Margaret Anne Mary Moore, Author

Margaret Anne Mary Moore, Author Author of debut BOLD, BRAVE, AND BREATHLESS 10/2/23

"Even now, I wonder if I’m too bold in my writing, if readers may misinterpret why I put forth certain ideas, certain ar...
06/22/2026

"Even now, I wonder if I’m too bold in my writing, if readers may misinterpret why I put forth certain ideas, certain arguments... I'm still discovering how bold and daring I can and should be in my writing, and it is honestly sometimes beyond my comfort zone—which is okay. This publication experience has taught me to accept and push past those feelings of apprehension. When an idea comes to me that seems too risky, too taboo to write about, I’m learning to lean in, embrace it, and muster the courage to put words on pages. I choose not to limit myself. I choose to chance that I am onto something capable of catalyzing positive change."

Ironically, when I first thought of the idea for this piece about the process of overcoming "those feelings of apprehension," I almost hesitated to write it out of fear that it would seem like I was erring old grievances, but now, I'm very proud to have written it and am excited to see if and how it empowers other to share their tough-to-tell narratives. I'm thankful to Brevity Magazine & The Brevity Blog for publishing it today!

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for every moment we had together and for the inspiration he continues to be to never give up and to cherish every bit ...
06/21/2026

for every moment we had together and for the inspiration he continues to be to never give up and to cherish every bit of life 💜

Last week at the Computers and Writing Conference, I delivered an individual presentation that framed digital narratives...
06/09/2026

Last week at the Computers and Writing Conference, I delivered an individual presentation that framed digital narratives, and particularly disability narratives, as effective tools for and . My presentation showcased two forms of narratives, a video essay and a plain text prose piece that incorporates anchor/hyperlinked text. Using my own video essay, “The Terrain Less Traveled,” published in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, I demonstrated how, when the author is the one filming, video essays practically give readers/viewers an opportunity to see the world “through the eyes of people with disabilities.” Centering my arguments on the concept of access intimacy, I discussed how exposing viewers to these camera angles promotes equity by provoking them to envision themselves in the narrator’s position and to begin to anticipate others’ needs. Using my plain text essay published on Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility Project blog, I demonstrated how using anchor text preserves the benefits of reading, allowing readers to experience the writer’s voice and to form their own mental images of the scenes. I also showed how anchor text lets writers link videos, articles, and other content to descriptions in their pieces that might be otherwise challenging for readers to visualize due to their unfamiliarity with the subject matter. I argued that anchor text amplifies the advocacy and activism in works by creating a more comprehensive view of what the author is discussing. I really enjoyed this year’s conference themes of advocacy and activism and look forward to finding ways to further my scholarship on them.

: Tomorrow at in CHHS 145, I will be delivering a presentation that frames , and particularly digital narratives, ...
06/05/2026

: Tomorrow at in CHHS 145, I will be delivering a presentation that frames , and particularly digital narratives, as tools for and . We will be examining two forms of narratives: anchor text in plain text pieces, featuring my essay published on Alice Wong's Disability Visibility Project blog, and video essays, featuring my Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy publication. I hope you join me for what is sure to be a riveting Computers & Writing Conference discussion!

: 10 years ago, just after my first year as an undergraduate at , I presented at my first Computers & Writing Conferen...
05/23/2026

: 10 years ago, just after my first year as an undergraduate at , I presented at my first Computers & Writing Conference, a national conference that typically only accepts graduate students and faculty. Here’s me at a preparing some remarks to share at a conference networking event, honestly hoping I didn’t look and sound too green in this room full of brilliant scholars. 😉 I started out presenting alongside a professor, but by my junior year, I started proposing and presenting at sessions all on my own. Traveling around the country with my amazing and enthusiastically adventurous mother, I have presented as part of panels of scholars hailing from all over the US, and, challenging myself to up my game each year, I have even reached the point of leading half-day workshops in which I am the only instructor. Now, I’m preparing to deliver a presentation that frames digital narratives as forms of advocacy and activism and features a video essay that I published in Kairos—the leading journal in writing studies—as a college student, and a prose piece that I published on the late, renowned author and disability activist Alice Wong’s Disability Visibility Project blog last year. When I discuss future directions for this work at the end of my presentation, I’ll be mentioning that I have an essay on writing and advocacy coming out this summer on The Brevity Blog, a top nonfiction publication. I still can’t believe these presentation and publication opportunities all emerged while I haven’t even reached 30 yet, and I’m so thankful to family, mentors, friends, and the conference community for continuing to inspire, support, and push me to keep taking larger and bolder approaches every year. 💜

On days like this, I am grateful. People always look at me and ask how and why I can be so positive, so joyful when the...
05/11/2026

On days like this,
I am grateful.

People always look at me and ask
how and why I can be so positive, so joyful
when there’s so much “wrong” with my body,
so many obstacles on my life’s course,

when my birth came with cerebral palsy,
a wheelchair, walker, and speech device,
when adulthood presents a history of pneumonia,
an immune system even more sensitive than before.

Sure, I have my days when I’m sitting in an ER, fever of 103.5,
eyelids heavy, body throbbing, freezing, trembling with chills,
wired to IVs, monitors, worrying, wondering
about the impending diagnosis, wondering
how many times an overcomer
will have to overcome
a day like this,

But even here, I am grateful
for caring hearts, hands, and minds,
for the ability to look forward to
future start lines and the joy of overcoming.

I never know just how I’ll rise, but I know I will
and it will be beautiful.

And now, on days like this, weeks later,
when that time has finally,
finally arrived, I am grateful.

So I rise from my wheelchair and step into my walker
for the millionth time, but the first time in a while,
and I feel the foamy handlebars
and the solid ground beneath me,
and I am grateful.

With lungs full of sweet, spring air, I am enthralled with
my feet slapping the path, again, again, again
audibly, music to my ears,
and the pleasant burn of my legs exerting energy
and once more finding their rhythm
while propelling the walker forward.

There’s a baby-blue dome above me.
Gray clouds are moving out,
fluffy white ones are taking their place,
incandescent at their edges
from the neighboring sun, so golden, so warm, so healing,
so beautiful.

I keep striding through it all, always looking toward
what is good, what is gorgeous, what can be celebrated.

"Since they solely care about profiting and don’t even research and confirm they are contacting the correct author, how ...
05/03/2026

"Since they solely care about profiting and don’t even research and confirm they are contacting the correct author, how comical would it be to befuddle them by identifying ourselves as a different Margaret Moore from whom they seek, and a Margaret Moore with well-developed opinions about another Margaret Moore’s book ('I’m not THAT Margaret Moore, but don’t you love the part of her book where…')?"

Yes, I, Margaret Moore, and no other Margaret Moore, wrote this piece published today on The Haven, and, yes, my inboxes are literally often full of emails, not just from people looking to contact me about my , but also people mistaking me for the dozens of other named Margaret Moore. 🤣

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I was so thrilled to return to University of Hartford for a third consecutive year as a for two classes of physical th...
04/29/2026

I was so thrilled to return to University of Hartford for a third consecutive year as a for two classes of physical therapy students. My presentation outlined my patient experiences from childhood through adulthood and also featured readings from my , anecdotes, photos, and videos of my endeavors and a demonstration of my wheelchair’s standing feature. To promote active learning, I always incorporate discussion questions throughout my lectures and never fail to be amazed at the students’ brilliance and enthusiasm. What a privilege it is to be part of their journeys to becoming innovative, compassionate therapists.

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