Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
When I heard Joseph Campbell say that the meaning of life is to “follow your bliss”, it immediately hit home and I decided to run with it.
The first book that blew my mind, when I read it as a seventeen year old, was On The Road. Ever since I have felt that ‘Writer’ was the highest calling a human could achieve. Though I will never fill Kerouac’s shoes, I still feel writing is my bliss, and the only thing I want to live my one life doing.
I was born in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have also written in Alaska, Manhattan, and Hawaii.
The Golden Age of Everything is my first and only book so far.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book (and only one to date) is The Golden Age of Everything. It was inspired by my efforts at self-improvement in attempting to overcome my negative psychological schema. And my desire to make people laugh.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I estimate that I have deleted 99% of all the words I have ever written.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I strive to write with the novelty of Burroughs, the humor of Heller, the vigor of Joyce, and the attitude of Palahniuk.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on coming up with a great, new idea for a second novella.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I have yet to sell a single book, so promotion is still a struggle.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Writing is rewriting. And rewriting. And rewriting. And rewriting.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. – George Orwell.
What are you reading now?
A failed writer’s masterpiece that was ignored in his time: Moby Dick.
What’s next for you as a writer?
A hilarious novella about suicidal depression, if I don’t kill myself first.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
Ulysses. Catch-22. Gravity’s Rainbow. The Golden Age of Everything (I’d make notes for a 2nd edition in the margins).
Author Websites and Profiles
Richard Moore Website