Huge thanks to Whitney Matheson for featuring THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING on Pop Candy’s “Week in Pop.”
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Apparently, except for that one book I wrote in 2011 (and ended up loving) I am not destined to do these “novel in a month” things. Because when I do, my life fucking explodes – sometimes for good, sometimes for ill.
This time it was a little bit of both. There were some personal life things going on that made writing a lot of words a day difficult, but more importantly, as many of you already know, THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING got an awesome rave review from io9 and as a result sales went through the roof (and we hit the #1 Bestseller spot on Amazon).
So a lot of things have been HAPPENING. Many of which I can’t yet talk about, but it’s all pretty damn awesome. That said, THE GOD KILLER got a bit shifted to the side. But don’t despair! It will get done, I promise. It is still #1/#2 priority on the list of “things to do.”
Thanks for your patience and interest, everyone, and stay tuned for more news!
-Kelly
Tags: the god killer
According to io9 she comes close!
“…Lola is, without hyperbole, one of the most fantastic antagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure to read.”
If you haven’t read Lola’s story yet in THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING, what are you waiting for?
Buy digital and paperback on Amazon, or limited edition illustrated hardcovers (and extras!) at: The Girl Who Would Be King.com
And for those of you that have read, but haven’t yet reviewed it…get on that! 😉
Tags: Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome
Yessss!
Thank you again to Rob Bricken at io9, who says “The Girl Who Would Be King introduces the best superhero/villain pair in ages”
and “Lola is, without hyperbole, one of the most fantastic antagonists I’ve ever had the pleasure to read.” among other amazing things!
It was his rave review of TGWWBK on Thursday evening that gave us the big push we needed. Check out these awesome screen caps:
And in case you still don’t know where to get a copy – you can buy a kindle version or a paperback via AMAZON. For limited edition illustrated hardcovers, head over to THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING website. There’s also some awesome swag, limited edition prints, and such on the website if you fall in love with some of the art.
If you really want a digital copy but want it for a Nook or iPad (and don’t want to steal it – and please don’t do that) those epub editions will be available again in April. If you email me (1979semifinalist[at]gmail) I’d be happy to add you to a mailing list so you can be notified when other digital editions become available again.
And thanks to all of you that have been so supportive over the months – giving great reviews, retweeting, and blogging about the book – could not have done it without you – here’s to this only being the beginning for this book…I mean, who doesn’t want to see the movie?!?
– Kelly
Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome
Awesome news today, kids (and boy could I use it) – THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING got a rave review from io9’s Rob Bricken today!
Also, it’s probably a good time to re-post the trailer, in case you’ve missed it. Also, definitely make sure the sound is on, as the music by Speed Speed Speed makes it!
Oh – and I’m going to need to update the trailer with those amazing io9 quotes!
Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, reviews!, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome
Still not feeling great, and had to go back to my outline a bit today and rework some things, but at least got something down! Onto tomorrow, in which I plan to write THOUSANDS OF WORDS!
Today’s Word Count: 606
Total Word Count: 3,209
Favorite thing: badass tattoos!
Inspirational image for today’s writing:
I wasn’t feeling well last night when I got home from everything I had to do, so I didn’t write and thus didn’t post an update. Today was not much better and I’m going to head to bed early, but at least I got a few words down between horrible things like…preparing my taxes. Yuck. I need to have a few really big word days here…any minute now!
Today’s word count: 452
Total word count: 2,603
Favorite thing for today: The stone!
Inspirational image for today’s writing:
some of you know exactly what this is supposed to be. :)
Two new blog reviews went up today for THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING – both rate the book 4.5 stars.
The first is from THE PREEMINENT LITTERATEUR and TGWWBK was the first book read in her Theme Month for March – “GIRL SQUARED.”
Caitlin sums it up as: “My love for this book has been like a stick of dynamite with a long fuse. It snuck up on me, and now I am eagerly awaiting sequels and movies.”
The second review is from Miranda from ON THE NIGHTSTAND and she sums it up as “everything [I’ve] ever wanted in a comic book, in book form.”
Thanks Ladies!
You all know where to buy the limited edition illustrated hardcovers, right???
Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome
Crap. I really hoped to get a good 3k down (which should be about my daily goal). Huge fail. 
I’ll try again tomorrow.
Today’s word count: 240
Total word count: 2,151
Favorite thing: A terrible Star Wars joke that is deliberately terrible.
Inspirational image for today:
Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, novels, The Girl Who Would Be King
The lovely Tim Hanley recently gave THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING a fantastic review over on his blog Straightened Circumstances saying “The story never goes where you think it’s going to; it’s always darker and more exciting than you’d expect.”
And over on A.A. Omer’s blog TGWWBK gets a nice review and a 5/5 star rating!
We’re also up to 45 reviews on Amazon (US) and have 5 stars! Pretty awesome, kids.
In other badass TGWWBK news – a TGWWBK superfan has purchased every single thing related to the book that currently exists – all prints and editions, everything!
He recently got everything in the mail and was kind enough to send in some pictures – it’s a pretty incredible collection!
All the signed prints!
And he also included a photo of ALL the swag. So much stuff!
And of course you guys know you can buy almost all of this at THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING STORE, right? AND there’s a sale going on now! 
Tags: Bonnie Braverman, Lola LeFever, The Girl Who Would Be King, things made of awesome