Hore, sudah dikirim ke rumah

Adikku Martha Rinna barusan kirim e-mail ini, baru 2 buku sih: Miracle Boys sama Romansa Singapura... Yang Simfoni Cinta belum...

Nulis di website alumni SMA Stece 1 Yk :)

Diupdate sama webmaster 1 September 2008 hehehe

http://www.stelladuce.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=244&Itemid=74

Pengakuan Seorang Novelis
Written by Yunisa Kusuma Dewi Edy Gunawan

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Saya adalah penyimpangan. Profesi sampingan: novelis roman percintaan manusia, tapi diri sendiri belum pernah pacaran. Lulusan Applied Maths plus MBA. Mana SMA-nya jurusan IPA. Dulu sering lomba macam-macam pula. Oh well, tidak sia-sia, nanti novel trilogi Schoolaholic Princess akan menceritakan pengalaman indah di Stece 1 hehehe :D

Memang, dari dulu saya suka sekali pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia dan English. Terutama Bu Sudi dan PR mengarangnya, Pak Yarso dan putrinya Bu Emilia Tetty (sekarang sudah tidak mengajar lagi ya?). Tak lupa, Bu Maggie yang mengajarkan saya pronunciation chef dan Louis XVI. Secinta-cintanya saya dengan bahasa, rasa-rasanya, saya jauh lebih cinta matematika (alm Pak Sudi, Pak Boydi mantan wali kelas, dan Bu Ina yang super sabar). Jelas-jelas pelajaran IPA juga sangat kucinta. Biologi (Pak Ari, Pak Gun), Fisika (Pak Oni, Pak Linus, Pak Gandjar mantan walikelas) dan Kimia (Bu Wiwiek n Pak Hardi, I love you so much!)

Lalu mengapa saya menulis? Dan percaya atau tidak, novel pertama Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama telah membawa saya benar-benar menyaksikan cherry blossoms in Yokohama, mendapat wawancara di NHK dan Mediacorp Sg. Itu tidak pernah saya mimpikan sama sekali.

Saya menulis karena saya merasa itu adalah panggilan buat bayar utang ke Tuhan. Di seluruh novel saya, pasti ada nilai moral (misal: ajaran kasih untuk mengasihi musuh, menghormati orang tua, percaya kepada kuasa Tuhan). Saya prihatin dengan bacaan yang ada di negeri kita, apalagi sinetron-sinetronnya.

Namun proses penemuan jati diri ini tidak datang begitu saja. Terima kasih kepada Dr Dede Sutedja yang telah dipakai Tuhan tanpa dia sadari, dengan ucapan "Really think you have a word for prose"... Ucapan sepele dengan dampak yang besar.

Semoga novel-novel saya bisa membantu seseorang (syukur-syukur banyak orang) menemukan makna hidup.

Yunisa, sekarang di Singapura adalah alumni Stece 1, IPA, 3B1 lulusan 1998
Penulis novel Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama (2006), Sydney Darling Harbour (2008, udah ada di Gramedia)

Yunisa

http://sakura-bersemi-di-yokohama.blogspot.com
http://schoolaholic.blogspot.com
http://heart-actually.blogspot.com
http://sydney-darling-harbour.blogspot.com

Rewriting Blurb for Book 2

Hmm, harus inget e-mail penerbit buat blurb baru ini. Or unless the editor can write it better ;)

Lulus SMP, si cantik Nana pusing karena dikejar-kejar oleh hampir semua cowok, termasuk Sonny, temannya sejak TK, sampai-sampai Inge dan Dian mengajari Nana rumus matematika cinta!

Beasiswa ke Singapura adalah solusi yang tepat sampai si kembar Den-Josh... Padahal di Singapura, si cowok dari komik sudah menunggu. Satu lagi, soal adaptasi bahasa. Duh, sekolah pindah negara benar-benar repot!

Still in Q

My mom called the publisher. My lil passed the message to me. My trilogy is still Q-ing. Probably within these 2 months... Hmm... loss at words. Why didn't they e-mail me?

Mama telepon penerbit Andi. Adikku yang kecil menyampaikan pesan. Bukuku masih antre banyak. Kemungkinan dalam 2 bulan ini terbit. Oh yeah, harus sabar *_* Tapi kok mereka nggak e-mail sih?

Recycled Cover

Hihihi, malem ini dik David told me that he went to a book fair and Penerbit Andi was there. He saw a book similar to the cover I've shown him. It is actually a recycled cover from what I have rejected :P *walahhh, Yunisa standarnya emang..................* OK, selamat ketawa!!! Happy laughing with Yunisa! :D LOL

Anyway, I have asked my lil sis Martha Rinna to contact the officer-in-charge in Andi Offset to ask when this trilogy will be out. Will keep an update here.

Simfoni Cinta @ Lulu.com

Description:
Apakah hubungan jarak jauh membuat prestasi belajar anjlok? Sepertinya memang begitu kenyataannya. Untunglah, si kembar Deni dan Yosef, kakak kelas SMP Nana justru memilih mengambil beasiswa ke Singapura. Mungkinkah cinta lama bersemi kembali? Sementara itu tawaran Phil, sang doi tidak main-main. Ia menyuruh Nana menyusulnya, kuliah di Amerika dan menikah! Antara cinta dan cita-cita, pilih mana? Dan anehnya, permainan nasib justru membuat saingan cinta malah bersahabat karib. Loh kok bisa?

Keywords:
schoolaholic

Listed in:
Teens

Printed: 220 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, cream interior paper (60# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink ISBN: 978-1-4357-6045-5
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: Yunisa
Copyright: © 2008 Yunisa
Language: Indonesian
Country: Singapore
Edition: International Edition

Romansa Singapura @ Lulu.com

Description:
Lulus SMP, si cantik Nana pusing karena dikejar-kejar oleh hampir semua cowok, termasuk Sonny, temannya sejak TK, sampai-sampai Inge dan Dian mengajari Nana rumus matematika cinta! Beasiswa ke Singapura adalah solusi yang tepat sampai si kembar Den-Josh... Padahal di Singapura, si cowok dari komik sudah menunggu. Satu lagi, soal adaptasi bahasa. Duh, sekolah pindah negara benar-benar repot!

Keywords:
Singapura
schoolaholic

Listed in:
Teens

Printed: 232 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, cream interior paper (60# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (100# weight), full-color exterior ink
ISBN: 978-1-4357-6044-8
Publisher: Lulu.com
Rights Owner: Yunisa
Copyright: © 2008 Yunisa
Language: Indonesian
Country: Singapore
Edition: International Edition

Sebel berat

Sebel nih. Banget, banget, banget. Udah e-mail ke beberapa orang di penerbit, tidak satupun yang balas. Apa sih susahnya reply 1 line juga... dari katanya akhir Mei sampai pertengahan Juli gak ada kabar pasti keluar di toko bukunya kapan.

Gak tau juga udah masuk katalog Gramedia / Gunung Agung / Kharisma belon... Even novelku yang Sydney, Darling Harbour udah dimasukin katalog dulu (padahal cover lagi didesain, orangnya lagi nanya aku mau maksud ideku).

Masa sih harus suruh my lil sis nelponin penerbit? (menghemat biaya IDD, kan sama-sama di Yk)

kok belum dibales ya?

Hiks udah ku e-mail seminggu kok belum dibales ya? Katanya akhir Mei selesai cetak n siap di toko buku??? *grundel-grundel* Yeah itulah kalau kebiasa serba "wuz wuz" di Sg, harus belajar sabar dengan sistem "pelan" di Indonesia...

Padahal in few hours, I'll be heading to Mediacorp Studio, rekaman interview lagi buat rubrik Inspirasi...

Dari When's lagi...

Nanti malam saya harus mengumpulkan poin final masukan... Minor revision, tapi herannya adik saya Riana bisa = Jemmy dalam komentarnya! *cewek kok bisa kayak ngeliat kayak cowok aja hahahah* Ini kira2 cover bukunya ntar...

Cover Buku 1 (almost final)

Cover Buku 2 (almost final)

Cover Buku 3 (more or less, final)

Halow Yunisa ^_^

Di bawah ini sudah terlampir cover terakhir yang telah direvisi

Untuk judul schoolaholic nanti pada proses cetaknya bisa dikasi tinta emas/ perak yang mengkilat.

• Untuk buku 1. karakter cowok tubuhnya sudah sedikit diperbesar. mengingat pada masa SMP ukuran tubuh cowo memang ga besar-besar amat kan? (dalam masa pertumbuhan^^). Garis tangan juga sudah dikasi outline jadi terlihat jelas. untuk baju warna putih sudah diberi outline warna biru muda, lebih bagus daripada abu-abu. Celana cowo sudah diperpanjang, rambut cowo juga sudah diberi kilapan cahaya.

• Untuk buku 2. Boncengan untuk motor sudah diperpanjang, begitu juga dengan tangan dan badan cowok yang sudah mengalami perubahan.

• Untuk buku 3. Leher cowo sudah diperkecil demikian juga dengan jari tangannya yang sudah mengalami perubahan. kemudian tangan kiri si cewe juga sudah dirubah sedikit begitu juga dengan model rambutnya, saya harap sih model rambutnya fix yang ini, karena menurut saya cewe lebih cakep klo rambutnya tergerai seperti ini.

untuk judul schoolaholic 2 belum diganti, tadi kelupaan. Karena format jpg jadi grs outlinenya ga terlalu jelas. klou dicetak pasti akan terlihat jelas.

Untuk Judul The miracle boys dengan warna hijau di buku 1 apa kelihatan? dengan penempatan seperti ini karena tdk ada space kosong, atau sebaiknya dikasi warna ungu tua biar judul menonjol (seperti desain buku 1 yang kemarin) dan semua Judul (buku 1-3) diseragamkan warna ungu?

Ok. klo ada masukan lagi aku tunggu! Thanks masukannya. Desainnya jadi lebih bagus dari sebelumnya.

Akhir Mei oiii

Dear Yunisa,

Kelihatannya kami belum siap untuk mengadakan promo pada pertengahan Mei. Buku baru siap turun cetak minggu ketiga Maret ini, dan kemungkinan selesai baru akhir Mei. Jadi mohon maaf bila kami tidak bisa mengikuti jadwal Anda.

regards,

Desi

Almost Final (cover again)

Just sent my comments to Wheny's. Yes almost midnite in Singapore time.

Special credit goes to Sharon Ng (my colleague @ Gallup Singapore), Riana n Mayrinna (my sisters in Sg), my trusted friends Miss Magdalena Tiopan, Mr Jemmy Soenjaya (in Sweden) -- you are super meticulous! (Maximizer?) and also thanks to Mr Leo Santana yang hari ini cuti gak bilang2 - minta dikirim ke gmail itu benernya karena gak bisa buka e-mail kantor yah hehehhe.

PS: Sorry dik David Sentanu was not involved this time around as I was very busy in the office, lembur lagi ye, so didn't contact you when you were online, sibuk ngudel2 tabel tadi. Mr Harry Suhartanto and Dr Dede were not involved this time around as I know their turnover rate is pretty slow (esp Pak Harry, Dr Dede mah not that bad kalau dimintai pendapat). And actually because they are not as meticulous as the abovementioned advisors (hohoho, kualat sama orang tua nih nulis di blog gini!). Tapi tak mengapa, memang begitu kenyataannya. Mata orang tua berbeda dengan mata anak muda huehehehhe

Peace n cheers

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Dear Yunisa

Di bawah ini sudah terlampir cover terakhir yang telah direvisi. Untuk buku ke 3 background dipilih menara seoul karena untuk memfokuskan setting cerita, bukan suasana malam, kalau suasana malam nanti persepsi orang lain bisa berbeda-beda tentang setting.

Dari Mbak Desy sendiri diusahakan untuk cover2 fiksi di buat dengan warna2 yang cerah dan menghindari warana gelap.u ntuk judul Schollaholic lebih suka yang buku 1 atau 3. kalau ada perubahan lagi apa ada masukan2, atau contoh font yang diinginkan?untuk logo seila jangan khawatir tidak kelihatan, karena nanti akan di embos/spot Ok.

terima kasih untuk saran dan masukannya.

Wheny,s

Wheny's - my cover designer

Sketch Book 1

Sketch Book 2 choice A

Sketch Book 2 Choice B

Sketch Book 3

Wheny really makes my day! I am satisfied with the sketches! What a truly remarkable improvement. I've done a little survey to the same panel of selected boys n girls, and all of them finally reach a consensus!!! Yiha! I conclude that this time around, the sketches are well-liked by both sexes! ^_^
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from when clef
to yunisa
date Feb 21, 2008 12:38 PM
subject cover schoolaholic

Dear Yunisa
perkenalkan saya Wheny's, ilustrator cover novel anda schoolaholic.
di bawah ini saya sertakan sket kasar untuk novel scolaholic sesuai diskripsi yang anda berikan. ini baru sket kasar untuk hasil jadinya kemungkinan tidak seperti ini. karena pembuatan ilustrasi memakan waktu yang sedikit lama jadi sangat sayang bila ilustrasi yang sudah jdi tidak di acc pengarang.
karena itu saya menunggu persetujuan dan masukan2 untuk sket ini sebelum saya kerjakan ilustrasi komputernya. untuk judul dan bacground bisa menyusul.

*untuk buku 1 gambar cowok di situ seharusnya berapa? kalau kebanyakan apa ga memberi kesan penuh? karakternya gimana aja (bentuk tubuh, rambut dll)?

*untuk buku 2 ada 2 alternatif, kalau yang dipakai yang motornya kelihatan semua nanti ekspresi tokoh jadi kurang terlihat jelas, karena gambar tokoh jadi mengecil. atau ada masukan lagi?

Oh iya untuk space logo seila memang dari penerbit diharuskan seperti ini (diberi space kotak garis lengkung disamakan dengan semua fiksi andi) ok! saya tunggu masukan2 nya

salam wheny's

Boys vs. Girls (on the cover draft)

Huhuhu, rekor baru posting banyak sebelum bukunya jadi =P I decided not to show the cover draft here. Let them be the preview for the selected ones. Sorry if this posting is using a mixture of English and Indonesian as I am not feeling well enough today :(

All the girls (my sisters, my best friend and I) like the design, the colors... (Plus the doctor who has reignited my passion for writing). We are the PRO group.
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:07 PM, dd sutedja wrote:
Dear Yunisa,

I feel all the covers are alrite as they are carrying
the same theme which I think you should project, i.e.
consistency.

Good Luck.

Dr. Dede

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THE CONS group
However, my decision is final. This afternoon I have submitted a long list of suggestion and comments based on the boys' similar reviews. Oh boy, it does scare me very much... Masa desain covernya dibilang "cewek bangetz" dan banyak banget salah persepsinya dari melihat cover vs. mengira2 isi novel. Dan kesalahannya parah banget pula! All of them do like my first novel's design (and story), tapi desain yang ini ditolak mentah2 (gak bakal beli kalau ngeliat cover kayak gini). Padahal pangsa pasar trilogi ini tuh tidak cuma cewek... Tapi juga cowok!!! Dan juga biar cowok beliin ceweknya *cieeehh, serius nih*

Oh well, I think giving a background will definitely improve the cover design to sell more to the boys!!!

Muach, muach thank you boys for reviewing my cover! *hahhaa beraninya cuma muach muach secara tertulis*

Cover design

Ohoiiii I need to review the cover design!!! And then talk about how to promote the books ;)

Been gathering my friends' comments... Which at the end of the day, as usual, I would rely on my own final decision (Gemini dua sisi hahahha)

*to be decided whether I would put the temporary designs here*

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Dear Yunisa,

Maaf agak lama tidak menghubungi kembali. Naskah yang terbaru (yang lebih pendek) telah selesai kami edit. Editan yang lama tidak kami gunakan, tetapi menggunakan naskah yang terakhir dikirimkan. Sampai saat ini, proses naskah sampai pada pembuatan cover. Untuk itu saya minta masukan mengenai cover-cover tersebut.

Song:Terbang Tinggi (Bagai Rajawali)

Buku 2, Nana menyanyi lagu ini sebagai awal salah satu bab. (Klik judul untuk dengerin lagunya dalam bentuk midi)

Tuhan adalah kekuatanku
Bersama Dia ku tak akan goyah
Kukan terbang tinggi bagai Rajawali
Melakukan perbuatan yang besar

Reff:
Ku kan terbang tinggi bagai rajawali
Dan melayang tinggi dalan kemuliaan-Nya
Biar bumi bergoncang dan badai menerpa
ku kan terbang tinggi bersama-Nya

(Japanese Lyrics)
Shuu wa warerano chikara
Shuu totomo osorewa nashi
Washi no youni takaku tobo-o
Idaina miwasa wo shimasu

Reff :
Washi no youni takaku tobo-o
Shuu no eikou ni takaku takaku
Yo wa yuretemo arashi attemo
Shuu totomo takaku tobo-o

Song: Rhythm of the Rain

Si Phil menyanyikan lagu ini ketika dingin-dingin, sendirian, penuh penyesalan... (Buku 3)
Phil sang this song in Book 3, when he was alone, full of regrets, and it was raining cold...

Rhythm of the rain (Cascade) -- lagu paling populer abad XX, the most popular song in 20th century... Bahkan ada versi Mandarinnya... There is a Chinese song for Rhythm of the Rain...

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain,
And let me be alone again.

Now the only girl I've ever loved has gone away.
Looking for a brand new start!
But little does she know that when she left that day.
Along with her she took my heart.

Rain, please tell me, now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another, when my heart's somewhere far away.

Rain, won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart a glow
Rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow.

Song: 12 Days of Christmas

Ini lagu mewarnai hari-hari terakhir sebelum pacar Nana terbang jauh... (Buku 3) maksudnya setiap hari dia dikasih hadiah hehehhe... just like in this song.

My true love gave to me...

Song: Love is Blue

Cinta itu memang biru... bukan pink... itu yang dirasakan Nana di Buku 2.

Love is really blue, and not pink... that is what Nana feels in Book 2.

Song: Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Si kembar Deni-Yosef menyusul Nana ke Singapura... (Buku 3)

Oh! You better watch out,
You better not cry,
You better not pout,
I'm telling you why:

Den-den Josh are coming to town!
Den’s making a list,
Josh’s checking it twice,
They’re gonna find out
Nana's naughty or nice.

Den-den Josh are coming to town!

Den sees you when you're sleeping,
Josh knows when you're awake.
They know when you've been bad or good,
So be good for goodness sake!

Song: Rayuan Pulau Kelapa

Nana kelas 1 SMP dikerjai wali kelasnya yang juga guru Seni Musik. Dengan suka rela (karena tidak tau kalo dirinya dikerjai), dia menyanyi lagu ini... (Buku 1)

Book 1 - Nana sang this song in front of the class.

This is an Indonesian old song. Enjoy the melody and the lyrics (if you understand). It is about how beautiful Indonesia, the coconut trees, etc.

Song: Pacarku Superstar (Project Pop)

Buku 2 si Nana dikirimi sahabatnya lagu kocak dari Project P ini...


Jika dia jadi pacarku
Besar kepalaku
Jika dia jadi pacarku
Sombong pastiku
Jika dia jadi pacarku
Akan kupamerkan / banggakan
Jika dia jadi pacarku
Ngetop aku ikutan

Hanya tak mudah bagi diriku
Untuk ikuti gaya hidupnya
Semua orang suka padanya
Berat rasanya...

Dia berada jauh di sana / awan
Dan aku di rumah
Memandang kagum pada dirinya
Dalam layar kaca

Apakah mungkin seorang biasa
Menjadi pacar seorang superstar
(Jika Phil jadi pacarku, Mmm mau, mau mau!)


“Tak mungkin...”
“Mungkin lagi!”
“Tak mungkin...”
“Mungkin aja lagi!”
“Tak mungkin bisa...”
“Kata siapa enggak mungkin?”
“Tak mungkin!”
“Mungkin aja!”
“Tak mungkin!”
“Mungkin aja...”
“Tak mungkin bisa...”
“Mungkin!”

Song: Dangerously in Love (Beyonce)

Contekan si Nana di bab penutup untuk kartu ulang tahun calon suami hihihihi...

And I know you love me
Love me for who I am
Cause years before I became who I am, baby you were my man

I know it ain’t easy, easy loving me
But I appreciate the love and dedication from you to me

Later on in my destiny
I see myself having your child
I see myself being your wife, and I see my whole future in your eyes

The thought of all my love for you
Sometimes makes me wanna cry
Cause I realize all my blessings, I’m grateful to have you by my side

Everytime I see your face
My heart smiles
Everytime it feels so, and it hurts sometimes
Created in this world to love, to hold, to feel, to breath, to live you

Song: Shinchan Indonesia theme song

Lagu ini aslinya lucu kan, terus dimainkan dengan biola oleh Sonny. Jadi aneh bin lucu! Hihihihi

Seluruh kota merupakan tempat bermain yang asyik

Oh senangnya, aku senang sekali
Kalau begini, aku pun jadi sibuk
Berusaha mengejar-ngejar dia
Matahari menyinari semua perasaan cinta
Tapi mengapa hanya aku yang dimarahi?

Di musim panas merupakan tempat bermain gembira
Sang gajah terkena flu, pilek tiada henti-hentinya
Sang beruang tidur dan tak ada yang berani ganggu dia
Oh sibuknya, aku sibuk sekali...

Song: The Gift (by Blue)

Ini lagu favorit Phil n Nana, secara terpisah...

Nana:

So you hold on out your hands and catch him best you can.
And in giving love you feel a better man.

And the gift is what you get by giving more than you receive.
And you’re learning fast that maybe this is how you’ll be happy.
‘Cause in taking everything, you lost the air you need to breathe.

But in giving it away, you found the precious thing you seek.

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Phil:

It's funny how it starts, just how it all begins.
You get your sights on dreams, (and man) a thousand different things.
You are on for yourself, you're chasing cool desire
You get addicted fast, but (man) you're playing with fire.

Then there’s a day that comes to you.
When you get all you want, but there’s a space inside that’s still as empty as it was.
‘Till an angel comes your way and (man) she’s falling fast.
You know she’s so in need but she is too afraid to ask.

(Man), it’s funny how she smiles, how grateful she is now
And how that touches me deep in my heart somehow.
Yet the mirror laughs at me when I forget myself.
When I complain about, this hand that I got dealt.

And if I had know before, how much she would change my life.
I’d sure go back in time and tell that guy (hey, man).
You can do better than this, you can answer your prayers
You can grant your own wish.

Song: It's Like That

Ini adalah judul bab terakhir Trilogi Schoolaholic Princess. Nikmati saja ya... Ya begitu itu...
It's Like That (Mariah Carey)
This is the title for the final chapter of Schoolaholic Princess Trilogy. Enjoy!

Song: Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey)

Schoolaholic fellowship itu juga merupakan Heartbreaker Club, by default...
Nana, si kembar... (Buku 1) semua sering digebet orang. Jadi baca sub-bab itu sambil dengerin lagu ini yah... Heartbreaker by Mariah Carey feat Jay Z...

Song: Can't get you outta my head

Lagu populer Kylie Minogue ini digunakan si kembar Deni-Yosef untuk memanggil Nana dari dulu.
This popular song from Kylie Minogue is used by the twins Deni-Yosef to call Nana since they know each other...

Nana na... Nana Nana Na...
Nana na... Nana Nana Na...

Song: Pretty Woman

Buku 2: adegan Nana disuruh coba-coba baju - untuk pemotretan ataupun di toko, disuruh pacarnya pilih baju buat acara-acara khusus ;)
Ibu guru Bahasa Inggris SMA sering memanggil Nana dengan lagu ini... karena dia dianggap cantik ;)

Book 2: scenes when Nana was asked to try on clothes for photo session or when she was in a boutique, by her boyfriend's request, choosing attire for special occassions ;)
Nana's English teacher in Senior High School often calls her with this song, because she thinks Nana is pretty ;)

Song: Survivor - Destiny's Child

Adegan pertengahan Buku 3: Nana jalan sendiri di Korea, masuk ke sebuah toko dan mendengar lagu ini sedang diputar. Nana jadi merasa pas sekali, karena lagu ini menyemangatinya untuk terus bertahan...

Scene mid of Book 3: Nana was in Korea, alone, she was walking into a shop. She heard this song was being played. Nana felt it suited herself very much, because this song encouraged her to keep surviving...

I'm a survivor
I'm not gonna give up
I'm not gonna stop
I'm gonna work harder
I'm a survivor
I'm gonna make it
I will survive
Keep on surviving

Song: A new day has come

Buku 2 nih, teringat lagunya Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come yang dijadiin theme song-nya Stuart Little 2 (kartun tikus, burung). Lagu ini dijadikan Celine sebagai awal baru setelah cuti agak lama dari dunia tarik suara. Lagu ini juga merupakan simbol bagi si Nana untuk memulai petualangannya yang baru di negeri Singa...

Song: I drive myself crazy (N'Sync)

Phil saat merenung sendirian, menyesali diri, dan mengakui bahwa dirinya benar-benar telah membuat suatu kesalahan, yakni membuat gila diri sendiri hihihihi

I lay awake
I drive myself crazy
Drive myself crazy
Thinking of you
Made a mistake
When I let you go baby
I drive myself crazy
Wanting you the way that I do

Song: Crazy in Love

Ini adalah judul salah satu bab di awal2 Buku 3. Bacanya sambil dengerin lagu ini ya...

This is the title of one chapter in the early part of Book 3. Please enjoy the song while reading it!

Song: (You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears

Ini lagu yang terngiang-ngiang di kuping Nana sewaktu menyadari dirinya jatuh cinta... (Buku 3)

Baby, I'm so into you
You got that something, what can I do?
Baby, you spin me around
The earth is moving, but I can't feel the ground

Every time you look at me
My heart is jumping, it's easy to see

You drive me crazy
I just can’t sleep
I’m so excited, I'm in too deep
Oh...crazy, but it feels alright
Baby, thinking of you keeps me up all night

Tell me, you're so into me
That I’m the only one you will see
Tell me, I'm not in the blue
That I'm not wasting, my feelings on you

Song: I'm not a girl, not yet a woman (Britney Spears)

Buku 3, Nana mengalami dilema... Ini lagu yang cocok untuknya...
(Baca deh untuk tau mengapa...)

I used to think
I had the answers to everything
But now I know
Life doesn't always
Go my way, yeah...

Feels like I'm caught in the middle
That's when I realize...
I'm not a girl
Not yet a woman

I'm not a girl
There is no need to protect me
It’s time that I learn to face up to this on my own
I've seen so much more than you know now
So tell me to shut my eyes

I'm not a girl
But if you look at me closely
You will see it my eyes
This girl will always find her way

I'm not a girl
(I'm not a girl, don't tell me what to believe)
Not yet a woman
(I'm just trying to find the woman in me, yeah)
All I need is time (All I need)
A moment that is mine (That is mine)
While I'm in between

Song: Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever)

Buku 3 penuh acara wisuda... Jadi Nana melo-melo banget ceritanya...

So if we get the big jobs
And we make the big money
When we look back now
Will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule
Will the brainy Nana be the doctor, man?
Will Sonny find a job that won't interfere with violin?

I keep, I keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly
And this is how it feels

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there?
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town?

As we go on
We remember
All the times we
Had together

And as our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be
Friends forever

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we’re gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same

But when we leave this year we won’t be coming back
No more hanging out cause we’re on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now cause you don’t have another day
Cause we’re moving on and we can’t slow down

These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June

I didn’t know much of love
But it came too soon
And there was me and you
And then we got real blue

Stay at home talking on the telephone
We’d get so excited, we’d get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life’s not fair
And this is how it feels

Song: You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban)

Buku 3 lagi, setiap kali mau ujian, si Josh Groban palsu (siapa yah?) selalu menyanyikan lagu ini agar nggak nervous , untuk menenangkan diri

In Book 3, every time he will have an exam, Josh Groban wannabe (who is he?) always sings this song to calm his nerves...

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary

When troubles come and my heart burdened be
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence
Until You come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

Versi Bahasa Indonesia

Saatku terjatuh dan tak berdaya
Kesesakan menghimpit jiwaku
Namun kutetap menantikan Tuhan
Sampai Kaujamah dan pulihkanku

Kau angkatku di atas gunung batu
Kau angkatku melewati badai
Kujadi kuat s’bab Kau menopangku
Lebih dari yang dapat kuperbuat

*Tiada hidup tanpa rasa lapar
Tiap jantung (tanpa henti) berdetak tak sempurna
Namun Kau datang, penuhi jiwaku
Sampai (sekilas) kulihat keabadian

Song: Don't Cha (Pussy Cat Dolls)

Di buku 3 banyak lagu yang mengiringi setiap babnya.
Lebih asyik kalau nanti baca sambil dengerin lagunya...
Adegan: Rudy yang bercerita soal Tomoko... (siapa pula itu? hehe, baca deh)

Book 3, there are plenty songs accompanying every chapter
It's more enjoyable to read while listening to the songs...
Scene: Rudy is telling us about Tomoko (who is she? hehe, please read it for yourself)

Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
Don’t cha, don’t cha?
Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me?
Don’t cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me?
Don’t cha, don’t cha?

Pangkas halaman (reduce the pages)

YEAH, another work during the weekend: Convert the A4 manuscript into the size of the actual book, cut the pages (remove the scenes and dialogues such that it won't compromise the plot).

Akhir pekan sibuk lagi berkutat di depan laptop nih. Milihin adegan yang mau kupotong.
Terus mesti e-mail ke dia daftar yang aku delete.
Ckckck, Sakura Bersemi di Yokohama jauh lebih panjang, laku dan tidak dipotong...
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from XXX
to yunisa
date Jan 24, 2008 1:01 PM
subject Schoolaholic Princess

Dear Yunisa,
Saya sudah terima koreksian 3 buku Shoolaholic Princess. Sekedar pemberitahuan saja, khusus buku 2 dan 3, menurut saya ada missing font dalam softwarenya mbak Yunisa. Saya check di komputer layouter, kesalahan seperti tanda kutip tidak ada sama sekali. Semuanya normal.
Tetapi koreksi tetap kami hargai.

Ada beberapa hal lagi yang ingin saya diskusikan.
Beberapa hari setelah menerima hasi koreksi, dan saya bicarakan bersama editor juga tim pemasar, ada masukan yang perlu diperhatikan.Yaitu, buku untuk remaja tidak boleh terlalu tebal. Apa efeknya?
pertama, harga buku menjadi lebih mahal, dan ini mengurangi minat beli remaja. kedua, remaja rata-rata fokus membaca antara 150-175 halaman.
Riset ini baru, jadi belum berlaku untuk novel yang terlanjur kami terbitkan.

Sementara semua novel Schoolaholic memiliki jumlah halaman di atas 200.
Untuk itu kami akan melakukan edit ulang, supaya bisa memenuhi maksimal 200 halaman saja. Semoga mbak Yunisa bisa mengerti kebijakan kami.

Kami tawarkan kepada mbak Yunisa, untuk memotong bagian mana saja dari novel supaya tercapai max 200 hal untuk masing-masing buku.
Kalau mbak Yunisa tdak berkenan, editor kami yang akan mengedit ulang naskah.
terimakasih sebelumnya,
D Danarti

Mimpi. I'm dreaming...

I was chatting with Suhu JC (Josh Chen, from KoKi) -- and I told him I enjoyed this moment in my office -- after being so busy for months.
JC: Suhu Cilik lagi ngapain?
Yunisa: Translate novel, mau aku ikutin lomba MAN Literary. Tahun lalu dikomentari kok semua tokohnya cinta pada pandangan pertama...
JC: hahahha
Yunisa: kan ditulis biar bisa difilmkan (I wrote my novels for getting them filmed)
JC: imajinasi tinggi (high imagination)
Yunisa: harus mimpi dulu dong... (dreaming is a must)
Then I told him a childhood story when I told my father that I will go to the US with my sister (that time I only had 1 sister). And now, it had become a reality. So my father was amazed, still could not believe that I indeed went to the US with that sister.

Oh yeah, the reason I am translating Heart Actually instead of Schoolaholic is because the market for Heart Actually is more into "older adults" and not "teens" and the Asian values (read: Indonesian values) are more apparent (more serious haha) in Heart Actually. Sydney Pelabuhan Darling seems not really Asian (coz of the background). Memory & Destiny has not been sold out to a publisher (and the 2nd installment is still in progress).

So I believe in God's miracle that this Schoolaholic will be a TV series someday in the future... What I need is just have a little faith and find a producer :D Producer, producer, where are you?

BTW, thanks to Leo Santana -- he helped me to deliver (either by post or by hand) the corrected layout manuscripts back to the publisher.

koreksi naskah

21 Dec 07 sent the contracts back (I was back at home sweet home, Yogyakarta tercinta)
Actually the 3 contracts have arrived sometime in November :P

Today I have printed the 3 PDF files -- with lots of formatting errors. whoaaaaaaaaa!!!
Gonna read all of them this weekend, then ask a favor from my good friend whose parents are supposed to go back to Yogya (next week?) to bring the marked print out back to Yogyakarta.

Selamat menunggu kehadiran serial Schoolaholic di tahun yang baru ini :)
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from xxxxx @andipublisher.com
to yunisa
date Jan 11, 2008 11:25 AM
subject Kirim koreksi naskah

Mbak Yunisa,
3 Naskah novel yang saya kirimkan ini mohon dikoreksi. Hasil koreksiannya mohon diletakkan di file tersendiri dgn memakai aplikasi MS Word saja untuk memudahkan pengerjaanya.
Terimakasih.
Hormat saya,
Surajiman

Buku 3: Simfoni Cinta (Melintas Samudra)

Nah buku ke-3 ini tidak bisa dibilang sepenuhnya teen-lit, karena ceritanya bersambung sampai masa kuliah. Format ceritanya lain daripada yang lain karena memakai sistem pagelaran simfoni orkestra (dikelarkan akhir tahun 2006 saat saya lagi getol membuang dollar buat nonton konser-konser musik klasik yang super mahal ataupun yang gratisan di almamater, National University of Singapore).

Apakah hubungan jarak jauh membuat prestasi belajar anjlok? Sepertinya memang begitu kenyataannya. Untunglah, si kembar Deni dan Yosef, kakak kelas SMP Nana justru memilih mengambil beasiswa ke Singapura. Mungkinkah cinta lama bersemi kembali?

Sementara itu tawaran Phil, sang doi tidak main-main. Ia menyuruh Nana menyusulnya, kuliah di Amerika dan menikah! Antara cinta dan cita-cita, pilih mana? Dan anehnya, permainan nasib justru membuat saingan cinta malah bersahabat karib. Loh kok bisa?

Bagaimanakah akhir petualangan pencarian cinta Nana si Schoolaholic?

Jawabannya, happy end! Intinya, tidak usah pusing-pusing, kalau jodoh ya pasti ketemu, kan sudah diatur Tuhan hehehe =D Cuma masalahnya dalam perjuangannya juga berat. Itu namanya hidup!

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3rd Book: Love Symphony (Across the Ocean)

This 3rd book can't be categorized as fully teen-lit, as the story continues to university time. The format of the story is different because I use a system derived from symphony orchestra show (finished written by end of 2006 when I was crazily spending dollar for going to super expensive classical music concerts or the free ones in my almamater, National University of Singapore).

They said long distance relationship cause a drop in academic achievement? It seems so for Nana. Fortunately, the twin Deni & Yosef, her senior in Junior High chose to take the scholarship to Singapore. Can it be rekindling old flames?

Meanwhile, Phil's offer, is not just a play. He asked Nana to go to the States, study there, and get married! Between love and passion (what you want to be), which want would you choose? Strangely, the game of destiny even makes those love competitors to be best friends. How come?

How would the end be in this adventure of Nana, the Schoolaholic in finding love?

The answer is happy ending! In summary, there is no need to get headache, if it is meant to be, you will find it, as God has determined everything haha =D The problem is just when we have to fight for it, it is hard. That is life!

Sinopsis Buku 2: Romansa Singapura

Buku ke-2 itu seperti judulnya, urusannya mulai bukan hanya pelajaran sekolah, tapi juga tekanan teman-teman yang mengajak pacaran!

Selepas SMP, dunia Nana sudah tidak sesederhana sebelumnya. Ketika karantina lomba Covergirl di Singapura, Nana malah bertemu cowok impiannya, Phil, yang persis Ryu Akira, tokoh idolanya.

Sonny, teman dari TK memintanya menjadi pacarnya. Demikian juga Frans dan Budi – dua cowok pemenang Coverboy. Rudy menyodorkan koran yang mengiklankan beasiswa ke Singapura saat Nana mulai menikmati kehidupan baru anak SMA dengan sohib barunya, Inge.
Nana berharap, jika ia berhasil mendapatkan beasiswa itu, ia bisa lari dari tiga cowok yang menembaknya dan bisa bertemu kembali dengan Phil. Tapi ternyata, si kembar Deni-Yosef juga menyukai Nana, walau Yosef memutuskan untuk mengalah.

Semula Nana mengira sahabat SMP-nya Dian, menaksir si kembar. Dan si Novi, sahabat dari SD menyukai Rudy. Ternyata itu salah! Sudah lama Dian naksir berat sama si Rudy dan si Novi justru kesengsem sama Oliver. Upaya Nana menjadi mak comblang gagal total. Baik Rudy maupun Oliver, dua-duanya menyukai Nana!

Phil memang bukan orang biasa. Dan dia juga serius sama Nana!

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2nd Book: Singapore's Romance

As the title specifies, the second book is not merely school lessons, but also peer pressures asking Nana to date him!

After Junior High, Nana's world was not as simple as before. During Covergirl competition's quarantine in Singapore, Nana met her dream man, Phil, who looks like Ryu Akira, her idol.

Sonny, her friend from kindergarten asked her to be his girlfriend. So were Frans & Budi, the winners of Coverboy. Rudy gave her a newspaper cutting about scholarship to Singapore when Nana started to enjoy her new life as a Senior High School student with her new best friend, Inge. Nana hoped, if she managed to get the scholarship, she could run from three boys who asked her to be their girl friend. However, the twin Deni-Yosef also liked her, although Yosef decided to give in to his twin brother.

At first, Nana thought her Junior High best friend, Dian, liked the twin. And Novi, her best friend from Primary School liked Rudy. But she was wrong! Dian had long fallen for Rudy and Novi liked Oliver. Nana's effort to matchmake totaly failed. Both Rudy and Oliver, liked Nana!

Phil wasn't an ordinary guy. And he's also serious with Nana!

Sinopsis Buku 1: Pangeran-Pangeran SMP

Dari pengalaman pribadi + adik2 + temen2...

Mau tahu rahasia sukses di sekolah, tapi masih tetap punya banyak waktu bersenang-senang? Anggaplah dirimu seperti seorang putri dan sekolahmu adalah kerajaanmu. Masa sih?

Juara umum sekolah itu kan pasti berkacamata tebal, kuper, dan tidak enak dipandang? Nana Sutedja, seorang bintang dari SMP Bintang Emas membuktikan bahwa anggapan semacam itu sama sekali tidak benar. Nana itu cantik, trendi, populer, bintang pesta, dan punya banyak pengagum. Hidupnya dikelilingi pangeran-pangeran tampan pula!

Siapa bilang juara umum sekolah pasti anak alim dan disayang guru? Nana itu cewek jahil – suka mengerjai orang, hobi membolos sekolah, tergila-gila pada tokoh komik yang cakep, dan sering mendapat masalah dengan guru!

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First Book: Schoolaholic Princess and Junior High Princes

From my own experience + my sisters' + my friends'

Want to know the secret of success in school but still having enough time for fun? Think like yourself is a princess and your school is your kingdom. Really?

School No. 1 usually wears thick glasses, socially unpopular, not good looking? Nana Sutedja, a star from Bintang Emas (Golden Star) Junior High proved that such assumption is not right at all. Nana is a pretty, trendy, popular, party girl and she has plenty fans. Her life is surrounded by handsome princes some more!

Who said School No. 1 must be clean dutiful student loved by teachers? Nana is naughty, loves playing a trick to people, her hobby is playing truant, she is mad about a handsome character in comics, and often gets in trouble with teachers!

Konfirmasi Penerbitan

Yuhu, minggu lalu Penerbit Andi @ Yogyakarta telah mengkonfirmasi akan menerbitkan tiga buku serial Schoolaholic ini, unlike alm. Penerbit Cinta yang minta di-squeeze 3-in-1 (emang lalu lintas? hehe)

Adik-adikku sampai marah pas denger tawaran dari alm Penerbit Cinta itu... Mereka sangat tidak rela karena menurut mereka (sampai mata 1 watt baca begitu aku selesai nge-print first draft saking asyiknya): Cerita sebagus ini, bisa nunggu produser buat dibikin serial! Enak aja kalau disqueeze! *huehehehe*

Inilah judul serial Schoolaholic (working titles from me, most likely Penerbit tidak akan mengganti)

1. Schoolaholic Princess 1; Pangeran-Pangeran SMP
2. Schoolaholic Princess 2; Romansa Singapura
3. Schoolaholic Princess 3; Simfoni Cinta Melintas Samudra

Buku pertama basically isinya cerita sesungguhnya dari my sisters (Riana, Mayrinna, Martha Rinna) plus cerita diriku sendiri waktu bersekolah di Indonesia (plus cerita kejadian di kelas / sekolah kami). Jadi ini nostalgia banget. Makin dibaca, makin demen (kata adik-adik) karena isinya memang bikin ketawa, sebel, atau terkenang masa lalu *huehehhe, sentimentil banget*

Buku kedua, itu purely K-drama banget! Waktu kutulis di rumah baru (PK = PaKuningratan), aku lagi demen banget nonton drama Korea... plus waktu itu, aku kangen sama suasana tertib di Singapura (not anymore! Sekarang lagi sebel sama yang namanya Singapore, terutama Changi Airport dan antrean taxi. Masa aku semalem mendarat almost midnite, antre taxi sampai 45 mins, kagak ada trolley buat bagasi. Officers ditanya jawabnya: Trolley is not under our control!). Anyway, let me warn you: tokoh keren di buku ke-2 bakal bikin hati kebat-kebit (heuehehe karena memang fantasi banget, tokoh khayalan paling keren yang pernah saya bikin).

Buku ketiga sih memuaskan karena happy ending. Jadi tidak merasa sia-sia telah mengikuti perkembangan si tokoh utama dari SMP sampai menemukan cintanya (CLBK, bocoran).

diundur deh (postponed)

Sorry for not updating. Be very busy with work.

Penerbit Cinta di Bandung tutup (closed down for good). Thank God that I haven't agreed fully to publish this series with them :)

So I am offering this to other publisher and still pending their management's decision. Anyway, this series is going to be published sooner or later :)

Coming Soon!

Who says a straight A student is a boring girl? She's pretty, she's fun, and surrounded by a lot of princes (charming and not-so-charming)! Her adventure starts in her hometown, Jakarta before she goes international (incidentally) to Singapore and Korea! And she lives happily ever after with her Prince Charming! (bocoran, happy ending nih ceritanya!)

Schoolaholic Princess is coming! (Date: To-be-advised)

Cheers,

your fellow Schoolaholic,

XOXO

Princess Yunisa

(who happens to fly away from her hometown, Yogyakarta to the Lion city, Singapore)

This photo is for the Author's Profile on the book. I purposely joined the Kanebo-Urban contest in Takashimaya, Singapore, Nov 2006 (and I did not win it despite I am the prettiest *haha, selalu gitu deh, gak pernah menang soalnya saya masih pegang paspor hijau*)