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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe]

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I wrote a novel about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash—CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. (out 10/14/25) Preorder: bit.ly/3ZzgcNj Substack: https://prefernot2.substack.com

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · Mar 26

🔥 I’ve Written the Novel I Needed to Read 🔥

About a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

It’s fiery and funny.

CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO comes out October 14, 2025 (preorder now at bit.ly/4j1U1Xj)

#5amwritersclub #authorsky #booksky #amwriting #writersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Perimenopausal & menopausal readers—this one’s for you.

We’re in the final countdown to launch CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, my fierce, funny novel about rage, hot flashes, identity & taking up space.

Your preorder matters. Show the world what happens when we unite.

bit.ly/3ZzgcNj

#booksky

Clementine Crane Prefers Not To: A Novel

A Novel

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, I need this. 🐸

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 2d

G’morning, (peri)menopausal folks. This stage can feel like a wild mix of ambition, burnout, hot flashes & clarity. Today, I’m choosing fierceness over fog. What’s one thing you’re claiming for yourself this week? 👊🔥

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 3d

Yay-ing or nay-ing the new Taylor Swift album is the happy distraction we apparently needed. Forget starving people in Gaza or thugs in Chicago brutalizing communities—let’s ponder Travis Kelce’s wood.

#booksky #authorsky #5amwritersclub #musicsky

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 5d

🚨11 days until CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO launches.

It’s fierce & funny. & it all starts with a woman’s 1st hot flash of #perimenopause.🔥

Preorders matter A LOT, so today’s a great day to grab one!

🛍 Preorder link: amzn.to/3Zzbrn3

#booksky #readsky #femalerage #booklaunch

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 6d

Bookstagrammers & BookTokers & Podcasters—I’d love to get my forthcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, into your hands. Fierce, funny, feminist fiction about a woman’s first hot flash and everything that follows. Motherhood, marriage, mental load, perimenopause. DM me.

#booksky #authorsky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 7d

Bookstores have “Beach Reads” tables. “Staff Picks” tables. “New in Paperback” tables. My goal? A table called Pissed-Off Women—books abt rage, awakening & refusing to stay quiet. (CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, Oct 14, wld fit nicely.) What books would you put on that table?

#booksky #readersky

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning to everyone (except the “just tough it out” crowd—try doing that through 10 hot flashes a day). 🔥

#perimenopause #menopause #writersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 16d

Calling all (peri)menopausal readers!

Before your next hot flash, go enter the #Goodreads giveaway for my upcoming novel! It's a funny, fiery story abt a woman radicalized agnst the patriarchy by her 1st hot flash. 🔥

Clem is the fictional hero of perimenopause we all need!

bit.ly/WinClementin...

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 16d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 18d

Ha! Get busy!

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 18d

Ama! Yes, yes, yes! (& I hope you’ll start a piece with this exact description in our next writing workshop) 🤞

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 18d

Humans in #perimenopause & #menopause, win a copy of my new novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO, @ Goodreads right now! It's a funny, fierce story about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash. It takes on marriage, motherhood, & perimenopause.

#booksky #readersky

bit.ly/WinClementin...

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 18d

G’morning, (peri)menopausal folks 💥 Another day, another chance to remind ourselves: limits aren’t weakness—they’re power. What’s one thing you’re saying no to today so you can say yes to yourself?

#5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #femalerage #menopause

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Alcove Press @alcovepress.bsky.social · 20d

You have until SEPTEMBER 23RD to enter on Goodreads for the chance to win a copy of @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social's ⚽CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO🧦!

https://loom.ly/7dr6x1o

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 23d

G'morning, writerheads! How's everyone this Monday morn? Who's writing what? Who's writing like a cuckoodoodle before they head to the day job? Who's feeling the magic of imagination (in spite of the deep crevasse into which the U.S. has fallen)?

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 23d

Fans of "The Paper Bag Princess" & children's author Robert Munsch, don't miss this piece abt him. It is gorgeous celebration of his body of work AND a gorgeous ode to the power of oral storytelling and the role it can play in writing.

#writersky #readersky

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When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 26d

Love it!

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 26d

Best feeling!

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 26d

🚨 Goodreads Giveaway 🚨
You can win an early copy of my forthcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a funny, fierce story about a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash of perimenopause.

It is a very timely novel...

Enter here: bit.ly/WinClementin...

#booksky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 26d

Amazing! Congratulations! Are you close to feeling it’s ready to go?

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 26d

I hear you on the need for sleep & balance, but how exciting to be driven forward by a story that won’t let you go! How’s it feeling today?

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 27d

Morning, glories! What’s everyone writing today?

#5amwritersclub #writersky

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Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks! Clementine is going to rule the world! 😁

Kristin Bair [O'Keeffe] @kristinbairokeeffe.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Goodreads Giveaway 🚨
Win an early copy of CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a funny, fierce novel about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash.

👉 Enter by Sept 23: bit.ly/WinClementin...

#perimenopause #menopause #booklaunch #booksky #authorsky #writersky #goodreadsgiveaway

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