Colleen’s Comments (group member since Apr 21, 2014)

Colleen’s comments from the Colleen Houck Book Club group.

PST typically. Most of my chats are now open for the entire month and the author checks in to answer questions.

Cally wrote: "Colleen wrote: "Cally wrote: "What are your top ten fav movies and tv shows? I'm obsessed with Once Upon A Time and I loved the movie Rock of Ages."

Hmm of all time or right now?"

Right now"

Here's my current list of shows.

1) The Walking Dead
2) Talking Dead
3) Restaurant Impossible
4) Project Runway
5) Dancing With the Stars
6) Once Upon a Time
7) Grimm
8) The Flash
9) The Big Bang Theory
10) Switched at Birth

I have a few more but these are the first that came to mind.

Cally wrote: "What are your top ten fav movies and tv shows? I'm obsessed with Once Upon A Time and I loved the movie Rock of Ages."

Hmm of all time or right now?

Louise wrote: "Colleen wrote: "Sarah wrote: "I love the Tigers curse series I am literally obsessed but I was hoping if you ever go to Australia you should do a book signing :)"

I'd love to go to Australia somed..."

That would be a blast! I'll try to check into it.

Bethany wrote: "Who is your favorite Egyptian god?"

Hmm hard to say. I think in my books I'd have to go with Horus or Anubis. Who are yours?

Cally wrote: "So, I've read Rick Riordan's books and they are to die for. (Yours too of course!) And I just gotta ask, are we gonna see any of the minor gods/goddesses? Like Bast or Bes? We so saw Anubis and I j..."

Yes! You're going to see a slew of them. In fact Reignited, the novella, is a story featuring gods exclusively.

Trudy wrote: "Are you good at multitasking? As in, is it hard for you to work on both series at the same time? Do you ever get confused?"

I never work on two books at the same time. At least as far as writing goes. I do work on marketing and book trailers and editing but that's a different beast altogether.

Sarah wrote: "I love the Tigers curse series I am literally obsessed but I was hoping if you ever go to Australia you should do a book signing :)"

I'd love to go to Australia someday. =)

Hannah wrote: "Will there really be a fifth book? If so, CAN'T WAIT!"

Yes. Tiger's Dream is slated to publish in spring 2018.

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Laeona wrote: "Hi Colleen!!!!!!! I have read all the Tiger's Curse books!!!!!!!!!!!! And I love them so much!!! Its the books that got me addicted to reading!! My question is how did you come up with all the name..."

That's awesome. I love the smell of fresh peaches. The names I got from babynames.com. I tried to look for Indian names that meant something. So Anik (Kadam) means soldier and Kishan actually means black so that one was a no brainer. If I had to go back I'd probably use less K names. Even though Kishan's given name is Sohan, I never used it. Fun fact, most of the secondary American characters are named after my nieces and nephews.

Your books are pretty heavy! How long does it take you on average to write one of your novels?

Rysa wrote: "Colleen wrote: "What genres do you like to read?"

Pretty much anything in speculative fiction, both adult and older YA. If it could actually happen in this world, I'm less likely to pick it up. I'..."

I'm the same way. Contemporary is the last genre I'll pick up though I have admittedly read a few good ones.

Rysa wrote: "She'll also play a role in an upcoming graphic novel series that debuts this summer. I can't say much about that officially for another month or so, but I will say that I jokingly refer to it as CHRONOS: The Next Generation. So I'll let readers make of that what they will. "

Wow a graphic novel? Very exciting! How did this come about? Will Skyscape be publishing it?

I love the novella Time's Echo and that it takes us back to the first time Kiernan meets Kate. Were you always planning on writing novellas and what made you choose Kiernan's perspective?

What genres do you like to read?

Who are some of your favorite authors?

Can you tell us a bit more about the Cyrists? I noticed in book three that some of the time travelers think its best to let them continue to exist.

Will we learn more about Kiernan's original Kate?

It must be super hard to keep track of everything especially when the characters leap around through time like they do. How do you do it?