I’m Brian Moon. I was born in Portland, OR in late 1964, and I’ve lived the majority, but not the entirety, of my life in Portland.
I always thought my last name destined me to be an astronaut, but that hasn’t happened (yet).
I have been a hot dog cart vendor, an auto detailer, a bookseller, a printer, a data-entry tech, a game store clerk, a Customer Service Representative, a technician, and a government functionary.
My career has been built on providing exceptional support and service to the most demanding customers. I worked through six Christmas seasons in one of the busiest shopping malls in Oregon. I served on the Apple Customer Support team, and let me tell you; Apple customers are passionate about their computers. I’ve had law enforcement cleaning their service pistols while waiting for me to get their email working again. I don’t crack under pressure. I just work toward finding solutions.
But as far as this site is concerned, in my heart, I’m a writer. I learned to read at a very early age (there was the time at a restaurant with my family where I loudly asked my parents to explain some grafitti I saw in the bathroom.) One of my first toys as a child was a typewriter, and I would pretend to write stories on it and share them with my friends and family. I am a voracious reader, another essential experience for a writer – being exposed to other authors’ styles and choices has helped me develop my own voice.
And of course this blog is testament to my constant drive to tell stories and shape words. I want to communicate. I want to examine. And I want to connect. Thank you for reading.
Contact me:
- Send me a message.
- Follow me on Mastodon.
- Or BlueSky.
- Or TikTok.
- Or my Instagram.
- Or Tumblr.
- Or even Imgur, if you can believe it.
- (I don’t have a Facebook account.)
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