What happens when a boy raised between two worlds — a rabbi's son in an all-gentile neighborhood, a scholarship kid in the middle of Manhattan — refuses to stop learning, creating, and evolving?Michael Wendroff's story is exactly that kind of full-circle journey.

In this episode of the Artist Recovery Podcast, marketing consultant and debut thriller author Michael Wendroff joins Rich Wright for a conversation that spans Queens, New York City, global boardrooms, and the pages of a book that began with a mother's words whispered at birth: "How nice to see you again."

From growing up quietly on the outside of things — finding his first real sense of belonging on a track field — to earning his MBA at 21, working inside a literary agency before anyone knew his name, and building a 30-year global marketing career, Michael's path was never a straight line. It was always a spiral. Always coming back around.His debut thriller What Goes Around, published by Head of Zeus/Bloomsbury and now available in hardcover, ebook, audiobook, and paperback — with foreign rights sold in Italian, Japanese, and Hungarian — explores reincarnation, unbreakable bonds, and the question of whether the soul really does keep returning to learn what it hasn't yet mastered.

In this episode we explore:~Growing up ostracized, and how solitude became a superpower~The publishing world from the inside — agents, editors, and the art of the query letter~The psychology of men's hair color (yes, really — and it goes deep)~Why the pandemic became the permission slip to finally write~What it means to grieve a fictional character you had to kill off~The 50/50 reality of being a traditionally published author today: 50% writing, 50% marketing~Reincarnation, Dr. Brian Weiss, soul bonds, and the spiritual thread woven through this entire life storyWhether you're a writer, a creative entrepreneur, a maker working through your next chapter — or someone who has ever felt like an outsider who somehow ended up exactly where they were supposed to be — this conversation will stay with you. Connect with Michael Wendroff: Website: https://www.michaelwendroff.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwendroffInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/mwendroffFB: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelWendroffAuthorX: https://x.com/mwendroffConnect with Rich:Website: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com⁠LinkedIn: @richwrightunltdInstagram: @richwrightunltdFB: @theartrecInstagram: @theartrecArtist Rich Wright’s WOW Essential Spirit Paintings: ⁠https://www.theartistrecovery.com/white-owl-wisdomJoin Podmatch: https://www.joinpodmatch.com/artistrecovery#ArtistRecoveryPodcast #MichaelWendroff #WhatGoesAround #ThrillerAuthor #DebutNovelist #BloomsburyPublishing #LiteraryAgent #HowToGetPublished #BookMarketing #AuthorMarketing #CreativeEntrepreneur #MarketingConsultant #ReincarnationThriller #SoulForward #PandemicCreativity #HowToWriteAThriller #PublishingIndustry #QueryLetter #NYUMBA #GlobalMarketing #AuthorInterview #WritingProcess #CharacterDevelopment #BrianWeiss #ManyLivesManyMasters #SpiritualCreativity #CreativeBusiness #BookLaunch #CreativesPodcast #HeartCenteredBusiness #richwrightunlimited #richwrightartist #richwrightunltd #podmatchguest #beaguest @PodMatch_com ​