🚨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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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)?

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 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

🚨 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

Morning, glories! What’s everyone writing today? #5amwritersclub #writersky

🚨 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

Good morning to everyone (except the wellness bros explaining intermittent fasting to hot-flashing women).

🚨 Goodreads Giveaway 🚨 Perimenopause is messy, maddening, and (yes) hilarious. My novel CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO takes it on full force—and you can win an early copy on Goodreads right now: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Good morning to everyone (except the doctor who prescribes a vacation instead of listening to women in perimenopause). #5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #booksky #authorsky #writersky

Unpopular opinion: those “mood swings” you joke about? That’s not chaos. That’s clarity. Perimenopause rage wears the disguise well.

36 days to book launch: ⏰ Wake 4:10 ☕️ Coffee → desk 👢 Kick out hesitation 📣 Promote CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO—a funny, fierce novel about a woman radicalized by her first hot flash ✨ Share preorder link ⬇️ 💙 Express gratitude #booksky #authorsky #writersky bit.ly/4j1U1Xj

Good morning to everyone (except the politicians who defund and underfund women’s health research). #5amwritersclub #perimenopause #menopause #booksky #writersky #authorsky

Perimenopause isn’t decline. It’s transformation. And when we say it out loud—in community—that’s where the power begins.

Clementine’s greeting isn’t just fiction, a line from my novel. It’s solidarity. It’s the voice so many of us wish we’d had at 2 a.m., lying awake in a sweat-soaked T-shirt, brain fog thick as mud, rage simmering.

“ ‘Hello, hot-flashers, overwhelmed moms, mental-load managers, and pissed-off people with periods,’ [Clementine Crane] said to the camera, the salutation that was quickly becoming her signature greeting.”

But clarity means nothing if we stay quiet. Silence is not neutral—it isolates women, makes us doubt ourselves, keeps us manageable. Breaking it is power. Talking about it is freedom. Writing about it is revolution.

And as I say over and over, perimenopause rage is clarity in disguise.

And that rage is not random. It’s years of unequal labor, medical gaslighting, and cultural silence erupting all at once. Men call it “mood swings.” Women know better. It’s the body and mind announcing, Enough.

But loneliness doesn’t stay quiet forever. It simmers. It builds pressure. It turns into something louder, sharper, harder to ignore. Rage.

It is lonely in a way that’s hard to name. Friends might not be there yet. Partners shrug it off. Workplaces have no accommodations & act like it doesn’t exist. Doctors rush you. Even the internet is a mess of half-baked answers. You shoulder it alone. And in the quiet, the loneliness grows.

And perimenopause lonely is different than any other lonely.

So man women manage the invisible to-do list: school forms, dentist visits, birthday gifts, puberty talks. Add brain fog and you can’t even remember what you forgot. The load doesn’t lighten—it grows heavier, slipperier, lonelier.

Perimenopause doesn’t wait for you to be “in a good place.” It collides with carpool lanes, college tours, sick kids & aging parents. You’re still keeping all the plates spinning—and then your hormones throw a grenade into the mix. “Overwhelmed” isn’t an exaggeration; it’s the baseline.

A hot flash isn’t “just a little heat.” It’s a body bonfire that shows up mid-meeting, mid-school run, mid-sleep. Suddenly you’re soaked, red-faced, desperate to crawl out of your skin. Partners shrug. Women know: it’s your body rewriting the rules without permission.

This is how Clementine Crane greets the perimenopausal people in her growing community in my forthcoming novel, CLEMENTINE CRANE PREFERS NOT TO. But let’s be real: she could be any of us, any day in perimenopause.

“ ‘Hello, hot-flashers, overwhelmed moms, mental-load managers, and pissed-off people with periods,’ [Clementine Crane] said to the camera, the salutation that was quickly becoming her signature greeting.”

Good morning to everyone (except the people who refer to (peri)menopause as a “season,” like we’re talking about pumpkin spice).

Last night I taught a free writing workshop for perimenopausal & menopausal people. Strong voices, important stories, risk taking. I'll be offering another in a few weeks. If you're interested, sign up for my newsletter: prefernot2.substack.com #perimenopause #writersky #menopause #femalerage

I’ve got a few happy writing-life secrets. Can’t spill the beans yet, but I'm happy dancing every time I think about it. #writersky #authorsky #booksky

Reminder! Tonight I’m hosting a free writing workshop on Zoom for anyone navigating (peri)menopause. 💥 Thurs, Sept. 4, 8:00pm–9:30pm EDT (registration req.) Come for the words & laughter, stay for the community. 💜 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #5amwritersclub #writersky #perimenopause

Reminder, I’m hosting a free writing workshop on Zoom for humans in perimenopause & menopause. 💥 Come to laugh, write, vent & connect with others who get it. Thursday, Sept. 4, 8:00pm-9:30pm EDT #perimenopause #writersky us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Perimenopausal & menopausal folks, I'm hosting a FREE 1.5-hour guided Zoom writing session for you this coming Thurs, Sept. 4, 8:00pm–9:30pm EDT. Welcome to your pressure-release valve. We’ll write, cry, laugh & holler. All are welcome. (registration required)⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

41 days till launch. I’m hopping up & down in front of, well, everyone, banging a tambourine & shouting: “THIS BOOK IS A HOT FLASH WITH A PLOT.” Book-launch voodoo? Absolutely. 🔥 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/clementine... #5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause

Snag your copy of my new novel from Sept 3–5 from B&N during the preorder promo! Use code PREORDER to get 25% off. Preorders = power 💪 for writers. This story = 💪 for women. #5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause www.barnesandnoble.com/w/clementine...

Took my elder kiddo for her senior picture shoot last evening 😭 & 😁. I lurked behind the hydrangeas. Gorgeous night.

G’morning, (peri)menomenopausal humans. Woke w/ a spark under my skin—the kind that says “actually, no.” Trying to turn it into 1 clear boundary & 1 small kindness to myself. What will you refuse today—& what will you give yourself instead? #perimenopause #femalerage #midliferebellion #booksky

42 days until publication of my new novel. 42 days to share the story of a woman radicalized against the patriarchy by her first hot flash of perimenopause. 42 days of very timely storytelling... #booksky #writersky #perimenopause #menopause #authorsky www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709879...

Hey, humans in (peri)menopause! I'm hosting a FREE writing session just for YOU to blow off steam, rant, rage, be in community with others who are sleep deprived, soaked in sweat & pissed off. It's Thurs., Sept. 4, 8pm-9:30pm EDT. Here's the link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

G’morning, (peri)menopausal folks. If your brain feels like 47 (4,700?) tabs—ambition, burnout, hot flashes—pick 1 tiny thing & do it with shameless care today. What’s your 10-minute win you’ll claim before noon? I’m cheering. #5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #authorsky #perimenopause #menopause

Night owls + hot-flash rebels: FREE 90-min guided Zoom writing session for anyone in peri/menopause—writers + non-writers welcome. Thu Sept 4, 8:00–9:30pm EDT. Rage-write, laugh, claim space. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #perimenopause #menopause #writersky #authorsky #femalerage

Hot flashes. Brain fog. The mental load. Enough. Join me for a free Zoom writing session for perimenopausal & menopausal voices—writers & non-writers alike. ✍️ Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #5amwritersclub #booksky #writersky #perimenopause #menopause #femalerage #feministfiction

I just created something really cool and amazing for perimenopausal & menopausal women. Cannot wait to share! More tomorrow! #perimenopause #menopause #writersky #authorsky #booksky