We expense energy and attention on technology, but we’ve been fixated on other things over time, from golden calves to hourglass figures. Wars have been fought over salt and silk…and oil.

The future may bring us to desperation over high fructose corn syrup, like in my novels, or, say, our most precious resources like water and sunlight.

From passing notes and writing poems in grade school to writing in my journal and blog, and now writing longer public, published works—it all makes me feel good.

I hope just a few of them leave class for the day listening to the euphony of a word, like diarrhea or mammogram...

Almost any night, I can take the ephemeral reigns of my dreams and guide the coursers where I wish. Thus, I am my own production studio.

There needs to be more what-iffing in this F-ing world. How are we supposed to create novelty if we don't think beyond our bounds?

What "what if" might you posit?

It has to do with the constant threat of being revealed to be less than advertised. The chink in my armor is leaving me naked. I am exposed. A fraud.

Here’s the impetus for this post: I’m standing at the book fair, technically Local Author’s Day, when someone strolls by and asks me what my books are about.

I’ve unwittingly (well, for the most part) been the historian of my own life for my entire life. Every time I’ve crafted a diary or journal entry—and more recently a blog post—I’ve been pinning down a bit of history, even if it’s an internal thought that I, or my great grandkids, might someday review.

If ever my creativity were running dry, I’d go to an online generator or to ChatGPT to get the juices flowing again. Sometimes, honestly, I jog over there just for fun, for I seldom if ever have creativity problems.

Can a reforming misanthrope from Oklahoma make a difference in the messed up world and time he’s found himself in?

"Velocity Blues is a frenetic, futuristic gangster caper on fast-forward, with a premise you'll wish you thought of, and a protagonist you'll love (and want to kick on occasion). Characterization, action, and snappy lingo propel this, but there's also a sneaky critique of society, of youth and adulthood, exploitation and rebellion woven through the shenanigans. Enjoy the ride. And try to keep up."

- David Anthony Durham

What do Harry Houdini and Mason’s Knights Templar have to do with one another? What do they have to do with my science-fiction writing? Get a sneak peek inside my “research.” It’s fun to be me!

Douglas E. Richards is compared to Michael Crichton for good reason. Thought-provoking science-fiction thriller. Worth anyone’s time!

That is what I’m rooting around for: those deep feelings I had with my all-consuming childhood pastimes.

Wherein a “pantser” gets his pants in a knot…

Honestly, writing through these things is just as fun as reading books written by someone else.

Someone once asked former NFL quarterback, Kenny Stabler, what London’s quote meant to him. He replied, “Throw Deep!”

Then in 2019 I decided I would get something accomplished. I would fulfill a long-time dream, and by the following March, I had written a draft of a hundred thousand word novel!

I have found my tribe.