Anemoia is defined as nostalgia for a time or a place one has never known. At the Catholic Writers Guild live conference, I was talking to a few other writers, and this word came up. I’d not heard it before, but it made me think of Firetender, my first novel that is set between 1997-2000. One recurring piece of feedback I’ve received from readers is “I loved the 90s references!” and “I remembered [fill in the blank] from when I was in high school when I read x scene in Firetender!”