Aspen, the Community of One

Aspen, the Community of One

by | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized

Our friends in Colorado gushed over the fall color, the golden oneness of an Aspen grove when my husband and I rhapsodized about the fall color that we missed from our childhoods in the Midwest, during a visit with them last June. Later they showed the aspens in...
12-step program for accumulated pen return

12-step program for accumulated pen return

by | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

During a burst of housecleaning, a seldom-seen occurrence in our house, I found a drawer full of pens with bank logos, our optometrist, UCI MIND (ha-Alzheimer’s research), our church, swag from a fellow author… It suddenly occurred to me that I was/am a...
The point of Hide’nSeek is to lose –

The point of Hide’nSeek is to lose –

by | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized

What was your favorite childhood game? Did you hopscotch, play board games, jump rope, or kick the can? https://www.pjcolando.com/recess-reminiscence/ Was your sports passion baseball, volleyball, football, or golf? Whether you spectated or played, did you have a...
The Inciting Incident for a Novel Amount of Cash

The Inciting Incident for a Novel Amount of Cash

by | Jan 8, 2019 | blog post

What would make a great premise or inciting incident for a book? A hook for a reader – or for you, the writer? A murder, a secret, and/or promise to tell-all? A hint, a hazard, a second guess? Another of PJ’s infamous loose-with-the-truths? Here’s an...