Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Colin Rochford that’s me. I’m a traveller, writer, speaker, teacher/trainer, theatre producer, community radio presenter, arts patron and music impresario.
After many years working in the corporate sphere as a writer, training coordinator, training course writer and presenter, working in change management and process management areas, I left to become a life coach.
As an entrepreneur, I worked building several successful businesses.
Braving Change is my first full book. I have a chapter which I wrote some years ago in a compilation book edited by Nkwocha, Kizzi. (2015), Success Unlimited, Mithra Publishing: UK. My chapter was called: “Beliefs, Rules, Values & Language – Their Role In Your Success”.
Retirement finds me in country Victoria Australia enjoying a much simpler life with time to smell the roses and write on topics about which I feel passionate.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Braving Change: 5 Steps to Overcoming Your Fear of Change and Facing Life with Joy” was written because I have been disturbed for some time now by the number of people railing against change in almost all its forms, and the vehemence with which they are waging these campaigns. Usually with no real reason for this. We need change. We are supposed to change, and so is the world. Imagine if we grew older, and everything was just the same as it was when we were 16? Apart from the fact that it cannot happen, if we really think about it we wouldn’t cope. It all comes down to FEAR. This book addresses this fear. Head on.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Almost every morning I free-write 500 or so words by hand and most mornings my pen never leaves the page. I just keep on keeping on. Writing is a muscle, it needs to be exercised every day.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Too many to choose. I love mystery and adventure series. My passion is the self-help genre. My kindle and my bookshelves stagger under the weight of personal development books.
What are you working on now?
The second book in the change series in which we discuss changes that have been made personally and globally that needed to be driven with great fortitude, and in many cases civil/social disobedience. When change is absolutely necessary, how do we go about it?
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Gundi Gabrielle’s SassyZenGirl Networking Group and Emee Vida Estacio’s facebook group. I could not have achieved anything without both of these. They give me all the promotional ides and resources I need.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Follow a process. The actual writing of a book, any book is easy. It’s the process from the original idea to the final published and promoted product that is hard. But there are a few very fantastic places to get help.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
ACT. Nothing changes if you sit on your hands. And Positive THINKING does not work without positive ACTION.
What are you reading now?
A number of books by indie authors as part of their launch teams. It is very rewarding.
What’s next for you as a writer?
A short story about Sherlock Holmes meeting his match – a woman!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I read a book or more per day. I couldn’t LIVE with only 3 or 4 books, but luckily I only need my trusty iPad mini with thousands of books on the Kindle App.
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