Ask the Author: Whitney McKendree Moore
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Whitney McKendree Moore
Yikes, I only just saw this now. Sorry for the delay -- but delighted to hear you read the story of ALJ and honored to be quoted/included in your bibliography. Congrats on your book!
Whitney McKendree Moore
First, she learned to pay the bills and pass the time. And then, she died.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Intersting question! I think I would choose to enter my favorite childhood book by C.S. Lewis entitled "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." I would go to Narnia and be with Aslan!
Whitney McKendree Moore
I prefer to browse through my "To-Read" shelf on Goodreads, unless a book has popped up unexpectedly, which seems to happen a lot lately. I like the adventure of just seeing how I feel after whatever I've finished reading.
Whitney McKendree Moore
How I was led from WANDERING in the Undulating Swamp into WAILING and then to climbing a LADDER that brought me into the Light of Day.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Molly and Leopold Bloom because of their wild and crazy ride through which their love somehow manages to survive.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Glad you appreciated the bio -- it was really a blast from the past! Writing it helped me realize why I became a writer in the first place -- and why I choose to read what I choose to read. Thank you for chiming in here on my Goodreads author page. I am fairly new at this and a little befuddled as to how it operates (pun intended), so please bear with me. Meanwhile, I am much obliged for your perspective as a medical person!
Whitney McKendree Moore
YAY Pamela and YES -- all I need is your email address in order to send a PDF to you -- free of charge. Please feel FREE to share it FREELY with as many people as you like. You are helping me get "Whit's End" into the hands of the people for whom it was written. Thank you!
Whitney McKendree Moore
Formerly, my latest book was "What the Conductor Said" and my first attempt at short fiction. I describe it as "narrative poetry" based on and inspired by something a conductor said to me once on a train heading into Grand Central Station in 1966. It tok me all the all the years between now and 1966 to finally wrestle with his comment and why it has made such a huge impact on my life.
Most recently, I published a book called "Praise in the Storm" which has been described as my manifesto regarding the New Covenant Church. I would be glad to send the PDF free of charge to anyone willing to read it! My goal is to engage honestly with one another around the Word of God, and this book is a challenge to practice!
Most recently, I published a book called "Praise in the Storm" which has been described as my manifesto regarding the New Covenant Church. I would be glad to send the PDF free of charge to anyone willing to read it! My goal is to engage honestly with one another around the Word of God, and this book is a challenge to practice!
Whitney McKendree Moore
Mostly by reading good writing! For me, reading affects me as if "I am what I eat." This makes me VERY fussy about what I read. Being on Goodreads has clarified for me what kinds of books most inspire me and really get my creative juices flowing. Best for me is allegory, whether literal (like "Pilgrim's Progress") or not (like Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain"). Reading poetry also stokes my fires, especially poetry that is "deathy." My writing improves the more I confront the inevitability of my own mortaility.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Great question, Leslynn, and yes -- I think my sharing helps me FIND my tribe... even when they live in South Africa...
Whitney McKendree Moore
I am working on a collection of essays about the Church that Christ birthed. My thesis is that Twelve-Step meetings (often found basements of church buildings) may be closer to the New Testament Church than what unfolds in pews upstairs. We need to hear from addicts and other broken people telling of the help they are receiving from God. Sometimes their stories are stranger than fiction, but hope increases from evidence that GOD CAN -- especially when we cannot.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Read! I find that "I am what I eat" when it comes to writing. What I read either gets my juices going -- or not. I read to feed my own creative juices.
Whitney McKendree Moore
I am grateful to be alive at this time when I can write without wondering where/if/when my work might see the light of day. Thanks to Createspace, I can affordably publish my work and share it via Amazon.
Whitney McKendree Moore
Mainly, I don't -- I just keep writing daily, at least 200 words journaling in my morning Quiet Time in prayer with the Word. That usually leads to something I can post on my blog, and those blog posts usually lead to something bigger eventually.
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