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!
