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

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

Amalie wrote: "Thank you. I love all my characters, but secretly on the down low, my favorite would have to be Riven."
Riven is awesome. I love her. Seriously.

Page wrote: "Hi Amalie! You already know how much I love your writing ;-) Which one of your hero main characters--from any of your books--is your favorite? Which one did you connect the easiest with?"

Hi Page! You're awesome =)

Amalie wrote: "I despised Physics in high school, and go figure that I wrote a book about parallel universes based on sub quantum mechanics and string theory (THE ALMOST GIRL). Lol. ."

ME TOO! Wow we have a lot in common!

Allana wrote: "What subject did you despise learning about most(In school, etc.)"

For me it's science/physics. I like the knowing. I just don't like the experimenting and the dissecting.

Allana wrote: "To Colleen and Amalie: Since the characters of your books are so deep in your hearts and so close to you, how do you pull away from their worlds to create new series and characters?

And then: Wha..."

Great question Allana. It's hard but I guess characters and stories are like kids or dogs. There's always room in your heart to love another one. As far as developing new series, and setting aside the old one, that's a toughie! My thoughts go back to the old one often. I love the worlds I create and in my mind they sometimes cross over. In fact, I've thought of ways to make them do just that!

Amalie wrote: "Re: THE ALMOST GIRL, here's the guest post I did for SF Signal Magazine on Science Fiction versus Science Fact!!
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2014......"

Awesome!

Samantha wrote: "To Colleen and Amelia: What has been the inspiration for your books and if they are made into a movie, who would you want to be cast as the characters?"

My inspiration for the tiger books was Beauty and the Beast. I'm pretty open to ideas for casting except for Mr. Kadam. I really want Amitahb Bachchan for him. =)

B.lavelle wrote: "I have to say I'm super excited to read all of Amalie Howard's books! I have been looking for some good books to read ever since I finised Colleen Houck's Tiger Saga, which was amazing by the way!"

Thank you!

Casey wrote: "Hello Colleen!!! The discussion will be a few days after my birthday. Can't wait. Have an awesome day."

You too!

Page wrote: "Hi Colleen! Looking forward to our chat in May :-)"

Me too!

So sorry I wasn't as involved as I normally am on this chat. I was signing books for a long long time and I could not get away even for a moment. I hope you all had an awesome time with Amalie I know she is really fun and has a lot of cool things to say. When I get a chance I will read through the comments and pick a winner hope you guys all had a blast!

Okay so can I ask a question about The Almost Girl? Can you tell me more about eversion and how it works?

Karli wrote: "I haven't been able to participate in the book club the past couple months, but I do b intend to get miss Howard's books and am really looking forward to reading them. I trust any recommendation th..."

Yay! So glad to have you join us.

Katie wrote: "In your opinion, is it bad to have like multiple writing projects going at the same time? Sometimes I want to write something other than what I'm working on, but at the same time, I don't want a ne..."

It totally depends on what you can handle. I can have ideas for other things but its hard for me to focus on more than one project at time.

So hunting. Do they hunt individually or as a pod?

You mention in Oceanborn that the Aquarathi don't use undersea castles, they live in caves hang out in pods etc. Do they find it hard to adapt to the houses on land then? Also is that why they cluster together when ashore?

Loved the fight scene at the end. So what does it take to kill an Aquarathi & how does the sharing energy thing happen? Can any bonded pair do it and the royalty can do help our their subjects too?

So...Lo. Did you ever have a crush on a surfer boy?

Also did you research tazers to figure out how to modify one?

Wow! NOT mermaids. Holy moly. Didn't see that one coming. Can you tell us more about the Aquarathi?