tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60231956633224999492024-02-22T00:43:26.652-08:00CynJay -Cynthia Jaynes OmololuWelcome to CynJay's blog in which she discusses writing for kids,things that annoy her, secrets and lies.
Updated every day that ends in Y. Sometimes not Saturdays. Or a couple of other days. But mostly every day that ends in Y.CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.comBlogger686125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-60298744579308516432015-02-03T15:04:00.001-08:002015-02-03T15:04:27.711-08:00MIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So...I've been gone. For a long time. A lot has happened in the past six months - my son is applying to college, our dog finally grew all of his hair back and I got diagnosed with cancer. Mostly it's the cancer that's been keeping me away.<br />
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I don't want to bore you with the details, but out of nowhere and with no family history I was diagnosed in June with stage IV colon cancer that has metastasized to all sorts of fun places like my brain, bones and liver. It's been hard to concentrate enough to read, much less write, so I've put most things on hold until recently. My new book is coming out in just a few short weeks and we're settling into a 'new normal' with my chemo treatments, so I feel like I'm starting to come back and will hopefully be able to participate in real life a lot more.<br />
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If you want to follow along on this medical journey, you can friend me on my Facebook page and send me a message that you'd like to be added to the closed cancer group. I don't post every day, but it's been an easy way for people to keep up with what's going on. Right now things are pretty stable and it feels like we have more of a handle on this than we ever have, so I plan on sticking around for awhile. <br />
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Thanks for the support and I hope you enjoy THE THIRD TWIN in just a few short weeks!<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-80715344287729999572014-02-13T05:00:00.000-08:002014-02-13T05:00:03.124-08:00Cover Reveal for FERAL by Holly Schindler!!!I'm so thrilled to participate in the cover reveal for one of my favorite authors Holly Schindler ans her new book FERAL which will be out from Harper Collins on August 26th. What's it about you ask? Here's the synopsis:<br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;">It’<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>s too late for you. You’re dead.</span></i><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Those words
float through Claire Cain’s head as she lies broken and barely alive after a
brutal beating. And the words continue to haunt her months later, in the
relentless, terrifying nightmares that plague her sleep. So when her father is
offered a teaching sabbatical in another state, Claire is hopeful that getting
out of Chicago, away from the things that remind her of what she went through,
will offer a way to start anew.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">But when she
arrives in Peculiar, Missouri, Claire quickly realizes something is wrong—the
town is brimming with hidden dangers and overrun by feral cats. And her fears
are confirmed when a popular high school girl, Serena Sims, is suddenly found
dead in the icy woods behind the school. While everyone is quick to say Serena
died in an accident, Claire knows there’s more to it—for she was the one who
found Serena, battered and most certainly dead, surrounded by the town’s feral
cats.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Now Claire
vows to learn the truth about what happened, but the closer she gets to
uncovering the mystery, the closer she also gets to discovering a frightening
reality about herself and the damage she truly sustained in that Chicago
alley. . . .</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">With an
eerie setting and heart-stopping twists and turns, Holly Schindler weaves a
gripping story that will make you question everything you think you know.</span></div>
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-43509906289671858242013-11-01T10:22:00.001-07:002013-11-01T10:22:12.098-07:00My Talking Head<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was recently invited to participate in the Career Girls website, talking about writing and the business of being an author. If you want to know more about me than you ever thought possible, hop on over to the <a href="http://www.careergirls.org/careers/novelist">Career Girls website</a> for the video clips. This site talks to girls about different careers and how to get where you want to be and I'm honored to be part of it.<br />
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<i id="yui_3_8_1_1_1380120014242_1711"> The
triangular spaceship hovered motionless in the sky above Reese
Holloway's house, as inscrutable as a black hole. It had seemed like a
good idea when they were inside: to tell the truth about what happened
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Reese and David are not normal
teens—not since they were adapted with alien DNA by the Imria, an
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Now everyone is trying to get to them: the government, the Imria, and a
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Beyond the web of conspiracies,
Reese can't reconcile her love for David with her feelings for her
ex-girlfriend Amber, an Imrian. But her choice between two worlds will
play a critical role in determining the future of humanity, the Imria's
place in it, and the inheritance she and David will bring to the
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In this gripping sequel to <i>Adaptation</i>,
Malinda Lo brings a thoughtful exploration of adolescence, sexuality,
and "the other" to a science fiction thriller that is impossible to put
down.</div>
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INHERITANCE is finally here! I couldn't wait to get my hands on this
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-69126431729588016552013-07-10T13:45:00.000-07:002013-07-10T13:45:04.032-07:00Advice for Young Writers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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During the school year, I help out at a book club for 9th graders at my high school. Many of them are aspiring writers and I get a lot of questions about publishing a book as soon as possible. I love their enthusiasm and my first reaction is: great! And then my second reaction is: wait. <br />
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I got another email today from someone who knows a 14 year-old who is a great writer and wants to know if any publishers would be interested in publishing her stories, so I figured I'd write down my thoughts about young writers and publication. <br />
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I always want to encourage young writers to keep going - keep writing anything that pops into their heads. Write stories, write poems, write screenplays. One of my biggest regrets is that while I liked to read and my teachers always said I was a good writer, I didn't start writing stories until I was in my late thirties. If I'd listened and started when I was younger, I would have that much more time to write that many more books. I love it when teenagers are passionate about what they're doing and I never want to do anything to discourage that. But I don't think that most young teenagers are ready for publication.<br />
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One problem is their lack of experience. I had a 9th grader ask me recently how to write a love scene when she's never even kissed a boy. My answer was to wait until she'd had some of these experiences. While you can leave a lot of things in a manuscript to the imagination, in a many of cases, there's no substitution for experience - and that's something that you just can't rush.<br />
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No matter how amazing your first novel is, given a few years and some more experience writing and you'll probably see all of the flaws. If you ask most any writer, the first novel they published wasn't the first novel they wrote (and if it was, we don't hang out with them). We all have what we call 'drawer novels' - books that were written to be put in a drawer. Just because a story isn't meant to be published doesn't mean they don't have a purpose. Each and every story you write teaches you so much about story and characterization - things that have to be practiced to be improved, and you never know where a story will lead. We just sold a thriller called THE THIRD TWIN to Delacorte that was a total rewrite of a story that I'd first written years ago. One of the biggest problems with self-publishing is that any writer can finish their first novel and post it online in a matter of hours - and once it's there, it never truly disappears. A cringe-worthy thought for most of us. <br />
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I often hear about a teenager who is an exceptional writer - full of passion and maturity beyond his or her years. I remember helping out at a writing workshop and reading some paragraphs from a young writer that were just amazing and I knew that she had a long career ahead of her. No matter how mature the writing, most teenagers (heck, most adults) can't handle the emotional roller coaster that is the world of publishing. Even the best book out there is subject to criticism and rejection - from agents, from editors and from the reading public. Every time you turn around, there is someone out there saying you suck. It can be difficult for even the most seasoned veteran to keep going in the face of all the negativity that gets flung at them and I can't imagine a young person coming out of the experience unscathed.<br />
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If you are (or know) a young writer, my best advice is to stop thinking about publication and start thinking about perfecting your craft. Read everything you can get your hands on. Don't like sci-fi? Go ask your librarian for her favorite sci-fi novels and spend a few days reading them. Write as much and as often as possible. Seek out creative writing classes - many libraries offer workshops for young writers. Join a writing group, either online or in person. There are different groups for different kinds of writing - if you're interested in writing for children or YA, <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> and <a href="http://www.verlakay.com/">VerlaKay's </a>message boards are two of the best. Find other writers who know what they're doing to critique your work and give you pointers. Go to conferences and book signings to meet people who are doing what you want to do.<br />
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Most of all don't be in such a hurry and don't give up. When you're ready to be published, the world will be waiting. </div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-36400938132282413612013-06-27T16:03:00.001-07:002013-06-27T16:03:28.384-07:00The Third Twin!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After lots of secret-keeping time, I'm so happy that I can finally talk about my new book The Third Twin! This is the announcement that appeared in Publisher's Weekly Bookshelf this afternoon:<br />
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by <i>Dirty Little Secrets</i> author <b>C.J. Omololu</b>. In the story,
identical twins invent a third sister as a cover to date and dump hot but
temporary boys, only to find themselves stalked and impersonated by the sister
who doesn't exist, while their ex-dates turn up dead. Publication is scheduled
for 2015; Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency did the deal for North
American rights. </span> <br />
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To elaborate just a little, here is the pitch that my agent sent out (because it's better than anything I can come up with):<br />
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<i>We have three basic rules for being Alicia-always wear
the diamond pendant, never sleep with any of the guys, and after five dates,
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Identical twins Lexi and Ava have always been close,
despite being very different. Lexi relentlessly pursues academic perfection and
an Ivy League future. Ava is a party girl, with an extraordinary ability to
reel in the guys. But there's a third member of the tripod - Alicia, the
triplet sister they invented as kids and never quite abandoned. Alicia is Ava's
cover for dating hot but temporary boys. Boys whom Lexi - in the guise of
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Lexi can't stand being Alicia. She knows it's time to
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When Casey, Alicia's last date, turns up brutally murdered,
all evidence starts pointing to her - a girl who doesn't even exist. A persona
whom Lexi simply took on for one traumatic evening. But now Lexi realizes she's
being shadowed by someone who seems to know her every move. A car in the wrong
place. A red jacket she never bought. An appointment she never made . . . . The
ultimate case of identity theft? A nightmare stalker? Whatever, Lexi is going
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Only one person can help Lexi clear her name and discover
the truth - Zane, her oldest and dearest guy friend. But so often, people are
not quite what they seem. Even, perhaps, her twin sister Ava . . .</div>
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<i>With every new vision from her past lives, Cole understands
more about who she is in this life…and her love for Griffon grows as quickly as
her unique Akhet abilities. Able to sense people’s innermost emotions, Cole is
a much needed asset to the Akhet’s worldwide plan. Then she meets a young
millionaire named Drew who reveals a startling connection to Cole’s life in
Elizabethan England. His intense desire to restore their past confuses and
excites Cole but his affections complicate her plans with both Griffon and the
Akhet. When her best friend Rayne is endangered by Cole’s carelessness, Cole
must find a way to save Rayne and prevent the Akhet’s plans from falling into
the hands of people out to destroy the world. Only by trusting in herself and
her newfound abilities can Cole fight for her friend, her love, and her
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<i> </i>I'm so thrilled that INTUITION is out in the world today! It's been getting some great reviews - you can read what <a href="http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com/2013/06/review-intuition-by-cj-omololu.html">I Heart Y.A. Fiction</a> had to say and the review from <a href="http://www.intothehallofbooks.com/2013/06/intuition-by-cj-omololu-review.html"><i> </i>Into the Hall of Books</a> to see what some other people have had to say. One of my favorite things is how great the two books look together on the shelf - you can almost see Cole's story developing on the spines: </div>
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As always, I love supporting my local indies, but if you don't have a bookstore close by, you can always get it at <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/intuition-c-j-omololu/1113106681?ean=9780802723710">Barnes and Noble</a>, <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802723710">Indiebound </a>or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Intuition-C-J-Omololu/dp/0802723713">Amazon</a>. Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoy reading Cole's story as much as I enjoyed writing it! <i> </i></div>
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-43490452276525406732013-06-04T21:00:00.000-07:002013-06-04T21:00:04.073-07:00WHEN YOU WERE HERE - Giveaway!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today I'm celebrating the release of Daisy Whitney's new contemporary YA novel WHEN YOU WERE HERE. I was lucky enough to get to read this in its very early incarnation and loved it then - it's absolutely amazing now!<br />
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the two most powerful forces known to man-death and love. Daisy Whitney
brings her characters to life with a deft touch and resonating
authenticity.</i></div>
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Danny's mother lost her five-year
battle with cancer three weeks before his graduation-the one day that
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Now Danny is left alone, with only
his memories, his dog, and his heart-breaking ex-girlfriend for
company. He doesn't know how to figure out what to do with her estate,
what to say for his Valedictorian speech, let alone how to live or be
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When he gets a letter from his
mom's property manager in Tokyo, where she had been going for treatment,
it shows a side of a side of his mother he never knew. So, with no
other sense of direction, Danny travels to Tokyo to connect with his
mother's memory and make sense of her final months, which seemed filled
with more joy than Danny ever knew. There, among the cherry blossoms,
temples, and crowds, and with the help of an almost-but-definitely-not
Harajuku girl, he begins to see how it may not have been ancient magic
or mystical treatment that kept his mother going. Perhaps, the secret of
how to live lies in how she died.</div>
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While I think you should all run out run now and grab a copy, I'm going to give away one shiny hardcover copy to a lucky person. Just enter the rafflecopter contest by this Friday, June 7th at midnight EST- good luck! </div>
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<a class="rafl" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/3923195/" id="rc-3923195" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><br />
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(Because several of the lucky winners of my last contest were international, I'm now broke. Unfortunately, this contest is open to domestic entries only.) </div>
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-8405475574309383612013-05-31T17:37:00.001-07:002013-05-31T17:37:56.264-07:00Second Chances - A Giveaway of INTUITION<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In case you didn't win a copy of TRANSCENDENCE, my friend and awesome blurber Malinda Lo is giving away an ARC of INTUITION over on her <a href="http://www.malindalo.com/2013/05/free-book-friday-intuition-by-c-j-omololu/">blog.</a> Click through and enter - as far as I know, this is one of the first giveaways before the book comes out on June 18th. Good luck!<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-48766123945343775622013-05-30T21:12:00.004-07:002013-05-30T21:12:55.233-07:00And The Winners Are....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The five winners of the signed TRANSCENDENCE paperbacks are:<br />
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Lilivette<br />
Rachel Grinti<br />
Kristin Bombard<br />
Amanda Pedrys<br />
Leanne<br />
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All of the winners have been sent an email from me - congratulations!!!! Thanks so much to everyone who entered and said such nice things about the book, I really appreciate the support.<br />
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I'll be holding another giveaway soon - this time I'll giveaway hot-off-the-presses hardback copies of INTUITION, so stay tuned. Keep checking back and fingers crossed!</div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-9637208883377111002013-05-22T13:20:00.000-07:002013-05-30T09:23:21.777-07:00TRANSCENDENCE Paperback Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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TRANSCENDENCE is now out in paperback! I loved Griffon and Cole on the original cover and I'm happy to say that they're back in the paperback version - looks the same, just a bit smaller and lighter (and less expensive). But wait...there's more. In the back of the paperback copy you'll see:<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-2049036798930687752013-05-22T07:21:00.000-07:002013-05-22T07:21:18.855-07:00Our Family Doesn't 'Fit'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been thinking about doing a blog post on this topic for awhile, and tonight my son found this article on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/virginia-parents-walmart-biracial-daughters_n_3313143.html">Huffington Post</a> about a father who was followed home from Walmart by the police because someone at the store thought he might have kidnapped his biracial daughters. According to the article:<br />
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<i> ...the customer was concerned because they saw the children with your
husband and he didn't think that they fit," Keana told the news station.
"And I said, ‘What do you mean by they don't fit?’ And I was trying to
get her to say it. And she says, ‘Well, they just don't match up.’” </i></div>
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People have pointed out that the customers and cops were just acting out of concern for the kids - that in the light of recent kidnappings, they wanted to make sure that nothing fishy was going on. All well and good, except this still comes from a place of thinking that all families should 'match' - Mom, Dad and the kids should all be one race and look the same. <br />
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This makes me crazy on so many levels. As a family, we don't fit either. The most disingenuous thing that anyone can say to me is "Oh yeah, I see the resemblance". You do? I've known my kids for 16 and 13 years and I never have. Neither of my kids looks like either one of us - I could have phoned them in for all the family resemblance we have, and that's fine with us. </div>
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When my youngest was born three years later, the only thing we were sure of was that he'd have brown eyes and brown hair - we'd both taken basic genetics and knew that those were dominant features. "Ha!" says the Universe.<br />
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The funny thing is, he's the spitting image of my husband if you look closely - except almost nobody ever does. My son was a few weeks old and very cranky so my husband decided to take him for a walk in his stroller. He was walking near our local supermarket and the baby was screaming, so my husband picked him up and noticed everyone getting really quiet. He got very uncomfortable and raced back home, sure he was going to get picked up for kidnapping someone's little white child (foreshadowing the HuffPo article above).<br />
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Nothing that drastic has ever happened, but I was always surprised who 'got' it and who didn't. I was with my youngest son at the grocery store when he was in his infant seat. A nice little old Caucasian lady came up to us and complimented his white blonde hair and green eyes. As I said thanks, she leaned over and said "You know, the way things are going, we won't have any natural blonde babies soon." I was so stunned I couldn't find the words for any of the great comebacks that hit me half an hour later.<br />
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Another outing at about the same time, an African American woman was standing in line behind the two of us when she leaned over and asked "Is his father Yoruba?" I was shocked and said that yes, he was (Yoruba is his Nigerian ancestry) and asked how she could tell. She replied that he looked just like a Yoruba prince. I've found this over and over again - Caucasians often miss that my kids are biracial, while African American people never do. Is this because African American people tend to see beyond skin color to the underlying features? That the term African American applies to a variety of skin tones and hair textures (going back to the 'one drop' rule)? I don't know, but it's pretty universally true.<br />
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We live in Northern California, where different family structures are more the norm but we still get it from time to time. We have friends who have adopted and friends who have biracial kids and everyone has a story about people thinking their kids don't fit. I've had a friend asked repeatedly where she 'got' her adopted Asian daughter. An African American friend is constantly mistaken for the nanny of her biracial kids. My kids have heard "Is <i>that</i> your Mom (or Dad)?" so many times, they don't even react anymore. <br />
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In 2013 and beyond, I can only imagine (hope?) that these questions will get asked less and less. Modern Family is one of my very favorite shows, and they recently had a plotline about this subject that was really great. Cam and Mitchell were worried that their adopted daughter Lily wasn't like either of them until they saw her dressed up in crazy clothes (Cam) and organizing her Play-Doh by color (Mitch) and realized that even if you don't give your kids your genetics (or they get scrambled along the way), they're still part of you.<br />
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I didn't give my sons my hair or eyes, but I gave them both my hayfever and a love of music. My oldest is a high-strung perfectionist just like I am and my youngest has his dad's great singing voice. We're raising them to be good, tolerant, respectful people who will hopefully leave this world a better place for their presence in it.<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-78050612674313168842013-05-20T18:44:00.001-07:002013-05-20T18:45:23.413-07:00I'm Tumbling (Badly)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So...just in time for Yahoo to corrupt (ahem, improve) Tumblr, I've decided to give it a try. You all are warned, I'm not very good at it yet. I'm still not sure what to post, what to reblog or who to follow, but you're welcome to join me over there. I'm at <a href="http://cjomololu.tumblr.com/">http://cjomololu.tumblr.com/</a> . If you REALLY want to interact with me, I'm on Twitter <i>way</i> too much, so feel free to follow me over there too: <a href="https://twitter.com/cjomololu">https://twitter.com/cjomololu</a> </div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-65221794074077830862013-02-11T07:42:00.001-08:002013-02-11T07:43:46.985-08:00A Sweet Sight for Valentines Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Know what that is? That is the sweetest sight this writer can see - a completely filled story board for my next book. I'm working on a major rewrite (which for me, usually involves chopping off the entire second half and starting over) and have finally gotten all of the plot points down. Now that I know what happens and where, it's just a matter of handing the script to the actors in my head and letting them go for it - which for me is the easy part.<br />
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I can't tell you much about it yet, except that it's a thriller, a standalone and I really love it. Hopefully, more details including the title and a quick synopsis can be revealed soon!</div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-74961525502718673222012-12-27T15:13:00.002-08:002012-12-27T15:13:30.536-08:00fur immer die Seele!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There was an awesome box waiting for me at the post office today - copies of the German edition of TRANSCENDENCE! You can't tell from the picture, but the cover is thick and matte, with the title glossy and raised and each book carefully shrink-wrapped. I LOVE it - hope you do too!<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-38770109563398477112012-12-18T19:03:00.002-08:002012-12-18T19:03:51.991-08:00Drumroll.....The Cover of INTUITION!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm so happy I finally get to share the gorgeous new cover for INTUITION (out in June), the sequel to TRANSCENDENCE:<br />
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<i>As Cole begins to accept her new life as Akhet, every new vision from her past helps explain more about who she is in this life. Her love for Griffon grows as quickly as her Akhet abilities, while Cole learns to recognize other Akhet around her, including Drew, a young millionaire who reveals a startling connection - he was Cole's true love in Tudor England. But Drew's intense desire to restore their past relationship alienates Griffon. Caught between the person she was in the 15th century and the person she is today, Cole must decide who she loves and quickly figure out her place in the Akhet's worldwide plan as a rogue member threatens to destroy them all. </i><br />
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I LOVED diving back into Cole's world and hope you all enjoy it in June!</div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-55970954054770537322012-12-13T15:31:00.001-08:002012-12-13T15:31:42.181-08:00Skype Visits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've done a few skype visits lately and wanted to remind the teachers/book club members out there that I'm always happy to visit you via my office chair. This last one was with Ms. Kullen's book club at a high school in Pennsylvania and they took a group photo with the laptop featuring my big old head which was pretty fun.<br />
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Skype visits work best when the students are prepared and have preferably read one of my books so that I can answer specific questions. If you're interested in having me 'visit' your classroom or book club, just click on the 'contact' button over on the upper right hand side of the screen and shoot me an email. If you have an iPad, we're also experimenting with FaceTime visits too. Easy and fun!</div>
CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-21850642613116723342012-11-29T09:57:00.002-08:002012-11-29T09:59:29.628-08:00The Faces of TRANSCENDENCE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I just got the final covers for two of the foreign editions of TRANSCENDENCE. I love seeing how each country interprets the story - so pretty!<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-82800196309554325552012-11-26T07:45:00.000-08:002012-11-26T07:45:09.828-08:00Everyone Needs an Editor. Even you. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was on a panel recently and one of the questions involved the value of having an editor. I was surprised how strongly I felt about my answer at the time, so I figured I'd share my thoughts here on the blog.<br />
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Everyone needs an editor. Everyone. Whether you're being traditionally published or self-publishing, the one thing your book needs more than a kick-ass cover or a blurb from that NYT bestselling author is a ruthless editor. I'm not talking about hiring someone to correct your spelling and punctuation - I'm talking about someone who will make you question the value of every single paragraph and the position of every single word.<br />
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When I turned in the first draft of my first novel Dirty Little Secrets, I'd already gone through several rounds of revisions with my agent and I thought it was a pretty perfect book. By the time I got my first round of edits back from my editor, I was wondering why in the world they bought the book in the first place. She obviously hated it. Between the multi-page, single-spaced edit letter and the insanely marked up copy, it felt like there was nothing left of the original story. So I called my best writing friend and cried into the phone at the unfairness of it all, at the impossibility of making the changes that she wanted, about the possibility of giving back the advance and just forgetting the whole thing. I put the edit letter away for a couple of days, and when I finally got the courage up to take another peek at it, I had to admit that the suggestion at the top of the second page had some merit. After a few days, I was ready to read and really look at the whole thing and I had to grudgingly admit that almost everything she said was going to make the book better than I'd ever imagined. There was only one suggestion that I didn't take - she suggested that YA readers were going to want a 'wrap up' chapter so that they'd get a sense of what happened after the last scene. In my mind, the book ended at a certain point in my head, so I stood my ground. You know what? She was right. So right, that I wrote an 'After' chapter and put it on my website to answer all of the reader mail I got wanting to know what happened after the last page.<br />
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The next two books I wrote with my editor followed a similar pattern. By the time we got through ripping apart characters and timelines, swapping chapters and rewriting (and rewriting and rewriting) endings, they were unrecognizable from the drafts I turned in, and you know what? They were MUCH better for it. I often think her name should be on the front of my book along with mine. <br />
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I'm not against self-publishing. Many of my friends have decided to go that route for different reasons, and that's great. What I am against is an author finishing a draft, running it through some rudimentary copy edits and putting it online as a finished work. Without a second set of eyes that is invested in making your book the best in can be, it's not finished. You need to analyze every aspect of your story and be prepared to change everything in order to make it better. And you can't do that in a vacuum. And if you are doing it in a vacuum, you're doing it wrong IMHO and shortchanging your readers. Handing your story to a ruthless editor who will make you question everything has nothing to do with keeping 'control' of your work. It's about making that work the best it can be. <br />
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Many people know that TRANSCENDENCE was inspired by the son of a friend who died five years ago. Griffon would have been 18 today, so I want to take a minute out of this Thanksgiving Day to wish him Happy Birthday:<br />
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So I stumbled on the German trailer for TRANSCENDENCE that is coming out from Dressler in February of 2013. I have no idea what they're saying, but it looks awesome and I love the cover!<br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-85535733527446670622012-11-14T07:49:00.002-08:002012-11-14T07:49:55.176-08:00Theme Songs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Most books end up with a theme song - most of the time just something that gets stuck in my head while I'm writing and won't let go. For TRANSCENDENCE, it was Break Even by the Script, for the sequel INTUITION (coming in June), it was Someone Like You by Adele (you can tell when I wrote these by the theme songs sometimes). For the new book I'm finishing it's been Hallelujah, the John Cale version, which is funny because the song is a bit dark, but the book really isn't. I go to sleep with this song in my head and wake up with this song in my head. Here, now you can too:<br />
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A few months ago, I was invited to come to Spartanburg, South Carolina to talk to some students who had read my book. I've never been south of NYC on the east coast, so I said sure, not realizing what an amazing event this really is. This post is mainly for other authors who might be invited to participate in Spartanburg Reads so that you will know what to expect.<br />
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Rodney Graves is the Director of Secondary Education in Spartanburg and my contact throughout the process. What he really is, is the reading guru of South Carolina. I've never seen so much effort put into a literacy program that is run so amazingly well. The program basically gives a book to every student in the fairly large Spartanburg 7 school district to read over the summer. The elementary kids are given picture books, while the higher grades are allowed to choose the nominees and then pick the final seven books they can choose to read. I didn't realize what an honor it was to be chosen until Irene who works in the media center showed me the original nomination list - so many books I love had been nominated, it was amazing that my DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS landed in the final seven. In the end, over 400 high school students read my book, and for me, that's reason enough to show up.<br />
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I'm not a morning person, but I'd get up at 6:30 all over again for their amazing southern breakfast - grits, <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYUjmXyYBA9WceQb1b2YqwwQiPiuAQp1wmE9gGuFjTMuCI7Xc1sGkQexJ1tDUpgRAT-NVq8-Xx924avPY11z_LI7VnfE4aDh9jEdEtpNqy05DaItxhyphenhyphenaZwlHkruzuOQF1u44RaL0MZu2y/s1600/579703_4052076935076_228150718_n.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYUjmXyYBA9WceQb1b2YqwwQiPiuAQp1wmE9gGuFjTMuCI7Xc1sGkQexJ1tDUpgRAT-NVq8-Xx924avPY11z_LI7VnfE4aDh9jEdEtpNqy05DaItxhyphenhyphenaZwlHkruzuOQF1u44RaL0MZu2y/s320/579703_4052076935076_228150718_n.jpg" width="320" /></a>homemade biscuits, baked apples, bread pudding, maple-pecan bacon...I could go on. The authors took over the place and they couldn't have been nicer. (Yes, that is E.B. Lewis sitting next to me at breakfast.)<br />
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If you're invited to Spartanburg Reads, you'll work hard. I did two community events and four speaking engagements in front of groups of high school students and teachers in less than two days. But you'll also be treated exceptionally well. Every event was well publicized and attended both by people involved in the school district and community members. The kids at my presentations were quiet and polite and asked some really thoughtful questions. They are really glad to have you there and it shows. Just this morning, I got an email with a writing question from one of the kids at the high school.<br />
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There were a few hours of downtime every day, and I spent the second warm afternoon on the upstairs veranda of the hotel watching a thunderstorm roll in. It was the perfect ending to a seriously rewarding day. If you get asked and you don't mind a little hard work, Spartanburg, South Carolina is a great place to be. <br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-29630951595377899732012-08-29T07:28:00.001-07:002012-08-29T07:28:05.533-07:00Giveaway - IF I LIE by Cory Jackson (Signed!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em> A powerful debut novel about the gray space between truth and perception.</em><br />
Quinn’s done the unthinkable: she kissed a guy who is not Carey, her
boyfriend. And she got caught. Being branded a cheater would be bad
enough, but Quinn is deemed a traitor, and shunned by all of her
friends. Because Carey’s not just any guy—he’s serving in Afghanistan
and revered by everyone in their small, military town.<br />
Quinn could clear her name, but that would mean revealing secrets
that she’s vowed to keep—secrets that aren’t hers to share. And when
Carey goes MIA, Quinn must decide how far she’ll go to protect her
boyfriend…and her promise.<br />
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What Kirkus said about IF I LIE by <a href="http://corrinejackson.com/wordpress/">Cory Jackson</a>:<br />
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“Sophie’s blunt, perceptive present-tense narration takes readers
effectively into her personal emotional maelstrom. Relationships and
their dynamics play themselves out naturally and with satisfying
complexity; readers see all too clearly the damage done in the name of
love.<em>“</em><br />
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IF I LIE is receiving rave reviews even though it only debuted yesterday. I got a copy for me and a signed copy for YOU! This giveaway is international - so spread the word!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/If-I-Lie-Corrine-Jackson/dp/144245413X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333178249&sr=8-1">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781442454132">Indiebound</a> | <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-lie-corrine-jackson/1108167385?ean=9781442454132&itm=1&usri=corrine+jackson">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="http://www.booksamillion.com/p/If-Lie/Corrine-Jackson/9781442454132?id=5331783892306">Books-A-Million</a><br />
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CJ Omololuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15691702701853775480noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6023195663322499949.post-21046800656718715012012-08-16T12:52:00.000-07:002012-08-16T12:52:09.842-07:00Back To School Giveaway!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In honor of back to school (known around here as the most wonderful time of the year-no disrespect to Christmas), I'm holding a giveaway that is only for librarians and teachers. Included in the prize pack are:<br />
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<li>Signed hardcover of TRANSCENDENCE</li>
<li>35 signed TRANSCENDENCE bookmarks</li>
<li>Ankh temporary tatoos</li>
<li>Ankh earrings</li>
<li>Signed hardcover of DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS</li>
<li>Signed paperback of DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS</li>
<li>35 signed DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS bookmarks</li>
<li>Shabby Teddy from DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS</li>
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If you'd like to add these books to your classroom or school (or public) library, just enter on the Rafflecopter link below. Because the box is fairly large, the giveaway is open to US residents only. <br />
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