Colleen Scheid's Blog

Writing a novel is like climbing a long hill with no guarantee of a good reception when you reach the top! That is, publishers aren’t usually waiting in line for it. So you want to enjoy the journey. It has to be its own reward. Writing my next novel has been a meaningful journey, with … Continue reading Writing My Next Novel – 10 Inspirations for the Long Journey

More than anything else, I want people to experience God’s love. For years I lived in a mist of mild despair, perceiving God as a distant, detached figure, assuming whoever made the world had little interest in me. This lifted slowly as I began to give God the time of day; rousing myself to the … Continue reading Just Published – 10 Ways to Recharge Your Spirit and Experience Peace

Many thanks to Julia Catherine Wilson, at Christian Bookaholic, for this thoughtful review that hits on my novel’s main themes: Someone They Can Trust by Colleen Scheid is a powerful Christian contemporary novel that consumed me. There is such a lot to say about this story that it is hard to know where to begin. … Continue reading “A Powerful Novel that Consumed Me”

This is a reblog, with much gratitude to Grace Johnson! Welcome back to Of Blades and Thorns, folks! I’m back after an accidental week-long sabbatical to bring you another inspiring guest post! This one’s by Colleen Scheid, a Christian indie author who just recently published her first novel, Someone They Can Trust! I was instantly … Continue reading Writing with Our Hearts Open to God

Tenth Reason I Wrote, Someone They Can Trust “Someone They Can Trust”, my new novel, is available on Amazon. To receive news about what I’m writing, please subscribe to the author email at the bottom of this post. I tend to look back and have some insight into why I chose to write a book. … Continue reading When a Book Just Shows Up in Your Head

Ninth Reason I Wrote “Someone They Can Trust” “Someone They Can Trust”, my new novel, is available on Amazon. To receive news about what I’m writing, please subscribe to the author email at the bottom of this post. I watched a fantastic movie last night, “The Guernsey Potato Peel Pie Society”, but one of its … Continue reading Not All Christians are Mean or Stupid or Sappy

Nancy Ruegg and Mitch Teemley from my writer’s group both posted this review of my latest novel. Nancy wrote it and then Mitch reposted it on his blog. I ‘m so very grateful to both of them. The writing journey is lonely until you gather a community around yourself, and these two have been precious: … Continue reading Someone They Can Trust

Eighth Reason I Wrote, “Someone They Can Trust” “Someone They Can Trust”, my new novel, is available on Amazon. To receive news about what I’m writing, please subscribe to the author email at the bottom of this post. Alzheimer’s Disease is a public health problem of staggering proportions, and a personal tragedy for a good … Continue reading We Have to Live with Alzheimer’s

Seventh of Ten Reasons I Wrote, “Someone They Can Trust” “Someone They Can Trust”, my new novel, is available on Amazon. To receive news about what I’m writing, please subscribe to the author email at the bottom of this post. God is obviously a good designer, as the varied gorgeousness of Earth testifies. I’m assuming … Continue reading God Loves Beautiful Art – Written, Painted, Sung, Built, Forged

Sixth of Ten Reasons I Wrote, Someone They Can Trust” Sometimes you get so attached to characters that you just can’t confine them to one book. Two of the three protagonists in “Someone They Can Trust”, my latest novel manuscript, first showed up in short stories in my collection, “Christmas on Pleasant Hill”. Matt was … Continue reading I Wanted More Time With My Characters!