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Colleen Houck:
What is the extra content included in the paperback editions of Tiger's Curse and Tiger's Quest? Also, I saw you mention on your blog that the Reawakened novella is vital to understanding the series' ending, so will this be available in print and in the UK?
Colleen Houck
My hope is that the novella for the Reawakened series will be available in print. The UK has been really on top of making sure my novellas are available there. The paperback of Curse has a sneak peek of Quest and Kelsey's recipes and a discussion guide. Quest has the exclusive bonus chapter from Ren's perspective when he lost his memory (a very important piece BTW) and a discussion guide.
You all know that I've written bonus material for the YA Scavenger Hunt over the years and those seem more in line with what novellas are in the market currently. Mine are different. I was asked to write just 10 pages but it's already over 27K words, roughly 1/3 of the standard YA novel and I'm not even finished yet. I feel very strongly that a novella should be a book with a villain and a story that's vital to the series.
Could you read the series without them? Yes. But you would be missing out on an important piece that ties things together. Tiger's Promise holds some very important clues for Tiger's Dream just like the novella I'm writing now for Reawakened. If you want to know what really happened, don't skip them =)
You all know that I've written bonus material for the YA Scavenger Hunt over the years and those seem more in line with what novellas are in the market currently. Mine are different. I was asked to write just 10 pages but it's already over 27K words, roughly 1/3 of the standard YA novel and I'm not even finished yet. I feel very strongly that a novella should be a book with a villain and a story that's vital to the series.
Could you read the series without them? Yes. But you would be missing out on an important piece that ties things together. Tiger's Promise holds some very important clues for Tiger's Dream just like the novella I'm writing now for Reawakened. If you want to know what really happened, don't skip them =)
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