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About me, Douglas Rickard

The moment it all began? A hotel room in Amsterdam.

On an art college trip, I turned on the hotel TV - and there it was. Amanda and Sam’s wedding on Another World. Larger-than-life characters, wanna-live settings, all playing out with the raw intimacy of a stage play. I was hooked. 


Maybe you raced home from school to catch Guiding Light - or stayed home when you definitely shouldn’t to watch Sunset Beach. 

Jackie Collins, Louise Bagshawe… but with the messiest tropes and the heart of soap operas that fans devoted decades to.

Romance, tangled family trees, mystery - daytime drama has always thrived on excess. But my novel? It plays with the boundaries, the tension, the desire that was always just out of reach. It’s not just a soap opera - it’s what happens when the heat rises between the lines. 

Before I was writing about beautiful disasters, I was drawing them.

 Explore my past work here. 


Posts focused on writing, storytelling, and this novel’s world - shared about twice a month

Why not subscribe for free to my blog. In my latest post I share what happened when I read a slow-burn scene aloud to fellow writers - and they were bracing for even more than what I gave them...

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Thur July 31st

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 4

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Thur July 31st

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 4

"You're a married woman, and not only that…" 

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Don Diamont as Brad Carlton

Jerry Douglas as John Abbott

Thad Luckinbi...

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Fri Aug 1st

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 5

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Fri Aug 1st

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 5

"We've figured she’s earned our trust." 

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Don Diamont as Brad Carlton

Jerry Douglas as John Abbott

Thad Luckinbill as...

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Sat Aug 2nd

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 6

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Sat Aug 2nd

POV Your Girlfriend's Mom is Still Hot Pt 6

"Mom, you won’t regret this. None of you will." 

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Don Diamont as Brad Carlton

Jerry Douglas as John Abbott

Thad Lucki...

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Tue Aug 26th

Fiction Feedback Workshop

6:45 PM to 9:30 PM Williamson's Tavern 1 Groveland Court London

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Tue Aug 26th

Fiction Feedback Workshop

I will be attending with other writers at The London Writers' Café.

6:45 PM to 9:30 PM Williamson's Tavern 1 Groveland Court London

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