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My giveaway for my Witching Hour: Spooky Bold & Easy Coloring Book is over, and the winners have been picked!

Can't wait for them to receive it.

Happy Spooky Season!

Bella

I am running a giveaway for my Witching Hour: Spooky Bold & Easy Coloring Book, now until October 24th over on Goodreads.

Get over there right now and enter.

Good Luck!

Bella

Hello!

To celebrate my book, Skip the Line, winning Best Nonfiction book of 2026 I am feeling extremely generous. For a limited time before release, I am giving away pre-orders for FREE. Get yours now and you will have the entire eBook free delivered electronically when it releases next month!

I am giving them away here:

Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/3knmkc66

Bella

I won. I won. I won!

OMG, I am truly so honored and grateful. This award was a process. It took months to get to the end result, and it was totally worth the wait. This award makes me feel seen and validated. This book was the book that my younger self needed, so it was the book that was in my heart.

This award is so important because it is offered to indie authors only. It gives us a much needed platform to be seen. There are so many books out there that are really GOOD, they just haven't had...

The African Laureate Awards has nominated my first book, Skip the Line, for Best Nonfiction Book!

Skip the Line is literally my baby. It is incredible to see her slowly grow. She is the book I always wanted to write. She is the one book that was in my heart. The lessons I've learned, the advice I just had to give. My one gift to the world.

This is HUGE for me because it means I am seen.

Sidebar: What a rollercoaster ride self-publishing is with all the ups and downs, but so worth it.

Wish me...

The Obstacle Is the Way is a book title by Ryan Holiday. I have not read the book yet, but it's definitely on my TBR list. His title popped into my head after I received a professional rejection email from a YouTube influencer who didn't want to receive book mail from me. She stated that she had “too much already”. My first thought was, ‘If I were Oprah or the like, you would have plenty of room’. I totally get it at the same time. One hand washes the other. She has nothing to gain from me. I...

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I am writing a very short 13 stories coming out before What Stays Behind. I just wanted to give a taste of my thriller side.

These short stories are really quick reads. It was actually inspired by YouTube. I love horror, so sometimes I watch 'Short Horror Films' on YouTube. They are usually about 15 minutes. I was watching one day and then the light bulb popped above my head, why not make a book similar to those films, just super short stories?!

It will be a layover until I finish What...

Hi!

Anyone who knows me, knows my second favorite book genre to read next to self-help are thrillers! I decided to go ahead and give it a go. It will be entitled, What Stays Behind.

Here is a description for the book:

What Stays Behind is a collection of three original thriller novellas, each centering a woman who discovers that the most dangerous spaces are often the ones that look the most welcoming. Taut, fast-paced, and impossible to put down, these stories explore what happens when women...

Hey, I started a podcast on Spotify, titled after my book, Skip the Line. It is a talk about the book with additional stories that were not in the book. Lots of life lessons, I'm sharing from my own life.

Here's the direct link: https://open.spotify.com/show/033lhozLo9iVwWJsQRxFf4?si=418e21a2e27143bf

Author Interview: Bella Coleman

I just wrote my first book at age 44, but it was always in my heart. I even received a scholarship for journalism as a teenager. I had a dream deferred, but not denied. I hope that encourages others.

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?

I grew up in Milwaukee, WI. That's a city that makes you tough. That's where I learned many of the lessons that I shared in my book. "There is no testimony without the test."

What...

 Yes, eBooks are extremely popular these days, but my print book feels so real! No feeling like having something you created in your hands. I was overwhelmed with gratitude and tears of joy. :-)

Now, back to work. I will be editing my final, FINAL copy before release. 

Hey, it's Bella! 

I just wanted to share the back cover of my new book, Skip the Line. I am so proud of this book! I put in so much effort and attention to detail. After you read the back, check out the snake in the left corner. Notice what it is made of. Every picture outside and inside my book has meaning, nothing was random.