Jeremy M. Moore's Blog
November 3, 2020
One for the Road - Inspiration to creation
Hello everyone,
I am the author of One for the Road. This is my first book and I thought I would give a little background on what inspired the book and the process of writing it.
First, the inspiration for the book.
Back in the early fall of 2019, my in-laws, wife, and I were at a local coffee bar, Hendershot's, listening to a jazz performance by Grant Cowen. While there I had a rum-infused coffee and looked around.
On the wall across from me was a series of local art depicting women in La Catarina outfits. There were five pictures up there, but my eye was drawn to the facing forward woman in all black staring at me.
As I sipped my coffee and took in the atmosphere, I looked from one image to the other. I felt content and happy.
My mind went back to when my wife and I were first starting to date, and we were at an antique market. It had been cold that day, and we bought a paper cup filled with Brunswick stew from a vendor to eat as we shopped.
I started thinking about how nice it would be if death greeted us with a warm meal and a cold drink. I also considered how a bar to the world of the dead would be a great way for wizards or main characters to stop in for a beer, but could only be there for the duration of a drink.
I took notes on my phone and went about listening to music.
A few months later, my sister reached out to me about NaNoWriMo. I had always considered writing a novel and went through all the remnants of scraps I had.
As it was around Halloween, I was in a macabre mood, and as I sipped on a beer that night I came back to my notes on the five women, and I began weaving the story in my mind.
Participating in NaNoWriMo was intense, and rekindled my love of writing. Not only the act of writing but talking about it and discussing it on Reddit as well.
I was able to create a copy before Thanksgiving and get various family members to give me their thoughts on formatting and concepts.
Holding a proto-copy of my book in my hands was one of the greatest experiences in my life. I had finally made something and stuck with the process from beginning to end.
With that, I will wrap up this blog. In a later post I will go over cover art, editing, and publishing for another post, as it was an experience in and of itself.
I am the author of One for the Road. This is my first book and I thought I would give a little background on what inspired the book and the process of writing it.
First, the inspiration for the book.
Back in the early fall of 2019, my in-laws, wife, and I were at a local coffee bar, Hendershot's, listening to a jazz performance by Grant Cowen. While there I had a rum-infused coffee and looked around.
On the wall across from me was a series of local art depicting women in La Catarina outfits. There were five pictures up there, but my eye was drawn to the facing forward woman in all black staring at me.
As I sipped my coffee and took in the atmosphere, I looked from one image to the other. I felt content and happy.
My mind went back to when my wife and I were first starting to date, and we were at an antique market. It had been cold that day, and we bought a paper cup filled with Brunswick stew from a vendor to eat as we shopped.
I started thinking about how nice it would be if death greeted us with a warm meal and a cold drink. I also considered how a bar to the world of the dead would be a great way for wizards or main characters to stop in for a beer, but could only be there for the duration of a drink.
I took notes on my phone and went about listening to music.
A few months later, my sister reached out to me about NaNoWriMo. I had always considered writing a novel and went through all the remnants of scraps I had.
As it was around Halloween, I was in a macabre mood, and as I sipped on a beer that night I came back to my notes on the five women, and I began weaving the story in my mind.
Participating in NaNoWriMo was intense, and rekindled my love of writing. Not only the act of writing but talking about it and discussing it on Reddit as well.
I was able to create a copy before Thanksgiving and get various family members to give me their thoughts on formatting and concepts.
Holding a proto-copy of my book in my hands was one of the greatest experiences in my life. I had finally made something and stuck with the process from beginning to end.
With that, I will wrap up this blog. In a later post I will go over cover art, editing, and publishing for another post, as it was an experience in and of itself.
