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Quenby Moone

QUENBY MOONE used to be a graphic designer who wrote once in a while. After her father came down with a touch of Stage IV prostate cancer, she became a writer who did graphic design once in a while. She's written a book called Living in Twilight (no relation to vampires - unless dying of cancer is a part of Edward's story) in which her design skills came in handy, and includes some of her stories featured on The Nervous Breakdown. She is one piece of the non-fiction editorial puzzle at The Nervous Breakdown. She is extremely excited about that fact.



 Recent Work by Quenby Moone
NONFICTION »
Why I Wrote the Un-Pitchable Book [With Examples]
An author writes a book people aren't sure they understand or want -- so she examines why she wrote it at all.
LETTERS »
Don’t Try This At Home: The MythBusters Revisit
How do a bunch of pacific Portlanders get a license to blow things up with a gatling gun? Quenby asks the experts.
MEMOIR »
Fossils and Artifacts
The important parts of an estate are the least expected: memories of a gem shop and the last box of DVD's.
ESSAY »
Sometimes a Thing Is Just a Thing, and Sometimes It’s Some Other Thing Altogether
Cruising the want ads for a pet is the sign for a milestone we didn't know we had passed.
MEMOIR »
The Queen and the Fool
Quenby says goodbye to the feral cats of Jerusalem.
APPRECIATION »
Mr. Naipaul and Becoming a Writer
Quenby takes the lesson of VS Naipaul's criticism of women writers to heart and changes it up.
NONFICTION »
The Road to Hell
In honor of Earth Day, let's look at all the crap in Quenby's house.
NEWS & POLITICS »
Earthquakes and Storm Surges
Quenby Moone struggles with the videos rolling in from Japan.
HUMOR »
The Potty-Mouth Pot
Dollar bills provide the incentive for a child to button up. The adults are not so trainable.
MEMOIR »
A Chance Encounter with a Traveling Salesman
Despite The New York Times' insistence that writers not pen memoirs about a dying parent, Quenby Moone pens a memoir about her dying parent.
NONFICTION »
The First Rule of First Grade: Do Not Talk About Nazis
What to do about hot-button words like "Nazi" in primary school?
NONFICTION »
Going on Safari With the Wildebeests of Long Beach
For the holidays, Quenby discovers both apocalyptic art and an episode of Wild Kingdom in the dismal LGB airport.
LETTERS »
Dear Mythbusters,
Quenby implores the hosts of Mythbusters to guide her six-year-old son in the fine art of pyrotechnics.
HUMOR »
Making a Mockery of Mutual Interests
Mutual interests are revealed as a sham when chivalry meets Scrappy the Attack Hobo.
APPRECIATION »
Epilogue
In which the author says farewell in the only way she knows how: oddly.
ESSAY »
Things Fall Apart
Going through a lifetime of books reveals the cracks in Quenby's edifice.
   
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