To Pitch a Potential Agent is a B*^+$

To Pitch a Potential Agent is a B*^+$

So, this is what my home office floor looked like when the online pitch sessions. While you might think that there was a path laden with gold and that the confetti looked good, the colorful pieces were actually shards of my heart. Pitching ain’t for the faint of...
Why I write

Why I write

500 words personal essay, Orange County Roadshow/Podcast, 1888 Center, April 9, 2018   Because I’m compelled by blood. I honor my heredity: my parents and their highly literate minds.   Because my first fully-formed memory shows my mother and me as ensemble. She took...
The BE Attitudes of Preventing Writers Block

The BE Attitudes of Preventing Writers Block

http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com Be aware of why you write. Check and recheck daily. Be willing to fail… you’ll be able to, so enjoy it (ha-ha). Be in the moment with the muse. Amuse him/her. Feed her chocolates and wine and roses and...
Yoho! Yoho! Is the hermit life for me?

Yoho! Yoho! Is the hermit life for me?

I’m becoming a hermit by attrition. I’m losing friends. But not via death, destruction, or causes natural or supernatural. I’m losing friends. Thankfully not via depression, a personal disaster, or hiccup of life. I’m losing friends. But not...
Miss Humble Universe

Miss Humble Universe

Ok. So last week I posted about a Miss America Moment https://www.pjcolando.com/miss-america/ Breathless, elated, soaring yet grounded by a fresh floral scent… This post goes further. It’s a wonder I didn’t keel over in shock. I felt like my...