“I took hold of that scourge -filled ship and crushed it between my limbs, hurtling it into the second sun, the red one that gave me strength. But I was too late." Terraformer
For all of my fans who wished they could have attended the pre-launch party for Tiger’s Dream but didn’t get to, here’s my party report.
Lucky for me, I had a trusted team of friends and relatives to make it all work including my hubby, my mom, two sisters, and two friends. Two handled the tickets, one sold books, my sister, Linda, was the emcee, while my other sister ran the PowerPoint for the game.
We started out with a word search. If you’d like doing those, here’s a copy you can print out.
We had around eighty fans in attendance including fans from Utah, Arizona, California, Washington, Oregon, New York, and even Canada! As you can see, the party began on the road for many attendees who celebrated by dressing up, decorating their cars, and having tea parties on the way.
Inside the party, fans were given a swag bag full of gifts including a plush white and a plush black tiger, a Fanindra ring, a signed poster of the Tiger’s Dream cover, an early copy of the book, a tiger bracelet, a water bottle, and some other things I can’t remember right now. The black tote featured the cover of the book along with a quote that reads, “Some curses are meant to be…” Maybe one of you can figure out where that came from. =)
There was an amazing Tiger’s Curse themed cake, catered food, and a photo booth! There were some Indian dishes to try and the cake was three layers of deliciousness, including chocolate with chocolate ganache, coconut with tropical filling, and raspberry lemonade, the cake baker’s signature flavor, which we ran out of at the party and I never got to taste!
In addition to the trivia contest, we gave out prizes for who traveled the furthest, who has read the series the most times (the winner had read the series fifteen times), and we had a costume contest!
The costumes were really creative. Fans dressed up as Kelsey in her blue dress, Kelsey as Parvati, Kelsey as a Rakshasa queen, the blue dragon, Yesubai, Durga, the Phoenix, and more!
Next, we did a Q & A, an interview with Sharif Dean, the model portraying Kishan on the cover, photos with everyone, and a book signing. We went a bit over time but it was super fun! We learned all kinds of fun things about Sharif, including the fact that he posed for the cover without a shirt…just pausing to let that one sink in. That’s his real hair on the cover. (It was longer then) Fans also wanted to know if he’d read the books yet. The answer was no but he did pick up the entire series at the party to take home and get started.
He said he was surprised at how enthusiastic the fans were, helped me choose winners for the costume contest, and had a great time meeting everyone.
During the Q & A I was asked about my next book, The Lantern’s Ember. One lucky winner won an advanced copy. We talked about the Tiger’s Curse movie (nothing new on that one but there’s still hope). I confirmed that, yes, Tiger’s Dream is written in Kishan’s perspective. Apparently he had a lot to say when you consider the size of the book. Yes, you will see Ren in this book in probably a surprising way, as well as all the other characters you know and love. I also shared that I’m currently writing a sci-fi book.
It was an amazing party and I wish all of you could have been there. It was so much fun to hang out with my readers and celebrate the long awaited release of Tiger’s Dream. There’s more to celebrate. We’re going to be doing fun things all month long as we get ready to share the end of the series with everyone. Pre-order your copy today because let me tell you, THERE ARE SPOILERS in this book. You do not want to be the last one to know what really happened to cause this curse. Love to you all!
Colleen
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New York Times Bestselling author Colleen Houck is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include action, adventure, paranormal, science fiction, and romance. When she's not busy writing, she likes to spend time chatting on the phone with one of her six siblings, watching plays, and shopping online. Colleen has lived in Arizona, Idaho, Utah, California, and North Carolina and is now permanently settled in Salem, Oregon with her husband and a huge assortment of plush tigers.