Joshua asked Jason Kirk:

I'm about 10 years older than your protags. It was fascinating seeing how Columbine & 9/11 affected teens in the 00s. Basically, I loved this book and felt seen & it made me cry in a good way many times. Ever listen to any of the christian music anymore? I'll still give old Newsboys a spin, especially Elle G. They were at least honest about how Christianity isn't all praise and preach.

Jason Kirk Thank you, Joshua! I listened to a ton of Evangelical-market music while writing this, almost entirely the stuff my characters "were" into at the time (which almost always tracked with a lot of my non-secular favorites as a kid, because I'm in charge here): Underoath, Relient K, Amy Grant, Switchfoot, mewithoutYou, Kirk Franklin, Rich Mullins, Norma Jean, Further Seems Forever, etc. Probably noteworthy that almost all of those artists have been canceled by Christians at one time or another.

Never was a fan of most of the Wow Hits/Dove Award acts, and it's been a long time since I've had any use for anything presented as praise-and-worship music. (Though I could listen to Appalachian sacred harp all day long. Miss Esther's soundtrack, of course.)

And some of my favorite artists have backgrounds in that Evangelical market. Zao (Evangelical about 25 years ago) is my favorite rock band ever, Silent Planet still shares all sorts of Christian themes, and Underoath has openly battled with a deconstruction that's felt much like mine.

Official chapter-by-chapter playlist here! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yB...

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[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Josh Tenerowicz: "Did you think that the story you were telling would resonate with as many as it has or was that just a leap of faith?"

[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Kati: "Did you write the book with a particular sort of reader in mind?"

[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Alex K: "What was the most fun part about writing the book?"

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