Pump Up Your Book Chats with Relationships/Fiction Author Richard Alan

Meant To Be

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Richard Alan

Richard Alan lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with his wife, Carolynn. They are the proud parents of three wonderful adult sons.He is a Vietnam combat and 101st Airborne Division veteran.

After an education in mathematics, a 17 year career in manufacturing engineering and a 22 year career in software engineering, he has started a career as an author. Richard writes novels about people trying to find their life-partner, soul-mate, the person they are meant to be with for life. His first two books, Meant to Be and The Couples, are available on his website and most online retailers.

Richard’s other interests range from mathematical analysis and photography to anything with an engine. His current projects include writing the third (Finding Each Other) and fourth novels in the “Meant to Be” series, and discovering the properties of functions of p-adic numbers. Having completed a potting bench for his lifepartner, Carolynn, he is busy driving her to watch salmon runs, visit National Parks, and anywhere that provides an opportunity to view her avian friends.

His latest books in the Meant to Be Series are Meant to Be and The Couples.

You can visit Richard Alan’s website, VILLAGE DRUMMER FICTION at www.villagedrummerfiction.com.

CONNECT WITH RICHARD:

Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Amazon Kindle Store (Meant to Be) | CreateSpace (Meant to Be) | Amazon Kindle Store (The Couples) | CreateSpace (The Couples)

ABOUT THE MEANT TO BE SERIES

Meant to Be

When four years old Meyer and five years old Joan met in the children’s room of the local library, they had no idea the two of them would be spending a lifetime together. Their friendship took off slowly due to their age difference. Joan did not want to bother with someone who wasnot old enough to be entering kindergarten.They reconnected a few years later when Meyer’s family moved from Iowa to the Seattle area, where Joan’s family had moved the year before.

Joan and Meyer remain friends throughout their high school years until Meyer left for Viet Nam and Joan’s family experienced a tragedy that impacted Joan’s view of friends and family.

The interactions of three generations of friends and family helped them reconnect so that they couldcelebrate the good times and get through the difficult and tragic timesas loving partners.

“Interwoven into this engaging tale are the lives of various members of Meyer and Joan`s families, as well as some of their friends, that have likewise experienced this feeling of Bashert(meant to be) -something that none can exactly put their fingers on as to why it happens, but they just know that it must be some divine intervention influencing their fate.” Norm Goldman, Bookpleasure.com review.

Meant to Be is a new novel about relationships, love, and life, from author, Richard Alan.

The Couples

Acclaimed author of Meant to Be, Richard Alan, once again enchants us with characters that we really want to know. You will laugh, cry, and love with them as you seek the answers to the relationship questions posed by this talented author.

Will a tough techy lady be able to find love with a man who is still mourning his deceased fiancée?

Will an intellectually snobbish genius learn that there is more to the truck mechanic than meets the eye?

Can a nerd and a party girl find happiness together?

Can a teenage boy musician get past his unrequited love to learn to love a ranch girl instead?

Will a troubled rape victim be able to have a normal relationship with a man?

The Couples is about people who may belong together and how the world around them helps them, or sometimes defeats them in their search for a life partner. It follows the lives of couples,their friends, and their support systems,as they explore their relationships.

The Couples is Richard Alan’s second novel in the “Meant to Be” series. It continues to explore relationships, love, and life.

PUYB: Thank you for this interview, Richard.  Which part of your first book, Meant to Be, was the hardest to write?

Richard: The teen suicide.

PUYB: Does your book have an underlying message that readers should know about?

Richard: A good relationship is worth struggling to build.

PUYB: Do you remember when the writing bug hit?

Richard: Definitely.  I was looking at a new Corvette in 1962.  I wanted to drive cross-country with Susan X.  When I talked with her I realized the only way we would be taking a cross-country trip was if I wrote it in a story.

PUYB: Besides books, what else do you write?

Richard: Blogs, eMails, birthday letters, letters to government officials.

PUYB: Do you write for publications?

Richard: Yes, my own on WordPress.  villagedrummerfiction.wordpress.com/

PUYB: Do you have a writing tip you’d like to share?

Richard: Never, never quit.  If you have a dream to be a famous writer, do your best

PUYB: Where’s your favorite place to write at home?

Richard: In my home office surrounded by my math and science library.

PUYB: What do you do to get away from it all?

Richard: Writing is what I do to get away from it all.  Writing is my passion, my full-time job, the activity I engage in when vacationing.  I only wish I could write and drive at the same time.

PUYB: What was the first thing you did as far as promoting your book?

Richard: The first thing I did was arrange a book signing at local bookstore.  I used e-mail and Facebook to advertise and I provided a poster to the book store.  They also had their own advertising.

PUYB: Are you familiar with the social networks and do you actively participate?

Richard: Yes.  I have a blog villagedrummerfiction.wordpress.com, a Twitter account twitter.com/VillageDrummerF, a website villagedrummerfiction.com, and a Facebook page facebook.com/The.Village.Drummer.  I am active on all of these.  I’ve met a lot of wonderful people who are very generous with their time and assistance.

PUYB: What is the most frustrating part of being an author?

Richard: Figuring out how to become known so more people will buy my books.

PUYB: What is the most rewarding?

Richard: Everything.  If it wasn’t I wouldn’t be doing this.  The writing is just flowing and I feel great doing it.

PUYB: If you had one wish, what would that be?

Richard: World peace – oh, wait; this is not a beauty contest.  Really, it would be to earn enough surplus money to donate to medical research.

PUYB: If you could be anywhere in the world other than where you are right now, where would that place be?

Richard: Sailing the Windward Islands of the Caribbean.

PUYB: Your book has just been awarded a Pulitzer.  Who would you thank?

Richard: The Pulitzer committee, my readers, and my wife for supporting my writing career.

PUYB: Thank you so much for this interview, Richard.  Do you have any final words?

Richard: Thank you for this opportunity to talk to you and share my views


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