Blog – Richard White’s Poetry

March of the Writers – Day 10: Peeves & Thank You ✍️😅 by Richard White

March of the Writers – Day 10: Peeves & Thank You ✍️😅 by Richard White Read on Substack Writers are a strange species. We spend hours obsessing over commas, pacing, and whether a character would realistically pick up a cup with their left hand …

The Builder Phase: Where you are and where you’re going – March of the Writers Day 4

There’s a moment in every writer’s life where you stop asking, “Am I really doing this?” and start saying, “Yes. This is the phase.” I’m in my self-publishing era—and I genuinely love it. Not because it’s easy. Because it’s a forge.

Cover Stars: Yes, You’re Supposed to Judge a Book by Its Cover

March of the Writers – Day 3 “Never judge a book by its cover” might be kind advice for humans, but it’s terrible advice for publishing. Readers judge covers instantly. In seconds. Before a synopsis. Before a review. Before a single word. And they should. …

Genre-lly Speaking – March of the Writers Day 2

I write psychological thrillers and speculative suspense. I’m drawn to stories that live in the tension between truth and perception—where nothing is entirely stable and every revelation reshapes what came before it. My work often stands in the long shadow of real historical events, exploring …

Who Is This? – March of the Writers Day 1

Who Is This? My name is Richard White. I’m a novelist, an MFA candidate in Creative Writing, and the founder of Whispers in the Dark Press. I write stories that live in the quiet spaces after chaos—where grief lingers, where truth fractures, where the human …

Entering the Shadow: The Making of The Gemini Project

For more than twenty years, I have been studying power. Not from headlines alone.Not from official summaries.But from the architecture beneath them — declassified memoranda, war planning language, command simulations, and the subtle difference between public narrative and operational intent. Some stories begin as inspiration. …

From Autumn Warmth to Winter Reckoning

Written by @RWhiteAuthor There is a season when the world begins to let go gently. Leaves loosen their grip. Light softens. Even grief feels warmer in the amber hush of October. Whiskey and the Autumn Wind lives in that space—the place where loss has arrived …

A Call to Writers: Let’s Build Something Together

Across 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 …

Family of Seven Escapes 2 A.M. House Fire; Hartford City Home a Total Loss

I grew up with Emmylou back home in our small Vermont hometown, a place where people knew one another not just by name, but by story. When news reached me that her family had lost their home in a fire, it didn’t feel distant or …

When a Review Becomes a Fireside Conversation 🍂🥃

Some books ask to be finished. Others ask to be savored. Whiskey and the Autumn Wind belongs to the latter—a collection meant for slow evenings, low light, and a glass poured with intention. When a reader described the poems as something to be “sipped like a fine bourbon by a crackling fireplace,” they captured the spirit of the book perfectly. This is poetry that lingers, that speaks softly, and that stays with you long after the final page.