INTELLIGENCE DISPATCH — PUBLIC RELEASE After years of building stories in the shadows, the operation has officially begun. I’ve launched my first subscription publication on Substack: The Shadow Directive. This is where I’ll be sharing classified-style briefings on espionage thrillers, tradecraft, covert history, and behind-the-scenes …
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Right now one of the biggest conversations in the indie publishing world is this: How much should authors rely on the big platforms vs. building their own direct connection with readers? For years many of us have leaned heavily on places like Amazon, Kindle Unlimited, …
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March of the Writers – Day 9: How Do You Recharge? ⚡✍️ by Richard White Read on Substack We all hit that point where the mind and body just need a reset. Writing, creating, and building ideas takes energy, and if we don’t recharge, the …
Read MoreAcross quiet rooms and late-lit desks, stories are already being written.Not at the perfect moment. Not when the path is clear. Simply now—in the middle of hardship, in the slow turning toward hope, in the deep and restless need to speak. Writers who work in …
Read MoreA reflective year in review and a look ahead to 2026—new poetry, Whiskey and the Winter Wind, and the launch of The Gemini Project, an MFA thesis novel exploring truth, power, and deception.
Read MoreThere was a time when the wind was kinder. Whiskey and the Autumn Wind was written in that in-between season—when the air still carried warmth, when loss felt survivable, when reflection arrived with falling leaves instead of ice. Those poems lingered in amber light and …
Read MoreLife’s been a whirlwind lately—between my Master’s program, EMS shifts, and book marketing, I feel like a tornado that finally stopped spinning. My old truck is gone, my new Dodge Avenger is here, and The Quiet After the Sirens continues to reach hearts.
Read MoreI did not write this memoir to relive the trauma—I wrote it to survive it. When I sat down to tell the truth about what it means to serve in EMS, to carry the quiet aftermath of war and emergency tones, I didn’t realize I was entering a process psychologists call post-traumatic growth. But that’s what it became.
Read MoreCollege is in the rearview—and now the real adventure begins. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be finishing my memoir, applying for jobs in publishing and editing, launching Sigma Writing Solutions, and getting ready to begin my MFA at SNHU in August. Also helping my daughter Ollie start college herself, while polishing Gemini Project, my debut fiction novel.
Read MoreWalking the stage Summa Cum Laude was a moment of deep reflection, joy, and purpose—a signal that this story is far from over.
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