#ThisorThatThursday Interview with Richard Paolinelli

I’d like to welcome author, Richard Paolinelli, to the blog for #ThiorThatThursday!

Things you love about writing: Creating new universes and telling stories that other people enjoy reading.

Things you hate about writing: I keep coming up with scenes while I’m driving or somewhere far away from my computer. But other than that there really isn’t anything else.

Things you never want to run out of: Dr. Pepper and new books to read.

Things you wish you’d never bought: A 1979 Ford Mustang that turned out to be a money pit.

Favorite foods: Pizza and chile rellenos.

Things that make you want to gag: Lutefisk and grits.

Favorite music or song: Voices Carry by Til Tuesday

Music that drives you crazy: Country music.

Favorite beverage: Dr. Pepper

Something that gives you a sour face: Any of the dark liquors. They all taste like paint thinner to me with the exception of Southern Comfort for some reason.

Something you’re really good at: Bowling

Something you’re really bad at: Painting

Something you wish you could do: Paint.

Something you wish you’d never learned to do: Photoshop.

Favorite places you’ve been: Ocean Shores, Washington and North Dakota.

Places you never want to go to again: Little Rock, Arkansas and the Antelope Valley of California.

Favorite books (or genre): Sci-fi.

Books you wouldn’t buy: Erotica and Romance

Best thing you’ve ever done: Married my wife.

Biggest mistake: Not going into computer programing in the mid-1980s.

About Richard:

Richard Paolinelli began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit serving as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon. Following a 20-year newspaper writing career, he returned to his fiction writing roots and has published several novels, two non-fiction sports books, and has appeared in several anthologies. His novel, Escaping Infinity, was a 2017 Dragon Award Finalist for Best Sci-Fi novel. He also writes weekly short fiction on his website, www.scifiscribe.com. He is a huge proponent of the Superversive approach to fiction writing and publishing and his most recent novel, Galen's Way, is the first book in a multi-author Space Opera epic series.  

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