Christine M. Quirk
@quirkwrites.bsky.social
(she/her) Retired and reading and writing all the things. YA author of BLIND SPOT (2026) Red Sox gal. Love my family, words, baseball. The order depends on the day. http://christinemquirk.com
The glamour life of a revising writer 😂
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The glamour life of a revising writer 😂
So excited to be working with @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social
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Sweet Cherry acquires evocative coming-of-age YA from debut author, Christine M. Quirk
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Sweet Cherry acquires evocative coming-of-age YA from debut author, Christine M. Quirk
Sweet Cherry Publishing, the award-winning independent publisher based in Leicester, is delig...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So excited to be working with @sweetcherrypub.bsky.social
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September 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I have retired and am settling into my new role as a Proper Old Woman Who Writes Things. :P I'm going to open mics, starting part-time with the local library, and less than a year from my debut novel. All is good in my hood.
September 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I have retired and am settling into my new role as a Proper Old Woman Who Writes Things. :P I'm going to open mics, starting part-time with the local library, and less than a year from my debut novel. All is good in my hood.
I loved writing this.
The Concord Free Public Library and the Fowler Branch are mainstays of our community, but what about the Little Free Libraries discoverable on our blocks and byways? Learn more about these tiny treasures — including a handy interactive map to help you find them!
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In a town packed with literary possibilities, your next read could be around the corner
The Little Free Library non-profit maintains a list of book-exchange boxes worldwide, managed by volunteer stewards.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I loved writing this.
June 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
#WritingCommunity: I wrote the first 50K of my WIP for NaNoWriMo in 2023, and have only added a few thousand words since. Next month is going to be #FinishItFebruary. Join me if you like! I function pretty well with a deadline. Maybe you do, too. #skywriters #writinglife #amwriting #WIP #YA
June 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This weekend: pedicure. New seltzer flavor. Rearranged some chapters. 📚
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#writingcommunity #amwriting #skywriters #YA
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This weekend: pedicure. New seltzer flavor. Rearranged some chapters. 📚
#writingcommunity #amwriting #skywriters #YA
#writingcommunity #amwriting #skywriters #YA
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
June 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is my TBR jar. When I finish a book, I’m going to pull a title for the next read. Lots of history and baseball, but a couple of novels. If you are the person I stole this from I thank you. 😘
#writingcommunity #YA #TBR #writersarereaders
#writingcommunity #YA #TBR #writersarereaders
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is my TBR jar. When I finish a book, I’m going to pull a title for the next read. Lots of history and baseball, but a couple of novels. If you are the person I stole this from I thank you. 😘
#writingcommunity #YA #TBR #writersarereaders
#writingcommunity #YA #TBR #writersarereaders
Very exciting news in my little corner of the world - the content edits, line edits, and copy edits on my debut novel are done!! It's still a year away, but it's been a year of tweaking too. I can't wait to share it. <3 #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #blindspot #ya
May 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Very exciting news in my little corner of the world - the content edits, line edits, and copy edits on my debut novel are done!! It's still a year away, but it's been a year of tweaking too. I can't wait to share it. <3 #amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #blindspot #ya
I have seen this hint for years, but never tried it until today. #skywriters, I am a fool. SO helpful.
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#amwriting #writinglife #ya #writer
May 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have seen this hint for years, but never tried it until today. #skywriters, I am a fool. SO helpful.
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#amwriting #writinglife #ya #writer
Finally had a minute to update my website and share this project.
#writingcommunity #writing #skywriters #writersofbluesky #poets
#writingcommunity #writing #skywriters #writersofbluesky #poets
Dabbling in poetry
Over the last few months, I’ve been dabbling in poetry, primarily due to the incredibly talented poets I hear each week at the Worcester Writers’ Collective. In November, we were asked to write poetry...
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April 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Finally had a minute to update my website and share this project.
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#writingcommunity #writing #skywriters #writersofbluesky #poets
Noted documentarians Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt are putting the final touches on a new miniseries about the American Revolution, part of which was filmed right here in Concord.
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Filmmakers walk Concord’s history for new Revolutionary War miniseries
Ken Burns and his team from Florentine Films, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, are wrapping up work on “The American Revolution."
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April 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My two favorite things, words and baseball. So happy to have won a spot in the National Baseball Poetry Festival.
#writingcommunity #poetry #baseball
#writingcommunity #poetry #baseball
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My two favorite things, words and baseball. So happy to have won a spot in the National Baseball Poetry Festival.
#writingcommunity #poetry #baseball
#writingcommunity #poetry #baseball
I'm at my regular Tuesday #writing group with the Worcester Writers' Collective, and I just figured out the last line of my WIP. And it's perfect. And I want to yell about it but it's quiet writing time so I'm telling my #writingcommunity instead. <3
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#amwriting #YA
March 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'm at my regular Tuesday #writing group with the Worcester Writers' Collective, and I just figured out the last line of my WIP. And it's perfect. And I want to yell about it but it's quiet writing time so I'm telling my #writingcommunity instead. <3
#amwriting #YA
#amwriting #YA
March 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The minutia of line edits. I love it, though. How’s your Saturday, #writingcommunity?
#amediting #YA #skywriters
#amediting #YA #skywriters
February 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The minutia of line edits. I love it, though. How’s your Saturday, #writingcommunity?
#amediting #YA #skywriters
#amediting #YA #skywriters
I love writing about history. I'm so lucky to live in Massachusetts (for many, many reasons.)
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Helping history ring out through the centuries: The Concord Independent Battery
Not many towns can say they own a cannon — but Concord, home of the shot heard round the world, isn’t most towns.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I love writing about history. I'm so lucky to live in Massachusetts (for many, many reasons.)
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February 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What a pleasure it was to speak with @nathanhmcclain.bsky.social.
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#writingcommunity #poetry #journalism
Author of ‘Previously Owned’ navigates life through poetry
Nathan McClain sees poetry as a way to learn about oneself, and a way to create a snapshot of a moment in time.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
What a pleasure it was to speak with @nathanhmcclain.bsky.social.
#writingcommunity #poetry #journalism
#writingcommunity #poetry #journalism
My colleague @dakotaantelman.bsky.social has written this moving story. Give it a read — and if you are in or near Concord, Massachusetts, keep an eye out for Kiki.
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#writingcommunity #journalism #skywriters
Nancy Allam was “dead bang asleep” in her Cottage Lane home when she woke to the smell of smoke, the blaring of alarms, and her cat meowing in her face. Allam escaped the fire... but what of Kiki, the Maine coon? Have you seen her?
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Gratitude for first responders — and a life-saving cat — after fire
Nancy Allam was “dead bang asleep” when she woke to smoke, alarms, and her cat meowing in her face.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My colleague @dakotaantelman.bsky.social has written this moving story. Give it a read — and if you are in or near Concord, Massachusetts, keep an eye out for Kiki.
#writingcommunity #journalism #skywriters
#writingcommunity #journalism #skywriters
The Morgan Library and Museum. What an incredible, inspirational place. #writingcommunity #skywriters #booksky
February 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Morgan Library and Museum. What an incredible, inspirational place. #writingcommunity #skywriters #booksky