Robert Rietschel was interviewed by Kathleen Sullivan of CNN in the late 1980s.
Joseph Caldwell
A picture is worth 1,000 words, but to Bob Rietschel, a member of the Quail Creek Writers and Poets Club, those words are what count. This photo documents a life experience, and these life experiences are the fodder for memoirs. Memoirs are one of the common book genres that our members are interested in producing and sharing with friends and family. Our club helps members use the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) service to produce their book at no cost, except for those copies that they wish to buy and distribute to their family and friends. The book ends up for sale on Amazon. But as writers, we aren’t bound by facts and memoirs. We can venture off into grand tales based on our experiences or on pure fantasy. That is part of the fun of the creative process. Maybe you don’t have a long story to tell. How about a novella? If your work is longer than 26 pages in a 6×9-inch format, it can be published by KDP.
About that picture: Rietschel is being interviewed as one of the original investigators of minoxidil for human hair growth. Fun fact: That drug is sold as Regaine internationally, but as Rogaine in the U.S., because our FDA said that Regaine seemed to promise growth, and that was too much. The company changed the U.S. label to Rogaine, which has no meaning.
The Writers and Poets Club meets on the second Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Kino Conference Room. All Quail Creek residents are welcome to join. Our experienced members can show you how you can self-publish at no cost until you order your first finished copy.