Author Archives: Shara Lane
Reunited Book Trailer Reveal and Contest + Bonus Contest
The long awaited moment is finally here! Colleen Houck has teamed with Crush Creative again for a book trailer, REUNITED. After much collaboration and creative genius, we are excited to bring you the newest trailer. How to Win: Here’s how the contest works, SHARE THE BOOK TRAILER via some social media platform (Facebook, Twitter, email, YouTube, or Pinterest) and ENTER the Rafflecopter below. How? You simply share the book trailer, copy the link (the url address) and paste it in the rafflecopter below. There is no limit to how many times you enter this contest. You can even share …
The Egyptian Goddess Isis
FAMILY Isis, one of the four children Geb and Nut (Sky and Earth) and a main character in Colleen’s new novella and companion to the Reawakened series. In Reignited you learn Colleen’s version of how Isis and Osiris fall in love and get married. Knowing their love was forbidden they ran away to a place where no one could stall their plans. Knowing they would have to confess to what they had done, they went before Amun-Ra to confess their joy. Their happiest day soon turned into tragedy at the hand of Set who saw Isis as his …
Unicorns
When I first think of Unicorns I remember the movie titled “The Last Unicorn” released in 1982. I can still hear the song in my mind. If you haven’t seen the film I would suggest you take the time and watch the graceful kind unicorn run through the forest with her companion like the less than skilled magician, a brave knight, and a evil old unicorn hunter. Unicorns have not lost their magical pull on the young and old. We find them in modern movies like Harry Potter when Voldemort used the unicorns blood to stay alive. They are even …
Picture yourself READING Contest + BONUS contest ***Winner Announced***
The Winner Is Kimberly LeeMaster Here is her entry: This month we want to encourage cozy, engaging, inspirational, relaxing perusal of your favorite Colleen Houck book. This is a super simple, quick, and fun way to win some extra books for your upcoming summer vacation. Here are a few ideas. How to Win: Pick your favorite Colleen Houck book. Pick a place that has lots of light or get creative with the light. Make sure we can see which book you are reading by showing …
My Favorite Places to Read
Where do you read is a question best answered by when can you read. I read at night when all the kids are asleep. Some read on the beach on vacation, some read on their phone, others along the way to work each day on a train, plane, or tube. We all have different pockets of time which determine where we dive into our books. My favorite spot is all nestled into my bed sheltered by my quilts, down comforters, and stacks of pillows. I always have to have a pillow on my lap to hold the book as I …
Lions
Lions once lived in Africa, Asia, and southern Europe. Now they are mainly in the game reserves of Africa. Some can still be found in the Gir Forest of India but they are highly endangered. An adult male lion can weigh as much as 550 lbs and grow as long as 11 ft including the tail. Females are about 15-20% smaller and don’t have the beautiful mane the males have. They live in families called prides just like you see in the movie “The Lion King.” Only two mature male will be in one pride and they spend about …
Movie Poster Contest + BONUS Contest **Winner Announced**
The Winner is Natalie Arroyo This month we will be creating movie posters for the Reawakened Series. So many popular books are made into movies and we are still anxiously waiting for the Tiger’s Curse movie to start production. (Please start filming we want to see what Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan look like!) So why not help them along and make some movie posters? OLD MOVIE POSTERS FOR INSPIRATION Let’s take a walk down memory lane and check out some awesome posters made for earlier movies we may have seen. …
Ten Authors I’ve Met & Loved
During our lifetime we come to idolize those we hold in high esteem or those who make a change in our lives. Some of those people are authors for me. As a young child I didn’t feel overly intelligent but my mom would take us to the library often during the summer. I would read and reread the Dorrie the Witch books by Patricia Coombs. I can still remember the smell of those books and where they were located in the library. Jump forward 20 years and I’m laying on the couch with a white trash can waiting for …
Spiders and the Webs they Weave
I am creeping out as I study and look at pictures and videos of spiders for this blog! Just so you feel some my pain here is a video of the largest spider in the world…just to set the mood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gths8z60j_w Not convinced yet how creepy they are? Lets see how Frodo, Sam, Harry, and Ron handle large spiders that are intent on having them for dinner. Frodo vs. Shelob Sam vs. Shelob Rob and Harry against Aragog and his family Fun fact: Rupert Grint aka Ron Weasley has a severe case of arachnophobia. So much …
REUNITED play list Contest + BONUS Contest “WINNER ANNOUNCED”
The winner is Bethany Keeton The top five songs entered (in no particular order are) One Republic- Let’s Hurt Tonight Selena Gomez- A Year without Rain Hunter Hays- Flashlight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1NpYwMU0s8 Shawn Mendes- Mercy Ruelle- War of Hearts It’s time to create our own playlists for REUNITED, Colleen’s new book from her Egypt Series. Songs tie us to moments in our life. That is true for Colleen and her characters as well. Songs are like points on a map that show us where we have been. We half smile as we drive down the road listening to the radio while …
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