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I am a writer of adventure stories (although this is not an official category my writing spans YA, NA, Speculative Fiction, and Romance) who taught high school English in a past life.

I am a freelance writers and editor who loves giving creative writing workshops and advising about the self-publishing landscape. I'll have 3 books published in my Chronicles of Xannia series as of April 2017, 3 non-fic industry publications, three short stories in two anthologies, and one essay on the believability factor in fiction writing in a guide to writing.

I am a mother and a wife with an OCD bent toward organization - but I hate cleaning and anything related to it, so I'm definitely not a housekeeper! ;)

I learned how to shoot an olympic bow when I was in high school and I look forward to taking it up again in the future.

I enjoy playing adventure games on my PSIII, X-Box 360, and Wii.

I have a quick mind and a good sense of humour but I am not a humourous person, though I try.

• Fiction Friday #30 – Book 1 of the Architects of the Illusion Series

  By M.J. Moores on April 17, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Excerpt From Book 1 Seed of Treachery by C.A. MacLean Chapter 1 / Visions And Vessels The group of radar sentries flitted in tandem through the loading dock’s upper reaches. Barely larger than a fingernail each, the ten chrome drones… Read More ›

• Catch the Eye of Your Reader – MyBookTable Plugin

  By M.J. Moores on April 16, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  ~ Publicity Tip #81 ~ While it would be wonderful if all authors could claim altruism with their writing, at the end of the day it would be even more wonderful if someone bought our book. With the advent of… Read More ›

• The Fey Save the Day by Debut Poet Louise Findlay

  By M.J. Moores on April 15, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  The Fey Save the Day A Magic Christmas Dragon Tale   The dragon that lived in Winta Cave, had another Christmas to rue. The fey planned to save the day but did he know that too?   With their magic… Read More ›

• Warning! Book Thief – Make Sure Someone Else isn’t Profiting off Your Book

  By M.J. Moores on April 14, 2015 • ( 26 )

  

  Do not trust this site: http://www.urbookdownload.com One of my author clients just informed me that her book was illegally downloaded by this online company. If you have a book in the marketplace make sure these guys aren’t taking your hard-earned… Read More ›

• 5 Ways to KILL a Perfectly Good Story

  By M.J. Moores on April 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
  Over the weekend Hubby and I rested and watched movies and we took turns who could pick the film. Hubby loves dramas and war films. I prefer horror and space aliens. Anyway, Hubby…

• Editing Tip #81: Honing Character Pt. 3 – Diversity & Truth

  By M.J. Moores on April 13, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Not all writers develop a full FBI background-check on their main and supporting characters and that’s okay. But when it comes time to edit your work and take a critical look at just how believable those characters really are, looking… Read More ›

• Fiction Friday #29: Beached

  By M.J. Moores on April 10, 2015 • ( 7 )

  

  Beached a short By M.J. Moores. I didn’t know if it was the heat causing the blisters or if the blisters trapped the body heat. And the old song looped in my head like a scratched CD taunting – it’s… Read More ›

• Spending Money to Make Money: Using Your Author Budget Wisely

  By M.J. Moores on April 9, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Publicity Tip #80 ~ You might have noticed by now that there are a lot of “free” eBooks available to help you with a number of different author-oriented things: better characters, how to plot, grammar, creating your own website… it… Read More ›

• Eternity

  By M.J. Moores on April 8, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Originally posted on Syl65's Blog:
  What is eternity? Is it sixty seconds worth of heartbeats? Is it my heart on a ferris wheel without you? Eternity is whatever time I have with you Blue notes or the ones we…

• Against All Odds—What’s Our REAL Chance of Becoming a Successful Author?

  By M.J. Moores on April 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
  Image and quote courtesy of SEAL of Honor on Facebook. Many of you were here for last week’s discussion regarding What Makes a Real Writer? When we decide to become professional writers, we have…