What you can’t see, what you’ll never see, are some of the other replies I received: Kim, I love you, but I can’t. You can see their generous responses on the book jacket. I begged friends to consider blurbing it: This book is a hill I will die on. Two days later I had thirty-nine pages and was swearing to my editor that I could, in fact, turn them into a book.īut none of us knew how a story for ten-year-olds that featured sexual abuse, foster care, a suicide attempt, boys snapping bra straps, and a whole lot of lightly disguised curse words would be received. I sat at my desk shaking with helplessness and rage the first words I typed - My new tattoo is covered by a Band-Aid, but halfway through recess, the Band-Aid falls off - surprised me. I was at work on a different manuscript when yet another #MeToo story hit the media. I never expected to write Fighting Words. I am honestly so stunned and grateful for this award.
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