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Spring YA Scavenger Hunt!
Hello and Welcome to the 8th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! I am Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me I love tigers but I’m actually more of a dog person than a cat person. Chocolate is my favorite food group. Robert Irvine is one of my idols. I rock out to Bon Jovi. I prefer a cloudy day over a sunny day. On this hunt, you not only get access to exclusive content from each participating YA author, you also get a secret number. Add up the numbers, and enter it for a chance …
Winner of Bree Despain’s The Shadow Prince, book 1 of Into The Dark Series!
A few weeks ago, I did a blog featuring the mastermind behind the Dark Divine Series and her upcoming Into The Dark Series, Bree Despain! She was kind enough to offer a special copy of her book one entitled The Shadow Prince autographed and shipped to one lucky winner, and that winner is . . . Hailey S. *If this is you, please email me at lindalouiselotti@colleenhouck.com with your mailing address and your prize will be mailed to you shortly! It was fun reading your ideas about a good story and which mythological characters/stories you’d like to read about. …
Winner of Contest in Celebration of Houck’s New Web Launch Announced!
The winner of February’s contest in celebration of the launch of Houck’s new website is FINALLY here! Thanks for your patience in revealing this last months winner. March has been BUSY! Colleen Houck spent two weeks doing a book tour in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona where she presented at several schools and attended the Tucson Festival of Books. After the book signings, we had a whirlwind of a week celebrating at the Grand Californian Hotel visiting Disneyland with mom and five of her siblings and their families! After Mickey Mouse ice-cream sandwiches, roller coasters, parades, lines, churros and princess …
Featuring the award winning author, Bree Despain!
With spring break approaching and summer just around the corner, lazy days of reading while sipping on lemonade soaking up the sun are finally here! For those of us not fortunate enough to travel the world on a whim or have a call to adventure where we can jump into a different place and time, we still have stories! How many of you have picked up a new book and within pages, been carried away to an intoxicating world full of rich characters and exciting adventures? Colleen Houck has a true love for reading and loves to share the stories …
New Website Launch Contest!
We are so very excited to announce the launch of Colleen Houck’s new website! This is something Colleen has been excited about for a long time and is beyond ready to cut the ribbon and reveal the new look. We invite you to scroll and click away on this website and check it out for yourselves! Now…in celebration of the launch of Houck’s new website, I’m offering a contest for an exclusive Kelsey Gift Pack including; leather bound writing journal, writing pen, silk ribbon bookmark w/ charm, handmade Ren charm bracelet, and a personalized fan letter signed by Colleen Houck! …
Announcing winner of Sophie Jordan’s new Book!
In celebration of author and friend, Sophie Jordan, I held a contest last week asking for your feedback on what you’d do if you were told you had the kill gene. For those of you who missed this blog post, here’s a little preview of Sophie Jordan’s new young adult book entitled UNINVITED, “You can’t change your DNA…even when it says you’re a murderer. When Davy tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, aka “the kill gene,” she loses everything. Once the perfect high school senior, she is uninvited from her prep school and abandoned by her friends and boyfriend. Even …
Pack Your Bags! {A Contest}
If you could have an adventure with a handsome (or beautiful!) stranger, where would you go? I love looking around on Pinterest at the beautiful places around the world. There are so many and I will not be able to visit them all in my lifetime. Colleen takes us on some fantastic journeys throughout her books. Deep in the Indian forest to temples to fantastical realms like Kishkindha onto a private yacht in the Ocean — and Egypt in her next book! Let’s take a look within the United States — St. Louis! There’s this city museum there. I’ve never …
102 Contest and Event Ideas for Authors
102 Contest/Event Ideas for Authors 1. Scavenger Hunt with other authors 2. Recipe Contest based on foods in your book-give a restaurant gift card or a cookbook 3. Goodreads Giveaway 4. Amazon Contest-write reviews, create listopias, vote on reviews, create tags 5. Live Author Chat-Goodreads, Ustream, etc 6. Surveys 7. Back to School writing contest-you write a paragraph and they finish it-prizes for most humorous, most romantic, most shocking, etc. 8. Vlog Contest-Fans create and post vlogs reviews, or talk about why they love your book 9. B & N Contest-Participants write reviews, vote on reviews, & “like” the …
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