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New Substack

Please follow my new Substack account. Right now, I'm posting mini-lessons about writing and encouraging writers. Tell your friends. https://substack.com/@anthonytrendl A full newsletter is coming soon, hopefully within a month. By following me now, you'll be the...

A Call to Fellow Artists

NEWS: Speaking out, through whatever form of protest, is facing the scrutiny and possible persecution by the U. S. Government, via a series of "hundreds of legal requests or administrative subpoenas" to many social media companies. Is this something we tolerate in...

A Writer at Home

Many writers work alone. This is refreshing. No office politics and other pettiness, no commute (Atlanta traffic is horrible and leaders won't plan to resolve it), and no bad cafeteria lunches. Instead, I crank up the music, workout (I need to do more), and grill...

A Call to Fellow Artists

A Writer at Home

New Book: The Book of Endorsements

I published a new book. It officially releases July 2. You can (and please do) pre-order the Kindle version now. The Book of Endorsements: A Ridiculously Short Spiritual Satire Featuring 50+ Glowing Reviews Be holy. That is the entire book. The rest contains more than...

12 & Counting: Submissions

I'm writing up a storm. And editing. And submitting. Without submissions, there is no publishing. In the last month I've been submitting my work. With editors right now are two novellas, two picture books, and eight short stories. If they get rejected, I'm going to...

Speechwriter Joke

A speechwriter walks into a bar... have you heard that one? A speechwriter joke? That's right, a speechwriter walks into a bar. That's not a joke. That's the whole thing. There's no punch line. It's a common fact. You could swap out "speechwriter" for almost any...

Let’s Think

Most of my writing looks like this. I spend a lot of time thinking, and whether I'm writing a speech, a short story, or a poem, I have a strong sense of how it will go before I hit the keyboard. I could be in my studio, or here, you see me here, in my library. I'm...

A Life in the Air Force

This weekend, a client of mine retired from the US Air Force. I wrote her speech and trained her to deliver it. You don’t know her name, and she wasn’t involved in any famous initiatives. Not directly. She worked behind the scenes supporting those who support those...

The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary Review

Reviewing a biblical commentary is difficult. The necessary brevity is in direct competition with the theological depth of the book and the book it's commentating. In this case it is The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary (Volume 1, Introduction: Christ and the...