sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer´s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:00:10 +0000 2012)
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PrinceJvstin: Time for the @bryanthomasS hosted one and only #sffwrtcht. Come join us!(Thu Jan 19 02:00:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:00:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: It´s up to the guest whether the question time will run longer than our allotted hour slot. #sffwrtcht And tonight she’ll stay 30 min longer (Thu Jan 19 02:01:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight´s guest Teresa Frohock is an angel. She´s filling in after a last minute cancellation by another guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:01:12 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She also turned her fascination with two-headed Carnival chickens into a writing career. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:01:21 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Teresa has long been accused of telling stories, which is a southern colloquialism for lying. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:01:39 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her debut novel, Miserere, is out from @nightshadebooks and tells the tale of an exiled exorcist… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:01:48 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: ,,,Who deserted his lover in Hell to save his sister´s soul. The catch: She doesn´t want salvation. Complications ensue. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:02:21 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: It´s book 1 of a trilogy. And got a starred review from Library Journal and 3 ½ stars on @sfsignal from @princejvstin… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:02:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: …who´s here to answer for that tonight. Welcome to #sffwrtcht, @TeresaFrohock! (Thu Jan 19 02:02:40 +0000 2012)
TeresaFrohock: Hi everyone, it’s really nice to be here! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:03:32 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @BryanThomasS: Welcome @TeresaFrohock !!! Good to have you Thnks for stepping in there last minute! #sffwrtcht (Host forgets the hashtag) (Thu Jan 19 02:04:22 +0000 2012)
BennLiska: And yet another book added to my “to read” pile: Miserere by @TeresaFrohock #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:05:37 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: My first fanstay was Patricia McKillip’s The Forgotten Beast of Eld and I fell in love w/her writing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:06:04 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Where’d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:06:11 +0000 2012)
followthelede: How long have you been writing? And is it mostly novel-length or short stories also? @TeresaFrohock #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:07:15 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: You could almost say I was born a geek, though. I loved anything w/swords & knights & monsters since I can remember. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:07:16 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS It’s okay, Twitter has been kind of jumpy tonight. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:07:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Who were some of your favorite authors/books growing up? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:07:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @BennLiska Get busy Benn. I can hardly see you over that stack now 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:08:26 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: Hi @followthelede! I started writing when I was in my late teens, but I didn’t become published until recently. It was a long rd. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:08:35 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS McKillip, of course, Vonda McIntyre, Anne McCaffrey, Gene Wolf. I was an eclectic reader even then. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:09:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Vonda. Nice. She’s done some good stuff. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:09:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Met Gene Wolf and got a photo with him at WFC Columbus. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:09:40 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @TeresaFrohock Were you involved with cons and fandom? Cosplay? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:09:50 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: Also, @followthelede mostly novels, I’ve not had much success with short stories. That is an art I’ve yet to master. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:10:02 +0000 2012)
talekyn: @followthelede Hey now! Don’t go stealing my short story questions for @TeresaFrohock! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:10:10 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS Her work gave me female characters that I could relate to when I was young. I loved Dream Snake. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:11:05 +0000 2012)
chippermuse: @TeresaFrohock Eclectic reader, eh? What’s the most unusual or atypical thing you’ve read? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:11:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Did you read any AC Crispin? She did some cool stuff too with female leads. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:11:33 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn I steal questions with equanimity (and hopefully impunity). #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:11:35 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@chippermuse I enjoyed The Monk & am currently reading The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:12:53 +0000 2012)followthelede: Are you an out-of-genre reader? @TeresaFrohock #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:12:55 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS You know, it’s been a long time, but I believe I have. Some of the novels I’ve read, I read 20yrs ago. sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:13:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @TeresaFrohock: You know, it’s been a long time, but I believe I have. Some of the novels I’ve read, I read 20yrs ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:14:08 +0000 2012)talekyn: @TeresaFrohock So I have to ask before @followthelede does: what is it about short stories that you struggle with? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:14:18 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede I read in the genre from the 70s-90s, then moved to mysteries for a while, then bounced back. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:14:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn heh heh Be nice to @followthelede You’re both upcoming guests… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:14:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @sffwrtcht: @TeresaFrohock Were you involved with cons and fandom? Cosplay? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:15:19 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@talekyn @followthelede Squishing characterization & plot into a short story. I like spending time devel. chars. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:15:24 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: #sffwrtcht @teresafrohock,what drew you to write dark fantasy as opposed to other subgenres of fantasy? (Thu Jan 19 02:15:34 +0000 2012)followthelede: But I can be mean to him, right? RT @BryanThomasS: @talekyn heh heh Be nice to @followthelede Youre both upcoming guests… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:15:46 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@PrinceJvstin I love LOVE horror & dark fantasy contains elements of horror & fantasy. It’s the best of both worlds for me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:16:30 +0000 2012)followthelede: If you talk pretty to me. Maybe. Okay, probably not. @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:16:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock How did you get your start as a writer? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:17:15 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@PrinceJvstin I’ve also loved fairytales & I think that dark fantasy moves closer to the dark themes in fairytales. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:17:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS Going to cons, actually! (Ans. 2 in 1). I met some great ppl & took writing workshops. I just loved it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:18:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Did you study writing in college? How did you learn your craft? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:18:26 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: If I miss your question, pls ask again! I don’t want to leave anyone out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:18:42 +0000 2012)followthelede: Yes! MT @TeresaFrohock:@PrinceJvstin Ive also loved fairytales.I think that dark fantasy moves closer 2 the themes in fairytales. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:18:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Im keeping track No worries. I retweet them #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:19:02 +0000 2012)BennLiska: @TeresaFrohock What was your inspiration for this book/series? Any books that specifically influenced you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:19:24 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht @BryanThomasS I used to love RPGs, but I just don’t have a lot of time anymore. I’m hoping to back into gaming. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:19:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: How do you define dark fantasy and what makes a good fantasy story or novel? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:20:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: & why an exorcist protag? RT @BennLiska: @TeresaFrohock What was your inspiration for this book/series? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:20:40 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BennLiska The idea came from a dream. I was in an college class on the Old Testament & the instruct. mentioned the veil 1/2 #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:21:35 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BennLiska 2/2 betwn the Ark & man. I just loved the idea & the OT provided the backdrop for Woerld. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:22:27 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn In case you were tempted to take me seriously (however unlikely) I’d never be mean to you – you’re one of my faves. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:23:15 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht That’s a tough, moving target. I define dark fantasy has dealing with mature, darker themes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:23:34 +0000 2012)
jasonsanford: @BryanThomasS @TeresaFrohock How does your Southern upbringing impact your fiction and your view of storytelling? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:23:35 +0000 2012)followthelede: Good question. MT @jasonsanford: @BryanThomasS @TeresaFrohock How does your Southern upbringing impact your fiction … #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:24:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jasonsanford Oh ho! Stranger! Welcome back! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:24:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @BennLiska I wanted an exorcist, b/c I wanted demons. I envision ea. member of the Citadel as having spec. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:24:31 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: talents. Lucian was always an exorcist and a healer from the beginning. It just fit his personality. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:25:22 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: What are some of your favorite dark fantasy books? And some favorite authors? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:25:33 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@jasonsanford I was surrounded by storytellers. I think southerners esp. have a tendency to spin yarns. My father was a school #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:26:20 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@jasonsanford teacher. He taught history to his students by telling the history as stories. They loved him. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:27:02 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede She likes me! She really likes me! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:27:36 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht I love The Torturer’s Apprentice. Some call Grendel literature, but I always thought of it as dark fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:28:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn Yes, you can pull that flying nun costume out of the closet again. @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:28:29 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series is also superb. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:28:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Miserere takes a risk in using real religions & rlgs themes. What kind of response has that gotten? Why did you make that choice? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:29:14 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I need to read that. I have not read any Dark Tower yet. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:30:19 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht Well that’s been interesting. A lot of ppl have shied away from it b/c they think it’s fantasy disguised as #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:30:31 +0000 2012)followthelede: I studied w Allan Gurganus; rememb. thnking hs stories closer 2 LatinAmerican thn Northern US. @jasonsanford: @TeresaFrohock #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:30:34 +0000 2012)
BJosephLove: @TeresaFrohock Wow, just read synopsis on Amazon (again, wow!). How closely does mythology in the book stick to realworld belief? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:31:01 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht Christian fiction, and it is not. It’s taken a bit of time for it to catch on, but it seems to getting read now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:31:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I get the same thing and I think my religious context was more direct than yours. And mine was SF. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:31:41 +0000 2012)
contextual_life: RT @sffwrtcht: What are some of your favorite dark fantasy books? And some favorite authors? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:31:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock You were inspired by an OT class. Is that why you chose those themes? Could you have built the world without it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:32:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin Not yet. I had one day, man. @TeresaFrohock I am commenting on four chapters unfortunately. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:32:37 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BJosephLove I mix it up. I try to stick very close to the real thing, but it’s a very liberal read on all the religions. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:32:43 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I read an article somewhere abt the danger was not religion, but fundamentalism. That is the attitude on Woerld. #sffwrtcht. (Thu Jan 19 02:33:37 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: I think the multiple “paths to God” syncretism in Woerld definitely moves Miserere out of being Christian Fiction #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:33:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Do you think if you’d manufactured religions there would have been less hesitancy? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:33:53 +0000 2012)
largeheartedboy: RT @contextual_life: RT @sffwrtcht: What are some of your favorite dark fantasy books? And some favorite authors? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:34:15 +0000 2012)jasonsanford: @followthelede @TeresaFrohock Southern literature and storytelling is rather distinct from most U.S. literature / stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:34:29 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS It’s a mash-up of OT, NT, and the Pseudipigraphia. I also used the Gospel of Thomas. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:34:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I love Pseudipigraphia. Have Gospel of Thomas but need to read it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:35:08 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I had a blog post on why Lucian was a Christian: the short ans. is b/c he came from East. Europe. When I built Woerld #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:35:27 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I built Woerld around Lucian’s character. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:35:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock And I think it’s a valid choice. People are silly about that. I chose it b/c I hadn’t seen it done in that milieu #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:36:05 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In the book, Lindsay, a contmp girl is taken into Woerld as a foundling and meets Lucian. Where´d you get the idea of foundlings? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:36:23 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS It’s a fascinating read. Also read Bart Erhman. He has several bks of texts that never made it into the NT. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:36:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I find all that stuff fascinating as well as the history of canonical decisionmaking. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:37:01 +0000 2012)
mundanename: @TeresaFrohock do any people/orgs on earth know about the wider mythology of MISERERE? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:37:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS Yes. However I don’t believe that the story would have had the same resonance. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:37:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock My story either. Yep. I hear you. Good for you for telling it the way it needed to be told. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:38:03 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@PrinceJvstin It does, it’s heretical to Christian doctrine too. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:38:12 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename No. When I originally conceived Woerld, I had them moving betwn Earth & Woerld. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:39:17 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename But as I did my worldbuilding, I realized I couldn’t do that w/o opening too many weird threads. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:39:50 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename Sometimes writing a tight story means you can’t have everything you want. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:40:27 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @sffwrtcht: In the bk, Lindsay, a cntmp girl is taken into Woerld & meets Lucian. Where´d you get the idea of foundlings? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:41:17 +0000 2012)BennLiska: @TeresaFrohock Well, as the philosopher Jagger once said… #CueThemeToHouse #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:41:32 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS Exactly! I don’t understand the issue. Judith Tarr used Christianity in some of her novels. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:41:52 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: .@teresafrohock #sffwrtcht Miserere is in some ways a Portal Fantasy. Have you read any other books in that subgenre? (Thu Jan 19 02:41:55 +0000 2012)followthelede: What do u think distinguishes it? MT @jasonsanford:@TeresaFrohock Southern literature, storytelling distinct from most U.S. lit #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:42:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @PrinceJvstin: .@teresafrohock #sffwrtcht Miserere is in sm ways a Portal Fantasy. Hv u read any other books in that subgenre? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:42:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I don’t get it either. It’s narrowmindedness is all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:42:57 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I wanted diff. ppl from diff. periods & pts. of Earth. I had to figure a way to get them into Woerld. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:43:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock It would have been fine if you’d just renamed Christianity a fake name. No objection. Silly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:43:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Lucian has the power to manipulate the gates to Hell. Tell us about your magic system please. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:43:38 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @jasonsanford Wretchedly long sentences, b/c that’s how we talk … ;-D #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:44:00 +0000 2012)jasonsanford: @followthelede @TeresaFrohock Southern lit grew out of a very organic form of storytelling. Everyone in the South tells stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:44:13 +0000 2012)followthelede: LOL. RT @TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @jasonsanford Wretchedly long sentences, b/c thats how we talk … ;-D #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:44:37 +0000 2012)jasonsanford: @TeresaFrohock @followthelede So true about the long sentences. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:44:46 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS Possibly, but I like history & I wanted ppl to see what we could be if we stuck closer to our roots. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:45:17 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@jasonsanford @followthelede Read: we’re all accomplished liars. ;-D #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:45:54 +0000 2012)followthelede: Twitter must be hell for u then. Cue Lucian.;) MT @TeresaFrohock: @jasonsanford Wretchedly long sentences, b/c thats how we talk #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:45:58 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I think ppl get a neg. idea of Christainity. I tried to cover that w/Lindsay. What does a kid, whose #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:47:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Ppl stereotype it. And they take the worst case extremist to do it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:47:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I get persecuted daily for admitting my beliefs. It’s hurtful and disappointing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:47:43 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS only exposure to Christianity is the nightly news going to think of Woerld? Not a lot. I wanted her skeptism. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:47:49 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Ok so Lucian has the power to manipulate the gates to Hell. Tell us about your magic system please. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:48:20 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I think that’s why Miserere had such a slow start. I don’t want to push any belief on the reader, but I do want #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:49:39 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS to broaden ppl’s perspective & make them say, ah! But what if? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:50:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock I wanted to examine it honestly and ask different questions. I worked hard not to push as well. Broaden, exactly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:50:28 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS We talk abt Gates of Heaven & Gates of Hell, so I wondered what if they’re really physcial gates? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:51:06 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I tried to figure how they would work magic & we were studying the Psalms in class. There are #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:52:03 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: Psalms for healing, psalms for cursing, & they started to read like magic spells to me. So I used the Psalms as the “magic words” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:53:11 +0000 2012)followthelede: Hve you seen Rodin’s sculptures of the gates? MT @TeresaFrohock @BryanThomasS We talk abt Gates of Heaven & Gates of Hell… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:53:14 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I want to use something diff. for the Muslims, but it will be based on the Koran. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:54:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Awesome. So your magic system has psalms, manipulation of the spiritual and temporal world? What else? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:54:50 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @BryanThomasS No, I haven’t! I’ll look that up later! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:55:15 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Ah so you have Muslims. I didn’t get that far. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 02:55:27 +0000 2012)followthelede: http://t.co/irYlElsD @TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @BryanThomasS No, I havent! Ill look that up later! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:56:39 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS We’ll be going to Hell eventually & see how the Fallen live. They will have diff. magic. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:56:48 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @BryanThomasS Oh, thank you! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @PrinceJvstin: .@teresafrohock #sffwrtcht Miserere is in some ways a Portal Fantasy. Have you read othr bks in that subgenre? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:09 +0000 2012)BennLiska: @TeresaFrohock Did you draw on Dante’s Divine Comedy at all? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:13 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @followthelede @TeresaFrohock @BryanThomasS I highly recommend Rodin’s work. It never occurred you had never seen them, Teresa. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Oh for just a moment I thought you were preaching We’re all going to hell! AHHHHHHHHHH #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:39 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS There is a Mosque, a Rabbinate, Hindus & Taoists are represented too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:57:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Do you outline or pants it? How much planning do you do before you write and what? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:58:21 +0000 2012)mundanename: @TeresaFrohock we see what happens to technology (a cell phone) when it passes into the Woerld, what would happen to a pace maker?#sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:58:25 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS EEEP! No, in the second bk, we’re going to Hell! In Woerld! *facepalm* #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:58:40 +0000 2012)followthelede: Pretty spectacular. MT @PrinceJvstin: @TeresaFrohock @BryanThomasS I highly recommend Rodins work. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:59:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock LOL I figured that out. LOL When can we expect to see Book 2, btw? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:59:02 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename I’ve been dying to answer a question like this! Angels are describ. as being made of fire, so I thought, what if #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:59:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @TeresaFrohock we see what happens to technology (a cell phone) when it passes into the Woerld, what wld hppen to a pacemaker? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 02:59:41 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename fire=electricity. I saw the “charge” given off by the Fallen angels as being disruptive to electronics. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:00:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock You taught me a new word. Didn’t know Rabbinate… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:00:57 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@mundanename Since electronics are disrupted, then they absorb the Fallen’s energy & that energy is twisted into something evil. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:01:52 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I’m working on the synopsis for Dolorosa (Miserere’s sequel) while I’m finishing up The Garden. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:02:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock So synopsis. Do you pants it or outline? Character sketches? etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:03:15 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS I hope I spelled it right, I’m flying a little blind here. lol #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:03:15 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS I do most of wrk on the front end, charc. sketches, synopsis, but I give myself a great deal of leeway to deviate. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:03:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: How much and what type of research do you typically do before writing or as you write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:04:13 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: Characters are the most important to me, so I spend a lot of time on the biographies. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:05:02 +0000 2012)
Stephen_GM: @sffwrtcht I start with pantsing and go until I lose the thread, then plot until I know where I’m going again, lather, rinse, repeat. (Thu Jan 19 03:06:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: How long did Miserere take you to write? Did you plan the whole trilogy first before you started writing? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:06:12 +0000 2012)followthelede: Dolorosa? As is Mater Dolorosa? Yeah, it’s right. MT @TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS I hope I spelled it right… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:06:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Interesting. So character before plot. Not surprising given your statement about liking to dev chars over time #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:06:39 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I do quite a bit of reseach. The Garden has take several months of resrh, b/c it’s set in 1348 in Aragon rt after a real battle. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:06:39 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede LOL I think she meant Rabbinate @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:07:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Aragon is a real place? I had no idea. And when does that book come out? 2013? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:07:29 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @sffwrtcht Miserere took abt 2-2 1/2 yrs., but I was learning. I did plan 4 novels from the beginning. 1 bk for ea. season. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:07:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Ah so there’s four, it’s not a trilogy. Sorry. Cool. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:08:02 +0000 2012)followthelede: I can only answer for the Catholic stuff. RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede LOL I think she meant Rabbinate #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:08:04 +0000 2012)followthelede: In Spain? RT @BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Aragon is a real place? I had no idea. And when does that book come out? 2013? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:08:15 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: What´s your writing time look like? Planned time? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:08:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Really? It sounds like Aragorn from LOTR, so I didn’t realize #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:08:36 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS When I finish writing it & we find a publisher. I’m not under contract for anything rt. now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:09:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @TeresaFrohock: .@followthelede @BryanThomasS In Spain! In 1348 it was the Iberian Peninsula. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:10:28 +0000 2012)followthelede: Give me time – I’ll have you speaking Spanish. MT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede Really? It sounds like Aragorn from LOTR… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:10:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Eu prefiro continuar em Portugues. Esta lingua e muito bonita! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:10:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Do you use any special software or music playlist? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:11:13 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS No. We were all cautious abt the religion in Miserere, so I decided I would go w/something diff. in case Miserere #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:11:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Oh ok. Gotcha. So options open. Are you a full time writer? Grab time when you can? Set writing times? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:12:21 +0000 2012)followthelede: Yes, Brazilian Portuguese sounds like honey on the tongue. Portuguese from the peninsula, not so much. @BryanThomasS: #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:12:36 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht I use plain old Word. For music, I used Loreena McKennitt for Miserere, and I’m using Dead Can Dance for The Garden. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:12:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS didn’t do well. #sffwrtcht / OK you guys. Let’s read this book. Miserere by @TeresaFrohock (Thu Jan 19 03:12:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede LOL I know. And the penisula Portugues still try to claim theirs is the real tongue. Brazilians outnumber them #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:13:23 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS @followthelede I only speak Spanglish w/my Latin Am. amigos. Really stiff college Spanish. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:14:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock @followthelede Voces necessitam apprender Portugues. E maravila! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:15:26 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS I work full-time & write in my spare time. I keep a strict 8-11 evening writing sched. & also write on wkends. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:15:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @TeresaFrohock How do you deal with writer´s block? #sffwrtcht Do you allow it? LOL (Thu Jan 19 03:15:59 +0000 2012)followthelede: Nothing a little immersion can’t cure. Spanglish is the new hip anyway. MT @TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS I only speak Spanglish #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:16:23 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Immersion was invaluable to me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:16:55 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht I don’t have time for it. Usually I look at char. motivation & conflict to make sure the story isn’t lagging. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:17:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede They have Portugish in Brazil. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:17:24 +0000 2012)followthelede: My older brother speaks it. I understand it pretty well. RT @BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Voces necessitam apprender Portugues. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:17:47 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht I just keep writing and beat my way through it. Just had a POV issue that I dealt w/tonight. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:17:47 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @followthelede Hey, sorry, got pulled out of the conversation because my sister called. I tried to read along, tho. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:18:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock What´s the best writing advice you have to offer new writers who ask? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:18:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: We missed you. RT @talekyn: @BryanThomasS @followthelede Hey, sorry, got pulled out of the conversation because my sister called. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:18:55 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I can read it fairly well, but can’t speak it well at all. I have trouble w/English somedays. @followthelede @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:19:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: 10 min left. Any more questions for @TeresaFrohock? #sffwrtcht Get em in! (Thu Jan 19 03:19:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock LOL Don’t we all! @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:19:50 +0000 2012)followthelede: Do you have beta-readers or editor you work with? MT @TeresaFrohock: .@sffwrtcht I just keep writing and beat my way through it #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:19:55 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I tell ppl the same thing: stay teachable and learn from other authors. @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:20:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht And please tell us about The Garden if you can. (Thu Jan 19 03:20:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Did you have any specific author mentors? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 03:20:34 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I have beta readers & a small crit group that I work with. They are awesome & catch a lot of errors for me. @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:21:10 +0000 2012)followthelede: Virtual or in person? RT @TeresaFrohock: I have beta readers & a small crit group that I work with. They are awesome … #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:22:17 +0000 2012)talekyn: @TeresaFrohock I realized recently that crit groups & beta-readers really serve different functions. @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:22:50 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS I’ve learned from every author that I’ve come into contact with. They are really a friendly group of ppl. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:09 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Find Teresa online at http://t.co/8XeaL2dD and also on Facebook and here at Twitter as well! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:27 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Find Teresa online at http://t.co/gBnccjsC and also on Facebook and here at Twitter as well! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:28 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I also learned a lot by interviewing authors when I ran the blog helluo librorum. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Upcoming guests: 1/25 @johnrfultz 2/1 @saladinahmed 2/08 @Myke Cole 2/15 Dark Quest Books/@Kevin Breaux 2/22 Heroes roundtable #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Upcoming guests: 1/25 @johnrfultz 2/1 @saladinahmed 2/08 @Myke Cole 2/15 Dark Quest Books/@Kevin Breaux 2/22 Heroes roundtable #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:46 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: RT @sffwrtcht: Upcoming guests: 1/25 @johnrfultz 2/1 @saladinahmed 2/08 @Myke Cole 2/15 Dark Quest Books/@Kevin Breaux 2/22 Heroes rou … (Thu Jan 19 03:23:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week we meet @johnrfultz talking epic fantasy, D&D, Seven Princes, writing and more. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week we meet @johnrfultz talking epic fantasy, D&D, Seven Princes, writing and more. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:23:56 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: Thank you all for having me! This has been a blast! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:24:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Yes, why do you think I love doing #sffwrtcht? My own little masters class. (Thu Jan 19 03:24:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Ok so wrapping up, pls tell us about THE GARDEN and other future works we can look forward to from you. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:25:06 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @talekyn @BryanThomasS They do. I use beta readers on the FINAL draft only. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:25:15 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like´ our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHHv4UT (Thu Jan 19 03:25:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/ZucVb9XP #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:25:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/PfNZqPIw #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:25:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @TeresaFrohock LOL Thanks for filling in at the last second for us. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 03:26:09 +0000 2012)followthelede: Really? I more or less ask evrythng frm evry1. RT @talekyn:I realized recently tht crit groups & beta-readers srv diff functions #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:26:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock You were an awesome guest with lots of interesting stuff to learn from. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:26:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: .@BryanThomasS The Garden is more of a twist on Beauty and the Beast. It begins in Aragon, but quickly moves into magical realism #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:26:39 +0000 2012)followthelede: Thanks for answering all our pesky ?s! RT @TeresaFrohock: Thank you all for having me! This has been a blast! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:26:48 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock Hmmm. Sounds interesting. I like B&B a lot. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 19 03:27:06 +0000 2012)
PaperlessRead: RT @sffwrtcht: Upcoming guests: 1/25 @johnrfultz 2/1 @saladinahmed 2/08 @Myke Cole 2/15 Dark Quest Books/@Kevin Breaux 2/22 Heroes rou … (Thu Jan 19 03:27:27 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all! @JohnRFultz next week on his debut #epicfantasy novel! SEVEN PRINCES A transcript will be up on the blog. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:28:07 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @BryanThomasS Mine’s a little darker than that. ;-D #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:28:25 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: RT @BryanThomasS: Thanks all! @JohnRFultz next week on his debut #epicfantasy novel! SEVEN PRINCES A transcript will be up on the blog. … (Thu Jan 19 03:28:41 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede I find the crit group (in person) is more about discussing/hashing out; beta-readers are distant & more succinct #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:28:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @TeresaFrohock promises to provide some cool links which I’ll be adding to the transcript. FYI. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 19 03:28:47 +0000 2012)Participants
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