Colleen Olle @ColleenMTO
Writer, Bibliophile, Butterfly and Turtle Lover colleenolle.com Joined April 2015-
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Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member @colleenmto (Colleen Olle) for her #picturebook, SOPHIA AND SINCLAIR GET LOST!, illustrated by Marcy Tippmann and published by California Sister Press, LLC! See her book and MANY more: buff.ly/43OXTTS #newbook #booklaunch
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My sincere thanks to editor-in-chief, Natalie Lawrence, and guest fiction editor David Obuchowski for providing not only a home for this story but also insightful edits and comments that helped me improve it.
We have an amazing new story from Colleen Olle that @DavidOfromNJ and @NatQLawrence were lucky enough to edit. It explores the ambivalence of motherhood, grief, friendship, and more. The antagonist is also, just, so good at being awful. Read it here: unfortunatelylitmag.com/2023/01/19/sca…
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Thanks for the shout-out, Jen @Journeybooks. I’m privileged to edit with and for such creative writers! Submit to @TishmanReview!
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