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Cynthea

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About Me

Welcome to my little corner of MySpace! If you don't know me already, I'm a children's book writer with two novels forthcoming with G.P. Putnam's Son and Puffin (PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE and a yet-to-be-named-work) and one YA with Puffin (FORBIDDEN CITY). My body of work also includes contemporary picture books, easy readers, and chapter books. And I love writing about spunky characters in humorous situations. Aside from my writing, my other passion is taking care of Snoop--THE coolest bunny on the Internet. INTRODUCING SNOOPAlso I'm not sure I want to enslave myself to the Internet with all this blog updating. So here's what I've decided: MySpace will be my place to post more publicly-acceptable stuff (most related to children's writing). Don't be afraid to add me as a friend. I won't bite. You may also subscribe to my blog here.LJ will be where I share my deepest darkest secrets to friends who have gained my trust. You'll be required to pinky-swear if you want to read my "locked" posts.

My deepest darkest secrets

cynthea.livejournal.com

And my website is where I'll run all of my contests and free-tiques and where I'll put up my "really useful" children's writing articles.

My website

www.cynthealiu.com

My Blog

Q: I already had my childrens book illustrated and/or made other products to go with it....

I get this question a lot. And often the person wants to know 1) how the book can be picked up by a major publisher or 2) how to get the book and related products in the traditional bookstores. This i...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:50:00 GMT

Writing for Children and Teens: A Crash Course is available in paperback!

The paperback version of my  crash course is finally available. It's called WRITING FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS: A CRASH COURSE.  The paperback contains revised and expanded versions of my articl...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:04:00 GMT

PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE announced in PM!

IN WRITING NEWS: Thanks to kbrunner for letting me know about this latest news.  PARIS PAN TAKES THE DARE is now listed in Publisher's Marketplace! (K, the synopsis isn't exactly spot on, bu...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 09:03:00 GMT

Snoop makes postal history!

You won't believe this but Snoop got his first piece of mail today. Aw!!! Thanks, writer, and you know who you are. Your message warmed both of us this holiday season. (And it's freaking cold here!) ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:16:00 GMT

snoop in action (watch him eat a rejection)

This is why I love Snoop doubly much. Guess what I'm feeding him? Snoop, you ready? Get set! Go! Now how can you beat that?BURRRRPPP! Now I must clean up. View larger photos of the des...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:07:00 GMT

proof of my insanity: what's cooking tonight

from Cynthea's LiveJournal blog "It's a spin thing"No, I'm not planning some huge tique-a-thon. I'm going to talk about something else.Like how I'm crazy.Because I've invited five people for dinner. ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:26:00 GMT

scbwi-la part deux and a word about FIREDRILL

from Cynthea's LiveJournal blog "It's a spin thing" 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 tal...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:23:00 GMT

Come say hi at SCBWI-LA

from Cynthea's LiveJournal blog "It's a spin thing"Hey everyone,I know I'm going to see many of you in LA.  But something occurs to me...I DON'T KNOW WHAT MOST OF YOU LOOK LIKE.  Nor do I kn...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:19:00 GMT