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

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

Welcome to the group! Miss Souders will be answering questions on Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 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.

Where did you get the idea for the Yara and where did that word come from?

A. wrote: "Will you send me an autograph??"

For that you have to write me at contactme@colleenhouck.com for details on how to obtain one.

A. wrote: "Did you know that KELSEY SHARES THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS ME?? :D"

AND with my sister ;)Happy birthday this month.

Montse wrote: "Will the main characters in tiger's dream be ren, kelsey and kishan again?"

I don't talk about Dream very much but I can tell you that all the characters you know and love will at least make an appearance. ;)

Jennifer wrote: "Colleen will there ever be a movie or a show of the Tiger Series ?? Please say yes! "

I'm hoping for that too. You never know until you see the trailer ;)

Jennifer wrote: "Hi im Jennifer, i am a big fan of your books i fell in love i have all four books and i cant wait till the fifth book of, The Tigers Series . Hopefully i can meet you one day i wish you can come to..."

I would love to come to San Francisco. I am likely not touring officially until fall 2015 but you can always ask your local bookstore to invite me or find out when a local book event or conference is happening and send me a msg about it.

Dannielle wrote: "Hi, First off I absolutely love your books. I'm just curious, do you read other authors books whilst in the middle of writing your own? or does it interfere with your own story??
Thank you so much :-)"

Absolutely. There's no question about reading and no I don't really feel like it interferes with my writing. Each style is different. I learn from every book I read and every new author I discover.

Now that you've written a few different worlds, do you have a favorite?

Juneau's name obviously comes from Alaska and Sitka if I remember correctly was one of the names on the film Brother Bear which is also based in the same location. Was that movie any influence on your name choices?

I loved Juneau's dogs. Do you have a pet?

Did you get to go to Alaska? Maybe for research?

Aw thanks Bree for being on this chat with me! Love all the insight I got into you and your books! I'll be in touch about the High School Musical party ;) Have a great night everyone!

Valerie is the winner of our special Bree Despain prize! Send me a message with your mailing address and I will send you a copy of The Dark Divine AND The Shadow Prince and maybe I can even scrounge up a cool nail polish to go with it!

Valerie wrote:
"that is surprising. i wonder if this has to do with the whole issue of society frowning on confident, independent women."

That's possible. The other part of it may be the immediate gratification thing too. They want the guy and the girl together immediately and if you do that then the story is boring and they lose interest.

Bree wrote: "Colleen wrote: "Bree wrote: I've only seen High School Musical once..."

Okay we seriously need to schedule a HSM party."

YES. THIS!"

I'll supply the food and you bring Zac Efron ;)

Bree wrote: "I also wonder since we as women often judge ourselves harshly if we have a harder time "liking" female characters as easily as we like male characters"

I think you have something there. I can't tell you how many times I hear from fans that they LOVE my series and despise my heroine with a passion that just seems extreme.

Valerie wrote: "i will follow you into the dark is an amazing song. what a fantastic inspiration for this book. nice.
"

I agree. It's awesome inspiration!

Bree wrote: "Surprisingly, I didn't need to do this while writing the sequel."

The first book in a series is always the hardest for me too. I'm still feeling out the characters. Once I get a good idea of how they think, I'm usually fine.

If you could win the starring role in a musical, which one would you choose? AND who would you pick to be your costar? ;)