About
The following is a short bio to introduce myself to you. I am an English major with a lifelong hunger for writing, which began as soon as I learned the alphabet and my thoughts started traversing from my mind to the pencil I held in hand, dropping words onto the blank piece of paper before me. I moved the words around until they made connections.
I have more than 35 years of professional writing experience. I write in several genres, and I currently have three manuscripts I am working on, completing one at a time, of course. To sum me up: I am a writer, blogger, beta reader, editor, book reviewer, veteran, and soon to be an author. I am a member of the Women's National Book Association, National Association of Memoir Writers, a professional book reviewer for NetGalley and various publishers.
I began reading and reviewing books to get back into my writing mode after 28 years of military service, as well as to garner name recognition. I read and review Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) and post published books. I do not accept ARCs that have not been through some editing processing. As a Beta reader that’s all part of the gig and I will not turn down a request to Beta read. I read unpublished books by their publication dates, and before I read and review post published books. I write my reviews for the reader and not the author; although if you visit my blog www.dbmoone.com (Book Reviews & Musings), you will find that my reviews are fair to the author.
All of my reviews include the author's bio, links to the author's previously written books, the author's website, and all social media sites, as well as links as to where the author’s books are available for purchase. My preferred genres are Biographies, Memoirs, Health, Mind & Body, Historical & Literary Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction (Adult), Poetry, Politics, and Self-Help.