I Was "Write" All Along, the Latest Highly-Anticipated Biography & Autobiography / General Book from Eugene, OR Author Richard Dietl
Eugene, OR, December 31, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published I Was "Write" All Along: The Need to Write Came Early by Richard Dietl, which is the author's most recent book to date. The 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white in the Biography & Autobiography / General category is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a suggested retail price of $14.95. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/iwaswriteallalong was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.
About the Book (Excerpts & Info)
Names abound. That is what this is all about. People met, many written about through 62 years of writing, 46 years in college athletics at six universities, two-year, all-expense paid trip to Korea courtesy of the U.S. Army, 12 years in Washington D.C. with five working out of the White House system. The need to write was always there.
This about the coaches and players, the special people of fame and the many equally good people not so well known. It is meeting the likes Edward R. Murrow, the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale, Senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Dole, football coach Stan Sheriff, basketball coach Stormin’ Norman Stewart, Maury John, Coach K, Coach G, Dick Vitale, Astronaut Jim Lovell, the three Presidents (Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George W. H, Bush and working for the last two). And, the failed interview with Marilyn Monroe in Korea. It is also a trip through mistakes made, firings survived, new jobs searched for and the fun of being a writer of words. There is joy in the stories, in and out, of athletics that goes with this author’s life, including a broken leg in a high school basketball game that ended up giving him the chance to be the writer he needed to be. It is the result of a stroke that slowed him down to begin a three-year journey through his mind, his research, the mental gifts from others who stepped in his path. He had to be a writer.
Deftly constructed at 206 pages, I Was "Write" All Along: The Need to Write Came Early is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Biography & Autobiography / General category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, I Was "Write" All Along meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.
Additionally, I Was "Write" All Along can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks
ISBN: 9781432750619
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white
SRP: $14.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/iwaswriteallalong
About the Author
Richard E. (Dick) Dietl, born May 31, 1930, in Dunnell, MN, has spent 62 years of his life as a writer, mostly as a magazine or newspaper journalist. As a graduate of Luther College, Decorah, IA, his introduction into college sports came as a stringer for the LaCrosse Tribune, LaCrosse, WI, and a writer for the Luther College student paper, Chips. After a trip to Korea as a writer at the expense of the United States Army, he spent seven years in a teaching career he loathed. Dietl worked part-time at the Fairmont Daily Sentinel, Fairmont, MN, until breaking away from education into full time employment as its sports editor. That lasted a year before he began a 46-year trek through college athletics at the University of Northern Iowa (then the State College of Iowa), Drake University, West Texas State A&M University (then West Texas State University), George Washington University, Duke University and the University of Oregon. Throw in seven years with the National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, VA, and five years under the wing of the White House with the President’s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. Dietl was married twice, had three children, Rick, Lizanne and Carrie Ann with his first wife and four grandchildren. He suffered a sub-cranial aneurysm in 1986 and a stroke in 2006, cutting short an oil painting career that he claims was going nowhere. Just a worthy hobby. He proclaims himself sufficiently untalented on any playing field, despite the inner feeling of being a potential star. He became an observer of those with real athletic talent, devoting much of his time in exalting their accomplishments with the written word.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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About the Book (Excerpts & Info)
Names abound. That is what this is all about. People met, many written about through 62 years of writing, 46 years in college athletics at six universities, two-year, all-expense paid trip to Korea courtesy of the U.S. Army, 12 years in Washington D.C. with five working out of the White House system. The need to write was always there.
This about the coaches and players, the special people of fame and the many equally good people not so well known. It is meeting the likes Edward R. Murrow, the Reverend Norman Vincent Peale, Senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Dole, football coach Stan Sheriff, basketball coach Stormin’ Norman Stewart, Maury John, Coach K, Coach G, Dick Vitale, Astronaut Jim Lovell, the three Presidents (Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George W. H, Bush and working for the last two). And, the failed interview with Marilyn Monroe in Korea. It is also a trip through mistakes made, firings survived, new jobs searched for and the fun of being a writer of words. There is joy in the stories, in and out, of athletics that goes with this author’s life, including a broken leg in a high school basketball game that ended up giving him the chance to be the writer he needed to be. It is the result of a stroke that slowed him down to begin a three-year journey through his mind, his research, the mental gifts from others who stepped in his path. He had to be a writer.
Deftly constructed at 206 pages, I Was "Write" All Along: The Need to Write Came Early is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the Biography & Autobiography / General category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, I Was "Write" All Along meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.
Additionally, I Was "Write" All Along can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press wholesale online bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/buybooks
ISBN: 9781432750619
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback white
SRP: $14.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/iwaswriteallalong
About the Author
Richard E. (Dick) Dietl, born May 31, 1930, in Dunnell, MN, has spent 62 years of his life as a writer, mostly as a magazine or newspaper journalist. As a graduate of Luther College, Decorah, IA, his introduction into college sports came as a stringer for the LaCrosse Tribune, LaCrosse, WI, and a writer for the Luther College student paper, Chips. After a trip to Korea as a writer at the expense of the United States Army, he spent seven years in a teaching career he loathed. Dietl worked part-time at the Fairmont Daily Sentinel, Fairmont, MN, until breaking away from education into full time employment as its sports editor. That lasted a year before he began a 46-year trek through college athletics at the University of Northern Iowa (then the State College of Iowa), Drake University, West Texas State A&M University (then West Texas State University), George Washington University, Duke University and the University of Oregon. Throw in seven years with the National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, VA, and five years under the wing of the White House with the President’s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. Dietl was married twice, had three children, Rick, Lizanne and Carrie Ann with his first wife and four grandchildren. He suffered a sub-cranial aneurysm in 1986 and a stroke in 2006, cutting short an oil painting career that he claims was going nowhere. Just a worthy hobby. He proclaims himself sufficiently untalented on any playing field, despite the inner feeling of being a potential star. He became an observer of those with real athletic talent, devoting much of his time in exalting their accomplishments with the written word.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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