Author Archives: Colleen Houck

About Colleen Houck

New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, paranormal, science fiction, and romance. When she's not busy writing, she likes to spend time chatting on the phone with one of her six siblings, watching plays, and shopping online. Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now permanently settled in Salem, Oregon with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY CONTEST: Pick Up Lines!

Posted on September 8 2014 by Colleen Houck

Yes, the following conversation happened with my husband. “So, I’m doing the September contest for Colleen. What should it be about?” “Umm….” {20 minutes and 3 separate topics later — I KID YOU NOT! But we were both working on separate things so no big deal.} “How about pick up lines?” And strangely enough, I knew exactly which topic he was referring to. They told me not to judge a book by it’s cover but I don’t even know you and I’m checking you out. {For the Harry Potter fans!} Did you survive the Avada Kedavra curse? Because you’re drop …

Upcoming YA Books: September 2014

Posted on August 26 2014 by Colleen Houck

I am a long-time reader. The librarians were on first name basis with my siblings and me because we were there lots. They’d see us come in and get our reserved books right off the shelf for us (that was back when their reserve shelves were behind the counter). I remember countless hours roaming the aisles of books (and books and books) and, I admit it, spending some time on their computers. I remember participating in the summer reading programs (which I remember being more challenging than they are now) each year. My parents came up with some creative rules and …

Movie Review Double Feature: Hercules & Guardians of the Galaxy

Posted on August 21 2014 by Colleen Houck

Hercules I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: There were allusions to romance through visions of Hercules’ dead family. There was nothing to swoon over though. And, let’s just say, there’s no way on this planet the woman who portrayed Hercules’ wife, who we got a very good look at by the way, had three babies. No. Way. I do like the nod to Disney with them calling her Megara. Special Effects: I was really going into this film hoping to see Hercules battling cool CGI monsters like they showed in the previews. Sadly, …

Movie Review Double Feature: Transformers: Age of Extinction & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Posted on July 26 2014 by Colleen Houck

Transformers: Age of Extinction I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. =) Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: Sigh. There was a pathetic, sloppy attempt to have a romance but in the three hours of robot destruction they managed to put in only two vague references to a girl and a boy being in love. I kinda liked the guy. I loathed the girl entirely. And I’m talking about loathing with a level of passion that is hard to rouse from me in a film where I had less than zero expectations. Incidentally, I would have boycotted the film altogether if my nephews …

Writing Process Blog Hop

Posted on July 6 2014 by Colleen Houck

Writing Process Blog Hop Before I begin let me say that I have no idea who started this blog hop or how far back it goes. I only know that my good friend Tera Lynn Childs asked me to do it and whatever she asks, I do. Like most people I have days when my writing process goes awry but to make it as a full time author you have to get past that and rededicate yourself to your craft pretty much daily. So here’s my process when it works. 1) What Am I Working On Right Now? My current WIP …

80 + Barriers to Love: A List of Ideas to Keep Romantic Tension High

Posted on June 27 2014 by Colleen Houck

Keeping Romantic Tension Alive One thing that every romance writer faces especially when writing a series, is how to keep a couple apart. It’s a difficult thing to accomplish and readers hate it, but it’s a necessary thing. Otherwise the tension is gone and your readers walk away disappointed. I am a huge fan of a television show called Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Sheperd. I loved, loved, loved watching every week to see if they were finally going to be together. For years they dangled the relationship and tantalized viewers until we finally got what we wanted and the couple got married. …

Movie Review Double Feature: Edge of Tomorrow and The Fault In Our Stars

Posted on June 19 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Edge of Tomorrow I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: There is something about Tom Cruise and, make no mistake, he is ALWAYS Tom Cruise no matter what the character’s name is that he plays, that makes me smile. Don’t get me wrong. He’s not on my list of favorite people and yet when I watch him on screen there’s a sort of charm that comes across that just makes me want to like him, want to believe in him, and yes, even want to kiss him. The only warmth in the relationship came …

Goodreads Video

Posted on June 15 2014 by Colleen Houck

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Movie Review Double Feature: Maleficent & X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted on June 5 2014 by Colleen Houck

Movie Review: Maleficent I always give spoilers so consider yourself warned. Colleen’s Movie Review Romance: There were two couples in this film. One was Prince Phillip and Aurora. I liked them okay but wow they are young. Too young for me to feel any romancy kinds of flutters. I mostly wanted to scold and separate them. The other couple was Maleficent and Aurora’s daddy, Stefan. They were a much cuter couple when young than when they grew up. I didn’t really feel much in the way of chemistry between the adult actors. Now there was a lot of chemistry between Maleficent …

Tiger’s Voyage Contest Winner

Posted on June 2 2014 by Colleen Houck

To celebrate the release of TIGER’S VOYAGE in paperback, we are offering up five autographed copies! Tiger’s Voyage has never been in paperback before now. To enter we asked you to answer the following question, if you could step into the world of Houck’s Tiger’s Curse series, which book would you choose and why? We love reading through the comments and seeing what some of your favorite moments in the tigers’ journey. Here is what our winners had to say. All of the books have great worlds, but I would have to go with is Tiger’s Voyage. I would want to …

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