Category Archives: Featuring Authors
Colleen Houck Book Club- March
UNLEASHED by Sophie Jordan Last month’s pick was Fragile Destiny by Suzanne Lazear. For those of you who have never read steam punk, this is a great book series to start on! For those of you who participated in the live chat on Goodreads with authors Suzanne and Colleen Houck, thanks! It was so much fun! For the next reading selection Colleen has chosen… UNLEASHED by her wonderfully talented and good friend, Sophie Jordan Here’s a little teaser ” What if the worst thing you ever did was unforgivable? Davy’s world fell apart after she tested positive for Homicidal Tendency …
Modern Ink Society- What the Heck is Steampunk?
FEATURING GUEST Suzanne Lazear What the heck is steampunk? Welcome to the thirteenth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “As soon as I saw you, I knew an ADVENTURE was going to happen”. — Winnie the Pooh Introducing the lovely Suzanne Lazear What the heck is Steampunk? “I spend a lot of time explaining Steampunk. There are plenty of people still don’t know what Steampunk is, though it’s been around for decades. Even my own husband didn’t know what it was until a couple of years ago. Hubs: Honey, have you heard of Steampunk? It looks like …
Colleen Houck Book Club- February 2015
BOOK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY- Fragile Destiny by Suzanne Lazear If you didn’t get a chance to read last month’s pick, Waterfell by Amalie Howard it’s not too late to check it out. For those of you who participated in the live chat on Goodreads with authors Amalie and Colleen Houck, thanks! It was so much fun! For the next reading selection Colleen picked… FRAGILE DESTINY by the lovely Suzanne Lazear THE AETHER CHRONICLES (YA Fairytale Steampunk) Here’s a little teaser “Noli and her true love V fear the worst if the Staff of Eris—a potent Otherworld relic—falls …
Modern Ink Society
FEATURING GUEST Amalie Howard A Day in the Life of an Aquarathi living in Waterfell Welcome to the twelfth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture.” — Ken Robinson Introducing the lovely Amalie Howard A Day in the Life of an Aquarathi living in Waterfell “Like the home of many deep-sea creatures, the Aquarathi world is simply not accessible to us, and while the Aquarathi can transform into human form, this isn’t their natural state. Like humans, they are a very intelligent species, …
MODERN INK SOCIETY
FEATURING GUEST Alexandra Monir A Day in the Life of Writing Welcome to the eleventh session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.’” — J.K. Rowling Introducing the lovely Alexandra Monir A Day in the Life of Writing Suspicion “I can hardly believe that Suspicion is actually out in the world! It seems like just yesterday I was spending months hunkered over my desk writing the manuscript.Even …
MODERN INK SOCIETY
FEATURING GUEST Jessica Khoury Life as an Author: The Best and Worst List Welcome to the tenth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.’” — Charles Dickens Introducing the talented Jessica Khoury Life as an Author: The Best and Worst List “Being an author is full of ups and downs—some days are harder than others. So is it worth it in the end? Here’s a list of some of my best and worst experiences as an author. WORST People read your book! It’s terrifying. Which is why when …
Modern Ink Society
FEATURING GUEST Veronica Rossi Working Through Writer’s Block Welcome to the ninth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! “What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’” — Maya Angelou Introducing Veronica Rossi! “First of all, thank you Colleen for inviting me to the blog …
Colleen Houck Book Club
BOOK FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER- UNDER THE NEVER SKY TRILOGY If you didn’t get a chance to read last month’s pick, Defiance Series by C.J. Redwine it’s not too late to check it out. For those of you who participated in the live chat on Goodreads with authors C.J. and Colleen Houck, thanks! It was so much fun! For November’s book selection, Colleen has selected… UNDER THE NEVER SKY TRILOGY by her friend Veronica Rossi Here’s a little teaser of book #1, “Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in …
MODERN INK SOCIETY
FEATURING GUEST CJ Redwine A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Being Published Welcome to the eighth session of THE MODERN INK SOCIETY! Introducing CJ Redwine! A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO BEING PUBLISHED. “I failed. You heard me. I failed. Multiple times. I failed so often on the road to publication that I started cringing when people asked me lovely things like “What have you sold?” or “When is your book coming out?” or “Do you really think you can make a living writing stories?” Side note: If you know an aspiring writer, stop asking …
HOUCK BOOK CLUB-OCTOBER
BOOK FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER- DEFIANCE SERIES If you didn’t get a chance to read last month’s pick, Earthbound Series by Aprilynne Pike it’s not too late to check it out. For those of you who participated in the live chat on Goodreads with authors Aprilynne and Colleen Houck, thanks! It was so much fun! For October’s book selection, Colleen has chosen… DEFIANCE TRILOGY by her friend C.J. Redwine Here’s a little teaser of book #1, “Within the walls of Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams has a secret. While other girls …
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