User:Colleen nye

Colleen Nye started writing at an early age. Between school writing assignments and her love of reading in early elementary school, her love of the art started right when she was being introduced to it. In high school, she submitted some of her poems and short stories to various mediums including anthologies, newspapers, magazines and contests. Several of which were published and won her awards including a few editor’s choice awards, placements in contests and even The Sarah Endres Award for Young Writers.

Colleen also started a poetry club in her high school where she held weekly meetings to share her writings with her fellow classmates and to be able to hear what others were writing. She wanted other young writers to be proud to share their works as well.

As an adult, she branched out and worked as a freelance writer for corporations and non-profit organizations, writing press releases for newspapers, magazines and online blogs and web sites. She also worked with politicians to create campaign and promotional fliers, bios and web site blurbs. Other works she has done have been research and photography for a few Mid-Michigan sites highlighted in the book Paranormal Lansing by Nicole Bray and Robert DuShane. She’s also worked with several companies, creating their how-to articles and product descriptions.

In 2009, Colleen joined a writer’s group called Writing at the Ledges in her home town of Grand Ledge, MI. In 2010, they published their second anthology entitled Seasons of Life. Colleen’s short story, “Full Circle” was a part of this book, being one of the longer pieces and received several great reviews. Writing at the Ledges is published their 3rd anthology in December 2012, in which Colleen has a section with more than one piece in it. Other projects are in the wings for a few of Colleen's short stories.

In 2008, Colleen collaborated with her friend, Carrie Peterson, about a dream Carrie had one night. This dream became part of the opening sequence for her novel, When In Maui, published on April 4th, 2012. It was later picked up by international publisher, Tate Publishing in the Spring of 2014.

Currently, she is editing a finished manuscript for a sci-fi thriller and working on another novel.