Category: Hearts of Glass

Storytelling as Resistance: The Power of Our Words

by Jenny S. You know me as Jenny in Pat’s Fem Friday’s. He’s asked me several times to write and I’ve refused. I’m not a writer. As I wept over my non-binary teenager watching people cheer as our president threatened my child’s existence, I thought about Pat’s book (spoiler alert, I’ve read all four drafts).…
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March 6, 2025
Why We Need Indie Bookstores to Resist & Hope!

How have used and indie bookstores survived the winds of change? Do they matter? What can we learn from them? Over the last two weeks I have lost count how many bookstores I have been inside and had conversations with as I get closer to releasing Hearts of Glass Living in the Real World. Over…
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March 3, 2025
Almost Famous and Hearts of Glass Intersect

Almost Famous, released in 2000, is a cult classic by Cameron Crowe. In a 2025 rewatch, there was something familiar in the vibe of the movie to the upcoming book, Hearts of Glass Living in the Real World. Why is this movie special and what do these two works have in common? The Movie The…
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February 10, 2025
Hearts of Glass Living in the Real World

Hearts of Glass living in the Real World is almost here! It is the first YA novel in the Hearts of Glass series! 3 books and a series of short stories in an expanded universe based on the Fem Fridays we have written about here at Gen X Watch! It is unique and we need…
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February 6, 2025