Look and Listen

Biography

Richard has two grown children and resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He continues to daily marry Linda, his bride of 32 years. His life’s journey has taken him from his hometown Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to Minneapolis, Minnesota, including some foreign travel before settling down in Milwaukee. Drawing from imagination and life experience, Richard writes for those who enjoy reading science fiction about real places.

Inspiration

I decided to write a "small nonprofit management" book. At the same time I had no idea where to begin. I "Googled" "How to Write a Book" and found some software for $15(USD) that guaranteed I'd write a book in 90 days. I had blown $15 on other things so I ordered it. In the meantime I did some informal research at several bookstores and found tons of books on "management". The software arrived. It had an option "fiction". I chose this option knowing I always had a few stories rattling around in my head. Within 90 I finished a rough draft of "Pine Woods", my first novel. Currently my inspiration comes from people I meet and from reminiscing on boyhood "adventures". I am writing the fifth story in what, I hope, will become a series.