Richard Beckham II
Richard Beckham II is the author of two published novels, THE TALE OF MU and FROG IN THE POT. He is a contributing writer on the newly-launched App, HOOKED 0_0, where his text message format pieces are featured. His short fiction has appeared in Metazen, Innovative Fiction Magazine, Yesteryear Fiction, Dying Writers, Gold Man Review, Bookends Review, and Fickle Muses.
Aside from his prose, Richard has had a poem published by Leaves of Ink and a cartoon published by The Humor Times. He is also an oil painter whose work has appeared in restaurants, coffee shops, and galleries around Seattle where he lives with his wife. His paintings can be seen at: www.flickr.com/photos/rcb_2.
Currently, he is working on his most recent novels, memoirs, and screenplays. Feel free to find out more about him at www.richardbeckham.com.
“Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men.”
“Somewhere along the line, between the idealisms of youth and the realities of adulthood, we become pacified by our jobs; we tolerate how we hurt the world so that we can sustain our lives. At some point, blurred in the past, we traded the greater good for ourselves.”