INTERVIEW: Fantasy Author and Poet Rich Feitelberg

Rich Feitelberg

Boston area, Massachusetts 

USA

 

Good morning, Rich, and welcome to Vision and Verse, a special site 

for authors and artists and those who love them. What have you 

written?

Fantasy novels, poetry, short stories, superhero novellas and some non-

fiction: writer guides and comic book history.

 

What is your favorite genre to write?

Fantasy

 

Favorite food. 

Depends. If I haven’t had it in a while, then 

that’s it.

 

Tea or coffee? 

Neither

 

Pizza or ice cream? 

Both

 

Wine or beer or soda or what? 

Soda

 

Where would you like to visit? 

Europe

 

Go! Go now while they still let in. 

Favorite musical artist.

Hard to say, I like so many: Beatles, 

Eagles, Billy Joel, ABBA, to name a few.

 

Do you listen to music when you write?

No.

 

What makes you laugh? 

Robin Williams.

 

Favorite work of art or sculpture. 

Escher 

 

I love M.C. Escher! (Readers: Fantastic Dutch printmaker and artist. 

More info on M.C. Escher in the  Archives at the bottom of the page, July 16, 2014, of Vision and Verse.

How old were you when you started 

writing? 

19; poetry in college. 

Everything before that isn’t worth 

discussing.

 

Do you plan out your book with 

outlines and notecards?

I plan but not with notecards or 

outlines.

 

Describe your perfect evening.

Depends on my mood. Often it is watching 

TV with my wife unwinding. But I have an 

idea, then it can be work on it until I reach a 

stopping point.

 

Where do you get your ideas?

 

Life. Things I see or read or experience.

 Conversations with others. I never know 

what I’ll get an idea.

 

What do you do when you get writer's block?

When I had writer’s block I had to take time to recharge, but reading

 and journaling.

 

Who is your favorite author? 

Again, there are so many. Tolkien, 

Bradbury, Kurtz, Homer, Dickens, 

and the poets: Frost, Wordsworth, 

Whitman, Housman, Pound.

 

Best book you ever read. 

Homer Price, a collection of children’s stories.

 

Last book you read. 

Aesop’s Fables; I’m catching up on the 

classics.

 

What would you do for a living if you 

weren’t a writer?

Starve. Before writing creatively, I 

wrote technical material.

 

Who is the one person who has 

influenced your personal life the most 

and why?

My parents. They raised me and gave 

me my moral compass. 

 

If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person, 

living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why?

I would very much like to speak with JRR Tolkien as a writer to get 

his perspectives on the fantasy genre.

 

Love this photo of you! 

You have that Star Trek William T. Riker look going on. 

What advice would you give someone who aspires to be a writer?

Read a lot. And write a lot. Start with a journal and free write to get

 used the discipline required.

 

Do you have some links for us to follow you?

 http://feitelberg.net. 

Links to social media and books are available there.

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