Sarah E. Moffett

“The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone” is the opening line to Touching Snow, a 2007 National Book Award nominee written by M. Sindy Felin. Ms. Felin clearly has a knack for one liners. Her first quote in the Washington Post Style article was “I always […]

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It’s been a rough year for writers. In short, they have been dropping like flies.

Robert Jordan, master of the fantasy novel and impetus for my brother’s pleas “to just finish it already,” died this past September at age 58 from primary amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy after dazzling the misplaced Star Trek masses for decades with his […]

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At least, I hope it does.
My name is Sarah Moffett, and I am insane. This season’s example of controlled insanity will be to attempt the Philadelphia Marathon next Sunday. Operative word being “attempt.” Considering all of the distractions as of late–lawyering, writing, enduring the Rockies get drilled in the Series, watching Hillary Clinton running for […]

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 This was my law school.
This is what my law school did to me.  See Moffett dress like a Hogwarts Professor.
For reasons ranging from stringent bar ethics rules to a deep need for self preservation (see above vacant expression on graduation day), I generally am not inclined to mix my attorney by day, author by night routine.   However, my […]

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Rowling “publishes” a new book, James Frey may be ordered to pay readers back for his “fraudulent” memoir, and Leon Hale is talking with mules. All a week’s work in the world of modern literature. On the upside, modern convenience means one can experience all of this cozily on a Sunday morning from the safety […]

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The rumor I’m hearing is that you’re writing a book. Is that true?
Well, why not? Half the planet’s population seems to be writing books, and the other half is probably threatening to do it.
I’ve had a little experience in this area, and I can tell you something about writing books that you may not want […]

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Recently, I read Kurt Vonnegut’s below rant in The Breakfast of Champions. It made me laugh, made me sad, made me move, and made me wonder. Thoughts?
I had no respect whatsoever for the creative works of either the painter or the novelist. I thought Karabekian with this meaningless pictures had entered into a conspiracy with […]

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Now if someone could just explain to me how I qualified as a “local author” for the Colorado Springs Gazette…
Not that I’m complaining.  A benign, promotional nod to Growing Up Moffett post-CCLAP’s recent lovefest is a much more pleasant way to spend a virtual Friday afternoon.  
The Gazette Spotlight On Local Authors
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Spotlight on local authors
October 16, 2007 […]

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It’s a standard issue Friday morning in D.C. Showered, suited, and serious, I’m drowning my left brained woes in my mocha frap, catching up on my overflowing inboxes, when I see that that Jason Pettus of the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography has posted his review for Growing Up Moffett.
To my knowledge, this is […]

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I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I’ve been circling for thousands of years
and I still don’t know: am I a falcon, a storm, or a great song?
~Ranier Marie Rilke (The Book of […]

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