CEO & Co-Founder of FlashPlay Productions, Inc.
Owner of Treasured Bindings
Fiction Reader at Fractured Literary – May to July 2022
Fiction Reader at Uncharted Mag – November 2021 to April 2022
I fell in love with books at an early age. At nine, I was reading college level books on geology and science. I had an impressive rock collection. I loved geology most. Probably because I loved to explore the outdoors. In my teens, my best friend introduced me to the world of Fantasy and Science Fiction, reading writers such as David Eddings, Terry Brooks, Stephen R. Donaldson, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and on and on. I still love SF, but I went on to discover so many other brilliant writers, such as John Updike, Plath, Kafka, Vonnegut, Hemingway, Austen, Fanny Burney, John Irving, Fitzgerald, and Michael Ondaatje, and so many more. Ondaatje’s novel, The English Patient, is my favorite novel, one I can read over and over.
After I completed my B.S. in Business from Marquette University, I struggled deciding whether to pursue a Masters in Literature or an MBA. The practicalities of life won out, and I earned an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University.
I began writing some time ago, off and on, and refocused in 2019 on finally getting published. I had six stories published that year.
In 2020, I got sidetracked with work, and of course, the pandemic. After recovering from COVID in January 2021, I have been having a lot of fun writing short stories.
I am currently working on a suspense/thriller novel. I wish there were more places to submit suspense short stories.
Email: RFMechelke3@gmail.com
R.F. Mechelke 