Colleen Young's Blog, page 3
May 7, 2021
“I am not charming.”
She smiles. “Just be your charming self. That’s who he likes.”
“I am not charming.”
“You’re nice, most of the time.”
“Not in my head.”
She sighs. “Just remember it’s only a date. You don’t have to marry him. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll all just laugh about it and say, ‘remember when Leo and Erin went on a date and how it was such a disaster.’”
“You are the worst at this. I hate you.”
“I love youuuuuu,” she says, blowing kisses on the screen as I end the call.
She sends a gif of a guy in a white suit ...
April 28, 2021
Fighting Prose Interview with Dana Armstrong!
Welcome to my in-depth writers series Fighting Prose. Where I talk to authors in the industry on what their process is like and what it takes for them to keep on creating, through all the odds.
Dana Armstrong
is my interview this we...
April 21, 2021
The Life We Had Cover Reveal & Blurb
Three years after her divorce, Erin Johnson has changed. She no longer beats herself up over every little decision or agonizes over what others think of her. For the first time in her life, she’s living for herself, feeling comfortable in her own skin, and done seeking the approval of others.
Erin realizes she’s finally ready to start dating when her flirty friend Leo asks her out. Leo and Erin’s chemistry is easy and fun, which is exactly what she is look...
April 19, 2021
April 17, 2021
“I’m going to kiss you, Erin.”
His smile falls. He slowly stands up and walks toward me. I stay still like I did when he was in my living room at the beginning of our date. I’m looking up. He’s looking down. A current starts to flow through me, through us. He takes a step toward me. I take a step back until I’m flush against the counter.
He’s going to kiss me.
I want him to kiss me.
He puts his hands under my armpits and lifts me onto the counter. I’m closer to his height now, but he still towers over me. I lick my...
April 13, 2021
Fighting Prose Interview with Jeré Anthony!
Welcome to my in-depth writers series Fighting Prose. Where I talk to authors in the industry on what their process is like and what it takes for them to keep on creating, through all the odds.
Jeré Anthony
is my interview this week...
April 10, 2021
Wildflowers
I slip on my shoes and take a quick look in the mirror before following him down the hallway. In my kitchen, he turns and pivots on his toes. He hands me a small bouquet of wildflowers tied with a ribbon. Every other time he’s given me flowers, it was in a large fancy vase. Flowers worthy of an Instagram post that all of my friends would be envious of.
His thumb pulsates on his leg. “These were all the wildflowers I saw on my way home from work today.”
I tilt the mixture of flowers around; bluebo...
April 9, 2021
Erin's novella gets a title!
✨𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧...✨
I announce the title to my newest novella (coming out next month) and... drumroll please... the title is 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝗪𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐝!
So, for those of you in the cheap seats, I went from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘥. If someone were to claim I wasn't creative I would gladly point to this very moment 😆
Cover & blurb will be released later this month (unless you subscribe to my newsletter - I let them see it in March!)
Let me know what you think & if you're excite...
March 30, 2021
Fighting Prose Interview with G.G. Gleason!
Welcome to my in-depth writers series Fighting Prose. Where I talk to authors in the industry on what their process is like and what it takes for them to keep on creating, through all the odds.
G.G. Gleason
is my interview this week...
