Tiger's Curse - Blog - Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0800 en daily 1 http://www.designbrooklyn.com/ http://tigerscursebook.com/images/TIGERcover_spine%20copy.png Tiger's Curse - Blog - Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com <![CDATA[Tiger’s Dream Contest and Events]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-519/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-519/#comments Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0800 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-519/ It’s that time once again. I have a book being released and there’s always a slew of fun things that go along with that. For those of you who like to follow those things and/or want a chance to get your hands on a copy of the book early, we will be doing a massive giveaway! Instead of doing a contest month by month, we’ve decided to do one giant, mega contest. So, the one contest we love more than any other, is the Dress up the Cover contest. To have a chance of winning a VIP Swag bag, along …

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]]> It’s that time once again. I have a book being released and there’s always a slew of fun things that go along with that. For those of you who like to follow those things and/or want a chance to get your hands on a copy of the book early, we will be doing a massive giveaway! Instead of doing a contest month by month, we’ve decided to do one giant, mega contest. So, the one contest we love more than any other, is the Dress up the Cover contest. To have a chance of winning a VIP Swag bag, along …

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]]> 2 <![CDATA[The Lantern’s Ember]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-518/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-518/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0800 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-518/ Hello Readers! I’m bringing you something special today, it’s the cover reveal for The Lantern’s Ember. I have been in love with Halloween since I was a kid. It probably started because my birthday is in October and I really love chocolate, so that month has always been an exiting one for me. My whole house is decorated for Halloween. As you can see, I tend to go a little overboard. Kids would drive into our neighborhood from all over the city since our whole area is super fun at Halloween. Kids who come to my house get full size …

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]]> Hello Readers! I’m bringing you something special today, it’s the cover reveal for The Lantern’s Ember. I have been in love with Halloween since I was a kid. It probably started because my birthday is in October and I really love chocolate, so that month has always been an exiting one for me. My whole house is decorated for Halloween. As you can see, I tend to go a little overboard. Kids would drive into our neighborhood from all over the city since our whole area is super fun at Halloween. Kids who come to my house get full size …

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]]> 1 <![CDATA[Ring Out the Old, Ring in the New!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-517/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-517/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0800 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-517/ 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 …

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]]> 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 …

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]]> 1 <![CDATA[New Book Reveal!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-513/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-513/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-513/ Hello Readers! I am so excited to finally tell you about my top secret book project. I’ve been working on it since February and now we’re finally ready to tell you all about it! As many of you know, I love Halloween. I decorate my entire home and we average about three hundred and fifty trick-or-treaters every year. I always ask the older kids if they are at least twelve and they hang their heads in shame thinking I won’t be giving them any candy, but then they gasp in surprise when I tell them they get candy AND a …

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]]> Hello Readers! I am so excited to finally tell you about my top secret book project. I’ve been working on it since February and now we’re finally ready to tell you all about it! As many of you know, I love Halloween. I decorate my entire home and we average about three hundred and fifty trick-or-treaters every year. I always ask the older kids if they are at least twelve and they hang their heads in shame thinking I won’t be giving them any candy, but then they gasp in surprise when I tell them they get candy AND a …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[Reroute for Dawn Ius!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-514/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-514/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-514/ Welcome to the 15th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! THIS IS A REROUTE FOR DAWN IUS!   You are currently hunting on TEAM PINK.   SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES DIRECTIONS: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on TEAM PINK, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!) HINT: THE SECRET NUMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK! ENTRY FORM: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify. RULES: Open internationally, anyone …

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]]> Welcome to the 15th YA Scavenger Hunt! Hello! THIS IS A REROUTE FOR DAWN IUS!   You are currently hunting on TEAM PINK.   SCAVENGER HUNT PUZZLE RULES DIRECTIONS: Below, you’ll notice that I’ve listed my favorite number. Collect the favorite numbers of all the authors on TEAM PINK, and then add them up (don’t worry, you can use a calculator!) HINT: THE SECRET NUMBER IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK! ENTRY FORM: Once you’ve added up all the numbers, make sure you fill out the form here to officially qualify for the grand prize. Only entries that have the correct number will qualify. RULES: Open internationally, anyone …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[Fall 2017 YA Scavenger Hunt!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-515/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-515/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Linda http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-515/ 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 …

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]]> 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 …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[YA Scavenger Hunt Fall 2017 featuring M.K. Harkins and and Rosalyn Eves]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-516/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-516/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Linda http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-516/ 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 …

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]]> 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 …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[Announcing Fall 2017 YASH Teams!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-512/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-512/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-512/ 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. …

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]]> 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. …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[Reunited Book Trailer Contest winners announced!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-511/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-511/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Linda http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-511/   The long awaited moment came and went with the release of Colleen Houck’s latest book and book trailer in August and was celebrated with a party at her local Powell’s book store with a bang!     We ran a contest through the month of August for a chance to win the latest Colleen Houck book, REUNITED as well as a bonus contest for one book of your choice from Colleen Houck’s library of books she’s written.   And, the winners are: Fay Tanner for the Reunited book plus two surprise books! and Daniela Garcia for the a selection of one book of …

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]]>   The long awaited moment came and went with the release of Colleen Houck’s latest book and book trailer in August and was celebrated with a party at her local Powell’s book store with a bang!     We ran a contest through the month of August for a chance to win the latest Colleen Houck book, REUNITED as well as a bonus contest for one book of your choice from Colleen Houck’s library of books she’s written.   And, the winners are: Fay Tanner for the Reunited book plus two surprise books! and Daniela Garcia for the a selection of one book of …

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]]> 0 <![CDATA[Instahunt!]]> http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-510/ http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-510/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0700 Colleen Houck http://www.tigerscursebook.com/blog/post-510/   Scavenger Hunts are one of my favorite things ever! I’m teaming up with eleven other amazing authors to put together a first of it’s kind instagram picture hunt! We’ve got the full rules, how to participate, and all the prizes available right here! 1 st up: how it all works & the rules: Each entry must be posted on Instagram AND must be tagged with #YAInstagram to be counted as an entry! You can earn up to 8 points per team — 1 for each photo you post on Instagram using #YAInstahunt — The authors will choose their winners …

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]]>   Scavenger Hunts are one of my favorite things ever! I’m teaming up with eleven other amazing authors to put together a first of it’s kind instagram picture hunt! We’ve got the full rules, how to participate, and all the prizes available right here! 1 st up: how it all works & the rules: Each entry must be posted on Instagram AND must be tagged with #YAInstagram to be counted as an entry! You can earn up to 8 points per team — 1 for each photo you post on Instagram using #YAInstahunt — The authors will choose their winners …

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