Mary Strand

I would never. Period!

Eau Claire! Near McArthur and 37.

Fave Hangout as a Teen ... aka How I Got Arrested (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about our favorite hangout spot as a teen ... which is a roundabout way of discussing how ...

Blogging today! All about my favorite hangout as a teen. And, um, other things. yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2026/03/fave... #YAOTLblog #writingcommunity

First Freedoms ... and Adventures (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about our first freedoms ... and how they help us write about adventure in our novels. I...

Blogging today! All about first freedoms ... and adventures. yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2026/02/firs... #YAOTLblog #blogging #writingcommunity

FAFO. ICE belong in prison. But, yeah, they're also stupid.

Thank you!

Of Friendships and Feelings and Being a Novelist (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about friends who've disappeared from our lives, and why they were important ... and how t...

Blogging today! About friendships, and losing them, and all sorts of other warm cozy things, or possibly not. :-)
yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2026/01/of-f... #YAOTLblog #friendship #writingcommunity

Teen Novels As a Time Capsule ... Or Not (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about the concept of YA (young adult) literature as a time capsule. As in, are today's iss...

Blogging today! About whether teen novels are, or should be, a time capsule for future generations. yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/12/teen... #YAOTLblog #writingcommunity #teen

Dreams vs. Reality ... and Sometimes the Twain Shall Meet (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about dream jobs vs. Plan B, or what you might call reality. I didn't work in high schoo...

Blogging today! All about dream jobs vs. Plan B. yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/11/drea... #YAOTLblog #writingcommunity #dreamjob

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"[D]eserves to be circulated, listened to loudly and attentively, because it proves that rock remains a language capable of healing, prodding, and moving consciousness."

Muito obrigada, @radioarmazem.bsky.social! Sweet review of I Don't Need Your Permission!

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I Don’t Need Your Permission by Mary Strand: Album Review | Illustrate Magazine I Don’t Need Your Permission by Mary Strand: Album Review

"[A]n unapologetic declaration that one woman’s voice can still cut through the noise."

Huge thanks to Illustrate Magazine and reviewer Naomi Joan for this wonderful review of my new album, I Don't Need Your Permission!

illustratemagazine.com/i-dont-need-...

Mary Strand – “I Don’t Need Your Permission” Mary Strand’s latest single, “I Don’t Need Your Permission”, shows a confident and unapologetic side of the Minneapolis-based indie rocker. As the final release ahead of her upcoming sophomore albu…

"The talented artist’s stunning vocals cut through with a boldness that matches the song’s message perfectly, carrying both grit and confidence."

Big thanks, Beach House music blog and reviewer Ellie Malkin, for your review of my song "I Don't Need Your Permission"! beachhousemag.co/mary-strand-...

Live and Let Die (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're talking about parents and authority figures, presumably in YA (young adult) novels. But, I mean, y...

It's blogging day for me at YA Outside the Lines! All about parents and authority figures, and what the heck to do about them in fiction. yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/10/live... #YAOTLblog #blogging #writingcommunity

Check out my interview today (actually, from a few days ago) with Aldora Britain Records! Great chatting with them!

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Big thanks to Dancing About Architecture for its VIDEO PREMIERE (and wonderful review) of my brand-new offical music video for my song "Least of All Her"! dancing-about-architecture.com/video-premie... #domesticviolence #videopremiere #newmusic

This month's blog at YA Outside the Lines: all about stress. I know it well. :-) yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #lifebalance #writingcommunity #blog #YAOTLblog

Sweeeeet! I made the COVER of the latest issue of Making a Scene magazine, and I'm featured in a long interview with publisher Richard L'Hommedieu! SO FREAKING HAPPY! Thank you, Richard! And Making a Scene! www.makingascene.org/mary-strand-...

VROOM, Baby! (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're reminiscing about first cars. SWEET! I'm a car chick. I'm also kidlet # 7 out of 8 in my famil...

Blogging today at YAOTL! About first cars! yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/08/vroo... #writingcommunity #yaotlblog

I Don't Need Your Permission, by Mary Strand 13 track album

My second album, I DON'T NEED YOUR PERMISSION, is out now from Hygh Tension Records / @virginmusic.com! On all the streamings + CDs (vinyl to come)!

Bandcamp: marystrand.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont...

All other streaming: ffm.to/marystrandpe...

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Pre-save, pre-buy, pre pre pre my album! (Everywhere except Bandcamp, which is coming tomorrow.) Official release day is next Friday, but there'll be CDs at the Hook & Ladder show next Thursday and vinyl this fall. Here's the link!

ffm.to/marystrandpe...

Forever grateful for your photos that night! 💕

Thanks for this amazing review!

INTERVIEW: Mary Strand - Vents MagaZine 1.) We’re very excited to have some time today with acclaimed rock music artist, author, and lawyer

With only two weeks to go (!!) before my next album releases, lots of stuff is happening. Here's an interview I did yesterday with Vents Magazine that gives some insights into the making of the album, I Don't Need Your Permission.

ventsmagazine.com/2025/07/17/i...

My sixth and final single, "I Don't Need Your Permission," from my upcoming second album is out now from Hygh Tension Records (TLG) / @virginmusic.com! On all the streamings! Here's Bandcamp: marystrand.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont...

Gracias!!

Trato! Mis hijos y yo lo hablamos. He escrito unas canciones en español (pero pocas!), incluyendo "Acabé" en mi primer álbum!

Thanks! Ojalá que sí!

It's the whole theme of my upcoming album! 😁

Work You Love (Mary Strand) This month at YA Outside the Lines, we're supposed to talk about first jobs and first bosses. Since we're young adult authors and theoretica...

Blogging today! About first jobs! yaoutsidethelines.blogspot.com/2025/07/work...

Thank you so much!