Stephen Dolainski joins this week's podcast

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we welcome Stephen Dolainski to this week's podcast. Stephen is the founder of RainbowGray.com, which celebrates and fosters the unique experiences, wisdom, creativity and diversity of the LGBT population 50 and older. He has more than 25 years’ experience as a writer, editor and educator. He is the author of Grammar Traps: A Handbook of the 25 Most Common Grammar Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, which is used in schools and libraries nationwide, and Romantic Days and Nights in Los Angeles, a collection of romantically-themed itineraries in and around Los Angeles, and is the co-author of Words to Learn By: Academic Vocabulary, a three-book series designed for struggling readers.

He has contributed to numerous travel guidebooks, magazines, specialty publications and websites covering travel, lifestyle, business, education and entertainment. Before turning his attention to RainbowGray, he was the Adult Literacy Adviser for Los Angeles Unified School District. His background also includes an 11-year stint on the editorial staff of the hotel visitor guide Guest Informant and a brief Hollywood career as a puppeteer and a television production assistant.  Originally from New Jersey, he graduated from the University of Maryland with a BA in speech communication. He lives in Studio City, Calif., with his “little girl,” Sasha, a 4-year-old mixed-breed terrier.