About David Richard:
David Richards is a life-strategist, #1 international best-selling author, and speaker on personal development.
David Richards grew up in a military family where, at an early age, he was exposed to different people and cultures. He spent much of his childhood living on military bases both in the US and overseas, before attending Penn State University, and majoring in English. Immediately upon graduation in May of 1991, he served as an officer in the Marine Corps and participated in OPERATIONS DESERT STORM and RESTORE HOPE.
What inspires you to write?
Writing is one of the more unique acts of creation; we take an idea, and breathe life into it. From there, we create whole universes. The entertainment industry is filled with universes that started out as an idea in someone’s mind. That ability to create is what inspires me to write.
What authors do you read when you aren’t writing?
I love many of the classics; Keats and Yeats. Mary Shelley. Stephen King kept me up when I was a young teenager…he’s so gifted at bringing you into his characters’ minds…spooky.
Tell us about your writing process.
I journal as a way of sculpting my idea for a story. For my last book, I journaled a thousand pages over two years before I figured out the story’s framework. For my current book, it took me about five hundred pages of writing before I figured out how to bring the story together. From there, I form a basic outline for the story’s flow.
What advice would you give other writers?
If you’re serious about writing, you must write all the time. I prefer writing by hand, as it’s the most intimate way to form a relationship with your inner Self. Don’t worry about perfection. To me, writing is like sculpting a statue; you keep doing it, whittling away at what isn’t the statue, and eventually you see the statue come out.
How did you decide how to publish your books?
I have self-published. Traditional publishing is fantastic for established authors, or those with a large following. Self-publishing allows for more creative control in the process, and the author sees more of the profits. The downside is that you lose out on the marketing and distribution traditional publishing provides.
What do you think about the future of book publishing?
We’re at a unique stage in human history; there have only been four. We went from being hunter/gatherers to the agricultural age, then the industrial age, and now we’re in the infancy of the information age. The printing press has been around 600 years. Today, it’s much easier for a writer to get published. It’s possible that traditional publishing will undergo a significant change as more and more people organically grow their audiences. One thing is for certain; we learn more about each other as a species when we read or hear someone else's stories.
What genres do you write?: Sci-Fi
What formats are your books in?: Both eBook and Print
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