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#1 nyt best-selling, hugo award-winning writer 📚🎥 model 📸 writing teacher ✍🏾 | link to all ⬇️ #childrenofbloodandbone 🧝🏿♀️
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MEET YOUR DIRECTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🚨🧝🏿♀️🎥✨ so many of you have been on this journey with me for so long. believe me when i tell you that we could not be in more talented, dedicated, and masterful hands |
#childrenofbloodandbone
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and just to be clear, i am okay. i am sharing this because writing is how I process and get through trauma.
i am not going to let that bastard ruin my day or my weekend or my life.
but THIS is what is happening every single day.
to men.
women.
CHILDREN.
#ThisIsAmerica
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Don’t really have words for this moment.
Have officially held my first book.
I cannot wait to share
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
with you all in 30 days
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(and, yes—i have a video recording of him making both threats.)
when i tried to explain why four white men with badges and guns showing up on a black woman’s doorstep in 2018 was cause for extreme alarm, they said:
“this isn’t about race”
“I don’t see color”
(3/?)
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ITS HAPPENING YOU GUYS😭😄😭
🙌🏿🙅🏿♀️👏🏿🙅🏿♀️🙌🏿🙅🏿♀️👏🏿🙅🏿♀️🙌🏿🙅🏿♀️👏🏿🙅🏿♀️🙌🏿
Exclusive: 'Dope' director Rick Famuyiwa tackling YA fantasy 'Children of Blood and Bone'
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when it was revealed that all they wanted was to see if someone inside had a phone contact that would help them with an investigation, I asked why the officer threatened a search warrant at all or to rip my door off its hinges.
the officer denied making either threat (2/?)
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“I wish the public would stop focusing on the negative. It’s such a small percentage of the police force. I get discriminated against all the time.”
then the fucker made a joke.
laughed.
and walked away.
(7/?)
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so at the end of this encounter i pulled myself together and tried to explain AGAIN how every day for the past two years I’ve seen pictures and videos of white men with badges like theirs and guns like theirs murder and assault innocent black people.
(5/?)
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“I’m colorblind”
at this point i had to take a moment to myself.
i sat on my floor and cried.
but i was hoping—HOPING—this could be a teachable moment for them.
(4/?)
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i tried to explain how understanding that viewpoint would help them positively interact with black people in the future.
the officer who threatened to rip my door off its hinges and then denied making this threat interrupted me to say the following:
(6/?)
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One of the unexpected best & funniest things about this
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
experience is finally connecting with the
@BTS_twt
ARMY because of my author bio 😂
YOU GUYS I’VE BEEN OBSESSING OVER SUGA ALONE FOR SO LONG
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IM ON THE 2020
#TIME100
LIST WITH BONG JOON HO AND MEG THE MUTHAF***IN STALLION BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU
@TIME
!!!!!!!! AND THANK YOU
@JOHNBOYEGA
FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE:
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In the past 12 months I've seen more black people on the cover of books than in my entire life. Celebrating with a giveaway, RT to enter!!!
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MY WHOLE LIFE IS COMPLETE
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KOBE BRYANTTTTTTTTTTTT READ MY FREAKING BOOK!!!!!!
AND HE LIKED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU
@kobebryant
!!!!!!!!!!!
Well deserved
@tomi_adeyemi
I read it in just about a day!! LOVED it
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
#congrats
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what will be playing in a loop in my head for the entirety of black history month 🙌🏿
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the face of a girl who's going to have a good weekend (and continue to live her best life). thank you all for the support, and thank you even more to those of you who shared similar stories. we keep fighting and we keep our heads up high. the best revenge you can wear is a smile.
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I AM SO EXCITED to announce that there is an AMAZING NEW SHOW coming to
@netflix
and i’ve had to honor of WRITING FOR IT!!!!! 🖊 🙌🏿
#MYDADTHEBOUNTYHUNTER
= the black INCREDIBLES in space with the dope animation & colors & music of INTO THE SPIDERVERSE
it’s AWESOME
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today at the end of my talk this young queen marched straight down to my table
#childrenofbloodandbone
in hand. she skipped the line of 80 people to tell me about the story she’d written for school & all the stories she wants to write. queens like ava-rae are the reason i write.
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...
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#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
HIT THE LIST!!!!!!
THANK YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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if there wasn’t video evidence, i’d be convinced it was an elaborate dream 🙌🏿 full
@FallonTonight
interview here!!
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When I was in sixth grade I had to testify in immigration court for my mom. I sat there on the stand—11 years old—trying to explain to a judge why I needed my mom to stay. When I realized the judge might actually take her away, I cried so hard I could no longer speak (1/?)
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YOU GUYS DID IT!!!!!!! 65,000 VOTES MADE
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
THE
#TONIGHTSHOWSUMMEREAD
!!!!!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
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my mom tried to get me drunk tonight so she could get book 2 secrets
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YOUUUUUU GUYYYYYYYYYSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!
@JIMMYFALLON
IS HOSTING A SUMMER BOOK CLUB ON THE TONIGHT SHOW AND
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
IS A FINALIST!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP ME VOTE TO MAKE
#CBB
JIMMY’S PICK!!!!!!!!
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Yeah...yeah...yeah...
yeah...yeah...YEAH!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
#childrenofbloodandbone
and
@usher
?!?!?
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🎥🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
Tomi Adeyemi’s New York Times bestselling novel Children of Blood & Bone is being developed by Lucasfilm in partnership with 20th Century Studios. This coming-of-age adventure follows a young African girl’s quest to restore magic to her forsaken people, the Maji.
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THE
WAIT
IS
OVER!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
IS FINALLY OUT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!
Thank you to everyone who’s been on this journey with me & supported this book!
Orïsha, Zélie, & I have been waiting for you.
#ORISHAFOREVER
#NOWWERISE
💖💖💖 x 1000
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the outfit i shall adorn to meet yoongi tonight at the bts concert. before you ask, yes, i do think it will be love at first sight. yes, i will accept his hand in marriage. if rm or jhope or jimin see me first and fall in love first, yes i shall accept their proposals ⬇️
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The closest I have ever been to my favorite gif of all time hahah THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS
I WILL BE ELOQUENT LATER BUT RIGHT NOW JUST THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
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this is true
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...
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um...THANK YOU
@StephenKing
!!!!!!!?!?!!!!?!?! 🤯😳☠️💀☠️
(all tweets are now from beyond the grave)
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27 today 🙌🏿 grateful for each year and grateful to you guys for making this dream come true 💛
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three years ago today i discovered these pictures in a gift shop in Brazil that would become the inspiration for
#childrenofbloodandbone
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A year ago today I got to shout that I was going to be a published author
Today you guys made
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
number 1 again
To everybody who’s supported this story in any way, I can’t say thank you enough 💖💖💖🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Thank you for making this dream come true!!!
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watching this is making it harder to believe that it actually happened lol
thank you to everyone who's been sharing this interview and supporting
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
!
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I keep getting asked in interviews “why YA? why write for teens?”
This is why
People like Emma Gonzalez who will both inherit and save our world is why
Emma Gonzalez. A student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
An American Hero.
Watch This.
All of it.
The young people will set us free.
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I 👏🏿 JUST 👏🏿 TURNED 👏🏿 IN 👏🏿 MY 👏🏿 MOTHERFREAKIN 👏🏿 BOOOOOOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW I SHALL BE DANCING LIKE A KYOSHI WARRIOR FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PREPARE FOR TOUR BECAUSE YOU WILL BE DANCING WITH ME AND SCREAMING
#VENGEANCEONTHESEHEAUXS
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IT’S COMING Y’ALL!!!
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
#2
is officially
#ChildrenofVirtueandVengeance
description & order links here!!!
the more you order, the faster I have to write lol
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THE COVER FOR
#CHILDRENOFVIRTUEANDVENGEANCE
IS LIVE!!!!!! 😄😄😄😭😭🙌🏿
COME APPRECIATE ZÉLIE’S RADIANCE WITH ME!!!!!
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before CBB, i spent 4 years on a book that racked up 60+ rejections from agents
thought my big break would come when i won a query contest that would display my query for agents alongside 9 others, but i ended up being the only winner to receive 0 requests
#shareyourrejections
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thank you
@fallontonight
for allowing me to celebrate book 2 and beyoncé 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
📸: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC
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One thing (of many) I have to say:
To see my name by the queen
@angiecthomas
is everything
I remember where I was when the news broke about T.H.U.G. & Angie because it was the first time I thought my dreams were possible
Thank you Angie & so many others for paving the way
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the face you make when you turn in that 2nd draft of
#childrenofvirtueandvengeance
this baby’s almost 600 pages & needs so much work it’s not funny, but it’s full of so many things i love, has some of the best writing i think i’ve ever done & i can’t wait to share it w/ you all
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It’s messy.
It needs a LOT of work.
But first draft of
#childrenofbloodandbone
’s sequel is officially done 🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
#CBB2
#NowWeRise
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@_marienadine
This is def one of my favorite Twitter threads about the book haha HELLO fellow ARMY who understand me!!!
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next time i go to a BTS concert i’m throwing these at the stage
j-hope shall pick it up
he will read it
we shall fall in love
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when you have some good news because you have the best fans in the world but you’re sworn to temporary secrecy...😈
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just had dinner with the incredible
#childrenofbloodandbone
screenwriter
i ALMOST made it through without freaking out, but then the writer described the opening image of the movie and i burst into tears
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YOU GUYS!!!! IT’S GONNA BE
#BLOODANDBONINIT
BUT IN REAL LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿👏🏿🙌🏿
This just in:
@Tomi_Adeyemi
will be stopping by next Tuesday to talk about the official
#TonightShowSummerReads
selection → Children of Blood and Bone! 📚
#FallonTonight
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I AM SCREAMING AND DANCING AND TWERKING IN MY WOMBAT SUIT
THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿
#ORISHAFOREVER
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to everyone who made this happen, thank you from the bottom of my heart 💖💖💖
#TonightShowSummerReads
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i was so amped about bts and j-hope i forgot to show you guys how the gray hair turned out
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my mom came to this country scrubbing toilets at mcdonalds and is now the ceo of her own business 👏🏿👏🏿 happy birthday
@RchampionAdeye1
!!! i love you and im so proud of you & i know you’ll see this before a text message because you’ve colonized every social media platform
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growing up
@essence
was the only thing i had that allowed me to see black queens and kings, and this month when i open that magazine the little tomi that’s still inside me is gonna get to see this in it 💖
📸: Michael Rowe
💄: Kisha Augustine
👚:
@CeeCeePMS
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hey guys, bare with me -
i got some news about the publication date of
#childrenofvirtueandvengeance
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it doesn’t feel real. i love you guys. thank you for riding with me until the end!
#CHILDRENOFANGUISHANDANARCHY
📚 will be out 6/25/24 🎉
you can preorder now ➡️
interview about the journey dropping soon!
#childrenofbloodandbone
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the face you make when you realize those weird naruto music videos you used to make are still on youtube
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there’s been a lotttt of cool book news to celebrate today so this is your evergreen reminder that when you see someone who’s where you want to be, it’s a reminder that it’s possible for you to get there too
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The wait is officially over and THE
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
COVER IS FINALLY HEREEEEE!!!
Thank you
@TeenVogue
!!
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Taye: “I’d love to do a big action film”
Me Without Shame: “BE IN THE
#CHILDRENOFBLOODANDBONE
MOVIE”
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Everyone needs to read this.
The Hate U Give
Dear Martin
Tyler Cole Was Here
All American Boys
Children of Blood and Bone
These stories aren’t fiction or fantasy.
They’re real lives.
How my boyfriend got pulled over by the police for giving a beggar at 7-11 change: A Thread.
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wrote something for all of my dreamers out there but the TLDR
- i spent 4 years working on the first book i tried to get published. that book got rejected by 60 literary agents.
- in the 3 years since, i will have written, edited, & published 2 books
DONT GIVE UP
KEEP GRINDING
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all ill say is im feeling like this (😄😄😄) because of news about this (🎥🎥🎥)
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i wish i could make trailers from my thoughts so that you guys could see all the stories that are cooking for you
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i want to add this to my school presentation on a slide that says “hang in there”
#10yearchallenge
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Seeing all the rave
#BlackPanther
reviews & realizing that as a kid I only had the occasional Dean Thomas & Storm cameos
Even under Trump, today’s kids are getting
- Black Panther
- A Wrinkle In Time
- T.H.U.G.
- Children of Blood and Bone
And we’re just getting started 🙌🏿
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GOOOOOD MORNING AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#ChildrenofBloodandBone
#OrishaForever
#NowWeRise
Thank you
@GMA
!
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Still overwhelmed by the love from yesterday. To everyone who shared or preordered - you make me feel like I did in that video x 1000000💖
And to all the writers who said it gave them hope - you will hold your book in your hands & bawl like a baby one day, just don’t give up💖💖
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five minutes of resistance a day can change the world guys 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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