New Year, New Blog or I’m My First Blog Client

Hello again! I usually don’t mix my blogs, but in this case, it’s necessary. My business has a product called the Content Creation Playlist and I want to introduce you to my very first Content Creation strategy client: Look familiar. Yes, the very first person to go through my process …

A Working Vacation? Taking Time for Your Book AND Yourself

I caved. It happened. Yes, I, a homebody extraordinaire, went on vacation. Like most of us, it was to go visit family, specifically to go see my sister and meet her new granddaughter. How it went is a whole other topic of conversation, one I won’t engage in here. However, …

Oops, I Forgot About This Week’s Blog Post: A Confession

Hello All, Colleen here. I guess the title pretty much sums up the subject for this week. Worse, I didn’t even realize it until Sunday, and still couldn’t manage to pull together a post. I know I should feel bad about that, that I didn’t get a great, well researched, …

Hello Accountability: My New Publishing Dates

Hello all! Here it is, almost my chosen publishing day, and I’m…not. Why? Because they are just not good enough. And they are my babies. I cannot release them out into the world in such an unprepared state. So, I’m not. Still, I believe in accountability and following through. That …

To Catch A Killer: Why Women Over 40 Make the Best Detective

Recently, Kenneth Branagh gave us his second movie featuring his version of the immortal Hercule Poirot in Death on the Nile. As part of the press tour, he mentioned how he would love to do something Christie herself never tried, setting up a meeting between Poirot and her other famous …

I Don’t Want To Write Today: Writing advice from the trenches

The best metaphor I ever heard to describe writing, well, anything from blog posts to novel goes: writing is walking across Australia. You have the start with all the inspiration and hope (along with beaches and Guinness if you play it right). At the end, you achieved your desired goal; …

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