Colleen Redman is a writer who has published five books—Poems from the Dark Room, Objects are Closer Than They Appear, Packing a Suitcase for the Afterlife, Muses Like Moonlight - A Closet Poet Comes Out, and The Jim and Dan stories: A journey of grief and faith—and has maintained the Loose Leaf Notes blog since 2005. 'Dear Abby, How can I get rid of freckles?' was her first published piece at the age of 11.