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The Girl Who Would Be King – Contest Day Three!

October 10, 2012 in bonnie braverman, bonnie vs lola, contests!, giveaways, lola lefever, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | 3 comments

Thanks for all the entries everyone! Keep in mind that your entry will NOT show up in the comments – only I can see it – but be assured that I got it!

You can read the details and fine print of the contest here.

Here’s what you’re competing to win:

1 signed limited edition hardback edition of The Girl Who Would Be King, including at least 9 full color Stephanie Hans illustrations, 2 Ross Campbell “heads” magnets (1 Bonnie, 1 Lola), 2 Meredith McClaren “itties” magnets (1 Bonnie, 1 Lola), 6 over-sized post cards, 6 bookmarks, and eight stickers.

One of 5 packages worth nearly $70.00 and which will be given away in a drawing at the end of the week.

Here’s how you enter the drawing:

Write ABCDX at the top of your comment/ballot, then:

1 point for just entering your name, age (you must be 15 or older to enter), and email address.

2 points for a link showing me how you’ve promoted TGWWBK in some way – this can be a tweet, a blog post, a tumblr, whatever.

2 points for referring someone to the contest and getting them to enter (they must confirm you sent them in their own entry)

5 points for answering a question correctly from Part I of THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING. If you don’t have it yet, you can buy it on Amazon (for Kindle) or on Lulu (Nook and iPad).

You must include the code ABCDX on your comment entry, so that only I can see your entry form!

Today’s question from the book is: What’s the first thing Lola steals in Las Vegas?

And we’re off!!!

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The Girl Who Would Be King – Contest Day One!

October 8, 2012 in bonnie braverman, bonnie vs lola, contests!, giveaways, lola lefever, The Girl Who Would Be King | Permalink

You can read the details and fine print of the contest here.

Here’s what you’re competing to win:

1 signed limited edition hardcover with 9+ pages of full color Stephanie Hans illustrations, 6 oversized postcards, 6 bookmarks, 2 Ross Campbell magnets (1 Bonnie, 1 Lola), 2 Meredith McClaren magnets (1 Bonnie, 1 Lola), and 8 round stickers.

One of 5 packages worth nearly $70.00, and which will be given away in a drawing at the end of the week.

Here’s how you enter the drawing:

Write ABCDX at the top of your comment/ballot, then:

1 point for just entering your name, age (you must be 15 or older to enter), and email address.

2 points for a link showing me how you’ve promoted TGWWBK in some way (including a link to buy at Amazon or Lulu) – this can be a tweet, a blog post, a tumblr, whatever.

2 points for referring someone to the contest and getting them to enter (they must confirm you sent them in their own entry)

5 points for answering a question correctly from Part I of THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING. If you don’t have it yet, you can buy it on Amazon (for Kindle) or on Lulu (Nook and iPad).

You must include the code ABCDX on your comment entry, so that only I can see your entry form!

Today’s question from the book is: Who does Lola think she looks like in her black catsuit?

And we’re off!!!

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

The Girl Who Would Be King Bookmarks…So Awesome

October 6, 2012 in bonnie braverman, bonnie vs lola, lola lefever, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel | 1 comment

So this week the bookmarks for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING arrived. I was originally only going to do three, but Stephanie and Meredith’s illustrations were so great I had to do six. They are AWESOME.

Matte finish so they don’t get a million fingerprints, huge thanks to @erinjadelange for turning me onto Next Day Flyers for these!

Oh, and here’s the obligatory do you have THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING yet? If not, buy HERE (for Kindle) and HERE (for Nook and iPad Compatible). Also, I’m going to be running a contest next week, for a chance to win one of five deluxe packages (including the hardcover with full color illustrations by Stephanie Hans), but one of the ways to increase your odds to win, will be by answering questions from Part I of the book – so buy your digital copy now and get reading! You can read an excerpt here if you’re still on the fence.

Have you already read THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING and not yet reviewed it? What are you waiting for?! People are saying awesome stuff like this:

“Once I started reading, I couldn’t put it down.” – Megan S. (Amazon)

“If you like strong female leads and non-stop action, this is definitely for you.” – L. Cappelli (Amazon)

“The writing is electric, relying on colorful imagery and breakneck pacing that brings to mind comic panels fed into a HD film projector. It makes me drool at the notion of a possible graphic novel. Reinforcing that four-color feeling are the girls’ association with their powers in pop iconography while hinting, then directly pointing to a much deeper and more potent source. The whole thing comes off like if Neil Gaiman and Brian Michael Bendis had locked themselves in a cellar to determine what made superheroes great and what made a great superheroine and launched their results from a trebuchet at the internet.” – January Hooper (Amazon)

“Amazingly written and clever dialogue, coupled with mind-boggling and sentimental characters make this book a masterpiece in the literature world. If you are even hesitating to buy this book– you are doing yourself a dis-service. BUY THIS BOOK.” – Grant Hayward (Amazon)

Keep ’em coming guys…because reading things like Lola is “Ghengis Kahn in a catsuit” will NEVER stop me from smiling! Thank you!!!

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30 Days Of Superheroines – Day 01!

June 25, 2012 in bonnie vs lola, meredith mcclaren, ross campbell, stephanie hans, The Girl Who Would Be King, the novel, writing | 28 comments

So in honor of THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING and the two kickass superpowered teenage protagonists I’m going to do a superheroine a day for the entire run of my Kickstarter.

I’m not going to write a big thing for each post, but I’m going to post tons of gorgeous art – both professional and fan art – to celebrate these great characters. I’m going to do my damndest to link back and credit, but if I miss something, please forgive and correct if you’ve got the right information in the comments.

Today we’re naturally starting with BONNIE & LOLA and I hope you’ll all enjoy them mightily.

There’s of course not a lot of fan art out yet for Bonnie & Lola since everyone is just meeting them, but a couple really wonderful people have already given me some art for them to get the ball rolling.

We obviously have the gorgeous cover work and illustration by Stephanie Hans which you’ve all seen – and if you go here you can see a dialogue between she and I about the cover process as well as her early sketches: