{"id":45263,"date":"2025-09-26T22:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/45263\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:54:15","slug":"bob-rich-isnt-fishing-for-a-new-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/45263\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Rich isn&#8217;t fishing for a new career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztrb4h001g01wymik3kaw0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) &#8211; After writing his first fictional novel &#8211; and witnessed that book turned into a movie &#8211; Bob Rich isn&#8217;t turning back.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztu70l001j357t125x1zeb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Rich, chairman of Rich Products Corp., is experiencing a new moment as his decade-old novel, &#8220;Looking Through Water&#8221; has been made into a movie, starring Michael Douglas.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztvu3r001s357tsz5axv17@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;Looking Through Water&#8221; makes its local debut on Sept. 26 with two showings at the North Park Theater.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztwqtj0021357t5co7u286@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">After writing four non-fiction books, &#8220;Looking Through Water&#8221; was totally new experience for Rich.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztxkrs002a357tgd4kcddx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;I just started with a blank piece of paper and went from there,&#8221; Rich said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztyak8002j357tk84a1ymr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">The novel centers on a bonding experience between a grandfather and his grandson on a fishing trip. There are a few twists in the plot.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfztz7db002s357taggqxjx4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;It came completely from me and not from any one experience,&#8221; Rich said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfzu01jy0031357tuum2y8yk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;Looking Through Water&#8221; will not be the last fictional novel Rich will be writing. In fact, his focus now has shifted to fiction.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfzu1auw003a357trvqzoj6u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">&#8220;There&#8217;s no one to second guess me,&#8221; he joked.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfzu1qke003j357t5s07uf79@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Rich expects to be at the North Park Theater for the Sept. 26 showings to answer questions about the book and movie.<\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: Courtesy: Rich Products Corp.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buffalo, N.Y. 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