#304 Self Employment and Survival Mode with Colby Robbins
From Walnut Wednesday by Lara Gieseke
November 11, 2025 · 1h 1m · Episode 304
About this episode
Lara Gieseke chats with Colby Robbins about her journey into self employment and the challenges she has faced.
This week I have the lovely Colby chatting with me all about how she got into author services and self employment. From dog sitting to content pulls she's found herself in a really happy place in life. I intended to have a bookish chat about starting a business, but of course, we do a deep dive and discuss some heavy hitting topics as Colby courageously shared some home truths about the trauma work she has been doing. Colby says: I’m an author service provider working with over 15 romance authors. I’m 24 and live in Arkansas in the States! I started reading romance books when I was 15 and have been apart of the community for about five years. and she SLAYS! Connect with Colby @colbsland on both Instagram and Tiktok
People in this episode
Host: Lara Gieseke
Guest: Colby Robbins
Topics covered
- self employment
- author services
- trauma work
- business startup
- romance community
Keywords
- self employment
- author services
- trauma
- business
- romance authors
- Arkansas
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: romance books
Places: Arkansas
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