by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | 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...
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by PJColando | 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...
by PJColando | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
New Year’s Resolutions, Version 1.0 – here goes nothing (wink-wink) Last year I flew to Indiana twice. One time the travel was bumpy. The other time it was not. Interestingly, the first trip went smoothly, serenely between the plane there and the plane...
by PJColando | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Oh dear, here comes the flurry of questions again. At a party, in an after-church conclave, at a dinner with friends. I cringe despite a resolution to relax. I paste an ‘I’m pleased to answer you’ smile on my face and inhale. Ready, set, go! Most...
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