So, I’m having a book signing. My first one, actually. And, as the Aztec Eagle God of Fate, Tetzlilopuatli, would have it, it’s also my 30th birthday!
The only present I want for this auspicious day is to see your relatively good-looking face. Come chat with me, take a look at the book, get some free bookmarks, whatevs.
Remember when I said my first book would get a new cover with its relaunch at a new publisher? No? Well, it will. Actually, it has.
Check it:
The cover was designed by Andy Garcia and I think she did a great job. It’s hard for the author to not be a picky, unpleasable ass, but I was pretty damn excited about this one. If you don’t mind a bit of self-advertising, the book is out November 6th, and it’s about Lucy Day, the girl too stubborn to die. One part urban fantasy, one part young adult coming-of-age, one part teen romance gone horribly, horribly awry.
If you want to add it on Goodreads for when it comes out, you could do that around here.
It’s just three days until the new Deadgirl cover is revealed to the Universe and the Spaces Beyond. That’s September 25th, if you’re reading this from the future or even the past. Whatever your deal is.
Anyway, Deadgirl is my YA love letter to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’m not big on the self-promotion, but I thought I ought to mention it, because it’s my first novel.
If you like quippy chicks who don’t take sass, high school wackiness, and teenagers getting in supernatural undeathy adventures, you might dig it. It comes out beginning of November, but you can judge it by its cover in three short days.
Okay, peace out!
So, Lucy Day has decided it’s time for the world to hear her tweets. God help us all.
Follow the main character of Deadgirl, if you like stream-of-consciousness insights from a witty teen girl who may or may not be undead.
So, Deadgirl, my first novel, was originally an extremely long book. Which is a funny thing to say, because it’s already a significant novel in it’s current state.
Every book need to be cut, and for my books, that rule applies double. Or triple. My windbaggery is well documented. I do go on. It’s been said.
In the original version of Deadgirl, there was a chapter that outlined Puck’s pre-death life, a mini-biography sitting right smack dab in the middle of a young adult adventure. Ultimately it didn’t fit the tone, and it forced the reader to take a break from the action (just before the climax, no less) to hear the tale of a side character who had no bearing on the action in the third act.
Though I love Puck, and he remains one of my favorite characters from the book, the chapter had to go. And like all deleted scenes, I really believe it’s best deleted.
Still, the chapter exists, and after a little polish, I’m HAPPY to provide it for readers who wanted to know more about the gangly old man with the crimson scarf.
Check the story out at Wattpad, right here, if that sounds like something you’d be into.
Interview – LUCY DAY
I had the opportunity to sit down with Lucy Day, the main character of Deadgirl. Deadgirl is a young adult paranormal novel that just recently came out on paperback and e-book, available on Kindle or Nook.
Meet the girl who just won't die . . .
All the world's a stage
On the road again...
We all go a little mad sometimes
This is the end, my friend
B.C. Johnson 