Colleen Houck

Originally written in November 2010 by Colleen Houck Hello Everybody,I just got back from my prepublication tour. Some of you have wondered what that is so I’ll tell you.  It’s an opportunity for me to meet with librarians, bookstore owners, and events coordinators before an actual tour happens.  We can plan fun events together and they can get to know me a little bit before the frenzy of a tour.  A local picks me up at the airport, drives me to different venues, makes introductions, and gives me advice on what’s going on in the local book world.  This person …

Originally written on October 21, 2010 by Colleen Houck THIS IS IT! The big announcement you’ve all been waiting for went out this morning at 8:00 am Pacific Time. You can read the announcement here but I’ll sum it up for you too and give you the highlights. My new publisher, which some of you have already figured out, is Sterling. They are primarily known for producing fabulous children’s books but they have a risk taker at the helm named Marcus and a while ago he encouraged his employees to start thinking bigger. They decided that they wanted to expand and begin …

Originally written on May 18, 2010 by Colleen Houck Hi Everybody, I have very very good news and very very bad news. I’ll go with semi-bad news first. There will not be a tiger expert with a tiger coming to the Tiger Tour after all. Hopefully, you’ll all still come out and hang out with me and eat BBQ and chocolate cake. We’ll be doing lots of giveaways through the day and will still have lots of fun. Now for the very very good news. I have an agent! Whoo Hoo! He’s a great guy who works for Trident Media …