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Bamboo Shoots #4: How Pandas Overcome Writer's Block

Welcome to the fourth installment in the weekly Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. This week, my Pandas talk about one of the...

Zara Kramer, Publisher

Jun 7, 20175 min read

Bamboo Shoots #3: Where Pandas Write

Welcome to Week Three in the Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. Our Pandas are often asked about their writing space in...

Zara Kramer, Publisher

May 31, 20176 min read

Bamboo Shoots #2: What Pandas Might Like to Be

Welcome to our second weekly entry of Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. Everyone asks children what they'd like to be when...

Zara Kramer, Publisher

May 25, 20177 min read

Panda Writing School II: Vision and Perspective

Vision and perspective would seem to be two sides of the same coin, but in the general world of writing, where words can mean so many...

Jeff Messick

May 24, 20172 min read

A Week and a Half Away (Part 4)

Continued from part 3: I lead a stripped down lifestyle. Most of it was a matter of choice. Some of it was necessity. One day in February...

Elgon Williams

May 20, 201710 min read

Bamboo Shoots #1: What Pandamoon Authors Are Reading

We're starting a new weekly blog post here at Pandamoon called Bamboo Shoots: The Care and Feeding of Pandas. Each week, I'll give my...

Zara Kramer, Publisher

May 18, 20179 min read

A Week and a Half Away (Part 3)

Continued from Part 2: As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the really odd thing about meeting my fellow Pandas at C2E2 was how well...

Elgon Williams

May 16, 201710 min read

Let's talk about Lightwood

I have been a fan of Steph Post since I read her debut A Tree Born Crooked a couple of years ago. With her sophomore novel Lightwood,...

Penni Jones

May 16, 20172 min read

A Week and a Half Away (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1: I can tell you one thing. I’m not used to having a lot of attention. But, for whatever reason, everyone at...

Elgon Williams

May 12, 20177 min read

Panda Writing School

Writing, in general, is a tough gig. Even if you’re the most gifted scribe, one of the many moving parts within your process occasionally...

Jeff Messick

May 11, 20172 min read

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

The documentary opens with a dewy-eyed Winona Ryder on the microphone at some event, gushing about her love for JT LeRoy. But who is JT...

Penni Jones

May 11, 20174 min read

Being a TV Star...

On May 18th, I can be found here... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6470318/ ... I'm going to be a TV Star! Actually, I'm guesting on an...

Jeff Messick

May 11, 20172 min read

Stephen King & Me: Neighbors in a Scary World

When I was a kid growing up in the 1970’s there was no question who haunted my dreams: Stephen King. He was a neighbor of a sort: I spent...

David Valdes Greenwood

May 6, 20175 min read

On not writing

I’ve been blocked lately. Historically I don’t stay blocked long, but this time is different. I wish there was some kind of Miralax for...

Penni Jones

May 4, 20172 min read

A Week and a Half Away (Part 1)

On April 20th my son, Rob, picked me up around 6AM and drove me in his new car to Orlando International Airport. My flight was scheduled...

Elgon Williams

Apr 30, 20179 min read

Overcoming Fear With Human Connection. What's Your Trick?

In the acclaimed Broadway musical, The King and I, British teacher Anna Leonowens travels to Siam (now Thailand) where she serves as...

Dana Faleti

Apr 27, 20177 min read

When the Extraordinary Becomes Second Nature

Something quite remarkable happened this past weekend. And, unless you follow the Pandaverse, you might have missed it. Seven Pandamoon...

Elgon Williams

Apr 25, 20175 min read

The Pandas take Chicago!

My book ON THE BRICKS was released by Pandamoon Publishing out of Austin (which you probably already know if you're reading this post)....

Penni Jones

Apr 20, 20171 min read

Making More Waves Than Tracks

The creative process for FRIED WINDOWS (and many of my other books) depended on listening to music. Not only does that get me in a...

Elgon Williams

Apr 16, 20177 min read

Food 4 Plot - The Kim Pierson episode - Notes on the journey toward finding a literary agent and som

This week, we are hearing from the lovely and talented Kim Pierson. I'm super lucky to call her my critique partner and friend. I have...

Dana Faleti

Apr 14, 20177 min read

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Bamboo Shoots #4: How Pandas Overcome Writer's Block

Bamboo Shoots #3: Where Pandas Write

Bamboo Shoots #2: What Pandas Might Like to Be

Panda Writing School II: Vision and Perspective

A Week and a Half Away (Part 4)

Bamboo Shoots #1: What Pandamoon Authors Are Reading

A Week and a Half Away (Part 3)

Let's talk about Lightwood

A Week and a Half Away (Part 2)

Panda Writing School

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Being a TV Star...

Stephen King & Me: Neighbors in a Scary World

On not writing

A Week and a Half Away (Part 1)

Overcoming Fear With Human Connection. What's Your Trick?

When the Extraordinary Becomes Second Nature

The Pandas take Chicago!

Making More Waves Than Tracks

Food 4 Plot - The Kim Pierson episode - Notes on the journey toward finding a literary agent and som