J.D. Moyer

sci-fi author, beatmaker

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Writing Process Update

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On May 11

In Creative Work/Career, Fiction Writing, Writing

Reclaimed Earth series author copies, various editions (and some D&D stuff)

I started this blog over ten years ago. One of my goals in starting to blog was simply to practice writing. At that point in my life I’d dabbled in writing and dreamed about being a writer, but I hadn’t committed seriously to a regular writing practice. Here’s a post I wrote about my writing process and the challenges I was facing at that time.

It took another six years after writing that post before I published my first short story, though by that time I had already established a daily writing habit and completed several novels. As of today I’ve published one novelette, two novels, and eight short stories, with several more pieces sold and in the pipeline (including The Last Crucible, Book 3 of the Reclaimed Earth series).

So what has changed in the eleven-plus years I’ve been writing regularly? And what has remained the same?

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New Interview and Excerpts from The Guardian

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On February 14

In Writing

Book blogger and author Darrell Laurant has a new post up about The Guardian (Book 2 of the Reclaimed Earth series) on his site “Snowflakes in a Blizzard.” The post includes some short excerpts. Thanks Darrell!

If you’ve read The Guardian and enjoyed it, please leave me a rating or review on Goodreads or Amazon. A single click or a few words can make a big difference. If you need more motivation than my undying gratitude, I should mention that I will include all reviews retroactively in my upcoming review contest, which will feature a sizable cash prize).

I’ve got some good news to share soon re: the Reclaimed Earth series. I can’t spill the beans quite yet, but I do want to say thank you to those of you who have been reading my blog for years and have followed my journey from aspiring science fiction author to actual science fiction author.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Don’t Pursue Your Career in a Way That Makes You Hate It

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On January 8

In Creative Work/Career, Fiction Writing, Writing

Today I saw a thread on Twitter, authors half-jokingly griping about the doubt and despair that often accompanies “marketing efforts.”

I get it — I’ve been there. There are an infinite number of things you could do to promote your book, but every approach requires time, money, and/or social capital, and it’s easy to get frustrated and discouraged and to wonder if your efforts are producing zilch.

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Long-Term Thinking as a Coping Mechanism for Political Insanity (or Why I Write Science Fiction)

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On December 16

In Culture Rants/Shares, Fiction Writing, Writing

The Guardian in John Scalzi’s advance reading copy pile

I should say up front that this post is a book plug. But it’s also an honest account of what’s been going on in my head since the orange menace was elected and the stock market graph of human progress took a sharp dip.

Three years into the Trump administration, I’m learning how to manage my emotions around the fact that a narcissistic man-child is systematically dismantling everything good about our country (human rights, environmental protections, voting rights and fair elections, a relatively good standing in the international community, etc.), while simultaneously worsening our preexisting national issues (racism, gun violence, massive wealth inequality, expensive healthcare, etc.). It’s an awful situation that has negatively impacted my own well-being (and I’m a relatively wealthy, privileged white male, with plentiful resources; most have it much worse).

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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!

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