{"id":47,"date":"2026-06-18T20:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-08-30T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T22:32:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Page Header” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/circle-background-pattern.png” custom_padding=”67px|0px|67.1875px|0px|false|false” animation_style=”zoom” animation_intensity_zoom=”4%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”3%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.8″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”Montserrat|700||on|||||dotted” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”60px” header_line_height=”1.3em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”|||” animation_style=”fade” hover_enabled=”0″ header_font_size_last_edited=”off|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

About Rick<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider show_divider=”off” disabled_on=”on|on|off” _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”120px” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_slide=”30%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About Us Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-scaled.jpg” custom_margin=”|5%||5%” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||0px” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”10%|||” animation_style=”zoom” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_zoom=”5%” box_shadow_style=”preset7″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”-200px” box_shadow_color=”#ffffff” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ admin_label=”About Us Area” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”27px|0px|0px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.27.8″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#747d88″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”left” header_2_font=”Montserrat|700||on|||||” header_2_font_size=”42px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” background_color=”#f7f7f7″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”10%|10%|10%|10%” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”4%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_vertical=”15px” box_shadow_blur=”45px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.15)” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]

Truth, Told Slow<\/h2>\n

I’m Rick \u2014 around here, folks know me as Ricky Rude, which is as much a way of living as it is a pen name. I believe truth is rude. It doesn’t care about your comfort, your schedule, or your carefully curated feed. It just is. Most of what I write is my attempt to tell it anyway \u2014 honestly, gently, and with a little grit.<\/p>\n

I live in Virginia Beach, not far from the boardwalk and seagulls of Rudee Inlet that show up in my stories. I call this season of my life my “Year of Resurgence” \u2014 a return to the things that actually matter: faith, family, story, and doing the next right thing, even when it’s inconvenient. Every word on this site comes out of that same place.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Service Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”110px||110px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Services” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”80%” custom_padding=”25px||25px|” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Novels” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”k||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Southern literary fiction, co-written and solo. Long-form stories about buried secrets and the truth that finds its way out.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Memoir” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”100ms” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

True stories about the people who made me. Starting with HUNNY \u2014 a tribute to my parents’ 54-year marriage.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Children’s Books” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Stories for kids 7 and up, like Sal & Sugar \u2014 seagull tales set at Rudee Inlet about kindness, courage, and friendship.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” admin_label=”Services” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”80%” custom_padding=”25px||25px|” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Fables” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

A lion and a butterfly, meant for the young and the young at heart \u2014 stories built to be shared out loud with the people you love.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Essays” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”100ms” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Short, honest reflections on faith, creativity, authenticity, and what it means to live on purpose in the South.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_blurb title=”Poetry” use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||divi||400″ icon_color=”#016994″ image_icon_width=”60px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ header_font=”Montserrat|on|||” header_text_color=”#353740″ header_font_size=”22px” header_line_height=”1.4em” body_font=”Montserrat||||” body_text_color=”#747d88″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” custom_padding=”30px|30px|30px|30px” animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”200ms” link_option_url=”\/project-1″ border_width_all=”0px” border_color_all=”#dddddd” border_style_all=”solid” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#dddddd” icon_font_size=”60px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Verses under the pen name Ricky Rude \u2014 the rawest, most unfiltered form the truth takes.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Quote Section” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ background_color=”#63c3bf” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”110px|0px|110px|0px” animation_style=”zoom” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_zoom=”4%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Quote” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Quote” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#353740″ text_font_size=”24px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”top” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” global_colors_info=”{}”]

I didn’t set out to build a brand. I set out to tell the truth about my family, my faith, and my home \u2014 and it turned into this.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Video Section” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#63c3bf 30%|#ffffff 31%” background_color_gradient_start=”#fcd21d” background_color_gradient_start_position=”30%” background_color_gradient_end=”#ffffff” background_color_gradient_end_position=”30%” custom_padding=”0px||110px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Video” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” animation_direction=”top” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_blur=”77px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/about-forest-sunlight-scaled.jpg” alt=”Sunlight filtering through a green forest” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_direction=”bottom” box_shadow_style=”preset5″ box_shadow_vertical=”0px” box_shadow_spread=”20px” box_shadow_color=”#ffffff” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Other Recent Works Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#353740″ custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”60px||110px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Service Section Title” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||40px|” animation_style=”fade” animation_direction=”top” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ text_font=”Montserrat||||||||” text_text_color=”#747d88″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.9em” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#fcd21d” header_2_font=”Montserrat|700||on|||||” header_2_text_color=”#20b3aa” header_2_font_size=”42px” header_2_line_height=”1.3em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_intensity_slide=”4%” global_colors_info=”{}”]

WHERE THE STORIES LIVE<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Subtitle” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”Montserrat||||” text_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ text_font_size=”16px” text_line_height=”1.8em” header_font=”||||||||” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”center” max_width=”700px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_delay=”100ms” animation_intensity_slide=”4%” global_colors_info=”{}”]

Every book started as a conversation, a memory, or a walk on the boardwalk. Here’s where they end up.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ admin_label=”Other Recent Works Area” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” max_width=”80%” use_custom_width=”on” width_unit=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/about-forest-trees-scaled.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” use_overlay=”on” overlay_icon_color=”#353740″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(252,210,29,0.92)” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ animation_style=”zoom” animation_intensity_zoom=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/about-forest-fog.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” use_overlay=”on” overlay_icon_color=”#353740″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(252,210,29,0.92)” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”100ms” animation_intensity_zoom=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/therudewayz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/about-forest-aerial-scaled.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” use_overlay=”on” overlay_icon_color=”#353740″ hover_overlay_color=”rgba(252,210,29,0.92)” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”zoom” animation_delay=”200ms” animation_intensity_zoom=”20%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_button button_url=”\/portfolio” button_text=”View All” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_button=”on” button_text_color=”#f7f7f7″ button_border_width=”4px” button_border_color=”#f7f7f7″ button_border_radius=”100px” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”Montserrat|on||on|” button_icon=”E||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#fcd21d” animation_style=”flip” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_flip=”20%” button_text_color_hover=”#747d88″ button_border_color_hover=”#747d88″ button_letter_spacing_hover=”2px” button_bg_color_hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#747d88″ button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_border_color__hover=”#747d88″ button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_letter_spacing__hover=”2px” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_bg_color__hover=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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