Author Archives: Nancy Jane Moore

About Nancy Jane Moore

Nancy Jane Moore is a founding member of Book View Cafe. Her most recent BVC ebook is Conscientious Inconsistencies, a collection of short fiction first published in print by PS Publishing. Other BVC e-books include a collection of short-short stories, Flashes of Illumination, and the novella Changeling, first published by Aqueduct Press. Her short stories and essays are also available in most of the BVC anthologies. Her short stories have also appeared recently in How Beer Saved the World and Best Laid Plans.

A Sense of Infinite Possibility

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Some mornings I wake up stunned by what the human race is on the verge of understanding and doing. Those are the days when I really regret that I’m not immortal. I’m not interested in the immortality of a Roger … Continue reading →


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Writing Tools and the March of Technology

Posted on May 16, 2013 by
Kaypro II

I bought my first computer thirty years ago, a Kaypro II. It was state of the art for the personal computer: no hard drive, of course, but duel floppy drives so you could run software on one and save your … Continue reading →


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Repeating Myself, But Not Being Redundant

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

It’s time once again for a flurry of reminders that women writers don’t get no respect. There were the clueless editors on Wikipedia who had the bright idea of trimming the list of American novelists by carving out a separate … Continue reading →


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How Great Is The Great Gatsby?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Recently the radio program Studio 360 devoted its entire hour to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby as part of its American Icons series. Various writers and scholars, including Azar Nafisi, author of the delightful Reading Lolita in Tehran, and … Continue reading →


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What Makes It Winter?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Steven Popkes’s Sunday post on spring in New England inspired me to look up the temperatures in Austin for this past winter, to see if it was truly as mild as I thought it was. And it was: we had … Continue reading →


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Why Can’t Men Wear Dresses (Redux)?

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Back in September, I did a blog post called “Why Can’t Men Wear Dresses?” It was inspired by how painful it was for my father to put on pants as he was recuperating from hip surgery. He needed a nice … Continue reading →


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Stand Up to Street Harassment: Meet Us on the Street

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

If you’ve never experienced catcalls, groping, or similar abuse in a public place, chances are you’re straight and male. Most women and lots of LGBQT folks are all too familiar with the experience. You don’t have to be young and … Continue reading →


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Reading the Obits

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

I like to read obituaries. This is not a morbid preoccupation. I’m not a ghoul, looking for gory details of death. Nor is this related to getting older and becoming more aware of mortality. I became very aware of mortality … Continue reading →


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WWW Wednesday 4-3-13

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? • What … Continue reading →


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The Trouble With Humans and Cats

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

I’m a cat person. I’ve had a number of cats over the years, with my favorite being the one in the picture, Mahasamatman, the Lord of Light, commonly known as Sam. He’s been gone for about 15 years — about … Continue reading →


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