Targeted Age Group:: Young Adult, Adult
Ten Threads is a brisk 125-page companion to Richard R. Becker’s three-time award-winning debut, 50 States. It is a Kindle exclusive and includes a glimpse into his debut novel, scheduled for release next year.
Ten short stories build upon and intersect with 50 States, the debut anthology that surprised readers with 50 thought-provoking stories across different genres. Together, these new stories stand on their own and expand upon a growing body of work that takes place across the American landscape.
An Idaho farmer who earns a second chance at life finds that the past has a hard time letting him go. A young girl navigates funeral-goers, family, and the unusual circumstances of her grandmother’s death in Pennsylvania. A risk-averse young man must make a bold move after stumbling into a nightmarish government biohazard. An aging alcoholic vigilante is asked to find common ground with a teenager in a secret witness protection program.
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What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Ten Threads was an opportunity to expand upon some of the stories I had written for my debut collection. I wanted to share how many of the stories were written to stand alone or be built upon, intersecting with others or becoming novels.
How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
For me, character development is very organic process. It often begins as the germination of a trait or characteristic or demographic but then grows in the situation or scenario they find themselves thrust into from the very beginning. On rarer occasions, I draw from my past to establish a baseline but then such characters quickly take on lives of their own.
Author Bio:
Richard R. Becker is an award-winning American author. His debut collection of literary fiction and psychological thrillers began as a project to write one story a week for 50 weeks. It broke the top 100 literary short stories on Amazon for three consecutive months in 2022 and several times throughout the year. It also won first place for short stories in the Spring 2022 BookFest Awards, first place for literary fiction, psychological thrillers, and short stories in the ABR Book Excellence Awards, and was a finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards.
As a journalist, Richard has written hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, with his byline appearing in the Denver Post, Los Angeles Times, and publications for Simon & Schuster and Paramount Communications. He also scripted a documentary produced with PBS and contributed to five books related to marketing, public relations, and management.
He currently serves as president of Copywrite, Ink. and, for 20 years, previously taught at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In addition, Richard currently serves as a city council-appointed volunteer commissioner on the Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission.
Aside from writing, Richard has a broad range of interests, including travel, hiking, parks, fitness, illustration, photography, and spending time with family. He is married and has two children.
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