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The Girl Who Would Be King Store is OPEN!

December 29, 2012 in bonne braverman, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel, writing | Permalink

Bonnie vs Lola #2 by Stephanie Hans

Head on over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING STORE to get limited edition signed copies of the illustrated book, and plenty of swag including “the blue envelope” and VERY limited edition signed prints.

You can also buy the paperback on either Amazon or Lulu (for what it’s worth the Lulu copy is slightly superior in my opinion – even though the jpg color is off on the site).

And of course the digital copy remains on sale at Amazon (for the crazy low price of $2.99).

And as always, thanks for all the reviews and support guys, you’ve been awesome.

Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King

The Girl Who Would Be King Art – MOAR LOLA PLEASE

October 5, 2012 in art, artists, bonnie braverman, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | 1 comment

I think all of us that dabble in comics know how awesome the idea of “fan art” and “reinterpreting characters” is, so with that in mind I commissioned the fantastic Meredith McClaren to do portraits of Bonnie and Lola for me. These are of course going to look different than Stephanie’s interpretations – and Ross’s – but that’s part of what I love about them. You saw a Bonnie by Meredith a couple days ago, but here is her Lola, which I LOVE. And I think it’s an awesome contrast to Stephanie’s “Lola and bike” – both beautiful, both different, both so much of what I love about Lola (and this book).

So huge thanks to Meredith! Oh, and when the store opens on TheGirlWhoWouldBeKing.com to sell all the extra swag from the Kickstarter, there will be both oversized promotional cards and bookmarks to buy of this version of Lola. BE EXCITED! 😉

Last thing! Some of you are putting up amazing reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads. Thank you SO MUCH. And for those of you that have finished reading and not yet reviewed…what’s stopping you!? And if you haven’t even bought it yet…then REALLY what’s stopping you? Get it now!

Thanks everyone for the support – you’re all awesome.

Lola LeFever by Meredith McClaren

Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome

The Girl Who Would Be King…AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW!

September 29, 2012 in feminism, stephanie hans, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel, writing | Permalink

After all this time, for those of you down with e-readers or down with reading on your computer, THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING is available to buy if you missed out on the Kickstarter!

You can buy it now on Amazon, and if you prefer to read on an iPad, Nook, or anything other than a Kindle, you can also buy now from Lulu and if you don’t have an account with Lulu, don’t worry, you can easily buy through paypal via Lulu.

And for those of you that have already read, or are reading and might finish soon – I would really appreciate honest reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, and Lulu. Reviews can really make a difference, especially for self-published work, as buyers are naturally more hesitant.

Anyway, thanks for everything guys, more information and images and cool shit coming your way soon, I’ll make sure to update here, but if you haven’t been to the website, there’s tons of great information and images there as well. Oh, and if you want to read a twenty page preview – go here to read online or download the pdf.

BUY! BUY! BUY!

Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King

The Girl Who Would Be King – Chapters 23 & 24

July 26, 2012 in bonnie braverman, books, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel, writing | 5 comments

It’s Thursday…you know what that means…NEW chapters for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING.

You can download the new chapters here: The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 23 & 24

Or just read below.

If you want to read ALL of Part 1: Break Away (over 90 pages), head over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING page and download or read directly from the site.

A huge thanks to all of you for the massive success of the Kickstarter. I’m so in awe of your support and enthusiasm for this book. And of course thanks to all of you the book is not only being published but it will an amazing one of a kind hardcover illustrated edition – with gorgeous work by Stephanie Hans. Check out the Kickstarter and updates to see more of what’s to come.

Now onto those last pages…you guys know I ended this on a cliffhanger, right? I’M SORRY, OKAY!?!?!

I ride the rails trying to forget about Jasper. About Rachael and Sharon. My mother and father. And I focus on the idea of starting over until it’s the only thing I can see.

It sounds clean. It feels clean.

The idea of being someone else, maybe in a whole new city, with an entirely new name. With those things can I also somehow have a new past?

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The Girl Who Would Be King – Chapters 21 & 22

July 24, 2012 in bonnie braverman, books, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | 2 comments

It’s Tuesday…you know what that means…NEW chapters for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING.

You can download the new chapters here: The Girl Who Would Be King Chapters 21 & 22

Or just read below.

If you want the entire story thus far (over 88 pages!), head over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING page and download or read directly from the site. Don’t forget to Donate to the KICKSTARTER – IT ENDS JULY 25th at 2:30pm US Eastern!

Also, just as a reminder to those of you who have been reading along and may have become invested…the last two chapters for “Part 1: Break Away” go up Thursday…so prepare yourselves!

It’s still early when I find myself standing outside his house, across the street, under the shade of a big tree. He comes out eventually and starts walking, a messenger bag slung over his shoulder, not unlike my duffel bag and me. The sight of him hits me like being doused with ice water. He looks just like our father. Tall and lanky with broad shoulders and dark, thick, almost unruly hair. He has a strong handsome jaw line and skin much more olive than mine which is pale and pinkish. I want to run up to him, embrace him, escape with him, and never have to talk about what has happened to us. But I resist. I’m not so confident he’s forgiven me for being the sole survivor of the accident. I’ve long ago forgiven him for not coming to rescue me, but my sin seems much greater to me than his; it always has.

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30 Days of Superheroines – Day 28!

July 23, 2012 in 30 days of superheroines, art, artists, bonnie braverman, comics, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | Permalink

In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

And to finish up our Batman related fun…the always amazing Barbara Gordon aka ORACLE!

By Phil Noto

Via Phil Noto Tumblr

By iamww

via DeviantArt

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Tags: Bonnie Braverman, comics!, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King

30 Days of Superheroines – Day 27!

July 22, 2012 in 30 days of superheroines, art, artists, comics, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel, villains | 1 comment

In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

More Bat-tastic ladies…Poison Ivy folks!

By Bruce Timm

Love me some Bruce Timm Poison Ivy!

By Jesus Saiz

Jesus Saiz for Birds of Prey, DC Comics

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Tags: Bonnie Braverman, comics!, Lola LeFever, poison ivy, The Girl Who Would Be King

30 Days of Superheriones – Day 26!

July 21, 2012 in 30 days of superheroines, art, artists, batwoman, bonnie braverman, DC Comics, lola lefever, superheroes, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | Permalink

Sorry this is a day delayed, kids. I’ve been just swamped. Here we go…final days!

In honor of Bonnie and Lola and THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING we continue our 30 Days of Superheroines!

As expected, in honor of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, which opened this week we’re going to be looking at a lot of Bat-ladies over the next few days. Today is Kate Kane aka BATWOMAN!