Good morning! Should you be in need of a bookish distraction, note that fellow local novelist Ashley Ream (“The Peculiar Gift of July”) and I will be chatting at Island Books on Mercer Island at 6:30 tomorrow, Oct. 2, as a “Writers on Writing” event. Come join us! islandbooks.com/event/2025-1...

Need a feel-good story today? Here’s one, about my wonderful former colleague @gabrielcampanario.com (who you might know better as the Urban Sketcher), written by the great Erik Lacitis. www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...

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I’m thrilled and honored to share that my novel, “Storybook Ending,” is the fall selection for Seattle Met’s book club! www.seattlemet.com/arts-and-cul...

A great one gone today. Here’s a memory: I interviewed him, years ago, and unlike many very famous people, he didn’t use a wall of publicists but just called me himself. The phone rang: “Hi, Moira, it’s Bob Redford.” Rest peacefully, sir. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

1. Diet Coke 2. Sunflowers 3. Bright, crisp autumn afternoons 4. Random smiles from strangers 5. Rewatching a movie you love

Life is a lot; maybe you need to pay one last (ha!) visit to “Downton Abbey.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Just a reminder, in case anyone needs it, that Martin Scorsese’s glorious “The Age of Innocence” is leaving Netflix at the end of the month and oh, does it ever bear rewatching.

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Mark your calendars: the wonderful Elizabeth George and I will be chatting about her newest Lynley mystery, “A Slowly Dying Cause,” on September 23 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park. 📚🔍. Come join us! For tickets: thirdplacebooks.com/event/elizabeth-george

I just subscribed! You could too. If you love movies, you’ll love @bwdr.bsky.social. 🎥🍿🎬❤️

Happy #InternationalCatDay to everyone but especially to the most adorable cat in the world, who just happens to live at my house.

So yesterday I was in Ravenna Third Place Books, saying hello to “Storybook Ending” (#4 on the bestseller shelf!), and a staffer told me that someone had left a note for me — which is basically the plot of my book. #lifeimitatesart

If you were a teen who obsessively practiced “A Chorus Line” routines in the mirror (I was), this beautiful reunion of 50 years of Broadway dancers will touch your heart. 💃 ♥️

Well, clearly I have arrived, because I just got an email via my author website from the publicist for a “well-known TV Host & Influencer,” which lists in great detail this person’s A-list credentials and offers a “partnership” with me, for which they would be happy to “discuss our rates.”

Fantastic

My mom emailed tonight that she and her friends had a bottle of prosciutto with their dinner, and honestly that sounds pretty good though I don’t know how they got it in the bottle.

My last Seattle Times story for a little while (I’m on leave for a few months, working on another book), and it was a fun one: a tribute to the century-old Blue Mouse Theatre in Tacoma, a neighborhood movie house filled with stories. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

This is something that I carry with me and play often. It comforts me; I hope it does the same for you. It’s a spot-on soundtrack for this particular 4th of July. Thank you, Mssrs Toussaint and Simon. youtu.be/u6Mv0X-1qLA

My interview with @kuow.org about my novel, “Storybook Ending,” went live this week! Many thanks to Libby Denkmann and @gabriellehealy.bsky.social for a lovely chat. omny.fm/shows/sounds...

Congratulations Laura! Can’t wait to pick up my copy!

It’s Father’s Day, and I’m missing my wonderful dad, Jim Macdonald, who died nearly four years ago. For anyone else missing their dad today, here’s something I wrote back then. ❤️ www.seattletimes.com/life/memorie...

A screwball comedy in which Cate Blanchett and Isabelle Huppert team up to open a detective agency in 1920s Manhattan, specializing in marital surveillance and excellent cheekbones. It’s called “Gumshoes and Heels.”

Amazing and unexpected news today: my novel, “Storybook Ending,” made its debut on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller list, coming in at #8 in hardcover fiction! Thank you to all the indie booksellers; I am beyond thrilled and incredibly grateful. ♥️ 📚

Not much of a crowd at my reading at Powell’s last night (though the people who came were lovely!), but it doesn’t matter a bit because always and forever I will have this photo:

My debut novel, “Storybook Ending” — part comedy of manners/part rom-com, and set in a neighborhood bookstore — is finally out in the world today, from @duttonbooks.bsky.social! It’s available everywhere books are sold, but especially at indie bookstores. If you see it in the wild, let me know! 📚❤️

Next week, my tiny but mighty “Storybook Ending” book tour begins! If you’re in Seattle, Portland or Spokane, I would love to see you. More info on my website: heymoira.com. ❤️📚

My colleague and friend Bethany Jean Clement interviewed me about my debut novel, “Storybook Ending,” and we might have both cried a little bit. Book is out 5/27 everywhere (but especially in indie bookstores).❤️📚 www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Tomorrow I am being interviewed by Nancy Pearl about my debut novel, and sometimes life just seems like something I made up.

Lovely feature by @moiraverse.bsky.social on our very own Pulitzer winner in Seattle, Tessa Hulls, whose book Feeding Ghosts has won nearly all the deserved accolades this year! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

My hardcovers arrived today! Excuse me while I pass out. ❤️📚🙀

Something pretty for a Friday: the German cover of my debut novel, “Storybook Ending,” coming in August from S. Fischer Verlage. (The subtitle translates, I believe, as “Until the end of all pages.”). North American edition coming soon — May 27!

Meant to post this a few days ago — but it’s never too late to spend a few minutes with Ballard Opera Man. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Visited five beautiful bookstores today on Independent Bookstore Day, all of them absolutely hopping. Gives one hope. (And, for you lucky West Seattleites: the newly relocated Paper Boat Booksellers is GORGEOUS.) 📚❤️

I wrote a novel in which someone’s life got changed by a note they found in a used book purchased at an indie bookstore. Maybe this will happen to you on Independent Bookstore Day today? Go visit your favorite local bookstore and find out. (My book’s out May 27 and available to pre-order!)

I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...

A friendly reminder that Independent Bookstore Day is this Saturday, and that your friendly neighborhood bookstore would be delighted to pre-order my novel, or anyone else’s, for you! (“Storybook Ending,” my comedy of manners /rom-com set in a bookstore, is out 5/27.)

Just three more opportunities (today and tomorrow) to see “Romeo et Juliette” at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and to immerse yourself in its beauty. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Delighted to announce my wee “Storybook Ending” book tour, with two wonderful guest writers: Bethany Jean Clement and @jamieford.bsky.social! If you’re in Seattle, Portland or Spokane, please mark your calendars and come say hi! Book is out May 27. ❤️📚

Beyond thrilled and honored to announce that my debut novel, “Storybook Ending,” will be a Peak Pick at @spl.org in May!

Today I learned that Jane Austen had an aunt named Philadelphia Austen.

Dinner at a Movie is back! Complete with scary nachos and a fabulous dive bar. www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr...

My book is coming out next month and Maris’s essay is SO helpful. My main hope for my book is that somebody, maybe a few somebodies, will read it and smile.

What a world, but there is always “Call the Midwife.” www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Improve a first line by substituting Mrs. Dalloway: The snow in the mountains was melting and Mrs. Dalloway had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.

A reminder: tomorrow evening I’ll be at Third Place Books in Ravenna, chatting with @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social about his wonderful new (and very Seattle) novel, “Supersonic.” Come join us! www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/thomas...

Sharing this post, which touched my heart as I too have a kitty with a bald tummy. Wishing all the best to Miss Fanny (and to Marya and Robert, who I do not know but whose work I admire).

Something lovely for a Saturday morning: the cover of the Dutch edition of my debut novel, “Storybook Ending,” coming out from Ambo Anthos in the Netherlands later this year. (North American version is out May 27!)

The world is too much with us these days, but should you be in need of distraction: I really enjoyed “The Residence” on Netflix and would like Uzo Aduba to please solve more crimes. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Just a picture, in case anyone needs it today.