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March 23, 2017
Introducing Book Two: FREED BY FLAME AND STORM
Book Two’s title and cover are finally revealed! They were shared at Hey Teen Books Hey last night – along with an interview about the books, libraries, and more. Click through to find it…but I’m gonna share the cover here, too.
[image error]She asked for a revolution. She got a bloodbath.ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL??? I love the new color scheme, and I looooove that Jae is now defiantly facing down the world instead of trudging off to save it. Here’s the cover copy:
Revolution is nigh, and one girl stands at the...
January 14, 2017
A Year in Writing: 2016
In early January, I usually take a minute to reflect and write a blog entry about the past year. I’m not doing that this year. To be honest, most of 2016 is kind of a blur to me, and the election overshadowed pretty much everything else — up to and including my book release. It all feels very raw, so I’ll do my reflection in my personal journal and spare the internet my angst. You’re welcome.
Instead, I’m going to do a roundup like I did last year — here was my 2015 in writing.
First, just f...
December 28, 2016
Leia, Rey, and Me
I have always had this habit of mentally rewriting stories I love to be about the female lead. If you were to hear me describe the plot of Disney’s Aladdin, you’d be pretty sure it should have been titled Jasmine. When I started binge-reading fantasy novels in middle school, man, the Belgariad was tedious until Ce’Nedra showed up. Bumbling farmboys bored me, but a red-headed princess? Sign me up!
But no story in my mind was more about the female lead than Star Wars. In fact, I think it’s safe...
October 18, 2016
Post-Release Roundup
Hey hey hey! Today marks a full week that BBB&S has been out in the world — wow! I get a little thrill every time someone tells me their copy has arrived, and I hope if you pick it up, that you’ll dig it.
A few reviews have come in. Aside from the Kirkus review over the summer, BBB&S has also gotten some praise from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist online. You can hop over to the book page to see those — for example, BBB&S being described as “a tale of sacrifice, restoration, community, and m...
October 11, 2016
Today
Hardcover, audio, and my last few ARCs. It’s here.
Wow.
A little under two years ago I first posted on Facebook that my book had sold. I just snuck a glance back at that post (which involved a little bit of profanity and a lot of capslock) and a friend who’s known me pretty much my whole life commented, “I know this has always been something you’ve wanted!”
And, you know, she was right. It’s hard to define always, but back when she and I were hanging during recess every day, we were playing...
September 27, 2016
It’s Almost Here! Roundup and Teaser
A photo posted by Becky (@allreb) on Sep 23, 2016 at 9:20am PDT
It’s almost time. Two weeks from today, Bound by Blood and Sand will be out in the wild, appearing bookstores and on e-readers across the country.
Wow.
Over the...
August 11, 2016
Bound by Blood and Sand Mini-Teaser and ARC Giveaway!
Today is August 11th. That means we are a mere two months away from the release of BOUND BY BLOOD AND SAND. And I thiiiink that means it’s just about time to kick things into gear over here and make sure you all know some pretty rad things.
Let’s kick it off with a rad ARC giveaway, hmm?
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Five Months! Also, Welcome
Some tweets from earlier today:
Hey, psst. BOUND BY BLOOD AND SAND comes out SIX MONTHS from TODAY. Add it on Goodreads, if you're so inclined! https://t.co/Oa5ikyQNau
— Becky Allen (@allreb) May 11, 2016
FIVE months. I'm good at writing, bad at counting, turns out. https://t.co/ld7BWpeW46
— Becky Allen (@allreb) May 11, 2016
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So THAT happened.
I had a whole plan! It was to reveal this shiny new website six months before BBB&S comes out. To centralize all the information about the book her...
January 20, 2016
Fun With Numbers, or, One Year Writing
I’ve tracked my writing in various ways for years and years – but generally only in sheer number of words drafted, which (I’ve mentioned before) has always led to me feeling as if I’m not making progress when I do anything but draft, and that is no good! So in late January 2015, I decided to track a lot more: dates, times, lengths, and locations of writing sessions, what project I worked on (BBB&S or its sequel, which I’m like 85% sure I know the title of but it hasn’t been made official yet)...
January 1, 2016
2015, Treading Water, and Selfies
So another year in which I didn’t really blog. I do, however, tumbl, if for some reason you need more gif sets of Hamilton in your life. But here we go. Another year, another round up.
In a lot of ways, 2015 was a pretty good year for me. But it was also a fairly quiet year. I made progress on a lot of fronts, I worked hard at a lot of things, but there were relatively few massive accomplishments to trumpet or set backs to bemoan. But you know, I’ll take an overall positive, if pretty quiet,...
