by PJColando | Oct 2, 2024 | blog post, Blonde
A famous writer wrote a screenplay for me, about me. It’s an extraordinary compliment, but I didn’t recognize the gesture until he told me long after I read it. I was busily helping cast the movie, suggesting women from Amy Schummer to Annette Benning to...
by PJColando | Oct 16, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Blurbs, those auditory bits of promotional text on the back of books have come under fire, pushing the publishers into a tizzy. In separate articles in The Atlantic and Esquire this fall, the industry’s reliance on high-profile authors’ blurs as “a...
by PJColando | Sep 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
what is it about writing that is attractive to You? Well, there’s certainly something cathartic about it. It’s an amazing outlet for stress and anxiety. I’ve had days that have been so difficult that my only recourse for expression and comprehension was through the...
by PJColando | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
An ice cream status change occurred that should interest all authors of the world – Grammar changed via Ben & Jerry’s! The popular brand, originated by New England hippies, launched a non-dairy frozen dessert awhile ago. Apparently, it’s based...
by PJColando | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
So you’ve become an author, have you? Published by a small press, or else a large one with no publicist, so that the onus of selling your book falls upon you? Welcome to life as an author, 2012. Because I’m an extrovert, marketing via public appearances...
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