What has happened and what’s on the horizon?

Richard has two new essays.  Instructions for a First Confession has been published electronically in the May/June 2007 issue of MUSCADINE LINES: A Southern Journal and Santa Lucia Day has been published in the Birmingham Arts Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 1.  A PDF format of this journal is available. 

A personal experience essay, titled Raccoon Encounter, written by Richard Modlin appeared in the November/December 2006 issue of the e-zine (electronic magazine) MUSCADINE LINES: A Southern Journal.  An essay titled How I Met My Cat Bugsy also appeared in 2006 in the Birmingham Arts Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1.

Richard Modlin’s latest book project, titled Chasing Wings, is presently In Press.  Please read some excerpt by clicking in the Books page. 

Both the hard and soft cover editions of Malachite Lion have been recently reprinted.  Read about it by clicking on the Books page.

Richard’s new writing project is completing an account of his experiences and exploits while traveling and researching marine biological questions around the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.  He is also writing a novel about a young man interested in the seafaring, but is caught in the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War.  Expect these books in the near future.

Richard Modlin received the First Prize for Non-fiction Writing for his essay titled Fledging a Naturalist submitted to the 2005 Alabama Writers’ Conclave writing contest.  This essay has become a chapter in his new book titled Chasing Wings.