Richard Fulco Author Bio:
Richard Fulco’s first novel, There Is No End to This Slope (Wampus Multimedia) was published in 2014. His second novel, We Are All Together, was published by Wampus Multimedia in November 2022. Richard received an MFA in playwriting from Brooklyn College where he was the recipient of a MacArthur Scholarship. His plays have either been presented or developed at The New York International Fringe Festival, The Playwrights’ Center, The Flea, Here Arts Center, Chicago Dramatists and The Dramatists Guild. Richard’s one-act play Swedish Fish was published by Heuer Publishing and his stories, poetry, interviews and reviews have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, Failbetter, Gargoyle, Across the Margin, Fiction Writers Review and American Songwriter (among others).
What inspires you to write?
I want to tell stories that interest me. My hope is that if I find the story remotely interesting others will too.
Tell us about your writing process.
I'm up every morning at 5am. I make a cup of coffee, sit in the dark and write for an hour or two before I leave for my day job as a high school English teacher. Occasionally, after school I review what I wrote in the morning. The bulk of my writing is accomplished on the weekends when I'm able to devote more time to the craft.
For Fiction Writers: Do you listen (or talk to) to your characters?
I try to listen to all of my characters with an intent ear. They dictate want they want to say to me. I'm just the facilitator.
Who are your favorite authors?
I don't have favorite authors. I have favorite books, plays and poems. Here is a partial list: Beckett, Baldwin, Kafka, Delillo, Hughes, Carver, Orwell, Woolf, Ionesco, Whitman, Joyce, Murakami, Kerouac, Rich, Fitzgerald, Sartre, Camus, Frost, Yeats, Merwin, Albee, Pinter, Vuong, Eliot, Morrison, Ishiguro, Stroudt, and Kesey.
What genres do you write?
Literary fiction, historical fiction
How did you choose the genre(s) you write?
Literary fiction has chosen me.
What three things are on your writing desk at any given moment?
Bills, unfinished poems, and books.
What hobbies do you have when you need a break from writing?
I read, play guitar, ride the Peloton bike, and go for long hikes.
What formats are your books in?
eBook, Print
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