J.D. Moyer

sci-fi author, beatmaker

Month: November 2019

The Guardian Goodreads Book Giveaway, Awards Eligibility

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On November 18

In Creative Work/Career, Writing

If you’re interested in my new anthropological science novel The Guardian but you don’t want to pay for it, you can either check out a copy from your local library, or you can enter this Goodreads giveaway contest to win your own paperback copy:

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Guardian by J.D. Moyer

The Guardian

by J.D. Moyer

Giveaway ends November 30, 2019.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Good luck, I hope you win! Please share with your science fiction loving friends.

Awards Eligibility

In 2019 almost all my writing efforts were dedicated to my new novel The Savior Virus (currently in first draft form). That meant I didn’t work much on much new short fiction, though I did start a Duotrope subscription in August, which got me back into the habit of submitting stories. I went back to some older pieces with fresh eyes and made substantial revisions (and changed the titles of a couple stories). That resulted in some new sales, the first of which was just published in Into the Ruins.

So my 2019 awards eligibility list is very short:

Short Story
“The Sacramento Sea” – Into the Ruins #14, November
SFWA members can read the full story here

Novel
“The Guardian” – Flame Tree Press, September
Available at your local library, your local bookstore, via the contest mentioned above, or here

SFWA members and WorldCon attendees, thank you for your consideration!

How and When to Use Negative Visualization

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On November 16

In Metaprogramming

I don’t enjoy worrying or ruminating. Excessive rumination is linked to depression, a loss of hope, and a more negative interpretation of events and experiences. When I find myself obsessing on a negative possibility, I do what I can to break out of that thought pattern. Exercise or sports usually helps, as does any kind of physical activity that demands my full attention. Writing and journaling can help to crystallize or express my thoughts, and to gain perspective.

There are advantages to optimism. Optimists tend to live longer and have better health outcomes when they get sick. They may be more successful in their careers and have better financial health. I’m usually optimistic, but I have plenty of worries and anxieties as well. I also wonder how much I should try to be optimistic and not worry about various possible calamities, and in what circumstances it makes sense to consider worst case scenarios and other poor outcomes.

I usually try to imagine best case scenarios. Even though those best case scenarios are unlikely to materialize, imagining them help keep me oriented in the direction I want to be going.

But I think there is a place for imagining bad possibilities in detail.

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