Gary Moor
Writer / Contributor
Gary's Bio
As a native Oregonian I spent much of my childhood in Portland Oregon. I graduated from high school and attended community college in Astoria Oregon, where I had my first job. I consider Astoria my hometown. I have an AA degree from Clatsop Community College and a BA from Oregon State University where I twice lettered in varsity crew. I have worked as a pizza maker, logger (setting chokers for Crown Zellerbach), commercial salmon fisherman (Cook Inlet Alaska), Fuller Brush Man, Air Force jet pilot flying EC and KC-135s out of South Dakota and Okinawa Japan. I then did home repair and remodeling for 20 years. It is during this time I started writing books―about 20 years ago. I married twice. I had two children on the second go around. They are now full-grown and pursuing lives they love. I am very proud of them. I have mentored teens, I do rites of passage work with teens and men, and assist in Family Division for Landmark®. Now I live in an RV on a farm in Corvallis Oregon. Here I managed to unburden myself of 95% of the stuff I felt I could not live without, yet I have all that I need. Life is pleasurably simple as a result, and allows me to focus on what is important: my novel writing.
“The size and age of the Cosmos are beyond ordinary human understanding. Lost somewhere between immensity and eternity is our tiny planetary home. In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise. In the last few millennia we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the Cosmos and our place within it, explorations that are exhilarating to consider. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival. I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.”
– Carl Sagan, from Cosmos. New York: Random House. 1980 p. 4
Why Leave a Book Review?
Why Leave Reviews? As an indie writer and publisher, my longevity and sustainability is determined by audience. If I don’t have an audience buying books, I don’t have a future as a writer. Sure, there are a million other things I can do to earn a living, but it won’t...
Debauched Sangria
I’ve been enjoying the Apothic wine lines. My favorite is the Apothic Dark, but they haven’t standardized their process yet, so it’s hit or miss if you’ll get one of the good bottles. The good bottles are plummy, with a hint of dark roasted coffee, dark cherry, and a...
Creativity Boosting Session for Artists in Manzanita
Reminder! I’ll be teaching the Creativity Boosting Session for Artists at the Manzanita Library this Thursday July 6, from 3-5pm. It’s a free session. Stop in and get your creativity boost!!
The Sacred Boundary
The sacred boundary is what protects you and your work from energetic drain and infringement. It’s the time, space, respect you pay to you and your own efforts. It’s the ticket price of entering the show.
The Method and the Channel
The Method and the Channel So, you’ve been filling up your warehouse, stocking sensory data, experiences, life and so forth. As you fill up your warehouse, ideas will come. It’s up to you then to make sure those ideas start getting processed. Here’s just a glimpse of...
The Warehouse
Because my warehouse is fundamental to all my creative crafts and forms; writing, storytelling, photography, sculpting, and so on…it’s the tool I focus on the most, and the place I always return to when I’m stuck.
What’s Your Creative Process?
If you swap the word “process” for the phrase “key to productivity” it’s a completely different answer, an answer that yields much more in the way of helpful direction to a frustrated artist
Serving Tables, Surfing Stories
I get some of my best character ideas, traits, and motivations from people watching, and food service is a perfect opportunity.
Building a Storyboard Part 1
I finally ordered the parts I need to complete my storyboard. I’ll do a video on storyboarding in the near future, but I can’t even begin to express how stoked I am to have a permanent storyboard. I haven’t had a real spread in over a decade, and all the boards I’ve...
Riesling Sangria Recipe
Riesling Sangria One bottle of sweet Riesling ( I used St. Chappelle's Special Harvest) ½ cup Kirsch 1 cup ginger ale 1 cup strawberries 1 cup chopped mango Combine your ingredients in a pitcher and let it sit in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Serve and...
