ARIA Expo Blog Tour, Rick Marchetti

Mike:  Hi, Rick.  I’m happy to have yet another Association of Rhode Island Author (ARIA) to introduce to my Overlords fan base.  As with the others, we’re going to do an old fashioned interview.  Here we go!

Mike:  Rick, please introduce yourself to my Overlords fans with a little information about you and where you’re from.

Rick:  Well, my bio says I’m an author from Smithfield, RI and live with my wife, three of our four kids, a dog, and a cat and I enjoy sports, travel, and trains.  And writing, of course, both stories and songs.

Mike:  What are you working on these days and what’s the current status of that project?

Rick:  My new novel is a murder mystery set in Nashville, titled 187 Music Row.  I used to visit Nashville on a regular basis as a songwriter and I really love the city, so I thought it would be cool to set a novel there.

Mike:  Can you tell the audience what inspires you to write?

Rick:  It’s what I do.  I don’t know what I would do if I wasn’t writing.

Mike:  What genre do you enjoy writing the most?

Rick:  I actually prefer writing Horror, although I write a lot of Crime, as well.  My first novel, The River, was actually a Horror novel with a Crime story interwoven.

Mike:  Any upcoming projects we should now about?

Rick:  Well, there’s the new novel, plus I have a Comedy novel in the works about a family of clueless rich people, tentatively titled The Bluebloods, and I’m always working on short stories for my next collection.

Mike:  OK, time for some quick ones, ready?  Favorite movie?

Rick:  “My Cousin Vinny”

Mike: Favorite food or dish to make?

Rick:  Spaghetti and meatballs

Mike:  Favorite place you have ever visited?

Rick:  I have 3; Disney World, Disney World, and Disney World.

Mike:  Favorite music band?

Rick:  The Eagles

Mike:  Favorite book, and no it can’t be one of yours!

Rick:  That’s a tough one, but I’ll go with “The Stand” by Stephen King.  There’s nothing like a good Apocolypse!

Mike:  Rick, thanks for being such a good sport!  Is there anything you would like to leave my fans with?

Rick:  Sure, my web address!  www.rickmarchetti.com All of my books are on my website, each with their own separate page, accessed from pull down tabs on the home page.  I don’t have individual pages with their own web addresses for each one.  Thanks for this opportunity, Mike.

Mike:  Rick, thanks for being part of this great blog series.  Please follow the links below to get in touch with Rick and most importantly, buy his books!