Designated Listeners

Designated Listeners

Post-COVID times have been filled with promise as people emerged like bears from hibernation. It’s as if we Rip Van Winkled for two years, a fanciful, fairytale-inspired way to frame our forced quarantine state. We’ve all flocked to restaurants to spend...
Welcome our Speaker – or not!

Welcome our Speaker – or not!

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...
My husband is the Dalai Lama of listeners

My husband is the Dalai Lama of listeners

  My husband, Larry, is a listener. Me, too. A frequent compliment for my writing is that “PJ Colando has a very good dialogue ear.” You don’t have to guess where it comes from. I’m dedicated, well-practiced, empathetic, entuned. Yet, I...