That’s my late dad, Rudy Trendl. More of a joke teller than witty, but as you can see, he had a smile ready to go. Here, he’s celebrating his 80th birthday, some eight months before he died. He helped me professionally without realizing it. As founder and...
WRITING TIP: I often write before I touch a keyboard. When I’m working with a client, I listen. I try to learn their voice and their message. Then I write the speech in my head. Actually, I don’t write it. I deliver it to an imaginary audience. I’ll...
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. I don’t know if he cares… or if he doesn’t. We’ve never chatted. It is what it is. I’m a writer. Things like that catch my eye. What I like about it — Bob getting the award — is it...
Freshman year at Illinois State University… I redefined myself. Wasn’t the first time I rebuilt my image, but the previous time, I fell into myself. No control. This time, I was in charge. I was smart, taking literature courses, I read Kerouac, Ginsberg,...
