by PJColando | Oct 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
The first thing I recall losing was my haptic sense, the ability to field just one page from a stack. While this may not seem like a significant loss, think what a hindrance it might be for a writer who wants to quickly thumb through a manuscript. It hobbles my beta...
by PJColando | Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am a word nerd. On that, everyone who knows me agrees. I Like Words. I collect them. I treasure them. I value them. I archive them. Here’s a few which have come up recently in my spoken vernacular: bitchin’ dooger fried-and-dyed ribard stoked toked Do...
by PJColando | Sep 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of my perpetually-favorite writer groups features premium speakers on a variety of topics. I’m lucky. I learn. The topic was “How to get your book made into a movie” – and what author doesn’t want to know that? We all want to be...
by PJColando | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I recently rehabbed some old jeans. They were expensive, so I wasn’t apt to toss them. I grew up relatively poor and, as the eldest child, there were no hand-me-downs. I learned to hang on to clothing as long as it fit my lanky frame. Further, like every other...
by PJColando | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com “If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be? Today’s Insecure Writers question isn’t a question to me. It is a statement of peace and joy… For my...
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by PJColando | Aug 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
It was a last-minute cruise to the Holy Land, among other stops in the Mediterranean. My husband and I typically took one grand trip a year. Travel is our thing. But in 2010, we were stumped. Then an overlarge picture-postcard came in the mail. It proclaimed the...
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