Richard Duenez
Book Interior Formatter
My name is Richie and I am a native Angeleno and gamer geek who enjoys cheeseburgers and space metal.
I originally realized the importance of interior formatting when I was 12 years old. It was the first time I spent $40 on a hardback rulebook, and there was a paragraph that went off the page never to be continued anywhere. I've been thinking about it ever since.
After many years of employment in the periphery of several design industries – selling art supplies, framing pictures, managing salons, curating an art gallery, assisting an architect, and working in TV production – I finally realized that I could use the discerning eye I had acquired to support my love of all things literary.
Artist Sam Richmond and I have known each other since high school (and I won't tell you how long ago that was!), and I became instant best friends with Alissa when we were set up on a blind date over a decade ago. I am very excited to be a part of the Red Pen for Rent team after watching it grow from a one-woman show to a one-stop shop for authors of all types.
Like generations of Dueñez's before me, I still reside in LA’s beautiful San Fernando Valley, where I frequent used bookstores and game shops, tiki bars (I’m a member of the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard – see photo), and Disneyland.
I originally realized the importance of interior formatting when I was 12 years old. It was the first time I spent $40 on a hardback rulebook, and there was a paragraph that went off the page never to be continued anywhere. I've been thinking about it ever since.
After many years of employment in the periphery of several design industries – selling art supplies, framing pictures, managing salons, curating an art gallery, assisting an architect, and working in TV production – I finally realized that I could use the discerning eye I had acquired to support my love of all things literary.
Artist Sam Richmond and I have known each other since high school (and I won't tell you how long ago that was!), and I became instant best friends with Alissa when we were set up on a blind date over a decade ago. I am very excited to be a part of the Red Pen for Rent team after watching it grow from a one-woman show to a one-stop shop for authors of all types.
Like generations of Dueñez's before me, I still reside in LA’s beautiful San Fernando Valley, where I frequent used bookstores and game shops, tiki bars (I’m a member of the Loyal Order of the Drooling Bastard – see photo), and Disneyland.