Colleen Breuning

Female

South Florida

United States

Profile Information:

Something About Me and My Book:
My first book of poetry, "Shadows of My Father" was released on November 2, 2011. This has been dedicated to the memory of my father, Philip Thomas Keller, who died in 2003 from lung cancer. You can purchase it online at:

https://www.createspace.com/3556166


In addition to writing poetry, short stories and lyrics, I am also an avid nature photographer, and have been published online at various ezines and journals. I have been published in print with SP Quill and Phosphorescence Magazine. Check out the following links to view my poetry and photography:


http://colleenbreuning.wordpress.com/
http://thesunsetpoet.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/colleen.breuning
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/members/sonneteercreek/
827/colleenmbreuning.html
http://worldisround.com/home/cbreuning/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/colleenbpoetry
Website:
http://blueturtlecrossing.com

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  • Marta Stephens

    Hi Colleen. Thanks so much for reading about my characters. I'm very flattered!! I'd like to invite you to visit my website, www.martastephens-author.com as well as my blog http://mstephens-musings.blogspot.com. I'm in the middle of my August virtual book tour and you'll find all my previously published interviews and articls on both sites. The agenda for future tour blogs, chats, and interviews are listed in the Events page of my website!

    Look forward to your comments. Marta

    Aug 10, 2007

  • Jo Fulkerson

    I'm happy to become your friend. Thank you for inviting me. I also hope you will visit my blog - http://theauthor2.blogstream.com
    when you get the time. Thanks very much.

    Aug 11, 2007

  • Tory Lynn

    Colleen, thank you for the invite to be your friend. I am glad to be among some great people.

    Vickie

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Linda Ladd

    Hi Colleen! It's very nice to meet you. I've always admired poets, love to read poetry but don't think I could write it myself. I bet it's great to live in south Florida!

    Best wishes,
    Linda Ladd

    Aug 13, 2007

  • maury brooks

    Nice web site Colleen
    maury
    www.Qigong-Healing.com

    Aug 13, 2007

  • Deborah W.

    Hello Colleen,
    It is very nice to meet you.

    Aug 14, 2007

  • tpier

    Hi Colleen, it's a pleasure to have you as a friend. Thanks for the invitation.

    Pier

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Dario de Judicibus

    Hi Colleen, nice to meet you ;-)

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Cindy Jost

    Thank you Colleen....I wish you the best of luck

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Deborah W.

    Oh thank-you Colleen. I look forward to chatting with you also. Please visit www.climateofourfuture.org
    I am usually there working on the blog, look forward to seeing you there.

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Aithne Jarretta

    Hi Coleen,

    Thanks for the friend add. I look forward to exploring your websites.

    Aithne

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Dario de Judicibus

    Feel free to contact me in case you plan a trip in Italy. Is Hubby a British Shorthair? Do you love cats?

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Doug Hanau

    Colleen,

    Thanks for the query. I'm currently completing the sequel to "Surfing Treasure's Wake". Its entitled "The Cardinal Pirate" and if you are familiar with the Jacksonville area, you'll recognize the history I've included about the founding of St. Augustine and the massacre of Jene Ribault. Look for it soon, hopefully :-)

    Doug

    Aug 16, 2007

  • SusieSunshine

    Thank you Colleen, for inviting me to be a part of your friends circle. I am looking forward to sharing this journey with you.

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Barbara

    Hi Colleen,

    I love your photographs they're beautiful, and your poems are as well! I've written a few poems myself and I have to admit, writing poetry for me is more difficult than any of my novels were. Congratulations on your fine work.

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Jeremy Twigg

    Hi Colleen,

    Thanks for the friend request. It's nice to see you on this site as well. I suppose the heat is brutal in Florida right now. I can't even stand it when it gets in the 90's up here in the hills. Stay cool.

    Jeremy

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Patrice-Anne Rutledge

    Hi Colleen --

    Thanks for your comment on my page. I love nature photography as well. Good luck with your writing and photography!

    Patrice
    http://www.websavvywriter.com

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Billie Bookwalter

    Thanks for adding me, Colleen! I like your site, and your cat is adorable! Check out my other website, if you'd like; my excerpt from my novel and more stuff is on it since I started it first.
    BBWalter - Author of Sister Light
    www.freewebs.com/bbwalter

    Aug 16, 2007

  • Russ Heitz

    Hi Colleen,
    Thanks for your kind words and for your interest in my suspense novel, CROSSHAIRS. Always nice to hear from someone who has 'connections' in north-central PA. It's a beautiful area and I miss it! Welcome to my circle!
    Russ

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Russ Heitz

    Hi Colleen,
    You're right about time. There never seems to be enough of it! Welcome to our circle!
    Russ

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Zada Connaway

    Hi Colleen! Thank you for the request, and I couldn't agree more about time. Your photos are great, and the kitty's too.

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Dianne Schwartz

    Hello Colleen! Love the cat. I have a parrot...cats kill birds...so, no cats for me. Thanks so much for the extension of friendship.

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Jan Hemphill

    Thanks for the invite!

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Gene McVay

    Lulu seems fair and I like the quality. I uploaded my content in Word and Lulu converted it to pdf. The pictures reproduce very well and I had a lot of control over the cover. I don't know about the other self pubishing companies. You can upload your project and decide when to publish it. I changed mine a few times before publishing, when you do that, you just upload the corrected file and delete the old file. Same with the cover, you can use a stock cover or upload your own. It has to fit the cover so that took some cropping. I used a picture of two F-16's that I turned into a painting for my cover.
    Best wishes,

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Dario de Judicibus

    Ops......... sorry. Well, if you love cats, you may want to give a look at my partner's site Fata Morgana

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Donna Rogers

    Colleen,
    Thank you for your friendship, and your support in my book.
    Donna

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Julius Thompson

    Collen,
    Thank you for your wonderful comments.

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Gene McVay

    This picture in uniform was taken about ten years after I retired. My daughter graduated from medical school which she attended on an Air Force scholarship. Upon graduation she was promoted to Captain and I administered the oath. After residency as a general surgeon, she will spend three years in the Air Force beginniing in 09. By that time she will be a Major. Can you tell I'm a little proud of her?

    Aug 18, 2007

  • Feon Davis

    I enjoy reading your poems and hope you read few of my poems. As well, at my web site. Bless you in the name of Jesus.

    Aug 19, 2007

  • Donna Gunter

    Hi colleen--

    Thanks for the invitation. I look forward to getting to know you better.

    Warmly,
    Donna
    Online Biz Resource Queen (TM)
    http://www.OnlineBizU.com

    Aug 20, 2007

  • Michael Wayne

    Hi Colleen,

    thanks for the invite, and I look forward to sharing information about the wild world of books and publishing.

    Regards,
    Michael

    Aug 20, 2007

  • Doug Hanau

    Thanks Colleen. I love it here in Fernandina Beach. The surfing and treasure hunting are fantastic!

    Aug 21, 2007

  • Gary Williams

    Thanks for your comment, Colleen. Pleasure to meet you, too. And you look very familiar to someone that I just befriended on Myspace.

    So far (with the first four novels, anyway) the stories have all been set in Florida. The majority of the time, in Northeast Florida. I try to incorporate what I consider to be interesting history. And as you're probably aware, Amelia Island is full of it with its antebellum homes, territorial period lighthouse, Fort Clinch, etc. With "Half-Red Skull," I was also able to mesh the strange history of Osceola's missing skull. As with any book, it was a labor of love to create. lol.

    Gary

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Linore Rose Burkard

    Hey, Colleen!
    So glad to "meet" you. I love poetry, particularly British 19th century and earlier, but I also have gone through stages of infatuation with the works of Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, and, to a lesser extent, Greenleaf Whittier. Give me "The Road Less Taken," anyday! (I still know it by heart.) And, some of Langston Hughes' "blues" poetry is to die for! (I warned you: I love poetry!) I will have to look up your work. OH--last, but not least, that troubadour poet, Bob Dylan! Despite some quirky or silly nonsense, some of his work is *almost* sublime.
    (From an ex-teenage-Dylan-fan!)
    Thanks again, hope to see you around the network--and maybe other places?? :D
    Linore
    www.LinoreRose Burkard.com
    Adding Romance to the World....One Book at a Time
    Faith-Based Fiction for Today's Savvy Woman

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Raffa Predieri

    Hi Colleen, thank you for the invitation!
    What a beautiful cat you have!
    Love&Light,
    Raffa

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Linore Rose Burkard

    Thanks for posting back so quickly, Colleen. I see we must be online at the same time. My kids are nagging me to swim with them, though (it's 98F here in Ohio, today!), so I'm off. But thanks for that suggestion about Collins' poetry. After I get to yours, of course, I'll have to check out his.
    TTFN,
    Linore

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Angela Booth

    Thanks for the invitation, Colleen.

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Pat OBryan

    thanks for the invite!

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Lawrence Abiola Olaifa

    Hello Colleen, glad to meet you, I really appreciate your invitation and would love to know more about you and your work.

    Aug 22, 2007

  • Susan Cobb

    Thanks so much for adding me!

    Aug 23, 2007

  • Kare Anderson

    Colleen
    When Jane Fonda's father died, despit his neglect of her, she said it was like opening up a gate between her and her own mortality.

    Love is not always power; that may be as
    good a description of the human predicament
    as we are likely to get.

    Remember the many
    compartments of the heart,
    the seed of what is
    possible. So much of who
    we are is defined by
    the places we hold for each
    other. For it is not our ingenuity
    that sets us apart, but our
    capacity for love, the
    possibility our way will
    be lit by grace. Our hearts
    prisms, chiseling out the
    colors of pure light.

    Aug 23, 2007

  • Lawrence Abiola Olaifa

    Hi Colleen, Thank you for for your comments and very happy to read from you.

    Portsmouth is in the Southcoast of England, Its an historic city, surrounded by the sea and one of the sea ports of England to the international community. Portsmouth is about one and half hours drive from London. Its a tourist place and is very wonderful in Summer.

    I think you need to come to England again after such a long time, and do not hesitate to check out portsmouth....lol. That was a great holiday you've had and how is your son now?

    My book is full of inspiration and do hope I make a great success with it. Just wish me luck,,,lol. Anyway,,it been great talking to you, take care and hear from you soon.

    Aug 23, 2007

  • Author-Poet Aberjhani

    Hello Colleen--
    I'm very glad to meet you here at Book Marketing Network. Your forthcoming book of poetry sounds like a deeply moving one and I look forward to reading some of your work. Peace,

    Aberjhani

    Aug 23, 2007

  • Raffa Predieri

    Hi Colleen, the little guy in the photo is actually a meerkat! He's not mine, but he's a good friend that I meet whenever I can.
    Love&Light,
    Raffa

    Aug 24, 2007

  • Kris Stanhope

    Hi Colleen. Thanks for the well wishes. Sorry I've been so long responding, but I've been offline for awhile. Kris

    Aug 29, 2007

  • tpier

    Hi Colleen, thanks for the add. I will do the same for you. Enjoy your Holiday weekend.

    Pier

    Aug 29, 2007

  • Hilda

    Hi Colleen :)
    Thanks! For the invite. I'm looking forward to making new friends and doing alot more with my writing now that I have made this connection to you and this group. I must tell you that is the cutest kitty I have seen in a while :)

    Aug 29, 2007

  • Elaine Cantrell

    Hi, Colleen. I'm a cat person too. I have two, Perci and Maggie, and they're both as mean as snakes.

    Thanks for reading!
    Elaine Cantrell
    Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
    http://www.elainecantrell.com

    Aug 29, 2007

  • Elaine Cantrell

    Colleen,

    the pictures at Blue Turtle Crossing are awesome, especially the one of the mountains.

    Thanks for reading!
    Elaine Cantrell
    Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
    http://www.elainecantrell.com

    Aug 29, 2007

  • Charlotte McPherson

    Hi Colleen, I have a real soft spot for cats but I have to be careful not to be seen as a traitor in the eyes of my two dogs. Thanks for inviting me to be your friend. Your links ar very impressive. Good work!
    I write as a columnist for an English paper in Turkey. Here is the link if you'd like to read my column and learn alittle about Istanbul-26 million people! And many stray cats and dogs.
    http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/yazarDetay.do?haberno=119400 ENJOY!

    Aug 30, 2007