Ten Questions That Rock: GCC Style - Jennifer O'Connell

Where did the week go?! I thought months with 31 days were supposed to be long?

Look, while I try to figure out where the last ninety-six hours went, hang out with Jenny O'Connell, author of The Book of Luke, in the Clique Lounge.

Take the reigns, Jenny, I have some number crunching to do....

TCL: Pick one: If you could enter your MC into a MTV-style Celebrity Deathmatch, what protagonist would you challenge and why?

JOC: I’d enter Vanessa from my first teen book, THE BOOK OF LUKE. She’s not afraid to defend herself and she’s very smart.


TCL: Shoes say a lot about a person, what type of shoe are you?

JOC: I think I’m a brightly colored flip flop, something fun, functional and with a little pizzazz.

TCL: What type of writer are you: plot-driven or character-driven

JOC: I’d say I fall back on being plot-driven but I’d rather be character-driven. I work harder at being character-driven.

TCL Says: Hmmm...so if we put your plot skills with my character skills we could come together like peanut butter and chocolate and create a book as yummy as a Reese cup. Mmmmm....Reese Cups.

TCL: Word association time. What do you think when I say:

Chick-lit – critics need to lighten up

Best seller – please!

Best Band Ever – Led Zeppelin

Most rockin' author – Norma Klein

TCL: Name the Top 3 books on your To Be Read (TBR) List

JOC: Have to be honest, I’m so busy working and writing I don’t have any on my TBR list right now. I have TBWs! (to be writtens)

TCL Says: Good, so I'm not the only one. I always feel so lame when I look up and realize that some of my TBR books have been waiting TBR for a year. Yikes!

TCL: If you had anything to do with it, what would the next hot lit trend be?

JOC: That women could write what they want to write without everyone feeling the need to criticize it as inferior.


TCL: What celeb would you love to see play your MC on the big or small screen and why?

JOC: I think Emma Roberts would make a good Emily.


TCL: Whether it's because you admire their work or adore them, who's your author crush?

JOC: I love Alison Pace, we email all day long and crack each other up. And I absolutely loved Sonya Sones book WHAT MY MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW – so much so that I emailed her to tell her just that.

TCL: What TV show do you watch that you're ashamed to admit liking?

JOC: Dr. 90210

TCL: SSP: Tell the cliquesters why your book should be in their TBR list.

JOC: Because I keep getting emails from people who really liked reading it (many have even said they LOVED it)– and that’s the truth!

Well whaddya need P to tell you go cop it for when Jenny already has bonafide fans willing to attest to her book's total cop-ability? Go forth and read.