David M. Moore – author

Tag: writing

  • Feeding My Creativity

    Feeding My Creativity

    Last night I fed my creativity, getting out of my current routine and the house. I was playing a character in a local murder mystery dinner.

    In the dinner, five of us and the host circulate around the restaurant as our character. Eventually, the murder happens and we talk with the patrons who are there to find out who of us committed the murder.

    I ended up playing a speakeasy club, Luka Morretti, owner who was merging his assets with another club owner. That club owner ended up dead a few minutes into the dinner. The hunt for the murderer was on.

    It was a fun time. It gets me out of my normal routine to do this about once a month. It recharges some of my creative batteries to be out and about and in this case, trying to make sure I am not pinned as the murderer. I wasn’t the murderer this time, though I came in a close second to the actual murderer that the people voted on.

    I intend to write every day. That doesn’t mean there will be a post every day, but I will be writing.

  • Hello from Worldcon 2025!

    Hello from Worldcon 2025!

    Welcome to the new blog. Given that I am getting through the first draft of my novel, it was time to start this thing up.

    I’m in Seattle Washington for Worldcon 2025 at the moment. It’s the day of the Hugo awards. I’ve had a good time so far attending panels, meeting with friends old and new, and seeing a small slice of Seattle.

    In attending the panels, I’ve realized I am at the point where panels aren’t moving me forward. I need to sit down and write, finish the novel. Don’t get me wrong, they are good panels. I’ve heard the advice in different forms already. They’re more enjoyment and procrastinating for me now.

    The book is coming along. It’s a mystery thriller in a future sci-fi setting. It has themes of loss, family, and how memory shapes us.

    I’m at a point in the novel where I am going back to the outline and needing to rework it. The original outline is fine, but incomplete. There are gaps to getting from here to there. For a mystery and thriller, that’s definitely an issue. I’ve been reworking and filling in the gaps lately.

    Time for me to leave for Worldcon this morning. In the spirit of John Scalzi, here’s my view from the hotel window, except this is from the Space Needle.