My New Podcast I’m starting a podcast called People of Interest. It is part of the Authors on the Air Network. We are a group of 40 authors who interview other authors. My podcast will be looking primarily at true crimes. I did an interview with William Mann on Tuesday about his book, Black […]
First of all, Happy Holidays. Not the best time to be on diet, but that’s where I am. I’ve lost 8 pounds and have to keep it off somehow. Nonprofits and Storytelling I was lucky enough to attend the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference here in San Diego in November. There were hundreds of people there. […]
Hello from San Diego. Day of the Dead The Day of the Dead is a wonderful celebration that, despite the name, is a number of days in which the dead are honored. It is both a happy and sad occasion with dancing and music. It starts one day after Halloween on November 1. This is […]
Greetings from San Diego. This month I had the pleasure of speaking with a man who used to be one of the largest money launderers for a Colombian cartel. And he was an FBI agent the whole time. No one from the FBI had been able to infiltrate a Colombian cartel like he did. I […]
Greetings from San Diego. I was lucky enough this month to be interviewed for two podcasts and to contribute to another author’s blog. But something else exciting is coming up. I and three other authors are trying something I’ve never done before. We’re doing an event at the Lightning Brewery. See more about it below. […]
Hello from San Diego. It’s hard to believe summer is winding to an end. In this issue you have a chance for a free book and to get a free primer on how to tell a story. See details in the newsletter below. Thanks for reading Carl Vonderau’s Newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new […]
Hello from San Diego. My wife has had her new knee for seven weeks now. This is a long recovery, but she’s getting around without a walker or cane. It will be awhile before she can get back to yoga. I’m trying to finish a new book, as well as a primer for people in […]
No Kings Day Hello from San Diego. These are the summer slow months, and I will mostly be staying home. My wife just had a knee replacement so we are concentrating on her recovery. I’m also working on another book, as well as a primer for people in companies and nonprofits on how to tell […]
Greetings from San Diego. You Thought Bernie Madoff Was Audacious When Bernie Madoff was arrested, most thought he was the most audacious Ponzi-scheme fraudster in U.S. history. But just nine days earlier another Ponzi fraudster was arrested. I thought this man was even more brazen. I first learned about him in a Vanity Fair article […]
Greetings from San Diego Suppose Your Great Uncle Was a Hitman Imagine that your whole family knew that your great uncle, Heshy, was a hitman who’d killed 20 people. Now that is a family secret. Then one day your great uncle calls you. From prison. He knows you’re a journalist and wants you to write […]