tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16441931244447891032024-02-18T21:57:20.571-08:00C. J. VallesC. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-33970464203946803802015-01-19T21:28:00.001-08:002015-01-19T21:28:58.646-08:00The blog has moved!<span style="font-size: large;">The website has been rebuilt, and the blog has moved! All future updates will be posted to the new blog and/or website.</span><br />
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-63489958991726491592015-01-11T21:34:00.001-08:002015-01-11T21:34:41.230-08:00The blog is moving!Redesigning cjvalles.com -- and the blog is moving soon!<br />
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-46330088805024322032014-12-19T13:04:00.001-08:002014-12-19T13:04:15.221-08:00Happy Dance!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-75469921994485305272014-12-17T15:53:00.001-08:002014-12-17T15:53:35.525-08:00For Ever is free on iBooks!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Get it <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/for-ever/id952606239?mt=11" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>!</span></div>
C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-89197681606572707122014-12-17T12:27:00.000-08:002014-12-17T12:27:07.210-08:00For Ever is free on Barnes & Noble!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Get it <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/for-ever-c-j-valles/1110918346?ean=2940046462876" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a>!</span></div>
C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-76414080405842363132014-12-14T11:03:00.000-08:002014-12-14T11:03:23.726-08:00For Ever is free on Smashwords!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You can download it <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/501613" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>here</b></span></a>!</span></div>
C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-69831182060411511052014-11-20T15:33:00.001-08:002014-11-20T15:33:06.487-08:00I can't stop watching this trailer!I think it's the music. It just feels so epically romantic!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/clbSd2JzAqc?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-57242536311012892742014-11-17T11:44:00.002-08:002014-11-17T11:44:36.814-08:00I love Wattpad!There's so much great stuff to check out. So far I've found two book series. <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/5922157-the-ghost-files" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker</span></a> and <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/1559756-the-medium" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">The Medium (Emily Chambers Spirit Medium trilogy) by C. J. Archer</span></a>. They were very different stories, but both paranormal in nature. I'm a sucker for that, obviously, judging by The Ever Series.<br />
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Each of the first books in those two series are available for free on Wattpad, and I immediately went out and bought the rest of the books in both series on Amazon. I got obsessed and finished both series within a couple of days, and I don't think I would have found them if it weren't for Wattpad!<br />
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Speaking of which, <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/25275036-for-ever" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>For Ever is still up for free on Wattpad</b></span></a>, but it's apparently really (I mean REALLY) hard to find unless you search <b>cjvalles</b>. If you search <i>For Ever</i>, literally everything but <i>For Ever</i> comes up!<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ever-Book-C-J-Valles-ebook/dp/B00P21FM32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416252885&sr=8-1&keywords=ever+valles" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Ever is currently on pre-sale on Amazon</b></span></a>, due to come out Dec. 20!!! I am so excited for that. And I've been working on another project. The characters are older (college), and I'm having fun with it, so we'll see what happens.<br />
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Has anyone else fallen in love with anything they found on <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Wattpad</span></b></a>?C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-53446170234778712602014-11-02T17:58:00.002-08:002014-11-02T17:58:35.154-08:00Read the first two chapters of Ever!!!Click the pic of the cover (left column of the blog) to preview the first two chapters of <i>Ever</i> NOW!C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-42027405086684366952014-10-31T09:28:00.001-07:002014-11-02T17:32:37.504-08:00For Ever is now available on Wattpad!<div style="text-align: left;">
I just made <b><i>For Ever</i></b>, Book 1 of The Ever Series, available on Wattpad.com. <b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/25275036-for-ever" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Check it out here!</span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ever-Book-C-J-Valles-ebook/dp/B00P21FM32/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1414730005&sr=8-2&keywords=ever+valles" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">To purchase <i>Sever</i>, Book 3 in The Ever Series, on Amazon, click here.</span></a></b><br />
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-6850041509671387242014-10-30T21:32:00.001-07:002014-10-30T21:35:16.279-07:00Ever is available for pre-sale on Amazon!Woo hoo! I am so, so, so excited!<br />
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Ever Casey was definitely an enigma in <i>For Ever </i>... and very soon you'll get to read his every thought!<br />
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<br />C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-85124186096716258492014-10-16T12:07:00.001-07:002014-10-16T12:07:22.251-07:00A little taste of EverWith any luck, Ever will be going up for pre-sale on Amazon very soon. I'm also in the middle of a number of other projects. In the meantime, here's another little teaser.<br>
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Right now, I'm working on a super-secret project that's probably going to end up under a pen name, but I promise I'm going to get to <i>Ever</i>'s edits as soon as possible. As far as a release date for the book, I'm thinking late December since there seem to be two main book-buying seasons -- summertime and right after the holidays. But we'll see. I may be putting it up for pre-sale before then, so keep an eye out!<br />
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-37100407795468204642014-10-02T13:35:00.001-07:002014-10-02T13:35:19.758-07:00Good news ... I thinkI might be getting a draft of <i>Ever</i>'s cover tonight -- finally! Cross your fingers with me (but don't hold your breath). Apparently my designer has been having Internet connectivity issues. I can relate! So excited to share a first look at <i>Ever</i>. Oh, and I've just finished my review of the book, so it goes to my editor next.<br />
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Stay tuned for cover updates!C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-45946831361095080022014-09-22T14:39:00.001-07:002014-09-22T14:39:17.879-07:00Done!Just finished my first draft of <i>Ever</i>! Now for the review. No cover yet. :-(<br />
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I've been thinking of doing a <i>For Ever</i> photo tour of Oregon for the longest time, and maybe now that I'm finishing up Ever's version of <i>For Ever</i>, I'll finally get around to it. In the meantime, if you ever get around to visiting Cannon Beach and Haystack Rock (featured in Chapter 13: My Friends of <i>For Ever</i>), I just had the most insanely incredible malted chocolate shake. Soooooo tasty -- that was my lunch!<br />
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<i>Midnight City</i>, M83</div>
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<i>Fade Into You</i>, Mazzy Star</div>
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<i>Blue Monday</i>, New Order</div>
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<i>I've Got Dreams to Remember</i>, Otis Redding</div>
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<i>Young Folks</i>, Peter Bjorn and John</div>
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<i>Love My Way</i>, The Psychedelic Furs</div>
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<i>All I Need</i>, Radiohead</div>
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<i>Spaceboy</i>, Smashing Pumpkins</div>
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<i>The Diamond Sea</i>, Sonic Youth</div>
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<i>To Lose My Life</i>, White Lies</div>
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<i>Rhinocerous</i>, Smashing Pumpkins</div>
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<i>Elegia</i>, New Order</div>
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* This is the song I imagined toward the end of <i>Sever</i>.<br />
<br />C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-9054960909652959182014-08-14T22:38:00.000-07:002014-08-15T10:13:50.376-07:00Who are you?I just read a blog post on "being authentically yourself." Now, you might be saying to yourself, "What else can I be?" I've actually found it's very easy to be someone other than myself, at least part of the time. Think about what we're asked to be and do, whether it's in school or when looking for a job.<br />
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<li>Be an energetic go-getter who loves collaborating with people!</li>
<li>Must be good at math and science!</li>
<li>Must love working in groups!</li>
<li>Study hard for the stuff that you're not interested in! Don't pay attention to the stuff you're interested in!</li>
<li>Get your head out of that book and get an internship with a Fortune 500 company!</li>
<li>Must love multitasking rather than sitting alone all day reading a book or doodling!</li>
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For years and years, I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do, and I literally couldn't sit down to write for more than five minutes without feeling like a fraud. After a long time of being told what I <i>should</i> be doing, someone close to me told me to focus on what I <i>enjoyed</i> doing. The problem was: I didn't enjoy writing anymore. I was afraid of it, because I kept thinking I had to be someone I wasn't.<br />
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I am not an extrovert. I can read or write all day and feel completely fine in that very internal world.<br />
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I am not and never have been a math and science person. I'm fascinated by certain scientific facts, but my brain does not work well with equations. Likewise, I enjoy stories, not formulas.<br />
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I hate group work. <b>Hate</b> it.<br />
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I never liked studying. Reading a good book is always better.<br />
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In my world, multitasking is over-rated. Spending an entire day reading (or writing) a book is perfectly acceptable.<br />
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The world, in a lot of ways, is built for multitasking extroverts who excel at math and science and love group work. I'm not saying that's a bad thing. We need people who love math and science and group work and multitasking. I'm just saying it's okay to be the other way, too. I think that's a lot of what got channeled into Wren in <i>For Ever</i>. I think she feels a little out of place in the world, and I think for a long time I did, too.<br />
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say that some of the people who connected with The Ever Series are introverts who love reading and hate group work. There are maybe even some people who love math and science and group work in there, too. :-)<br />
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Right now, I'm in Ever's world. What a ride. I can't wait to share his side of <i>For Ever</i>.<br />
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To those of you who have followed along on Wren's journey from the beginning, thank you.<br />
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CJC. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-81547700449801672092014-08-05T12:02:00.001-07:002014-08-05T12:02:12.624-07:00Sever just got the sweetest review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It just made my day! Thank you to Ever's No. 1 fan.<br />
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XXC. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-73189228941154580692014-08-03T21:38:00.001-07:002014-08-04T11:47:36.476-07:00Buy Sever now on Amazon!<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><i>When Sever ends, will it be For Ever? </i></b></div>
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I close my eyes, remembering his last words.<br />
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<i>Wren Sullivan, I shall never forget you.</i><br />
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Alex saved me and cursed me. And now, even a year later, he haunts me. Maybe for the rest of my life. Feelings I’ve kept buried for the past year suddenly overwhelm me. Guilt … confusion … and the fear that I will never have control of anything—including myself—again in this lifetime.<br />
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When Wren Sullivan’s enemy sacrificed himself to save her, it should have been happily ever after with her true love, Ever Casey. The problem is: she can’t forget Alex Rousseau. Now, as a new enemy presents himself—and Wren begins to discover long-held secrets from a world across the dimensional divide—she must make choice after impossible choice as her mortal world is torn apart by a battle between immortal beings who have existed eons longer than she has been alive.<br />
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On top of that, her eighteenth birthday is coming up. And prom. And graduation. The question is: will she make it that far? <br />
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C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-85859015991355028432014-08-03T00:36:00.002-07:002014-08-03T00:36:08.304-07:00So close!So, here it is: if I can stop freaking out by tomorrow and work up the nerve to press "Publish," then <i>Sever</i> will most likely be available (fingers crossed) sometime on Monday (<b>4 August</b>)!<br />
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Right now, it's well past midnight here in Portland, Ore., and I need to remind myself to breathe deeply.<br />
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Can't wait for you guys to read <i>Sever</i>!<br />
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CJC. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644193124444789103.post-84096095606494938922014-07-20T11:14:00.002-07:002014-07-20T11:14:38.015-07:00My editor just finished Sever ...And he said:<br />
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"<b>Very impressive. This is the best so far.</b>"<br />
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He also said the ending was a complete surprise.<br />
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I will be working on the edits this week, so ... get ready!<br />
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Additionally, I am almost exactly 50 percent of the way through <i>Ever</i>, so get ready for his version of <i>For Ever</i>.C. J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17466232448453574993noreply@blogger.com1