User talk:Richardfrancesforyou

Ric was born and still resides in the Greater New Orleans area. Though his parents struggled they put him and his four siblings through private, Catholic grammar and high school. Ric even attended a Catholic college, Loyola University of New Orleans, but this choice was made because it was the best University in southeastern United States for the study of Broadcasting. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcasting, Communication and Journalism.

Ric's first job in broadcasting came when he was a sophomore in college as a weekend disc jockey for a radio station in a small town on the outer edge of the Greater New Orleans area. He worked 30 hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday. When he graduated from college he began his full time career as a sales person for the radio station where he had been a DJ. Within a year he had become sales manager.

It was during this time that he wrote many scripts for existing television programs, but couldn't find an agent and couldn't get the producers of the television programs to read the scripts he wrote. But he was having fun writing them.

After 6 years he left to become a sales person at a New Orleans radio station where he quickly rose to become the sales manager and then Vice President/General Manager.

During this time he married his one and only wife, Mary, to whom he has recently celebrated 33 years. They also began a family, having three children, Hilary, Eric and Reid.

After 6 years he left to form his own company, Frances Partners LLC, a sales representation company, representing Television and Radio stations in Louisiana and Mississippi.

During this time he met and befriended a television star in her own right, who was out of work at the time. After several meetings getting to know her he wrote a television pilot which she loved, but before she could present it to her agent, she was cast in a sitcom.

The next time Ric would write was his recently published book "LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE, From the Urbanax Files," the first in a series of "Urbanax Files" books.