Trina's Tantilising Tidbits: Feature Interview With Julie Richman, Author of The Needing Moore Series

Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Feature Interview With Julie Richman, Author of The Needing Moore Series

I am excited to share this spot today with Julie Richman, author of the

''Searching For Moore Series''

And we have an awesome giveaway lined up as well, so keep your eyes peeled for it.

Both copies of Searching For Moore & Moore To Lose

Tell us a little about yourself.

I'm a native New Yorker, the youngest of three children. I'm married, I have one son. I'm an avid nature photographer. I love to travel. I'm a foodie - and usually visualize places via food landmarks. I started my career in the publishing industry for one of the big book publishers in NYC, but spent most of my career in marketing for large corporations and non-profits. I hate broccoli and I love big, juicy steaks!

How did you become a writer, and did you always want to write?

I don't remember a time in my life when I didn't write - although I gave up writing fiction for a very long time. I went to college for creative writing and came out feeling like I had nothing interesting to say ... so I stopped writing fiction. In my career, I wrote a lot of marketing and advertising pieces.

How do you hope your readers react to the stories you write?

I want them to love them! My hope is that I can take people on an emotional journey where they feel like they are right there with the characters or are the characters. I want my readers to laugh, cry, scream and curse me out!

What responses to your writing have affected you the most and why?

Readers shared with me very personal experiences of what happened to them in a certain tragedy that I write about in Moore to Lose. I felt honored that people would be moved so much by what I wrote to share their personal stories with me. One reader told me her story and I just sobbed reading it.

Other than writing great stories, what other goals do you have for your life?

To keep on growing as a person, to continue to be a great mother, and to be a positive influence on those I meet. There are many places that I would love to visit - among them are Petra in Jordan - a place I hope to photograph one day and the city of Jerusalem.

What do you like to do in your spare time?

Photography, photoshop, read, travel, eat.

What can you tell us about your latest works?

Currently, I'm working on completing the Needing Moore Series trilogy with Moore than Forever. After that will be a stand alone entitled, Bad Son Rising and I might do a paranormal after that.

What stories can your fans expect from you in the days ahead?

The conclusion of Schooner and Mia's story ... and then that bad boy Zac is going to take us all on an adventure.

What would you like to say to your fans in New Zealand and others worldwide?

I want to come visit you - all of you. Learn your stories. (Actually, NZ is a place I would LOVE to photograph). Drink and be silly with you. I'd also like to say thank you for taking a chance on an unknown indie author and for falling in love with Schooner and Mia.

Do you have any parting words?

Thanks for reading Searching for Moore and Moore to Lose and please tell everyone about them!!! Lots more to come ...