Interviews With Writers

Author Interviews from Writers Around the World

  • Home
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Interview Submission
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sites in the BookGoodies Network
You are here: Home / Fiction / Interview with Author – Richard Becker

Interview with Author – Richard Becker

By Interviews With Writers


Richard Becker Author Bio:
Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American writer. His debut collection of experimental and speculative fiction began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks.

As a journalist, Richard has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, with his byline appearing in the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, and publications for Simon & Schuster and Paramount Communications. He also scripted a documentary produced with PBS and contributed to five books related to marketing, public relations, and management.

He is president of Copywrite, Ink. and, for 20 years, Richard taught as an instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is married and has two children.

What inspires you to write?
I was the kid who always had a story to tell — every stuffed animal and plastic army man had a back story. In some ways, I used storytelling as a way to interact with and understand the world. It wasn't until later that I learned how to put it down on paper.

Tell us about your writing process.
Coming up with a new story or stories usually comes from a few creative sparks in the back of mind at any given time, and then fanning one or several of them to see what ignites. These sparks can come from anywhere — something I read, seen, researched, or remembered — and take on different forms. When I'm ready to sit down with one, I usually have a few seconds to build upon or overall picture I need to flesh out. Each starts differently, but there comes a point when I'm writing down what I see.

For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
I don't talk to my characters, but I have strong intuitive feelings about them. So while I don't keep character sketches or talk to them, I instinctively know things about them. For example, I don't need a character sheet to tell me they like chocolate ice cream. I only need to imagine them talking to another character about ice cream to know. Of course like they chocolate. Or whatever.

Who are your favorite authors?
When someone asks this, I almost always start with Ernest Hemingway and John Updike because were so very good at writing straight, honest prose about people. After those two, it becomes more of an ever-changing potluck. Lately, I love the rawness of Zora Neale Hurston, the poetic descriptiveness of Peter Heller, and the grit of S.A. Cosby.

What genres do you write?
Literary, Psychological, Thriller, Paranormal, Speculative, Experimental, Historical

How did you choose the genre(s) you write?
My writing is very much like my reading: eclectic. It seems to me that writing across genres makes everything a little less predictable.

What three things are on your writing desk at any given moment?
A cup of coffee (stone cold and empty if it's late in the day). A variety of pens and markers for notes and sketches (because I enjoy illustration as much as writing). A Saint Christopher's pendant that my grandmother, the one who raised me for the first ten years of my life, used to wear.

What hobbies do you have when you need a break from writing?
I enjoy a broad range of activities, including travel, hiking, exercise, photography, illustration, and time with my family. I have two children and while one is attending a university, the other keeps me busy because she is a travel softball player and student athlete.

What formats are your books in?
eBook, Print, Audiobook

Website(s)
Home Page Link
Follow On Amazon

Author’s Social Media Links
Goodreads
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
YouTube
Instagram

All information is provided by the author and is presented as it was submitted so you the reader get to hear the author’s own “voice” in their interview.

Filed Under: Fiction, Interviews Tagged With: 50 States, Richard Becker, Richard R. Becker, short stories

Follow Us!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Search our Site

Featured Books

Featured Book: Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne

About Featured Book: Knocked Up by the Bratva by K.C. Crowne It started with the FBI case of a lifetime… And ended with his baby in my belly. Luka Antonov is a man of mystery – but one thing’s certain: He’s even more dangerous than his reputation. When stakes are so high failure is no […]

Featured Book: Death of the Saltwater Blonde by J.C. Ceron

About Featured Book: Death of the Saltwater Blonde by J.C. Ceron A tropical getaway. A body in the ocean. Will his single-minded pursuit of the truth reel in a murderer? Jamaica. NYPD detective Miles Jordan’s sharp sense of justice doesn’t take time off. So during a glass-bottom boat tour crowded with passengers, it’s his eagle-eyes […]

Featured Book: Death in the City of Bridges by J.C. Ceron

About Featured Book: Death in the City of Bridges by J.C. Ceron A deadly plot. An informant gunned down. An officer’s hunt for justice placing him at the wrong end of a killer’s barrel… NYPD Detective Miles Jordan puts work above everything, even his health. Joining an international task force entrusted with catching a renowned […]

Featured Book: TOO PRETTY TO DIE by Willow Rose

About Featured Book: TOO PRETTY TO DIE by Willow Rose The book will be on sale for $1.99 from 06/02-06/06. Four women went on a weekend of fun to Miami. Four best friends who were inseparable. No one returned. The story made national headlines, and even after weeks of searching for them, they were never […]

Featured Book: The Rebirth: A Dark Noir Thriller by V.P. Evans

About Featured Book: The Rebirth: A Dark Noir Thriller by V.P. Evans Regular Price: 3.99 Discount Price: 0.99 The discount price will be from May 24 to May 29, 2023. It’s been ten years since Jason and Mark last saw each other when a murder brings them together one night. Trapped in Chicago now, they […]

Categories

  • Action & Adventure
  • Activity Books
  • Audiobook
  • Audiobooks
  • Autobiographies
  • Bargain Books Under $3
  • Biblical Studies
  • Biographical Fiction
  • Biographies & Memoirs
  • Birds
  • Body/Mind/Spirit
  • Book and eReader Sleeves
  • BookGoodies Network Merch
  • Business Books
  • Buyer's Guides
  • Children and Young Adult Books
  • Children's – Education & Reference
  • Children's Activity Book
  • Children's Books
  • Children's eBooks
  • Christian Fiction
  • Christian Non-Fiction
  • Clean Romance
  • Coloring Books for Adults
  • Coloring Books for Kids
  • Comedy
  • Comic Books
  • Cowboy Romance
  • Cozy Mystery
  • Devotionals
  • Dogs
  • Drama
  • Educational/How-to
  • Erotic
  • Erotic Science Fiction
  • Erotica
  • Essays
  • Fairy Tale
  • Faith and Religion
  • Fantasy
  • Featured Book
  • Featured Books
  • Featured Free and Bargain Books
  • Features
  • Fiction
    • Romance
  • Fiction Audio Books
  • Fitness
  • Gifts for Book Lovers
  • Giveaways
  • Health & Fitness
  • Heat Level 1 – G Rated Clean Read
  • Heat Level 2 – PG
  • Heat Level 3 – PG-13
  • Heat Level 4 – R Rated
  • Heat Level 5 – NC-17
  • Historical
  • Historical Fiction
  • Historical Romance
  • Horror
  • Humor
  • Humor (Fiction)
  • Inspirational Books for You
  • Interviews
  • Journal
  • Journaling
  • Kindle Unlimited
  • Kindle Unlimited eBooks
  • Kindle Vella
  • Kindle Vella Serial
  • Limited Time Free Promotion
  • Love and Marriage
  • Magic
  • Memoir
  • Military Science Fiction
  • Music
  • Mystery
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • Mystery/Thriller
  • New Age
  • News
  • Non-fiction
  • Nonfiction Audio Books
  • Nonfiction Audiobooks
  • Paranormal
  • Paranormal Romance
  • Permafree
  • PermaFree Books
  • Personal Growth
  • Pet and Animal
  • Poetry
  • Print
  • Print Books
  • Prophecy
  • Regency Romance
  • Romance – Erotica
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Science Fiction
  • SciFi
  • Spiritual Growth
  • Thriller
  • Time Travel
  • Travel
  • Urban Fantasy
  • Western Romance
  • Women's Fiction
  • Women's Health
  • YA – Action and Adventure
  • YA – Fantasy
  • YA – Science Fiction
  • Young Adult

Podcasts with Writers

Interview with Author – Alicia Yost

Interview with Author – Ajit Singh

Mayhem 337: Memoir of a Combat Advisor in Afghanistan by Chad Rickard

Interview with Author – Allen Filson

Interview with Author – Faithaline Hippolyte

More Posts from this Category

Featured Books

Featured Book: Confidence John by Harmony Reed

Featured Book: The Stitchin by Mark Lakeram

Featured Book: Sell More With A Right-Brain Marketing Strategy by James I. Bond

Featured Book: Raptor Ray by Brent Reilly

Featured Book: Career Choreography: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Finding the Right Job and Achieving Huge Success and Happiness by Ken Lindner

More Posts from this Category

Around the Site

  • Home
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Interview Submission
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sites in the BookGoodies Network

Copyright © 2023 · A BookGoodies Partner Site · Powered by WordPress and Genesis