by Tania Moore | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized, Writing
Crack the Spine originally published “Off the Curb” in their Issue 94, December 2013. The story was also included in the March 30, 2104 anthology. The magazine has sadly been archived, so I’ve reprinted “Off the Curb” here. ...
by Tania Moore | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured Post, Writing
THE LOST SISTER, upmarket literary fiction, 94,000 words, is a story of secrets, betrayal, and the cost of saving a life. Rumer, 36, is made executor of her father’s estate. She has sixty days to reach her sister, Morgan, 37. But Morgan wants nothing to do with Rumer....
by Tania Moore | Feb 9, 2024 | Bookshelf
THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride is an exuberant, sharply observed journey through the richly detailed lives of the residents of Chicken Hill of Pottstown, Pennsylvania in the 20’s and 30’s. The plot is loosely structured around a mystery in a well...
by Tania Moore | Jan 12, 2024 | Bookshelf
THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT by Maggie O’Farrell is a richly drawn novel that reimagines the short, tragic life of Lucrezia di Cosimo de’Medici. By bringing Lucrezia’s fictionalized story to life in the pages of a book, O’Farrell not only tells a captivating tale, but she...
by Tania Moore | Oct 30, 2023 | Conversations, Events
Several months ago (I’m behind on updating my blog!), I moderated a roundtable discussion with members of the Columbia University community on the topic Structuring Your Novel. Writers gathered on Zoom to share techniques from initial concept to completed first draft....
