Chat Log: Tara Mandarino
September 10th, 2004 Chat with Tara Mandarino
22:16:15 [Jacqueline] Hi and welcome. We’re chatting with author Tara Manderino tonight.
To enter your name, please type it in the upper left hand name box and then type
“enter”. We’ll be using protocol so please type “?” to ask a question and “!” to make a
comment and “ga” to signify “go ahead” when you’re finished
22:16:29 [Su] Glenda, simply tell Sher to click her heels together three times and repeat
“There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home
22:16:46 [Su] (sorry Jacqueline) k
22:16:56 Sher enters this room
22:16:57 [Jacqueline] Always a daydreamer, author Tara Manderino loves to create stories
and situations for the people running around in her head. She first began writing in
third grade when she realized she couldn’t afford her reading habit.
22:17:17 [Jacqueline] She currently works at the Library District Center where she assists in
promoting the wide variety of programs offered through public libraries. When not
behind the computer, you can find Tara acting as chauffeur to her sons, or
cultivating bleacher-butt as she cheers them on at various sporting
22:17:30 [Jacqueline] events.
22:17:43 [Glenda] It worked! Sher is here
22:18:01 [Tara] Oh good. WB Sher
22:18:05 [Jacqueline] This is Tara’s second epubbed romance. While she can always find
room for another paper printed book on her shelves, she finds the new medium much
more enjoyable since she can carry several books at a time on her Handspring
Visor-and it fits in her purse!
22:18:42 [Tara] Thanks, Jacqueline!
22:18:45 [Jacqueline] Everyone, please give Tara a warm welcome. And Tara, I love your
name.
22:18:53 [Lainie] Welcome Tara!
22:19:02 [Tara] Thanks!
22:19:03 [Glenda] welcome!!
22:19:20 [Su] lol first time I chatted with Tara, I used the name Scarlet; I didn’t think her
name was for real… lol
22:19:23 Tam enters this room
22:19:33 [Su] yay, Tara
22:19:41 [Glenda] hi tam
22:19:45 [Tara] *G* Too much, Su
22:19:50 Kimberly enters this room
22:19:55 [Jacqueline] Hi and welcome. We’re chatting with author Tara Manderino tonight.
To enter your name, please type it in the upper left hand name box and then type
“enter”. We’ll be using protocol so please type “?” to ask a question and “!” to make a
comment and “ga” to signify “go ahead” when you’re finished
22:19:55 [Tara] Hi Tam – glad you made it
22:20:01 [Kimberly] Hey Tara!
22:20:10 [Glenda] ji kimberly
22:20:18 [Kimberly] Hello!
22:20:22 [Tam] Hi Tara. Sorry, had to clean up a flood in the bathroom first.
22:20:23 [Tara] Hi Kimberly!
22:20:31 [Tara] That does not sound like fun.
22:20:39 [Kimberly] Oh, no.
22:20:43 [Glenda] ?
22:20:56 [Tara] Anyone have something they would really like to discuss – questions?
22:20:59 [Tara] GA
22:21:01 [Jacqueline] ga, Glenda
22:21:36 [Glenda] Has there been a decline in ebook buying? I ask because they used to
make ebook readers and now one has to have a PDA
22:21:42 [Kimberly] No, I want to win your book.
22:21:56 Sher enters this room
22:21:57 [Tara] LOL Kimberly
22:22:11 [Jacqueline] Sher, did it work?
22:22:12 [Glenda] Get ot the point Kimberly!
22:22:17 [Tara] Ebook sales with the Indie publishers seem to be about the same.
22:22:28 Marjorie enters this room
22:22:29 [Tara] There have been some that have closed, not all because of lack of sales.
22:22:46 [Jacqueline] Hi and welcome. We’re chatting with author Tara Manderino tonight.
To enter your name, please type it in the upper left hand name box and then type
“enter”. We’ll be using protocol so please type “?” to ask a question and “!” to make a
comment and “ga” to signify “go ahead” when you’re finished
22:22:52 [Marjorie] Hello Tara
22:23:02 [Tara] I think the biggest problems have been with the fact that the public and
authors have been ready for the ebook movement before the industry itself was
22:23:04 [Kimberly] Hey Marjorie.
22:23:05 [Tara] Hi Marjorie
22:23:31 [Tara] Now with the emergence of the newer “tablets” I think they’ll pick up more.
22:24:33 [Tara] People do read on their computers lots more than they had previously. And
FWIW, I do love reading on my handspring. ga
22:24:53 [Jacqueline] Tara, I don’t want to interupt, but can you please change your font
to red so your more visable?
22:24:56 [Glenda] thanks
22:25:07 [Tara] Um– if I knew how!
22:25:35 [Jacqueline] There’s a color bar by the send button
22:26:00 [Tara] yes. Do I just click that (the color)?
22:26:07 [Tara] Yay, it worked.
22:27:04 [Jacqueline] Tara, can you tell us a little about Soul Guardian?
22:27:22 [Tara] Have to say — one of the things I truly love about ebooks is that you can
find things you won’t normally find on the shelf.
22:27:30 [Tara] Sure, Jaqueline.
22:27:39 [Jacqueline] <Definately>
22:27:43 [Glenda] true
22:27:57 [Tara] SG – is a paranormal romance about a vampire and a psychic.
22:28:13 [Tara] More than anything, I would say it’s a tale of redemption.
22:28:13 [Jacqueline] Yes!
22:28:32 [Sher] ?
22:28:53 [Tara] While I LOVE the hero — Lucien — which is whyI wrote it in the beginning –
I would have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the viilan payback,
22:29:07 [Tara] GA
22:29:18 [Jacqueline] ga, Sher
22:29:46 [Sher] I’m only just getting here, so you may have already been asked this…It’s
been widely announced that “big house” publishers don’t consider that you’re
published and will overlook your e-pub credits when considering work. How do you
combat that?
22:30:08 [Tara] Not sure how anyone else does it, but…
22:30:40 [Tara] When I submit something I usually don’t mention it for the title I’m
submitting. *G* Though I do mention that I’m e-pubbed and give the title of the other
book.
22:30:55 [Tara] Good enough reason to strive for two, I guess. LOL ga
22:31:13 [Tara] I think the editors take it more seriously than the houses do.
22:31:21 [Tara] ga
22:31:44 [Glenda] ?
22:31:48 [Tara] !
22:31:51 [Tara] ga
22:32:13 [Jacqueline] ga, Glenda
22:32:39 [Glenda] If you could co-write with any author (living or dead) whom would it be
and why?
22:32:48 [Tara] I wanted to say that I think we have a lot of the Indy e-publishers and
groups like EPIC to thank for the level of professionalism that is becoming more
prevalent in the e-book field.
22:33:23 [Tara] That’s TOUGH! I know who it wouldn’t be–Melville heads that list!
22:33:35 [Tara] Glenda – it’s not like I notice typos — believe me. LOL
22:33:40 [Glenda] lol
22:33:56 [Tara] I think I would have to say Jane Austen.
22:34:03 [Marjorie] ?
22:34:06 [Tara] or maybe Charlotte Bronte
22:34:36 [Tara] Acckk — I’d even say Poe, but he would scare me to death before I got the
end of a ms.
22:34:39 [Tara] ga
22:34:52 [Glenda] thanks
22:35:13 [Jacqueline] I’d pick Poe too, just for the scare factor. LOL
22:35:21 [Jacqueline] ga, Marjorie
22:35:22 [Tara] LOL
22:35:24 [Su] lol Tara
22:35:28 [Kimberly] I’d go for Stephen King.
22:35:35 [Marjorie] Do you find that reading within the sub-genre you are currently writing
is helpful or hurtful to your current project?
22:35:54 [Tara] I quit after Salem’s Lot. Had to make sure all my windows were locked!
22:36:04 [Marjorie] lol
22:36:17 [Tara] Marjorie – I usually don’t like to read in the sub-genre WHILE I’m writing it.
22:36:37 [Tara] Another incentive for finishing a project. But I get too depressed if I do so.
22:36:48 [Tara] You know — everyone writes better, yada yada yada
22:37:08 [Tara] When I’m done, it doesn’t bother me nearly as much.
22:37:10 [Tara] ga
22:37:29 [Marjorie] thanks Tara… I guess I’m normal then LOL
22:37:54 [Tara] LOL Right now, I’m writing a Regency so am reading lots of contemporaries
22:38:54 [Jacqueline] Are you targeting a publisher for this Regency, Tara?
22:39:12 [Tara] Really bugs me that I was scared to death with Salem’s Lot and I go and
write a vampire story. Go figure
22:39:25 [Marjorie] lol
22:39:57 [Tara] That’s almost funny, Jacqueline. I’m actually trying to go for Avon and
thelibraries — buthonestly I have trouble keeping the word count down.
22:40:05 [Glenda] ?
22:40:14 [Tara] I HAVE to do something about these tangled plots.
22:40:24 [Tara] ga glenda
22:40:43 [Glenda] Are you fascinated with any certain time period/s? Have you written a
book set in that time?
22:41:16 [Tara] I am fascinated with the Regency era and Whisper My Name is set in that
time. So is my current ms.
22:41:48 [Tara] The restrictions set by the time period make some plot elements and story
lines work differently.
22:42:25 [Tara] In the regency — there was no such thing as instant communication. If you
wanted to call someone, you had to call ON someone. That meant time has to
22:42:46 [Tara] elapse from the time the decision was made, to the time it took to get to
where you were going.
22:43:22 [Tara] I like the restriction of manners then too. Some present a challenge to get
around.
22:43:46 [Glenda] very interesting!
22:44:10 [Tara] What time period do you favor, Glenda?
22:44:38 [Glenda] I’m not a writer, but I’d love to have lived in the 1920′s.
22:45:11 [Glenda] I’m a retired dance teacher. I’d like the dancing during that period and the
clothing was awesome!
22:45:20 [Tara] 20′s — I don’t write in that time period — but lots of good things could
certainly be done with that!
22:45:34 [Tara] Bootlegging immediately comes to mind. LOL
22:45:44 [Sher] LOL
22:45:52 [Glenda] bathtub gin. Yum
22:45:53 [Jacqueline] Yep
22:46:03 [Marjorie] LOL
22:46:06 [Tara] But that was before television too, so think of all the things that would have
been done for entertainment.
22:46:19 [Jacqueline] That would be an interesting storyline
22:46:24 [Tam] ?
22:46:34 [Tara] ga Tam
22:46:37 [Jacqueline] ga, Tam
22:47:27 [Tam] Tara, so what inspired you to write the vampire story?
22:48:00 [Tara] OK. Actually, as I said, it’s more a story of redemption. Keep that in mind.
22:48:22 [Tara] I had to sit in church for lots of children choir practices..
22:48:56 [Tara] It’s really nice, and peaceful and you can think of all kinds of great things in
the silence. There’s nothing but candles, lingering incense sometimes, and the little
voices
22:49:06 [Tara] either singing or getting yelled at! *G*
22:49:27 [Glenda] so your thought turned to vampires? lol
22:49:29 [Tara] As I was sitting there, I thought how peaceful. What wouldit be like if you
were absolutely forbidden to enter.
22:49:47 [Tara] *nodding* to Glenda
22:50:14 [Tara] So who would that be — ta da — the vampire was one. So of course I had
to work with that!
22:50:20 [Tam] LOL
22:50:30 [Tara] See never know where you’ll come up iwth an idea. *G*
22:50:36 [Tara] ga
22:51:25 [Marjorie] !
22:51:27 [Jacqueline] Very true, Tara.
22:51:40 [Tara] Marjorie
22:51:44 [Sher] ?
22:52:04 [Marjorie] I have to run for the night.
22:52:06 [Jacqueline] ga, Marjorie
22:52:15 [Marjorie] gnite all *muah*
22:52:26 [Jacqueline] Do you want to wait a minute for the prize?
22:52:28 [Tara] Night Marjorie — glad you were able to make it.
22:52:30 [Kimberly] good night Marjorie
22:52:32 [Marjorie] sure brb
22:52:35 [Glenda] stay for the drawing!!
22:52:40 [Tam] Night Marjorie! {{HUGS}}
22:52:46 [Jacqueline] We’ll take Sher’s ? then do the drawing
22:52:57 [Sher] Do you read other vampire books? If so, by what authors?
22:53:09 [Marjorie] back
22:53:54 [Tara] I do, Sher. Amanda Ashley is the one that comes to mind. But there are
others. I was delighted to find Christina Feehan, even though hers aren’t the
traditional vampires.
22:54:45 [Glenda] gee, I’ll bet Rice scares the pants off ya.
22:55:12 [Sher] Oh, love her…and Linda Lael Miller’s were good.
22:55:23 [Tara] I find hers interesting, but I can’t read it for as long as she can write!
22:55:40 [Tara] Oh yes — Love Linda Lael Miller’s too!
22:55:43 [Glenda] lol
22:56:22 [Jacqueline] Tara is kind enough to give away an electronic copy of Soul Guardian
22:56:51 [Kimberly] <<crossing fingers!!>>
22:56:52 [Jacqueline] Can I have a drum roll, please?
22:57:02 [Tara] *drum roll*
22:57:04 [Su] drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…..
22:57:06 [Lainie] ra ta ta tat
22:57:12 [Glenda] clang!
22:57:15 [Marjorie] hey, where is that drum going?
22:57:19 [Sher] tadum tadum tadum
22:57:27 [Tara] Side note — and I have the drumsticks in my hand! son’s a drummer!
22:57:37 [Tam] lol
22:57:42 [Marjorie] lol
22:57:47 [Su] lol
22:57:55 [Jacqueline] And the winner is Su!
22:58:05 [Tara] ROTFL
22:58:08 [Kimberly] Yay, Su!
22:58:08 [Glenda] I always have a crush on the drummer at rock concerts!
22:58:09 [Sher] Yeah Su!!!!
22:58:10 [Tam] Yay Su!
22:58:16 [Marjorie] *clapping*
22:58:20 [Su] woo-hooo! but… if I may…
22:58:24 [Su] defer…
22:58:25 [Glenda] Congrats to Su!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
22:58:29 [Tara] Jaqueline – since Su is the winner — let’s give away ANOTHER copy!
22:58:37 [Lainie] Yay Su!
22:58:37 [Su] (no offense, Tara — I love the story
22:58:41 [Jacqueline] You may…
22:58:52 [Jacqueline] I’ll draw again
22:59:02 [Tara] Okay- poor su has read that story so many times Lucien probably visited
her!
22:59:04 [Kimberly] lol, recrossing fingers
22:59:11 [Marjorie]
22:59:14 [Sher] LOLOL
22:59:19 [Su] lol I meant to duck when you were throwing the bouquet
22:59:28 [Tara] LOL
22:59:29 [Glenda] Kimberly reeeeeeaaaaaaly wants it!
22:59:35 [Su] lol not poor me — I want to share it with someone else!
22:59:45 [Jacqueline] Alrighty, I drew again
22:59:51 [Kimberly]
22:59:53 [Su]
22:59:58 [Jacqueline] and it’s Marjorie!
23:00:01 [Su] drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr……… *ducking*
23:00:02 [Tara] *drum roll again*
23:00:07 [Su] yay!!!
23:00:09 [Sher] Yeah Marjorie!! clapping
23:00:11 [Kimberly] Yay, Marjorie!!
23:00:15 [Glenda] clash!
23:00:21 [Marjorie] WOO HOOOOO
23:00:24 [Lainie] rum pum pum pum
23:00:29 [Tam] ggg, ya’ll are too much
23:00:30 [Glenda] Congrats to Marjorie!!!!!!
23:00:30 [Jacqueline] Congratulations, Marjorie!
23:00:40 [Lainie] Yay Marjorie!!!
23:00:41 [Marjorie] I’m beaming over here!
23:00:42 [Tara] Marjorie – send me your email address, pleas. manderinno@comcast.net
23:00:43 [Lainie] Congrats!
23:00:44 [Tam] Yay Marjorie! Aren’t ya glad ya stuck around?
23:00:55 [Jacqueline] Sheesh, it’s a good thing you stayed.
23:00:57 [Tara] yuk – can you read that in white?
23:01:03 [Marjorie] Yup Yup I am verra glad
23:01:11 [Jacqueline] Tara, where can we find your books?
23:01:12 [Su] Tara — spellcheck ??? lol
23:01:16 [Tara] Yeah, good think. I was starting to get a complex.
23:01:21 [Marjorie] ugh… that’s not a pretty face
23:01:26 [Tara] thing. thing, thing.
23:01:27 [Su] or did you change your last name?
23:01:36 [Tara] Goes with the white address
23:01:47 [Kimberly] That’s what I was going to as
23:01:49 [Kimberly] ask
23:01:55 [Tara] manderino@comcast.net
23:02:02 [Kimberly] where do we need to go to purchase Soul Guardian
23:02:06 memyself enters this room
23:02:09 [Su] thaaaaaaaat’s what I thought, Tara lol
23:02:11 [Glenda] Thanks for the great chat! Stay safe all.
23:02:25 [Tara] Now you all know why I had to send out the change of address twice –
once the wrong way and once correctly!
23:02:29 [Glenda] nighty night
23:02:30 [Jacqueline] Thanks for coming, Glenda!
23:02:38 [Su] bye Glenda from MS with Emma the grand-dog
23:02:41 [Glenda] see ya next week
23:02:46 [Tara] Kimberly — it’s at http://www.ebooksonthe.net
23:03:06 [Tara] Thanks for attending Glenda!
23:03:10 [Su] bye all — great chat Tara
23:03:12 [Su]
23:03:12 [Jacqueline] Do you have a website?
23:03:24 [Tara] No.
23:03:27 [Jacqueline] Nite, Su, thanks for coming!
23:03:28 [Su] Tara, I’ll be E-ing you
23:03:30 [Tam] Night Glenda
23:03:39 [Tara] I used to but never managed to get one back again after homestead started
charging.
23:03:44 [Su] thanks for picking my name first, Jacqueline!
23:03:44 [Lainie] Thanks Tara! it’s so great you came and chatted with us tonight
23:03:45 [Tara] Please do so, Su
23:03:48 [Lainie] goodnight everybody!
23:03:54 [Marjorie] K, Tara, I sent you my outlook addy
23:03:58 [Jacqueline] Have you checked out Geocities?
23:04:01 [Tara] Thanks for having me, Lainie andJaqueline
23:04:01 [memyself] candywrapper people here?
23:04:06 [Tara] That’s fine
23:04:11 [Jacqueline] Nite, Lainie!
23:04:15 [Marjorie] !
23:04:22 Su exits from this room
23:04:24 [Sher] Have a great week all…stay safe and write something wonderful.
23:04:29 [Sher] goodnight.
23:04:35 [Jacqueline] You’ll have to come back, Tara
23:04:36 [Tara] I did — I even signed up at one time but couldn’t figure it out! Not sure, but
think they charge on the new ones now too.
23:04:38 [Kimberly] Good night everyone!
23:04:41 [Tara] Night Sher
23:04:45 [Kimberly] Tara, I look forward to reading your book.
23:04:51 [Jacqueline] Nite, Sher, it was nice talking to ya!
23:05:04 [Tara] Any time, Jacqueline.
23:05:13 [Tara] Thanks, Kimberly!
23:05:15 [Jacqueline] Nite, Kimberly!
23:05:22 [Marjorie] Gnite for real this time… the hubby is tapping his foot now LOL
23:05:44 Marjorie exits from this room
23:05:50 [Tara] LOL– Night Marjorie — i’ll be looking for your address
23:05:54 [Tam] Night Sher, K’y
23:05:55 [Jacqueline] Congrats and goodnight Marjorie
23:06:02 [memyself] i guess not
23:06:04 [Tam] Night Marjorie
23:06:40 [Tara] memyself> I’m here discussing — well wrapping up the discussion on a
paranormal romance.
23:08:11 [Tara] Thanks so much for having me. I really enjoyed it. I’ll be thinking most of the
night on which writer I’d like to write with. *G*
23:08:17 [Jacqueline] Tara, I’ll be taking dates for next year’s chats in October. Email me
and we’ll set another one up
23:08:32 [Tara] Thanks!
23:08:36 [Tam] Thanks for the invitation Tara. It was fun!
23:08:37 [Tara] Night all.
23:08:48 [Tara] Glad you made it, Tam
23:09:07 [Tara] Off to pack lunches and do stinky football laundry.
23:09:10 [Tam] It was nice to meet all of you, but have a wip to work on now…*rolls eyes*
23:09:21 [Jacqueline] Thanks for coming, Tam.
23:09:29 [Jacqueline] good luck on the wip.
23:09:35 [Tam] lol@stinky football laundry.
23:09:42 [Jacqueline] Nite Tara!
Chat Log: Lyn Lawrence
September 3rd, 2004 Chat with Lyn Lawrence
22:19:21 [Lainie] Welcome to our Word Museum chat. Our special guest tonight is Lyn Lawrence.
22:19:23 [Lainie] Lyn Lawrence lives in Vivian, Louisiana with her husband of forty-one years. They are
22:19:36 [Lainie] the parents of six children. She loves to sing, play piano, and sew. Swimming is her
22:19:44 [Lainie] favorite exercise. Naturally she loves reading and writing and traveling is also one of her favorite things.
22:20:06 [Lainie] Lyn is offering door prizes of heart jewelry of various types
22:20:27 [Lainie] Lyn’s new books is WEB OF DREAMS
22:20:45 [Lainie] published by Publisher: Amber Quill Press (August 2003)
22:21:15 [Lainie] Here’s a blurb of Lyn’s book to peak your interest. Dana’s web of dreams intertwines with cutting edge cell research by her husband, Max, a scientist gone mad. Mad enough to believe he can control the world and his wife with a mind-altering drug.
22:21:26 [Lainie] Ben Carter interfaces with Dana’s web of dreams, never imagining he will be drawn into a web of deceit, danger and love he never imagined possible.
22:21:54 [Lainie] To read the excerpt visit Amber Quill at: http://amberquill.com/excerpt_WebDreams.html
22:22:13 [Lainie] Lyn also wrote: STONE JUSTICE
22:22:29 [Lainie] Stone Justice is the true story of the first and only woman in Louisiana history to be convicted and executed in the electric chair. The screenplay is the adaptation of the novel by the same name written by Debi McMartin and Lyn Morgan.
22:22:37 [Lainie] How exciting! A screenplay.
22:22:59 [Lainie] To read an excerpt of Stone Justice, please visit this site: http://www.1stbooks.com/cgi-bin/1st?partner~1st
22:23:00 [Glenda] awesome!
22:23:24 [Evelyn] Yep…we actually wrote the screenplay first.
22:23:41 [Lainie] We usually do protocol but since this is an intimate group at the moment, we’ll forego that until the crowd shows up
22:23:53 [Lainie] then I’ll crack my whip and let you know we’ll go into protocol
22:24:06 [Lainie] Lyn, please tell us about yourself, your writing, your books, and your screenplay. ga
22:24:34 [Evelyn] I’m glad to be here tonight. Right now I’m writing another script
22:25:05 [Lainie] Wow! You’re a dynamo. How wonderful!
22:25:15 [Evelyn] It’s also based on a true story and involves a court case.
22:25:41 [Evelyn] Thanks…But I don’t feel like a dynamo.
22:26:21 [Glenda] well, your writing sounds VERY interesting!
22:26:24 [Evelyn] I just sold out of Web of Dreams and For the Weekend
22:26:47 [Moe] Excellent, congratulations.
22:26:54 [Evelyn] FTW came out in May
22:27:02 [Lainie] Congrats!
22:27:20 [Glenda] I’m a Robin Cook fan. Web of Dreams sounds like it would fit me to a t.
22:27:33 [Evelyn] I hope maybe more people are hearing about my books.
22:28:05 [Evelyn] Web of Dreams is a Robin Cook type of book. Did you read his last one…
22:28:12 [Glenda] How long have you been writing?
22:28:31 [Moe] brb
22:28:36 [Glenda] Haven’t read Cook’s last one yet.
22:28:48 [Evelyn] Well I could say all my life, but novels since 1993
22:29:14 [Lainie] ten years is quite a long time
22:29:22 [Evelyn] On Cook’s last one, I was disappointed with the ending.
22:29:38 Beth enters this room
22:29:43 EJ enters this room
22:29:45 [Glenda] oh no!
22:30:01 [Evelyn] Hi Beth and EJ…
22:30:08 [Beth] Hello!
22:30:10 [Glenda] Where is Vivian LA? I’m New Orleans born. Live in Tupelo,MS now.
22:30:11 [Moe] Hi Beth
22:30:14 [Moe] EJ
22:30:16 [Glenda] hi beth!
22:30:29 [Moe] ! We’re talking to Lyn Lawrence.
22:30:44 [Evelyn] Vivian is in the very corner of the northwest side of LA
22:30:46 [Lainie] Hi Beth and EJ
22:30:58 [Lainie] close to Texas then?
22:31:01 [Moe] You might be able to scroll back and see what has been said the last few minutes, to catch
up.
22:31:10 [Evelyn] I’m 5 miles from Texas, 10 from Arkansas
22:31:47 [Lainie] We’re chatting with Lyn Lawrence, author of Web of Dreams and Stone Justice
22:31:52 [Lainie] I’d say that was close
22:32:07 [Evelyn] Now Tupelo, I think, is Elvis’ birthplace.
22:32:26 [Glenda] Yes, it is.
22:33:07 [Evelyn] !I like Elvis.
22:33:44 [Evelyn] For The Weekend is what I call my Elvis book.
22:33:52 [Beth] ?
22:34:04 [Moe] Jump in Beth
22:34:19 [Glenda] I was always into The Beatles. I appreciate Elvis more now.
22:34:20 [Moe] Since it is a small group we are leaving the discussion open
22:34:36 [Beth] thanks–Lyn, at what point in your drafts do you know a book is going to work?
22:34:55 [Lainie] I love both Elvis and the Beatles – my all time favorites
22:35:02 [Moe] I was hoping you were going to ask that.
22:35:18 [Evelyn] Oh my goodness…could I say I’m almost never sure the book will work.
22:35:29 [Beth] that is reassuring
22:35:33 [Beth] I’m at that point
22:35:38 BettyD enters this room
22:35:46 [Beth] what do you do, just persevere? refocus?
22:35:51 [Evelyn] I do outlines but things happen that I don’t expect
22:35:52 [Moe] How many drafts do you think you did before WOD went to press?
22:35:56 [Moe] Hi Betty!!
22:36:01 [Glenda] hi Betty!
22:36:05 [BettyD] hey Moe
22:36:06 [Evelyn] Is that what happened to you Beth?
22:36:10 [BettyD] how’s it been?
22:36:22 [Beth] definitely
22:36:38 [Evelyn] Drafts of WOD…before it went to press…6 or 7
22:36:46 [Moe] Good. We are having a open discussion with author Lyn Lawrence.
22:36:52 [Lainie] Hi Betty!
22:37:04 [Evelyn] And Beth, I’m stuck on a thriller right now.
22:37:16 [Lainie] Lyn is the author of Web of Dreams and Stone Justice
22:37:49 [Glenda] Anything in your work background that sort of gave you the idea for Web of Dreams
and/or Stone Justice?
22:38:33 [Evelyn] Not really my work background, but I have always been for the underdog.
22:39:01 [Evelyn] In Stone Justice, Toni Jo never gets a chance. But that was true
22:39:15 [Evelyn] I couldn’t change that…
22:39:32 [Evelyn] In WOD, Dana grabs her chance and takes it.
22:40:07 [Evelyn] I like justice, stone justice, real justice or poetic. <G>
22:40:30 [Glenda] lol
22:41:51 [Glenda] Do you have any favorite authors?
22:42:09 [Evelyn] Wow, I see something Beth said way back about refocusing.
22:42:11 [Moe] Has everyone had their questions answered so far? Did we miss anybody?
22:42:15 [KarenT] Lyn, earlier you said you’re almost never sure a book will work out…do you do a lot of rewrites, then? Or is it pretty set the first time through
22:42:49 [Evelyn] I edit constantly.
22:43:05 [Evelyn] Maybe that’s bad, but it’s the way I write.
22:43:27 [Beth] oh, good, me too!
22:43:31 [BettyD] the two books seem so dramatically different – was it difficult to “switch gears”?
22:43:37 [Beth] otherwise it’s a hopeless tangle
22:43:37 [Evelyn] The new script is 17 pages done and I’ve just been over it
22:43:49 [Evelyn] for the third time.
22:44:16 [Evelyn] Sometimes I go through my plot before I go to sleep.
22:44:33 [Evelyn] Sometimes I have to get back up and write.
22:45:27 [Lainie] only 17 pages? is that normal length for a script?
22:45:49 [Evelyn] That’s almost to the first plot point…<G>
22:45:59 [Evelyn] I need 120 pages
22:46:14 [Evelyn] So I’m not really to the first plot point
22:46:31 [Evelyn] But I know the script will work because it’s true.
22:46:59 [Beth] true, as in not sparing yourself, writing from the gut?
22:47:37 [Evelyn] No, this is a true story, in fact breaking news story.
22:47:55 [Beth] Oh, LOL
22:47:56 [Beth] sorry
22:48:24 [Evelyn] Well, I really don’t know the very end yet…
22:48:26 [Lainie] what kind of permission, if any, do you need to write a true story that’s not happening to you?
22:48:45 [Evelyn] But I think it’s going to be good for lots of people.
22:49:10 [Evelyn] In this case, we were asked (Deborah M and I) to write it.
22:49:31 [Evelyn] So we have exclusive rights to it.
22:49:54 [Evelyn] I see Betty asked about switching gears so let me say
22:50:16 [Evelyn] Writing true stories is easier in a way and harder, too.
22:50:31 [Evelyn] Writing fiction is like fun.
22:50:52 EJ enters this room
22:50:58 [Evelyn] True stories have to touch you and sometimes they are hard to write.
22:51:07 carolyn enters this room
22:51:18 [Evelyn] But they grab you and you have to write them.
22:51:32 [EJ] I apologize for being late…I’ve been arguing with my isp, so if I disappear, I’m sorry!
22:51:41 [Moe] Hi Carolyn. We are chatting with Author Lyn Lawrence
22:51:55 [Beth] hi, Carolyn!
22:51:58 [Moe] No problem EJ. Glad you could make it back.
22:52:00 [Evelyn] I have three neat prizes…how do we do this part?
22:52:19 [carolyn] Hi Lyn
22:52:24 [Moe] Laine will draw the names for you.
22:52:36 [Evelyn] Hi Carolyn and EJ again.
22:52:37 [BettyD] thanks for your answer, Lyn
22:52:53 [Beth] yes, good input
22:53:16 [Lainie] is it time to draw?
22:53:17 [Evelyn] Oh thanks, and I’m so glad you’re all here.
22:53:34 [Evelyn] I was afraid nobody would come.
22:53:49 [Glenda] Lyn, where can one buy your books?
22:53:50 [carolyn] Lyn, I’m curious about writing a legaleze romance. My library has all the information I
need to do the research, how would you go about that?
22:53:52 [Lainie] we love you Lyn, so of course we came
22:54:06 [BettyD] with Moe in charge?
22:54:12 [BettyD] who’d dare miss it?
22:54:31 [Evelyn] Buy my books…at Booksurge.com or at Amber Quill
22:55:15 [Evelyn] Research for Carolyn…SJ we went to the courthouse.
22:55:31 [Evelyn] There were 5 books of trial transcripts.
22:55:56 [Evelyn] We copied them longhand and they grabbed us by the heart.
22:56:14 [Evelyn] Toni Jo did not have a fair trial.
22:56:35 [Evelyn] Oh and watch The Practice <g>
22:56:51 [Evelyn] Or an old movie like Anatomy of a Murder
22:57:24 [Lainie] they let the public see and handle trial transcripts?
22:57:27 [Evelyn] Or Perry Mason
22:57:29 [carolyn] Sounds good. I do watch The Practice. For some reason
22:57:30 [Lainie] is it after so many years? or anytime?
22:57:44 [carolyn] I didn’t realize there would be transcripts available.
22:57:55 [Evelyn] Trial transcripts are public documents and have to be available to the public.
22:58:14 [Beth] that’s good to know
22:58:20 [carolyn] At the library, or?
22:58:48 [Evelyn] Very interesting reading..only at the courthouse where the trial was held.
22:59:12 [carolyn] And where in the courthouse would I obtain them?
22:59:13 [Evelyn] There were also two college students who did papers
22:59:32 [Evelyn] On the Toni Jo murder trial. We read their papers.
22:59:49 [Evelyn] They were at the college libraries.
23:00:25 [Evelyn] Lainie, please draw a name.
23:00:29 [carolyn] thank you for the information.
23:00:31 [Glenda] Did you get to interview any of the trial attorneys?
23:00:40 [Evelyn] I think our time is almost gone.
23:01:05 [Evelyn] We didn’t intervies any attorneys but we did interview her priest.
23:01:26 [Evelyn] He’s 90 years old….the murder happened in 1940
23:01:56 [Moe] Laine?
23:01:59 [Lainie] are you ready for me to start drawing names for the door prizes yet? let me know when
23:02:05 [carolyn] And, what title did you give this book and can we find it at BookSurge?
23:02:15 [Evelyn] Carolyn, check the archives at the courthouse
23:02:37 [Lainie] I didn’t see that message. sorry
23:02:40 [Lainie] drum roll please
23:02:41 [carolyn] Thanks, I’ll do that.
23:02:44 [Evelyn] Stone Justice is at 1st Books.com or Amazon.com
23:02:56 [Lainie] and the first winner is…..
23:03:00 [Lainie] Karen T!
23:03:01 [Glenda] rat-a-tat-tat. Clash!
23:03:13 [Glenda] congrats to Karen!!!!!
23:03:19 [BettyD] bah rum pah bum pah pah
23:03:29 [Lainie] And our second winner is….
23:03:35 [Moe] Boom-bang
23:03:36 [Lainie] we’re going for 3 winners tonight, right?
23:03:38 [Moe]
23:03:43 [Evelyn] Karen T. gets three toe rings …I hope you like them
23:03:45 [KarenT] Wow. Thanks. It’s my luck month. Last week, I won Pat Rasey’s drawing!
23:03:50 [Lainie] Carolyn!
23:03:51 [Moe]
23:03:59 [Lainie] Congratulations Karen and Carolyn
23:04:09 [carolyn] Wow, thanks.
23:04:11 [Glenda] Good for you Karen!
23:04:13 [Lainie] Am I to draw one more lucky winner?
23:04:19 [EJ] Big congrats to the winners!
23:04:20 [Evelyn] Carolyn gets a heart pendant.
23:04:25 [Glenda] Congrats to Carolyn!!!!!!
23:04:36 [Evelyn] Yes, please
23:04:43 [carolyn] Thank you very much.
23:04:50 [Lainie] okay
23:04:55 [Lainie] let me stir up the names really well
23:05:02 [Lainie] drum roll again please
23:05:11 [Lainie] and the third and final winner is….
23:05:12 [Glenda] Stir and shake ‘em!
23:05:32 [Lainie] shaking and stirring hard
23:05:38 [Lainie] Beth!
23:05:44 [Lainie] Yeah Beth! Congratulations
23:05:50 [Evelyn] For a heart bangle bracelet…yay, Beth
23:05:50 [Moe] Will the winners please send your mailing address to Lyn at EMo7209900@aol.com
23:05:52 [Glenda] Congrats to Beth!!!!!
23:05:57 [EJ] And congrats to Beth, too!
23:06:01 [Beth] thanks very much!
23:06:01 [Lainie] Lyn, should they send their names and email addresses to you? GMTA
23:06:02 [Lainie] good
23:06:04 [Moe] so she can sen you your gifts.
23:06:07 [BettyD] congrats to all the winners!
23:06:11 [Glenda] Cool prizes!
23:06:31 [Lainie] Please give us your website url again Lyn as this will be logged and in case anyone present
now missed it earlier
23:06:39 [Glenda] Great chat! Can’t wait to read your books Lyn!
23:06:40 [Evelyn] Thank you everybody so much. Yes, I need their names.
23:06:42 [Lainie] We want everyone to be able to check out your fabulous books
23:06:58 [Evelyn] http://www.lynlawrence.net
23:07:20 [Moe] Thank you for being our guest chatter Lyn.
23:07:27 [Glenda] I just bookmarked it.
23:07:28 KarenT exits from this room
23:07:39 [Beth] thanks very much!
23:07:41 [Moe] And thank you everyone else for attending.
23:07:43 [Evelyn] Thank you for having me.
Chat Log: Patricia A. Rasey
August 20th, 2004 Chat with Patricia A. Rasey
22:23:34 [Patricia] Okay–I left six people in the other chat room–I hope they make it over.
22:23:36 [Patricia] Hi, guys!
22:23:38 [Barbara] Ah, the star has arrived <G>
22:23:48 KarenT enters this room
22:23:49 [JLAbbott] Welcome, Pat!!!
22:23:51 [Glenda] Hey Patricia!!
22:23:58 [Patricia] LOL Thanks, Barabara
22:24:03 [RebelYell3] About blooooooody time
22:24:04 [Patricia] Hi, Glenda!
22:24:10 EJ enters this room
22:24:10 [Patricia] Yeah, yeah
22:24:43 [Patricia] Hi, Laura, EJ, Moe, Karen and Kim–who am I missing
22:25:03 [EJ] Hi…so sorry I’m late!
22:25:11 [Glenda] is mittens still here?
22:25:22 ChandlerM enters this room
22:25:29 [Patricia] You aren’t late EJ–apparently I was in the wrong room with six other people
22:25:36 [Patricia] Ah, Chandler made it!
22:25:39 [Glenda] Good crowd!
22:25:45 Lynn enters this room
22:25:51 [Patricia] 4 or 5 more and will have everyone.
22:26:04 [ChandlerM] Yes. Apparently there was this Twilight Zone room sucking people in…….
22:26:07 [Patricia] Lyn made it–hopefully Terry and Mel make it and Carol
22:26:14 [Patricia] LOL
22:26:29 Patricia exits from this room
22:26:35 [Glenda] so true Chandler
22:26:41 Moe exits from this room
22:27:00 Patricia enters this room
22:27:09 [ChandlerM] Moe’s gone. Now it’s sucking people right out of our midst!
22:27:11 [Barbara] The Twilight Zone is still scooping up people
22:27:13 Patricia exits from this room
22:27:16 Moe enters this room
22:27:36 Patricia enters this room
22:27:37 [Moe] Feel free to use emoticons (the codes will pop up in another screen if you click on the ? in the lower left corner) but please leave text colour for our Author, Moderator and myself.
22:27:39 [ChandlerM] Pat disappears. Moe Returns. What fun.
22:27:41 [JLAbbott] This is bizarre!!!!
22:27:58 [Patricia] Sorry guys–I saw Carol over in the room and am trying to get her over here. LOL
22:27:59 [Glenda] How bizarre. How Bizarre.
22:28:03 [JLAbbott] Kinda like our very own mystery story….
22:28:12 [Moe] I left because my messages didn’t seemto be going through.
22:28:13 [KimCox] Chat link on Chat Schedule page is now fixed
22:28:17 [Barbara] I’ll change my color
22:28:30 [Glenda] Like looking for a black pearl on the ocen floor.
22:28:37 [Moe] Patricia could you change your text to red so we can see you better from everyone else.
22:28:38 [Glenda] ocean
22:28:42 [Patricia] Okay–we lost Carol over there
22:28:44 [KimCox] Pat is Carol on AOL?
22:28:50 [Patricia] How’s this
22:29:01 [Patricia] Try it again
22:29:26 [KimCox] Is Carol on AOL?
22:29:27 [Moe] Try the other end. I think it’s brighter
22:29:31 [Patricia] She was in room 1 on the right of the screen. ROFL but now she is gone. I lost Mel as well
22:29:37 [Glenda] Glenda putting on her tap shoes and feather boa to entertain during this.
22:29:41 [Patricia] This better
22:29:46 [KimCox] AOL users have to go through IE instead of the AOL browser
22:30:11 [Moe] Sorry for the mix up. This is the better chat room, honest.
22:30:14 RebelYell4 enters this room
22:30:37 [Moe] Rebel are you using AOL?
22:31:10 [Moe] Yes Pat.
22:31:16 [RebelYell4] No, although AOL might be better than MSN, who SUCK!!!!!!!
22:31:35 [Patricia] Not a problem, Mo–I just hope they find there way here. LOL I tried to direct them. I just sent them both an email
22:31:36 [Glenda] Where’s everyone from? I’m live in Tupelo,MS
22:31:44 [Moe] AOL crashes a lot with this chat.
22:31:50 [ChandlerM] Bethel, ME
22:31:53 [Glenda] I’m live…yes, but I live.
22:31:53 [RebelYell4] Chicago
22:31:56 [Moe] Kim you moderating for Jacki?
22:31:57 [Patricia] Ohio, Gleenda
22:32:14 [Rebecca] Colorado
22:32:19 [Barbara] I’m in southern California 11 miles from the riginal Disneyland
22:32:22 [RebelYell4] MSN crashes a lot….period 
22:32:26 [JLAbbott] I’m Colorado, too
22:32:28 [Moe] Ontario Canada…and happy to be with electricity.
22:32:32 [Patricia] Sorry fingers are screwing up again. LOL
22:32:35 [Glenda] Chicago Chicago that toddlin’ town. Down by the banks of the Ohio
22:32:35 [Barbara] original
22:32:47 [Glenda] Rocky Mountain high. Colorado.
22:33:02 [JLAbbott] Glenda sings again…LOL
22:33:03 [Glenda] Oh Canada!
22:33:11 [RebelYell4] Pat lives in Bugtussle, Ohio, population 12
22:33:16 [EJ] Ontario, Canada!
22:33:17 [Glenda] Can ya’ll tell I love music?
22:33:29 [Patricia] 15 Trace
22:33:30 [EJ] Me, too, Moe…tired of running a generator!
22:33:31 [Barbara] I love that John Denver song–Rocky Mountain High
22:33:36 [Moe] Stop, in the name of Love!
22:33:36 [Glenda] LOL…Bugtussle.
22:33:38 [Moe] Glenda
22:33:41 [RebelYell4] Glenda, you’re just singing up a storm tonight
22:33:51 [Patricia] I love music as well–probably why I always mention music in my books
22:33:59 [JLAbbott] In the same spirit as Elkpoop, Colorado LOL
22:34:03 [Moe] Kim? You out there?
22:34:08 [Glenda] hope not. Don’t need a tornado.
22:34:15 [RebelYell4] And why I always alter them to Achy Breaky Fart
22:34:24 [EJ] Watched Shania Twain concert from Chicago last night.
22:34:33 [ChandlerM] “probably why I always mention music in my books” King tends to do that, too.
22:34:35 [RebelYell4] Hahaha….Laura
22:34:48 mittens enters this room
22:35:01 [Patricia] Carol made it!
22:35:03 [Glenda] mittens!
22:35:16 [Patricia] LOL Chandler–that he does.
22:35:18 Melissa enters this room
22:35:20 [RebelYell4] Shania….don’t get me started……
22:35:26 [ChandlerM] Mittens, you made it! We were despairing of you.
22:35:35 [Moe] Hello and welcome! We’re talking to Patricia Rasey. We’ll be using protocol, so please type “?” to ask a question, “!” to make a comment, and “GA” for go ahead to signify you’re done speaking. WE WILL CALL ON YOU IN TURN.
22:35:48 [Moe] Feel free to use emoticons (the codes will pop up in another screen if you click on the ? in the lower left corner) but please leave text colour for our Author, Moderator and myself.
22:35:50 [Glenda] Shawhina
22:35:59 [RebelYell4] ? Ok, Pat, when the heck is “The Hour Before Dawn” coming out????? Huh????? Huh?????
22:36:05 Melly enters this room
22:36:20 [Patricia] Hi, Melly
22:36:20 [Moe] Hello and welcome! We’re talking to Patricia Rasey. We’ll be using protocol, so please type “?” to ask a question, “!” to make a comment, and “GA” for go ahead to signify you’re done speaking. WE WILL CALL ON YOU IN TURN.
22:36:33 [Patricia] Trace–I have no idea. I’m hoping soon. 
22:36:39 [Moe] Feel free to use emoticons (the codes will pop up in another screen if you click on the ? in the lower left corner) but please leave text colour for our Author, Moderator and myself.
22:36:48 mittens exits from this room
22:36:53 [RebelYell4] I’ll believe it when I see it
22:37:01 [Patricia]
22:37:05 [KimCox] Think I rescued everyone
22:37:12 [Patricia] I hear ya.
22:37:13 [KimCox]
22:37:26 [Patricia] We have two in room one again
22:37:32 [Moe] Kim you introducing?
22:37:42 [RebelYell4] Someone is “frustrated”
22:37:49 [Patricia] Actually –thre are in room 1 over on the right
22:37:51 [Glenda] lol
22:37:59 [Moe] I go
22:38:03 Moe exits from this room
22:38:19 [Glenda] poor things! Give ‘em a book.
22:38:40 [Patricia] LOL We’ll definitely give someone a book tonight
22:38:54 [KimCox] hmmm
22:38:56 [KimCox] Moe?
22:39:06 [Patricia] Okay–any questions? Hmmmm?
22:39:25 [JLAbbott] ?
22:39:30 [KimCox] She must’ve already gone to get them as I see her there too.
22:39:31 [Patricia] Hahaha now 2 are in room 3
22:39:38 [ChandlerM] Pat, where do you see your stories going in the future?
22:39:39 [Patricia] We are doomed tonight, I tell you
22:39:46 [RebelYell4] ! Nope, I know everything there is to know about Pat, including where her tattoos are located
22:39:54 [KimCox] doesn’t look good, but I’ll think positive
22:39:58 [Glenda] ?
22:40:00 MelJ enters this room
22:40:09 Moe enters this room
22:40:24 [KimCox] Here they come
22:40:34 Moe exits from this room
22:40:44 lynL enters this room
22:40:47 [Patricia] Chandler–I am hoping to stay in the thriller line and go a bit more mainstream–more marketable
22:40:52 [KimCox] weird, never had this problem with this room
22:40:57 [Patricia] shhh, Trace
22:41:05 [ChandlerM] Ahhh. Now you’re in my ballpark.
22:41:17 [Patricia] Thanks, Chandler
22:41:26 [ChandlerM] Any supernatural?
22:41:29 [Glenda] new book…Terror in the Chat.
22:41:32 [Patricia] My next project is called Love You to Pieces
22:41:40 [Patricia] LOL Glrnda
22:41:53 Moe enters this room
22:42:11 [KimCox] Introduction:
22:42:12 [Glenda] Chatroom of the Damned
22:42:17 [Patricia] I don’t know, Chandler–I’ve never done paranormals before, but that doesn’t mean if the mood doesn’t strike I won’t–but at this point it’s not in the plans
22:42:17 [KimCox] Patricia A. Rasey is a three-time recipient of the Word Weaving Award for Literary Excellence and has also received an Honorable Mention in the prestigious Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence 2000.
22:42:31 [Patricia] Thanks, Kim
22:42:44 Moe exits from this room
22:42:47 [KimCox] Kiss of Deceit received a nomination for this award as well. She is a two-time EPPIE finalist and was a 2001 nominee for Romantic Times Magazine’s Best Electronic Book. Additionally, Twilight Obsessions, a hair-raising trilogy of dark suspense by authors Charlotte Boyett-Compo
22:43:07 [KimCox] (“Taken By The Wind”), Kate Hill (“Love On The Wild Side”), and Patricia A. Rasey (“Fear The Dark”), were nominated for the 2000 PEARL, the Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature, in the Best Anthology category. Her short story, In the Mind of Darkness won the P&E 2002 Horror short stor
22:43:28 [KimCox] Her short story, In the Mind of Darkness won the P&E 2002 Horror short story category.
22:43:28 [RebelYell4] Hehehehe….Twqilight Obsessions is “history”
22:43:59 [ChandlerM] Very impressive Pat. Congratulations.
22:44:06 [Patricia] But Fear the Dark–my story in it is now available on it’s own through Amber Quill
22:44:13 [Patricia] Thanks, Chandler
22:44:19 OCH! enters this room
22:44:21 [KimCox] Visit Ms. Rasey’s website at: http://www13.brinkster.com/rasey/
22:44:37 [Patricia] or PatriciaRasey.com will get you there as well
22:44:48 Melissa enters this room
22:44:50 [KimCox] I thought so
22:45:15 [Patricia] Okay–I’m feeling really bad for those over in room 1 and 2 
22:45:28 [Patricia] Hi, Melissa–you made it!
22:45:36 [ChandlerM] ?Pat do you outline or are you an ‘organic writer’?
22:45:38 Moe enters this room
22:45:57 [Moe] Don’t feel bad. No ones there.
22:46:21 [Patricia] if you mean organic by just growing the story from seed and running with it–yep, that’s pretty much how I write. I do a brief outline in my head–but nothing real elaborate
22:46:36 [Patricia] Oh, okay, Mo–thanks
22:46:43 [Moe] I’ve been to both and no one’s responded. I’ve left directions to come here.
22:46:54 [Patricia] Thanks
22:47:15 [ChandlerM] I’m always glad to hear that. I’ve heard so much baloney from those who should know better about how you can’t write a novel without an outline.
22:47:43 Terry enters this room
22:47:56 [Moe] Hello and welcome! We’re talking to Patricia Rasey. We’ll be using protocol, so please type “?” to ask a question, “!” to make a comment, and “GA” for go ahead to signify you’re done speaking. WE WILL CALL ON YOU IN TURN.
22:48:01 [KimCox] yahoo?
22:48:03 [Patricia] Oh, I’ve been told that as well, Chandler–but I have written 8 novels that way–and they all seem to come together in the end
22:48:07 [Terry] duh!! LOL
22:48:08 [Moe] Feel free to use emoticons (the codes will pop up in another screen if you click on the ? in the lower left corner) but please leave text colour for our Author, Moderator and myself.
22:48:08 [Glenda] hi Terry
22:48:13 [Patricia] Terry made it
22:48:23 [ChandlerM] Amazing how that happens, isn’t it?
22:48:34 Barbara exits from this room
22:48:41 [Terry] lol….thanks for the email….it wouldn’t work when I typed it in
22:48:52 [RebelYell4] ?
22:48:53 [Patricia] Yes, it is–I would call that God given–because sometimes I don’t understand myself how it just all comes together
22:49:07 [Patricia] Glad you made it
22:49:17 [ChandlerM] Endings seem to be the hardest. They just suddenly ARE.
22:49:19 [Patricia] Yes, Trace
22:49:32 [Patricia] Right, Chandler–you are right
22:49:41 Melissa enters this room
22:49:51 [Patricia] Hi, Melissa!!
22:49:59 [RebelYell4] Howmuch research did you have to do on your historical romances, and did you outline those because of the historical aspect?
22:50:07 [ChandlerM] Because of that I often wonder if I didn’t rush them. But apparently not. Do you feel that, too?
22:50:30 TerryH enters this room
22:50:47 [TerryH] *stumbling in*….sorry LOL
22:51:00 [TerryH] promise I’ll stay this time
22:51:13 [Moe] Hello and welcome! We’re talking to Patricia Rasey. We’ll be using protocol, so please type “?” to ask a question, “!” to make a comment, and “GA” for go ahead to signify you’re done speaking. WE WILL CALL ON YOU IN TURN.
22:51:26 [Patricia] Okay–you caught me. I did exactly what I had to know to write the historicals. You’d probably fall over and say no–that’s not right. LOL But seriously–I researched the time era and the area–but I didn’t get real heavy into the research–that’s why I switched to suspense-0-I suddenly love the re
22:52:09 [Glenda] Moe and Kim deserve a drink.
22:52:18 [Patricia] Usually my endings seem just right, Chandler–but there is one book I wish I would have improved on–but now that one seems the one most want a sequel from
22:52:27 [Patricia] Cheers, guys!
22:52:31 [Moe] (I could use one, Glenda)
22:52:47 [Moe] I think we lost Kim
22:52:48 [ChandlerM] “–but now that one seems the one most want a sequel from” LOL
22:53:07 [Patricia] Oh–and trace–it cut my answer off–I meant I do loads of research for the thrillers
22:53:25 [KimCox] Kim’s here!
22:53:30 [Patricia] Yeah–imagine that, Chandler–the one ending I thought shaky
22:53:33 [RebelYell4] That is true, especially with the vamp stuff
22:54:00 [Patricia] yes, Trace–probably more than I should have. LOL
22:54:21 [RebelYell4] But you had fun nevertheless
22:54:30 [Patricia] Any other questions?
22:54:48 [RebelYell4] ?
22:54:49 [Patricia] Yes, Trace–I did. I love the vampire books and they did sell well
22:54:57 [Patricia] Go ahead, Trace
22:55:12 [RebelYell4] Too bad they ain’t at the right publisher, but that’s another story
22:55:34 [Patricia] 
22:55:43 [Glenda] If you could pick the brains of any author, living or dead…whom would it be and why?
22:55:50 [Patricia] Cute icon. ROFLMBO
22:55:51 [RebelYell4] Would you ever continue your historical series?
22:55:55 [KimCox] 
22:56:01 [Patricia] Stephen King by far
22:56:14 Melissa enters this room
22:56:30 [Patricia] I love his writing–I think he is very unique and where in the world does he come up withthem ideas? LOL
22:57:00 [Patricia] Trace–I am ending Lawfully Yours with the book Eternally Yours–no, there won’t be a third book
22:57:00 [Glenda] I love King!
22:57:18 [Patricia] Thanks, Glenda–he is awesome and deserves to be King. LOL
22:57:25 [RebelYell4] Then what am I to do with all those pictures??? Hehehe
22:57:36 [Patricia] Are you having problems chatting or staying in Melissa?
22:57:58 [Patricia] Ummm…save the bustle one for Dragonlord–the french pirate story
22:58:14 [RebelYell4] OK…Eddie will be thrilled
22:58:30 [Patricia] He’ll be on 4 romance covers
22:58:45 [RebelYell4] ! I think you should combine your book subjects and do a biker vampire one
22:58:52 [Patricia] Any other questions–I’m all ears
22:59:10 [Patricia] LOL Trace–Bad enough I did a nija vampire
22:59:17 [Patricia] ninja
22:59:19 [Glenda] ?
22:59:21 [TerryH] I think a biker vampire story would do well *w*
22:59:30 [RebelYell4] Hell’s Vamps
22:59:35 [Patricia] Probaly, Terry
22:59:43 [Patricia] LOL Trace
22:59:51 [Patricia] Okay, Gleda
22:59:57 [Glenda] Is there any sort of book you’d just love to write but haven’t?
23:00:08 [Patricia] Glenda–I keep missing letters LOL
23:01:27 [Patricia] Oh geeze, I just answered that on my interview page and can’t remember what I said. LOL I’m not sure–I think Love You to Pieces–it’s been in my head for awhile now and I am leery to write it as it does promise to be a bit mt graphic–and dark. But will see how it goes
23:01:54 [Patricia] that was suppose to be more graphic
23:02:07 [RebelYell4] ?
23:02:10 EJ exits from this room
23:02:14 [Glenda] dark and graphic. Two of my favorite things!
23:02:25 [Patricia] Thanks, Glenda
23:02:57 [Patricia] I think we lost Kim again and we keep losing people. Do we want to give away books before we lose too many. LOL
23:03:09 [Patricia] Ooops–there’s Kim
23:03:17 [ChandlerM] No. Wait till everyone else is gone……
23:03:30 [RebelYell4] “Graphic” in terms of what you did to your victims in Facade? That type of stuff?
23:03:32 [KimCox] Me?
23:03:33 [Glenda] lol
23:03:38 [RebelYell4] Chandler….hahahaha
23:03:39 [TerryH] LOL
23:03:49 [Patricia] LOL Chandler–but we are giving away my historical romance. Maybe we could give the winner their choice of books
23:04:07 [Patricia] Yeah–thought I lost ya, Kim
23:04:25 [KimCox] No here
23:04:25 [Patricia] Yes, Trace–graphic in the way Facade was–dark
23:04:39 [KimCox] Ready to draw a name
23:04:48 [RebelYell4] Good, cause when you get creepy, that’s your finest stuff, in my opinon
23:04:58 [RebelYell4] opnon
23:05:03 [RebelYell4] oops
23:05:11 [Patricia] Thanks, Trace–and I do intend it to be creepy. LOL
23:05:12 [Glenda] hehe
23:05:15 [RebelYell4] Disqualify me, please
23:05:28 [TerryH] I like her best from the antagonist POV
23:05:50 [Patricia] LOL Terry–that’s the scary part–my favorite POV
23:05:52 [Glenda] for seplling errors, Rebel?
23:05:59 [RebelYell4] Same here….she can be sooooo nasty when she gets into their heads
23:06:17 [Patricia] The guy in Love You to Piecse promises to be VERY creepy
23:06:29 [RebelYell4] No, since I edit most of her books, I have them already
23:06:49 [Glenda] cool!
23:06:50 [TerryH] I’m passing your books out here…getting new fans for ya
23:06:57 [Patricia] After all–he get’s into cutting people up–vacuum packing body parts and mailing them to the families of the victimes. He’s not right
23:07:11 [Patricia] Thanks, Terry–I appreciate that big time!!
23:07:19 [TerryH] eewww!!! OMG
23:07:19 [RebelYell4] Ya think???? Hahaha
23:07:35 [KimCox] working on it, but I’m slow
23:07:41 [Patricia] And then there is his fetish……
23:07:48 Moe exits from this room
23:08:00 [Patricia] oops–lost Mo
23:08:25 [RebelYell4] Your suspense books to me come off like a cross between a King novel and the show CSI
23:08:45 [Patricia] LOL thanks, Trace–I appreciate that
23:08:51 [RebelYell4] Forensics with Sickos
23:09:09 [KimCox] drum roll please
23:09:11 [Patricia] My historical romances have been getting good reviews–but I am very partial to the thriller genre when writing
23:09:19 [Patricia] LOL Trace
23:09:24 [RebelYell4] Not sure what that says about your personally, but there you have it!!!
23:09:30 [Patricia] drum rolllllllllll
23:09:39 [Glenda] rat-a-tat-tat
23:09:45 [Patricia] 
23:09:47 [KimCox] thanks Glenda
23:09:52 [KimCox] And the winner is ….
23:09:54 [RebelYell4] You could do serial killers of the old west
23:09:56 [KimCox] TerryH
23:10:06 [TerryH] YEAS!!!
23:10:07 [Glenda] congratulations!!!!
23:10:09 [RebelYell4] Who also just happen to be vamps on bicycles
23:10:10 [TerryH] OMG
23:10:12 [Patricia] LOL I’ll think about it…okay, I did–no
23:10:22 [ChandlerM] Congrats!
23:10:27 [Patricia] Cool–congrats, Terry!!
23:10:29 [KimCox] Congrats, TerryH!
23:10:33 [TerryH] thank you, thank you! I can’t believe I got so lucky!
23:10:53 [Glenda] Vampire Hawgs?
23:10:55 [Patricia] She gets the paperback–we will be drawing for two more–they get downloads, right?
23:10:55 KarenT exits from this room
23:11:12 [Patricia] LOL Glenda
23:11:12 [KimCox] Pat give your e-mail addy for the winner to send their info too
23:11:20 [TerryH] Thanks Pat!
23:11:21 [KimCox] two more
23:11:23 [KimCox] okay
23:12:02 [TerryH] can’t see the white text
23:12:29 [KimCox] next winner Karen T
23:12:30 [Patricia] LOL You know my email addy, Terry I’ll email you
23:12:39 [KimCox] ah, she just left
23:12:41 [Moe] parasey @earthlink . net
23:12:48 [Moe] with no spaces.
23:12:50 [Glenda] Congrats to Karen!
23:12:50 [Patricia] Karen left the room.
23:12:55 [KimCox] she can still get it though
23:12:56 [TerryH] *BS* I’ll be looking forward to receiving it…and keeping it with the others
23:12:59 [Glenda] Anyone know her addy?
23:13:04 [KimCox] I have her addy somewhere
23:13:16 [Patricia] No–I don’t
23:13:20 [RebelYell4] Yes, I have Karen Troxel’s email address
23:13:29 [Patricia] If you have it–please send her my addy, Kim
23:13:32 [KimCox] and the third winner: ChandlerM
23:13:45 [KimCox] Trace has it, Pat
23:13:48 [Glenda] Yes Chandler. Go Go GO!
23:13:51 [Patricia] Okay–trace–you send her my addy and tell her she won
23:13:58 [KimCox] Congrats to Karen and Chandler
23:14:01 [Patricia] Gongrats, Chadler!
23:14:23 [Patricia] Send me your email addres, Chandler–and which book you want and what format
23:14:28 [RebelYell4] kwriter @ adelphia.net
23:14:30 [Glenda] I’m looking forward to reading your books Patricia.
23:14:38 [RebelYell4] no spaces, of course
23:14:47 [Glenda] Thanks for the chat. Thanks to WordMuseum!!
23:15:01 [KimCox] Thank you all for coming.
23:15:06 [TerryH] this was great to be here with all of you
23:15:06 [Glenda] Got to run. Goodnight all.
23:15:12 [KimCox] Thank you, Pat!
23:15:15 [RebelYell4] Is it over all ready?
23:15:16 [Moe] Thanks to everyone for coming and your patience witht the chat room.
23:15:17 [KimCox] night Glenda
23:15:21 [Moe] Thanks Patricia
23:15:27 [Patricia] Thanks, guys! I had fun and congrats to the winners
23:15:31 [KimCox] really, we don’t usually have this trouble
23:15:43 [Patricia] Does anyone have Chandlers addy?
23:15:47 [Patricia] Chandler?
23:15:59 [Moe] You just happen to find the one old link on the site.
23:16:02 [Patricia] LOL It’s got to be me, Kim–it follows me
23:16:41 [Moe] Pat- if you click on the little person beside chanlders name it will come up in a separate box
23:17:15 [Patricia] I tried that but it just came up on my screen
23:17:20 [KimCox] I don’t
23:17:26 [KimCox] he’s still showing here
23:17:37 [Moe] author@chandlermcgrew.com
23:17:50 [Patricia] I know but he went silent–wonder if he froze
23:18:00 [Patricia] thanks, Mo–I’ll email him!
23:18:02 [KimCox] I see to always miss a link when I change them too
23:18:05 [KimCox] so my fault
23:18:29 [Patricia] Well–thanks, guys–it’s been fun!
23:18:37 RebelYell4 exits from this room
23:18:41 [TerryH] night Pat! *hugs*
23:18:43 [KimCox] thank you, Pat
23:18:48 [KimCox] it was a joy as always having you
23:18:52 [Patricia] I have to go–I have to get up in the morning to take my son to get his wisdom teeth cut out. Ouch
23:18:55 [Moe] Thanks Patricia. Night
23:19:00 [Patricia] Thnaks, Kim
23:19:00 [TerryH] ouch
23:19:01 [KimCox] goodnight all
23:19:08 [TerryH] bye
23:19:14 [Patricia] LOL Terry–and I’ll email you about your biook
23:19:15 [Rebecca] I enjoyed the chat.
23:19:16 [KimCox] night , Terry
