Hey everyone,

Snoop had a great time munching through your entries (over 250, way to go!). We took the liberty of modifying some of your ideas. Here is what was passed up to my publisher. If your entry was the first to inspire the final version, you were emailed already to notify you of your win.  Here are the final results.

We would love it if you could vote which ones you like best. You may pick more than one!

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WINNERS: Again, if you won a one-page freetique (250 words max), we have emailed you already to notify you of your win.  There were some cases where we got identical taglines. If you did not receive an email from us saying you won, that means your entry wasn’t the first one of its kind.

Thanks for voting and participating in this special free-tique round.  If you won something, please email your submission to tagline AT cynthealiu DOT com.  PASTE 250 words (maximum) into your email. FICTION children’s works only. Thanks! We will turn these back to you as soon as we can! Hopefully, before the end of next week, if not sooner!

Hope you all had fun and thanks again for playing!

Cynthea (and Snoop!)

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Hey everyone,

The taglines are rolling in, and man, this is soooo awesome. Snoop and I are going to post our thoughts about which ones we like and offer more guidance. To see those thoughts, “hop” on over to http://www.twitter.com/thesnooper

BTW, this is really a great exercise for everyone when they think about titling and query letter pitches. A great tagline can really help sell your manuscript before it’s sold, if you know what I mean. So keep exercising those brains!

If you missed the post about this special free-tique round, full details on how to participate are posted here.

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*THIS FREE-TIQUE ROUND IS NOW CLOSED. Results are posted here. *

Hey everyone, I told you a free-tique opportunity was coming soon and it’s here. It’s finally here!

This one should be lots of fun and it’s a chance for YOUR words to get published for the paperback version of PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE! How cool is that?!

Not only am I offering up this coolness, but if your words are chosen by Snoop and me to be forwarded to my publisher for consideration, you automatically win a first-page tique (250 words max) of your FICTION children’s manuscript (PB, ER, CB, MG or YA) for FREE.

DUDE.

I think many of you already know what Snoop can do with a one-page tique.

A lot!

If your words are actually selected by my publisher, you win a RESERVED SLOT free-tique (three-chapters (25 pages max) or a full PB).

Now here’s why this round is called TAG, You’re it!

I am looking for a great tagline for PARIS PAN -  something that will make a reader grab that book and carry it to the cash register. Or at least beg her parents to buy it! What’s a tagline? Here’s an example:

PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE … “Everyone who’s Anyone takes the Dare.”  <— What is in quotes would be the tagline. So think glossy, intriguing, catchy, snappy…  funny would be great...  You do not have to read the book to create a great tagline. You don’t even have to be good at it. You just have to think of something that might work and turn it in. We want lots to choose from.   (BTW, you can’t use this one because I already passed that one up as a possible.)

You can also try things like fragments.    One night.  One Dare.  And a whole lotta fun.  <— I don’t know. I kinda stink at this and that is why I am asking for your help.

These words will appear on the cover for the paperback version of PARIS PAN.  In case you need to know more about the book … here’s a summary!

About PARIS PAN…

PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE

So what if it’s a rite of passage for every seventh grade girl in town to spend a night in the woods? Paris Pan only just moved here, the woods are super creepy, and she has enough weirdness to deal with in her own family. Finding out a girl died mysteriously years ago while on the Dare—right near Paris’s new house, no less—is bad enough, but the unmistakably ghostlike noises coming out of the broken-down shed at the edge of the Pan’s property? Definite deal breaker. All Paris wants is to make friends, try to fit in, and not have to deal with a dead girl. But everyone has to take the Dare, and the new girl’s turn is up . . . .

You might also check out the first pages of PARIS PAN on Amazon for possible lines to use from the actual text. Or if you have a copy of the book, by all means, feel free to use anything that’s already in there.

OR … make up whatever sounds good to you. We are considering anything and everything. Let’s put those brainstorming caps on!

HERE ARE THE RULES (PLEASE READ IN FULL BEFORE DOING ANYTHING):

1) You may send in as many taglines as you want, but only one PER email. Have five taglines? Send five emails. And make sure you put the TAGLINE in the SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL.

2) If people send in the same taglines, the first person’s email to hit my inbox with that tagline, claims that tagline. So send in your taglines as soon as they come to you.

3) If more than one of your taglines is selected for forwarding to my publisher, you win a one-page tique (250 words max) for EACH tagline that is selected. So if three of your taglines is selected, you win three one-page tiques. You can combine won tiques as well if needed.

4) I highly recommend zipping a tagline to me as soon as you think of it. Snoop and I will be selecting winners and forwarding taglines to my publisher throughout the day. Get your last taglines to me by 7PM Eastern Time TODAY. Check http://www.writingforchildrenandteens.com for a new post with winning taglines. Also, for more tips on creating taglines for this contest, see http://www.twitter.com/thesnooper. Snoop is posting his thoughts LIVE to help you with the task.

5) Email your tagline as the SUBJECT of your email to this address: tagline AT cynthEaliu DOT com <– please note the E in my name.  You can leave the body of the email blank. Snoop and I won’t be reading anything in the body of your message. Only SUBJECT lines.

6) Pass this on to your friends. Everyone has a chance to win something here. Have fun with it!

Now TAG! You’re it! Go, go, go!!!!

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As of today, I have finished all outstanding free-tiques owed to participants from the Take the Dare: Show You Care launch. Thank you so much for supporting Tulakes Elementary and my book PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE.

If you did not receive yours, check your spam box. If you can’t find it, contact me!

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You’re in the right place. WFCAT has changed outfits temporarily until we figure out what is going wrong with the old site design. Until then, you can still visit your favorite haunts. It just won’t look the same as it did before. Enjoy!

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People who cashed in on the freetiquee bonuses from Take the Dare: Snoop and I are still chompin’ away. Thank you so much for you patience as we work through them all. In the meanwhile, enjoy some TV programming featuring myself and a few of my fellow writer colleagues on ABC 7. (Snoop did all the camera work.)

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FYI: Snoop and I are working hard on processing payments and wrapping up the Take the Dare: Show You Care auction. If you cashed in on a Free-tique opportunity, you will be contacted as soon as the dust settles. In the meanwhile, enjoy the After-Hours party going on at www.cynthealiu.com. We hope to get back to everyone within the next week.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then I have to say, you MUST join the free-tique list in case another free-tique opportunity rolls around.

Cheers, everyone, and thanks for Showing You Care!

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Nearly 230 entries. Three winners walked away with a free-tique! We topped out at 395 comments for the Library Lovin’ Challenge. Now how are Snoop and I going to get 605 more?! Stay tuned to find out ….

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All Why, Why, Why feedback has been returned for those who have requested it. If you have not received yours, please let Snoop know and forward ALL the pages of your ms (PASTED in the email) to whysnoop@cynthealiu.com. Snoop will return your feedback via Twitter for any remaining works that have not received comments. Thanks!

If you want to see Round 13 go on, we need to reach four hundred comments (one per person please) by this Sunday 11:59PM CST.

http://www.cynthealiu.com/2009/03/bloggers-library-loving-challenge/

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Will Round 13 happen? Help us make it to 400 comments by Sunday, May 3rd, 11:59PM CST, and the race is on!

The challenge post is here.  Please leave a comment (one per person!).

http://www.cynthealiu.com/2009/03/bloggers-library-loving-challenge/

THIS JUST IN: Round 12 Twitter Thoughts from Snoop are posted.  http://www.twitter.com/thesnooper

From this point forward, Snoop is only posting feedback on Twitter to ensure you get ALL feedback for each page as quickly as possible. (So think of it this way–before you only got feedback for the entire work. Now you can see his thoughts for EACH page you submit.)  This makes it easier for Snoop and better for you.  (you do not need a twitter account to see Snoop’s thoughts.  Just visit the Twitter link above.

THIS JUST IN-IN! We have a PB winner for the last Free-tique #242!!!!! No more free-tiques to win. But  ALL age-levels may continue to play just for the sake of playing and getting Snoop’s thoughts (now available on a page by page basis.

To enter a new work: See full rules and details here.

Okay, back to business. Snoop has reviewed works submitted before yesterday’s deadline.  All other works received afterward will be automatically entered into the next round.

Here are the results for round 12.

If there is an asterisk next to your page, this means you are in jeopardy of losing Snoop’s interest. There’s your warning.

If you do not see your number listed here at all, check previous round results, and if there’s still no match, contact Snoop and forward the email you believe Snoop may have missed.

That’s all, folks!

SNOOP SAYS, “Green Light!”

Green light! You have until Sunday, May 3rd, 11:59PM CST to submit your stuff for the next round.

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