Tag Archives: Nancy Jane Moore

Naming Favorites by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 19 July 2022 by Jacey Bedford

A few years ago I heard someone ask Vonda N. McIntyre which of her novels was her favorite. Her answer? “The one I’m working on now.” It’s possible that she meant she was most excited about that particular book, the … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Pronouns by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 29 March 2022 by Jacey Bedford

About a dozen years back, after I had moved to Texas to keep an eye on my aging father, I signed up for a writers workshop, not, I hasten to add, Milford. I had to write a couple of stories … Continue reading →

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Inspiration From the19th Century by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 29 June 2021 by Jacey Bedford

One of the reasons I avoided majoring in English when I was in college was that the department had draconian rules requiring you to take courses from many different periods. I had no objections to Shakespeare or Chaucer and was … Continue reading →

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Inspiration, by Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 20 August 2019 by Jacey Bedford

Last fall, I saw that Locus was hosting a one-day master writing workshop in Oakland, California (where I live), with Kim Stanley Robinson and said to myself, “Hmm. Maybe I should do that.” And then didn’t do anything about it, … Continue reading →

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Nevertheless, She Persisted: A Book View Café anthology – By Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 25 October 2017 by Jacey Bedford

I don’t think Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader of the U.S. Senate, intended to encourage dissent when he sanctioned Senator Elizabeth Warren with the words, “She was warned. She was given an explanation.  Nevertheless, she persisted.” He probably thought … Continue reading →

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How to Critique Effectively and Influence Your Fellow Writers – By Nancy Jane Moore

Posted on 25 October 2016 by Jacey Bedford

            My favorite writing workshop story comes from my time at Clarion West. We were critiquing a story of mine, and one of the students — let’s call him X — was ripping it to shreds. He got to the … Continue reading →

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