by PJColando | Jul 26, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Are you an author desperately seeking the validation that a book review brings? I will be soon… stand by. We all conceive of a book review as a grade or a referee report that gets published and therefore publicized. We don’t want to embarrass our M.F.A....
by PJColando | Jul 11, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
From: Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) – I wanted to save these, so I copy-pasted. Disclaimer: this is not original content, though I wish it were… What words have you coined, I asked readers this week and their coinages poured in. Here’s a selection....
by PJColando | Jun 13, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Most languages include “Uhm”, a pause filler that allows one to compose, alter, and stall speaking while in conversation with another. So don’t be so quick to count the use of this phrase to disparage the speaker. Toastmasters’ rules for speech...
by PJColando | May 16, 2023 | blog post, Purpose, Uncategorized
Today’s blog post is a partial cheat because I’ve ‘borrowed’ the best five things about being a writer from a famous writer, Mr. Joe Ide. Note his signature… that makes it real. You may find the list on his FB page (link provided above)....
by PJColando | May 3, 2023 | blog post, Featured, Purpose
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the May 3 posting of the IWSG are Joylene Nowell Butler, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Meka James, Diane Burton, Victoria Marie Lees, and M Louise...
by PJColando | May 2, 2023 | blog post, Purpose, sorrow
So, you think you’ve got courage, Constant Reader. Try this on for size: A friend who’d moved to Florida Facetimed me to tell me she was dying. She had courage. She loved me enough to let me know in person. Unable to fly the 3000 miles, she did the next...
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