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Under [Editors->Editors], you’ll find articles on beginning your editor search, how to communicate with editors, submisson protocol, as well as a monster list of editor links.

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free-tique round: doors are closed!

DOORS ARE CLOSED!!!! 

1) Tell me if you are a re-tiquee or a new tiquee. See http://www.cynthealiu.com/freetiques if you don't know what you are.

2) In that email, ATTACH, ATTACH, ATTACH your FIRST three chapters OR your full PB/ER to cynthealiu AT gmail DOT com. <note the new address>

3) I will check my email during a 24 break (I'm watching the show on DVD right now) and I will declare winners by email.

firedrill results: congratulations!

Here it is folk, the results…

BUT FIRST, let me say (for Snoop), that this was a very hard decision to make. Snoop saw the time and care that went into each of these scenes. And Snoop wants to remind you: everything is subjective. What Snoop may be drawn to may not be the very best writing OR the very best story. But he might be attracted to a little something-something he sees in that scene that makes him want to work with it again.

scbwi-la: part deux and a word about firedrill

Ah yes! I just finished another round of free-tiques. People, you're making my brain hurt with all this fabuloso writing. AGH.

Which brings me to talk about SCBWI-LA again. Since I can't blog about tiquees without exposing their identities, I will do a shout-out for SCBWI-LA'ers I haven't blogged about yet.

(in no particular order)

  • Michelle Lin – You are so freaking smart I could see the neurons firing in your brain as you spoke.

top ten from scbwi-la and a chance to win a full-tique

TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM SCBWI-LA 2006 

  • Saw my first taping EVER. (Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, featuring guest Carlos Mencia). And apparently I was cool enough to sit in the front row. Woohoo!  AND there's more. I won a whole six-disc DVD set of the hit show 24!  
  • Met up with Tammi Sauer and Flora Doone for dinner where I missed the entire meal (I was late–too busy whooping it up with famous people and winning free DVDs, yanno).
  • free-tique round anyone? something new. it’s called FIRE DRILL

    DOORS ARE CLOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

    Hey, everyone. Dude, I've been so busy. Congratulating all the W.I.Nners and getting back into the groove takes a lot of work. Also I just finished another revision today. So yay to that. But now here's the part you've been waiting for. FREE-TIQUES! Unfortunately I don't have much time to do really heavy stuff so I'm ruling out PB manuscripts for this round.

    congrats tiquees: you rocked W.I.N.!

    Well, well, well. Snoop does the Tiquee count. How many W.I.N.ners does Snoop personally know as tiquees? Can you guess?

    Six! No, Seven? Or Eight?

    Of course Snoop has not personally tasted all the winning tiquee works. BUT he will say TWO of the authors were also recent RLGL winners!

    Can anyone out the tiquees for Snoop? Speak up so Snoop can post their names in all their glory!

    One person has been outed.

    my precious seven days

    In case you were wondering, I'm back!

    Here's what happened to my precious seven days:

    • Day 1: Ah. I am free of email, tiques, etc., Time to work on my own stuff. That I did. And I checked Verla's and LJ 80 million times.
    • Day 2. Ah yes! I am free of email, tiques, etc., I shall work on my own stuff. That I did. Put a few chapters under my belt. Checked Verla's and LJ 160 million times.
    • Day 3. Oh my, I am missing the emails and the tiques.