P. J Colando
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I am a storyteller, a loyal wife, and a vibrant, fun-loving friend. My credo is "everyone needs to know their life matters." Even me. I AM... a Character. I am ardent, authentic, and undeniably out-going. My husband calls me a walking exclamation. point! I've been repeatedly told that my smile and hugs are the Best. You'll likely find the tale of some exuberant adventure or a grief tale in these pages. There's wisdom, sarcasm and laughter, too. All...
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FAITH… FAMILY… FRENZY!Life in a rural small town can dull the senses. A trio of gal pals-mired in middle age, middle America, and other people's problems-long to escape.When Bonnie wins the Boffo Lotto, her circle of friends urge her to lawyer up, invest, and sequester herself.But secrets are inconceivable in small towns, so Bonnie and Carl invite close friends to witness their Vegas wedding and honeymoon in Hawaii with endless vagabond beyond....
3) Stashes
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Stashes is set in Michigan, where auto manufacturing and agriculture forged a reliable middle class. It's Fall 2009, after unfortunate real estate practices gutted the American Dream. The plot focuses on two couples: the traditional, yet spunky Jackie and her dairy managing husband Steve, and their son, Brandon and his conniving wife, Amy. When Brandon loses his job and home to foreclosure, he and Amy must move in with the folks, who, with a desire...
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During crisis, all of find a way to survive. That what humans are programmed to do. Stories help us cope. Storytelling is a specific writer tool - I wrote as catharsis during the extended quarantine to suppress COVD-fear. The toughest part, we can all agree, was not knowing the end date of the pandemic. Humans were unwitting guinea pigs as governmental, medical, and scientific personnel grappled with the prospect of losing humankind. Everyone who...
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FAITH… FAMILY… FRENZY! Nine months after their comically abbreviated RV road trip, detailed in the award-winning book, STASHES, the Breeden family farm routines have stabilized: Jackie returned to her high school cafeteria job and their only son, Brandon, works alongside his father, Steve, in the family micro-dairy. But then an outsider arrives, claiming to be kin, and HASHES & BASHES begin. Steve was already perturbed with the brother he has...