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Life’s Third Act
A legendary structure for writing is called The Hero’s Jurney. Invented by Joseph Campbell. This structure aligns with my life, hopefully, yours, too. I’m in my life’s third act – how about you?
Process vs. Product
In the book world, there are factions and affinities. One subgroup is process-oriented while another is product-oriented, for example. Neither is right or wrong – and we all write on!
Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended
It’s a new year for you and your writing life. With advice from a famous writer to buttress your spunk, you’ll be a rock star in 2023! All you have to do is try without fear of making mistakes.
The Seamless Move from size M to L
The down side of aging, compounded by life style changes mandated by quarantine, have resulted in a steady upsizing of my body. The upshot is that my clothing size is L rather than M.
The Irish Exit
For an impending meet-up that may/may not become contentious and confrontational, I performed research and formulated a plan… Read on. The information may help you out of a prickly situation –
Learn Something New
Lifelong learning, achieved by resolve to learn something new yearly, helps one avoid the vagaries of age, especially for one’s brain. This year I resolve to learn to Karaoke.
Happy Post-Holiday shopping
Public announcement that this weekly writer-of-blog is taking a week off to enjoy another hobby: shopping!
Wiseacre-age versus Dotage
I've attended a multitude of holiday events and a couple of them were populated by old people. You might mingle among them, too. And, so help me, I hope you're not one of them. Old people are fussy, forever looking backways to the good old days while slamming...
Listening is not a spectator sport
Reader beware! This is a rant-like report about Casa Colando’s frequent houseguests, some of which are good, but some of which are ugly-bad.
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