time This book,a product of my pain and rage, felt timely when I wrote it, and timely when I conceived of it, and tragically all too timely now. If you need to feel seen, if you need an outlet for your rage, if you need a book to hand your teenage son so he gets it, may I suggest you pick it up from your local library? #metoo #iamjanedoe #ya #feministreads #bookstagram
If you’re sick with rage over the Cornell 7, know If you’re sick with rage over the Cornell 7, know that I wrote this book for you. 

If you’re growing fangs and claws over the LSU football rapist who got readmitted to his school after PLEADING GUILTY, know that I wrote this book for you. 

If you’re thinking of starting a revenge-based coven, and/or you’re casually looking up spells to hex SA perpetrators on your lunch break, know that I DEFINITELY wrote this book for you. 

I’m not here as a capitalist trying to capitalize on women’s pain by asking you to buy my book. I’m here as a fellow survivor who’s walked through fire, who’s mother and friends and loved ones have walked through fire, telling you to get this book from your local library and read it (if you feel ready) because it was born from this exact kind of rage, this exact kind of pain, the endless grappling with this exact kind of moment. And it exists so that we don’t feel alone. 

#metoo #yabooks #feministbooks #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire
Happy Bisexual Visibility Week and Sapphic Septemb Happy Bisexual Visibility Week and Sapphic September!!! 💙💜🩷

Some of us were late bloomers, slow to find our queerness. Some of us were told, both explicitly and implicitly, that heteronormative identities were the only path. Some of us went to churches where homophobia was pressed into us, resulting in our suppressed wild, and deep shame that we might be anything other than straight.

And some of us went on to write stories that raise a middle finger to those very ideas. (Hi. Me!)

If any of this resonates (and if you’d love a Sapphic romance with bi rep), HEAR HER HOWL is for YOU. Available wherever books are sold (and at libraries - support your local library!!). 

(Also, a reminder that FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE also has queer rep and is thoroughly about raising a middle finger to the patriarchy.)

Whoever you are, wherever you are in your journey to own and love who you are, I just want to share these words: STAY WILD AND KEEP HOWLING. 

#sapphicseptember #bisexualpride #bivisibility #sapphicYA #yabooks
Our queen on her throne. Long live Stevie Harringt Our queen on her throne. Long live Stevie Harrington Nicks ❤️
Look what the Santa Barbara library is featuring f Look what the Santa Barbara library is featuring for Back to School! Thanks @sbplibrary!! Photo courtesy of @isabel.m.silva44 🥰 #hearherhowl #yabooks #library #bookstagram #backtoschool
Some thoughts on grief and time travel and being s Some thoughts on grief and time travel and being stuck in an emotional time loop. You can read the full essay at kimderose.substack.com #grief #mementomori
David Bowie just might be the patron saint of Wild David Bowie just might be the patron saint of Wild Souls. Gender bending and ever-changing, wholly original and always himself.

And the way Bowie inhabited new alter egos at every turn - Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke - allowed him to remain mysterious. You knew Bowie - his sound, his vision, his kaleidoscope of artistry - but did you know him? Maybe you only knew what he wanted you to know, which makes me respect him all the more. 

David Bowie’s death felt like losing something vital, as if from that moment on we were  living in a world with one less color. 

When I saw the David Bowie Is exhibit, walking through his artistic history moved me, but what brought me to tears was the end: an enormous darkened room, floor-to-ceiling screens streaming his concert footage. It was like stumbling through a portal into a Bowie show, the empty mannequins donning his costumes a stark reminder
that there would never be another him.

Thank you for always staying wild, David Bowie. For howling to all us artists and outsiders and weirdos so we might be brave enough to howl back. #davidbowie #staywild #yabooks
Hey there, I’m Kim. If you’re new here, I’m so gla Hey there, I’m Kim. If you’re new here, I’m so glad you found me.

I’m a YA author and write ragey feminist weird girl stories for teens and former teens—I’ve always loooved girls who refuse to conform to the world’s expectations.

Lately, I’ve also been writing essays about grief. This past year, I walked my mom toward her death. I’m just beginning to metabolize that intense journey, and writing helps me process &  find words for how it’s changed me. 

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to questions about death. Which is why I’m a Grief Coach and Death Doula in training.

But what I always come back to is this: yes, death is certain but what’s most important is that we fully live. 

Which is why I immerse myself in the things that most inspire me: music, films, books, artists, outsiders, and wild souls. (Also, my kitten, Stevie Nicks)

If any of that sounds like your corner of the internet...
I’m so glad you’re here. I hope you’ll stick around.

And if you’re interested in my longer essays, you’ll find them in my newsletter at kimderose.substack.com

#YAAuthor #AmWriting #Grief #staywild
Thoughts on grief and offerings and the loss of th Thoughts on grief and offerings and the loss of this soulful artist and trying to make sense of the incomprehensible fact of death. You can read more at Kimderose.substack.com #glenhansard #mementomori #mementovivere
Does your summer need a discussion of death and gr Does your summer need a discussion of death and grief!? Well I’m here to serve. You can read my latest newsletter at https://kimderose.substack.com/
Looking for your next audiobook? Good news! HEAR H Looking for your next audiobook? Good news! HEAR HER HOWL is an Audible July Monthly Deal and from 6/30-7/31 is only $7.99, which is such a good deal it’s basically free. Also, I cannot overstate what an amazing job narrator, Hayden Bishop, did. Do yourself a favor and get ready to get wild. #hearherhowl #audible #yabooks #bookstagram #audiobook
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