Jason Kirk asked Jason Kirk:

[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Asheville Melanie: "How much time did you spend putting together all these music references? THE DINGEES, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Was there a band you couldn't fit in?"

Jason Kirk A ton! Not just going back and re-listening and scouring tracklists to see which thematic elements lined up (every reference in there is for a Reason besides just timing or nostalgia or whatever), but also big-picture stuff like trying to tell the story of the Evangelical music industry within the context of 2000s music at large — as in, showing characters who don't just listen to those Dingees, but know and appreciate the secular bands that influenced the Dingees.

A ton of scene bands came out just barely too late to be included, but the main one is mewithoutYou from Philadelphia. My doubt-afflicted church kids from Pennsylvania surely adooooored mwY. Had to go chapter title, at least.

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[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Will: "This book is specifically evangelical, but what are the commonalities you see in culture (if not degree) across different faiths? What should we be worried about with evangelicalism growing in political importance, and how can exvangelicals and other religious refugees stop it?"

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[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Kati: "Which characters or scenes (if any) were modeled directly on your own experience? I.E., did you have a PG or Josiah in your youth group? Did you pee on Target? Did you kill Diablo with health potions? Etc."

Jason Kirk asked Jason Kirk:

[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Matt: "As a husband and dad who also had a day job, what did your writing routine look like and how long did it take to finish the book?"

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[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Asheville Melanie: "How much time did you spend putting together all these music references? THE DINGEES, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Was there a band you couldn't fit in?"

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[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Kati: "Which characters or scenes (if any) were modeled directly on your own experience? I.E., did you have a PG or Josiah in your youth group? Did you pee on Target? Did you kill Diablo with health potions? Etc."

[Answering questions that I wasn't able to get to during our book launch party.] From Matt: "As a husband and dad who also had a day job, what did your writing routine look like and how long did it take to finish the book?"

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