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

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

You write for adults too. What is the difference when you approach writing a YA vs an adult novel?

Nikita wrote: "Hi Colleen, I saw on Amazon that the release date for your new book Reawakened has changed and say it will be released two weeks early. Is it true?"

Yes. Reawakened will now be published August 11th =)

Shar wrote: "When is Tiger's Dream to be released? I'm so excited!!! Also, Reawakened. I really want to read that."

Reawakened will be released Aug 25th. Tiger's Dream doesn't have a release date at this time.

Casey wrote: "Hello, what advice would you give to someone who is writing there first novel?"

Pick your favorite book in the genre you want to write and study it. How many chapters does it have? How many words? What did you love about it? If you start off by keeping a list of what kind of books you like and how they are formatted, it will help you with the mechanics. Then, when you have the bones, you can start creating.

Is the gene dominant? Will Davy's kids likely get HTS?

Will Davy live happily ever after?

What are your favorite books to read?

What made you first want to become a writer?

When Davy is in the makeshift hospital, I felt her pain. You haven't been shot before have you? It felt so real!

Sara wrote: "Will the live chat be 6pm ET??"

Nope. It should say the time on your Goodreads page but it's 6pm Pacific.

You write a lot of books in a year, do you have a daily word count goal?

Do you have any new YA projects you'd like to tell us about?

Is Unleashed the last book in the series?

How do you come up with names for your characters?

Jacinda or Davy? Do you have a favorite?

How did you come up with the idea for HTS?

Nathália wrote: "Hi Colleen! How are you? I hope fine :) well, I've known about the amazing news that you are coming to Rio, Brazil soon. As your big fan, i'm really excited about it!
What do you expect to find he..."

I'm very excited. I'm going to try to bring my husband and sister, Shara, who will be my assistant.

Welcome to the group! Julie will be answering questions in May 2016 in this thread only. In the meantime if you have a question for the author or just want to introduce yourself feel free to do so in this thread.

What is your favorite cartoon?

Kayla wrote: "Yes, many popular Young Adult authors will be there. It's May 30 & 31 at the Javits Center in NY. Would love to see you there if you do decide to come. :)"

May is a hard one since I'm already committed to the RT Convention but I'll keep that one in mind for the future.