Brazilian, born in Rio, fan of stories and storytelling. I started my writing career before I even knew what writing was. I just had plastic toys and my imagination. There were astronauts, insects, dinosaurs, aliens, transformers, ninjas and medieval knights. I got older and was introduced to comic books, books proper and D&D.
And I loved it.
I graduated in Biology, studied Neuroscience, Data Science, worked in the private and public sector and finally stopped lying to myself. I wasn’t a scientist or a biologist. I wasn’t a programmer or a data analyst. I was a writer.
Fan of Lovecraft, Cornwell, King, Martin, Tolkien, Rodda, LeGuin, Arawaka, Howard, Leiber… I began to write for fun, to fill the time when I couldn’t helm a D&D campaign. It started as a hobby. It grew into a labor of love. I love writing, and I love studying the craft. I started to steer my life more and more toward this career, toward this final goal, taking big and small steps to become a professional author. This is one of the big steps. My own website, where I can talk about the craft, share my work and my opinions on the works of others.
I only ask you to stick around and have a look. I’ve been studying this seriously for the past three years or so. I’ve learned a lot. I want to share it with you. My name is Richard May and I’m writer. Pleasure to meet you.