Colleen Houck

Writing Advice by Colleen Houck When I started writing, I created character cards using 3 x 5 cards.  I scanned the internet for images of who I thought the character might look like, glued it to one side and wrote the full name of the character underneath.  On the back I listed a bio not only the birthday but what kind of traits they had, what were their favorite foods, favorite books, etc.  It helped a lot in my early writing. I write using images especially when I hit a block.  I look up creepy monsters or graveyards and describe …

The Glamorous Life of an Author By Colleen Houck Many people have the mistaken assumption that a writer’s life, while not quite up to Hollywood standards, is quite glamorous and full of business meetings in opulent high rises, private jets for worldwide tours, cashing huge checks, and sitting on a giant pile of fan mail as the letters you threw up in the air fall gently around you. While perhaps all of us indulge in the American dream of fame and fortune, there are easier ways to achieve it than by publishing a book.  Being an author is perhaps one …