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Fall 2020 YA Scavenger Hunt
Are You Ready to Hunt? The Fall 2020 Scavenger Hunt is here! For those of you who don’t know what YASH stands for, the YA means Young Adult, as in books, S is for Scavenger, and the H is for Hunt! Since fall is the perfect time for hunting, what could be more fun than hunting for books? “The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go.” Unknown About Me I’m Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. For those of you who don’t know me yet, here are …
The Spring 2020 YASH!
It’s the Spring YASH of 2020! Are You Ready to Hunt? The Spring 2020 YASH is here! For those of you who don’t know what YASH stands for, the YA means Young Adult, as in books, S is for Scavenger, and the H is for Hunt! What could be more fun? Er…funner? I mean, really…the funnest! The earth laughs in flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson About Me I’m Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. For those of you who don’t know me yet, here are five fun facts… I’m currently enjoying my 50th year of life. I’ve …
Colleen Houck Book Club 2019
2019 is shaping up to be an excellent year. I’ll be finally, finally moving into my new home and getting settled which means I should be able to start kicking back into writing mode. My twenty-fifth wedding anniversary will take place in 2019. My parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary is in February and 2019 is also the year I’ll be celebrating my fiftieth birthday, so there is much for me to look forward to in the upcoming months. Tania clay blog can keep you update with more information. As if all this wasn’t enough, I’m very happy to announce the twelve …
My 2018 Book Report
2018 was a fantastic year. I published two of my own books and somehow managed to read more than a hundred others. I’m still working on hitting my goal of one hundred twenty-five and I think I might just make it, but I wanted to get my book report in for those of you still shopping for book gifts. In 2018 I celebrated the release of Tiger’s Dream in March and The Lantern’s Ember in September. “Every girl should have a rendezvous with a fictional man.” www.belcastroagency.com In no particular order, here is the list of my book boyfriends along …
The Modern Ink Society- Featuring Brendan Reichs
FEATURING GUEST Brendan Reichs The Dark Deep (with Ally Condie) Welcome to the fifteenth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “Do one thing every day that scares you.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Introducing Brendan Bio:Born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, I attended the public school system as a proud Myers Park Eagle, Carmel Cougar and South Meck Sabre. I had many great teachers along the way, to whom I owe eternal thanks. Then I packed up and headed to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. When they finally handed me a degree — a B.A. in History, the most practical of …
Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New!
It’s that time of year when I celebrate a milestone. Not only have I published two books this year, my 8th and 9th, but I have two coming in 2018. Tiger’s Dream is finally coming in March and then in the fall, my retelling of the headless horseman story, The Lantern’s Ember, my 11th book, will be released on September 11th. 2017 was a good year! 2018 will be even better! As cool as that is, it’s not the milestone I’m talking about. For the first time ever, I met my Goodreads goal of reading 125 books! I …
Fall 2017 YA Scavenger Hunt!
Welcome to the 15th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! I am Colleen Houck, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me My 2018 Calendar is steampunk themed. I am having my new home built! My goal this year is to read 150 books (I’ve read 90 so far). I love See’s lollipops. And my all time favorite romance adventure is Romancing the Stone! You are currently hunting on TEAM PINK. Looking for my exclusive bonus content? You’ll have to keep searching. Somewhere on this blog hop, I’ve hidden a sneak peak from REUNITED! Before you go looking for them, check out the amazing author I’m …
YA Scavenger Hunt Fall 2017 featuring M.K. Harkins and and Rosalyn Eves
Welcome to the 15th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! I am Marilyn Harkins, your hostess for this leg of the hunt. About Me My favorite color is green (but blue for clothes) I have a black and white dog named Oreo (I know, very unoriginal-but he was a rescue dog and we didn’t want to confuse him) My favorite number is 77 I’m currently writing my 7th book You are currently hunting on TEAM RED. But, first, a few rules. SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES DIRECTIONS: You’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors …
Announcing Fall 2017 YASH Teams!
For all of you who love finding new reads, I have just the thing for you. The YA Scavenger Hunt is coming. If you’ve never heard of it, the hunt runs twice a year in the spring and in the fall. During the hunt we showcase new and upcoming YA releases, give out tons of prizes, and release special bonus material. Sound interesting? This spring we will have one hundred forty authors split into seven teams of twenty. Each team is assigned a color. The blog hop begins Oct 3rd and runs through Sunday, Oct 8th. It’s easy to play. …
The Modern Ink Society-Featuring Sarah Beth Durst!
Write What You Love by Sarah Beth Durst I want to tell you about my least favorite bit of writing advice: “Write what you know.” Bleck. No. Well… that is… not exactly. Okay, maybe there’s some truth to it, but here’s the sneaky little secret with that old chestnut: what you know at the start of writing a novel is entirely different from what you know at the end of it. By the end of it, you’ve written about what you know. It’s just you didn’t know it on page one. The act of writing is an …
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