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Something About Me and My Book:: A fourth generation Californian, novelist Richard L. Wren took a leap late in life, publishing his first mystery novel at age 85: CASEY’S SLIP (Poor Richard Publishers, 2011). Wren is currently working on a sequel.
CASEY’S SLIP: Finalist in Action & Adventure for the 2014 National Indie Excellence Book Awards. A rookie sailor and a grizzled “Hell’s Angel” type are thrown together by a dirty cop who’s accused them of murder. They have to overcome their dislike and suspicion of each other to work together and prove their innocence.
His second book, released in 2012, is entitled JOSHUA’S REVENGE with the third, JUSTICE FOR JOSHUA, released in November 2014. For those wanting to publish their own work, Wren has composed a short booklet of some of the most practical advice (in a short form) you can find anywhere for writing and publishing a novel — also applicable to non-fiction books. Based on what he learned after extensive research and practical experience, A Pracitical Guide to Writing & Publishing a Novel.: The Keep It Simple and Successful (K.I.S.S.) Way has been adopted as required reading by at least one professor teaching a graduate level course (and for non-academic courses).
Born in Watsonville, CA, his family moved to Oakland when he was three, where he lived until moving to nearby Lafayette in 2014.
He started writing “Casey’s Slip” at age 82. “I’ve always been a story teller since my 4 daughters were small children,” said Richard. “Every night I’d challenge them to give me a word and I’d make up a story. Example: They give me ‘Hamburger,’ and I make up a story about a hamburger that dreamed of becoming a New York steak. I still use that technique. My stories are designed for pure entertainment. I do not have a whole story in mind when I start. I let the story develop itself, just as life does. “
As with many other fiction writers, he draws from his own personal experiences, people he’s met and places he knows. “My wife and I have owned four sailboats and sailed the California Coast as far south as the Mexican border. I have a friend that has been a well-known Hell’s Angel for many years. I have a son-in-law that was an Oakland detective, a daughter that’s approaching a black belt in Chinese Martial Arts, and a friend that was a top FBI agent. I also have a friend that was an unlicensed sailboat deliverer on the West Coast and an acquaintance that owns a very famous Chinese Restaurant in San Francisco.”
Richard L. Wren is a great example of someone who has reinvented himself and his career – especially so late in life. He’s also a model for would-be novelists, both old and young.

Website:: http://rlwren.com

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At 11:53am on March 11, 2015, 4-LAN said…: Richard,

Welcome to The Book Marketing Network! I post a book review blog on this site. I hope you can stop by and make your voice heard.

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