BryanThomasS: Future Guests 2/22 @Myke Cole 2/29 @jenniferpelland/Apex 3/7 Grail Quest Books 3/14 Worldbuilding w/ @JulietteWade 3/21@mforbeck #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 01:58:39 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer´s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:00:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer´s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:00:13 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:00:22 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:00:29 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Feb 16 02:00:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:00:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Kevin James Breaux is an award-winning artist and author who grew up in PA, but moved to OR in 2009. #sffwrtcht @KevinBreaux (Thu Feb 16 02:00:55 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His final year at Temple University, he turned to writing and in 2007 his first short story sold. He joined HWA right after. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:01:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His first novel, SOUL BORN, an epic fantasy, was published in 2010 and won 1st place in the P&E Reader´s Poll for SFF. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:01:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The sequel BLOOD DIVIDED came out in 2011. He hangs out online athttp://t.co/AB7ULFqS on twitter and on Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:01:26 +0000 2012)
RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: #agents … my twitter chat with #sffwrtcht begins in a few minutes. Just saying. #joinme (Thu Feb 16 02:01:45 +0000 2012)
KevinBreaux: Hello all. It´s an honor to be a guest on #sffwrtcht I very much enjoy the organization and professionalism of @BryanThomasS (Thu Feb 16 02:01:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Thanks, man. I’ve enjoyed our conversation. Let’s start at the beginning, where´d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:02:25 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Hello all. It´s an honor to be a guest on #sffwrtcht I very much enjoy the organization and professionalism of @BryanTh … (Thu Feb 16 02:03:00 +0000 2012)
followthelede: @KevinBreaux looking forward to peppering you with questions. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:03:02 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: When I was super young like first grade my friend a few years older than me bought be a bunch of D&D books for my b-day. #sffwrtcht #dnd (Thu Feb 16 02:03:18 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I was attracted to the fantasy art in the books. Next thing I knew my parents got be the old Lego Castle. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:03:44 +0000 2012)
KevinBreaux: Everyone remember that old Lego Castle? It was yellow and glorious. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:04:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Indeed. I always wanted that. Never got it #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:04:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: From that point on a lot of my gifts and toys were #SFF based. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:04:43 +0000 2012)
talekyn: @followthelede @KevinBreaux looking forward to peppering you with questions. #sffwrtcht DITTO. (Thu Feb 16 02:04:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Who were some of your favorite authors/books growing up? #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:04:52 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux No Lego Castle, but I do remember old D&D art. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:05:12 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @talekyn: @followthelede @KevinBreaux looking forward to peppering you with questions. #sffwrtcht DITTO. <—-LOL! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:05:27 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I spent much of my youth reading all the Dragonlance books. So I was a big fan of Hickman and Weiss. #sffwrtcht #fantasy #books (Thu Feb 16 02:05:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn Hey there, ’bout time you showed up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:05:49 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: The Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends are my favorites. I honestly would like to re-read someday. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:06:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Were you involved with cons and fandom? Cosplay? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:06:51 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In my early college years I wanted to be a comic artist. So I spent a lot of time in cons. #sffwrtcht #comics (Thu Feb 16 02:07:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede @Wyld_Dandelyon @talekyn Welcome, gang! #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:07:27 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I actually worked at a few as a guest artist. It was a ton of fun. I did convention sketches! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:07:36 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: Hey all sorry I’m a bit late Welcome @KevinBreaux #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:07:48 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: And yes… I might have wore a Star Fleet uniform once or twice at Valley Forge, PA Star Trek cons. Back in the day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:07:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Like the amusement park sketches? Big heads on little bodies? #sffwrtcht #comics (Thu Feb 16 02:07:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @shadowflame1974 Hey. Great job last week. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:08:04 +0000 2012)
#sffwrtcht (KevinBreaux: Back in the early 90s there were so many conventions in PA and I went to them all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:08:42 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @KevinBreaux bet that was fun! #sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:08:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux Is there overlap/intersection between fantasy (esp. the epic style u read as child) and horror? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:08:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Ah so you can sketch me and actually make me look good in tights? @KevinBreaux How did you get your start as a writer? #sffwrtcht #comics (Thu Feb 16 02:08:59 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Hello. See, good behavior @followthelede showed up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:09:29 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In art school I was always frustrated that my art was not as I imagined it in my head. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:09:32 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I started writing and right away realized that it was the perfect outlet for my creativity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:09:45 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: And yes… I might have wore a Star Fleet uniform once or twice at Valley Forge, PA Star Trek cons. Back in the day. #sff … (Thu Feb 16 02:09:54 +0000 2012)talekyn: So of course just as #sffwrtcht gets going, the hotel wireless decides to drop me and not reconnect. Trying to power up the MiFi now. (Thu Feb 16 02:09:56 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: By 1998 I was starting to send queries of the original drafts of Soul Born. It was much different and had a different name. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:10:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Who are you and what did you do with the real @followthelede?? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:10:12 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: It was a lot of years querying and rewriting before I met Jonathan Maberry who helped me and put me on my path. @JonathanMaberry #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:10:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Very cool to have a mentor like that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:10:55 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I started writing and right away realized that it was the perfect outlet for my creativity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:11:05 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux Did you study writing at all in college? How did you learn your craft? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:11:14 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: He’s a good guy. Very smart and very nice. @JonathanMaberry #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:11:18 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: By 1998 I was starting to send queries of the original drafts of Soul Born. It was much different and had a different n … (Thu Feb 16 02:11:25 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I took several creative writing classes in college. But I was an art major. My mind was and still is constantly full of imagery. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:11:48 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux I have his novelization of the recent Wolfman movie here I need to read. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:11:58 +0000 2012)
WillowRaven: @KevinBreaux Cool, I’m from PA, but the only con I attend now is the MidSouthCon #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:12:21 +0000 2012)
TKToppin: RT @KevinBreaux: #agents … my twitter chat with #sffwrtcht begins in a few minutes. Just saying. #joinme (Thu Feb 16 02:12:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: How do you define epic fantasy and what makes a good fantasy story or novel? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:12:31 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Oh, that one. She promised she’d stay away tonight (but she does frequently change her mind – so no promises). #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:12:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux I never saw the movie but since he wrote the novel, I figured the book might be better @JonathanMaberry #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:12:49 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Epic Fantasy is good old Sword and Sorcery, baby. Blood and Guts! Action and Adventure! #Excalibur #Conan #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:13:01 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Personally, I think the characters and plot are what make a great fantasy novel. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:13:18 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Flawed characters are what interest me the most. #sffwrtcht #fantasy #books (Thu Feb 16 02:13:39 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Superman? Too good. To easy and perfect. I prefer someone with a fatal flaw. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:13:49 +0000 2012)followthelede: A writer after my own heart. RT @KevinBreaux: Flawed characters are what interest me the most. #sffwrtcht #fantasy #books #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:14:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux You’d have fit in with our roundtable discussion on heroes last week with @HowardAndrewJon #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:14:12 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: RT @KevinBreaux: Superman? Too good. To easy and perfect. I prefer someone with a fatal flaw. #sffwrtcht >> I agree (Thu Feb 16 02:14:15 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I took several creative writing classes in college. But I was an art major. My mind was and still is constantly full of … (Thu Feb 16 02:14:19 +0000 2012)TKToppin: RT @KevinBreaux: I started writing and right away realized that it was the perfect outlet for my creativity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:14:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede You write to resemble yourself?heh #fantasy #books #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:14:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Where´d the idea for the Soul Born saga come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:14:59 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Personally, I think the characters and plot are what make a great fantasy novel. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:15:17 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Flawed characters are what interest me the most. #sffwrtcht #fantasy #books (Thu Feb 16 02:15:23 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Oh, so you’re going to be mean to me after I promised to be nice, huh? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:15:35 +0000 2012)
editorStet: If you’re into sci-fi/fantasy, you need to be checking out @KevinBreaux’s chat right now & the #sffwrtcht tag (Thu Feb 16 02:15:53 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Regarding SOUL BORN. I wanted to tell a story from as close to the beginning of a fantasy world as I could get. #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:15:58 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Starting at a place like medieval Europe and adding elements of fantasy. Magic and Elves first. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:16:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede What? Only one of us made a promise. Besides, this is the one who stole my friend’s identity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:16:18 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Magic is the most important element of the Soul Born Saga and what makes it stands out most as fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:16:21 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I also wanted to tell a story with characters that were not good or evil, they were real. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:16:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In the Soul Born Saga you will see a lot of my characters doing whatever is needed to survive. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:16:45 +0000 2012)
kayelleallen: RT @sffwrtcht: #YAReport’s @mrsmica reviews “Fair Coin” by EC Myershttp://t.co/IWB3WlRm #sffwrtcht #ya #fantasy #scifi #mywana (Thu Feb 16 02:16:46 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @editorStet: If you’re into sci-fi/fantasy, you need to be checking out @KevinBreaux’s chat right now & the #sffwrtcht tag (Thu Feb 16 02:16:52 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Regarding SOUL BORN. I wanted to tell a story from as close to the beginning of a fantasy world as I could get. #sffwr … (Thu Feb 16 02:17:06 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Sometimes good people do bad things just to reach their goals. #sffwrtcht #fantasybooks #soulbornsaga (Thu Feb 16 02:17:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: RT @editorStet: If you’re into sci-fi/fantasy, you need to be checking out @KevinBreaux’s chat right now & the #sffwrtcht tag (Thu Feb 16 02:17:12 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Starting at a place like medieval Europe and adding elements of fantasy. Magic and Elves first. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:17:15 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Magic is the most important element of the Soul Born Saga and what makes it stands out most as fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:17:28 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I also wanted to tell a story with characters that were not good or evil, they were real. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:17:38 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: In the Soul Born Saga you will see a lot of my characters doing whatever is needed to survive. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:17:50 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Sometimes good people do bad things just to reach their goals. #sffwrtcht #fantasybooks #soulbornsaga (Thu Feb 16 02:18:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Well and I’ll admit, I struggled with that, particularly with Karn and Opal. #sffwrtcht Their relationship is flawed. (Thu Feb 16 02:18:22 +0000 2012)
asmzn2009: RT @KevinBreaux: In the Soul Born Saga you will see a lot of my characters doing whatever is needed to survive. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:18:23 +0000 2012)asmzn2009: RT @KevinBreaux: Magic is the most important element of the Soul Born Saga and what makes it stands out most as fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:18:39 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @BryanThomasS Very true Opal and Karn are a strange paring. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:18:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Opal uses magic to control him. He takes another lover. Bth seemed confused abt their lv #sffwrtcht #fantasybooks #soulbornsaga (Thu Feb 16 02:19:00 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux How much world building do you do in advance? You used real world cultures as a basis? #sffwrtcht #fantasybooks #soulbornsaga (Thu Feb 16 02:19:43 +0000 2012)
Darediva: RT @KevinBreaux: Sometimes good people do bad things just to reach their goals. #sffwrtcht #fantasybooks #soulbornsaga (Thu Feb 16 02:19:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Sorry. Didn’t really think about that. I’ll be careful. But this is only book 1. Only the beginning. So much more #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:20:05 +0000 2012)Darediva: RT @KevinBreaux: I also wanted to tell a story with characters that were not good or evil, they were real. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:20:16 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: My books are character driven. All you learn about the world is through them experiencing it. I try and do as much as needed. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:20:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: SOUL BORN tells of Opal a mage and her paramour, Karn, a fighter fighting an evil warlord Mastaffa. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:20:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: How long did the first book take to write and sell? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:20:50 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: The Soul Born books are fast and furious. I don´t pretend to be G. R.R. Martin. I mean I wish I was… but I am someone else. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:21:04 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @BryanThomasS Yes. 10 years of writing, rewriting and querying. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:21:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Hah! So you don’t despise agents of chaos after all… #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:21:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Oh yes, definitely a lot going on in them. Characters and plot constantly moving. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:21:59 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: This version of Soul Born, was started back in 2003 and did not find a publisher until 2008. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:22:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: It went through probably 12 drafts from its birth to the publishing day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:22:18 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Sadly it had a poor edit, and was rushed in the end due to the editor being in the hospital and the release day creeping up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:22:36 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: My books are character driven. All you learn about the world is through them experiencing it. I try and do as much as n … (Thu Feb 16 02:22:39 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @sffwrtcht: SOUL BORN tells of Opal a mage and her paramour, Karn, a fighter fighting an evil warlord Mastaffa. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:22:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Well, my debut had some typos we are trying to fix as well. Copywriting is often beyond budget for small presses #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:24 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: There was a old version back in 2003 called Breaking the Circle. Totally different story. Some of the same characters. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux And mistakes slip through that shouldn’t #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:32 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Do you outline or pants it? How much planning do you do before you write i.e. did you plan the whole series first? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:37 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: The Soul Born books are fast and furious. I don´t pretend to be G. R.R. Martin. I mean I wish I was… but I am someone … (Thu Feb 16 02:23:42 +0000 2012)followthelede: What makes them work? RT @KevinBreaux: @BryanThomasS Very true Opal and Karn are a strange paring. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:54 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: These things happen a lot with some small press publishers. Some, not all. #sffwrtcht Its a learning experience. (Thu Feb 16 02:23:57 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux ha ha. So you laid ground work already for future adventures. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:23:58 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: This version of Soul Born, was started back in 2003 and did not find a publisher until 2008. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:24:00 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: It went through probably 12 drafts from its birth to the publishing day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:24:10 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Sadly it had a poor edit, and was rushed in the end due to the editor being in the hospital and the release day creepin … (Thu Feb 16 02:24:26 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @followthelede Opal makes them work. Spoiler free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:24:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Yep. We’re on a journey. I think newer presses still learning the ropes make mistakes like all of us. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:24:32 +0000 2012)followthelede: LOL RT @KevinBreaux: @followthelede Opal makes them work. Spoiler free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:25:00 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: There was a old version back in 2003 called Breaking the Circle. Totally different story. Some of the same characters. … (Thu Feb 16 02:25:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Well, in part. They work because of Opal but Karn certainly has complicated feelings for her that come into play. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:25:22 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux You mentioned earlier versions, some same characters. Have Opal & Karn remained consistent, or have they changed? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:25:39 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: So true. @BryanThomasS Just a little love triangle nothing too big. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:25:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Right, which happens early enough, it won’t spoil the book knowing that, believe me. Plenty of story left. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:26:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @talekyn They have remained. Different names and somewhat different roles. MANY re-writes ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:26:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @sffwrtcht: Do you outline or pants it? How much planning do you do before you write i.e. did you plan the whole series first? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:26:54 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux What makes a character interesting for you to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:27:11 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Opal is manipulating Karn in many ways and with many different ways. Why and how… see inside. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:27:22 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I like to write characters who are not clearly defined as Good or Bad. They are somewhere in-between. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:28:23 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux Follow-up: Have they remained basically the same personalities despite different roles? Chara. dev. fascinates me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:28:30 +0000 2012)WillowRaven: While ya’ll R active, I need an opinion on a cover art WIP.http://t.co/cllG7y19 #amwriting #authors #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:29:12 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: As our friends with Time-Life would have said, “Read the book.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:29:20 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @talekyn Not really. Their personalities changed with the plot. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:29:29 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede You know right now @bryanthomass is wondering who I am and what happened to “short story questions Anthony” #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:29:32 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I like to write characters who are not clearly defined as Good or Bad. They are somewhere in-between. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:29:50 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn Yeah especially since I skipped that question for you already. AHEM #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:30:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: How long did Blood Divided take you to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:30:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Does Blood Divided pick up right after Soul Born? Does a certain period pass? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:30:49 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn We’re both out of character tonight – and neither good nor evil just sort of in between. Poor BTS. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:31:10 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Blood Divided was written from 2005-2007 and then updated from 2009-2010. #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:31:12 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Originally called, The Three Shades of Grey. Neat tidbit there. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:31:23 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Outlined or pantsed? #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:31:35 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: One of the great things about Blood Divided is it takes place 20 years later. #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:31:40 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tell us a little about that book´s plot please? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:31:55 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Blood Divided follows the next generation. Opal´s children and Tala´s children. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:32:00 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: My favorite line ad – Four children, two mothers, one father; thousands dead. BLOOD DIVIDED. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:32:14 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I do not outline. The whole book has already played out like a movie in my head. Several times. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:32:26 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I do make notes from time to time. And when done I write a synopsis and chapter to chapter summary. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:32:38 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux My usual question is: how does your writing process differ from short stories to the novel/series? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:33:02 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @talekyn It does not differ…. BUT I might make some notes or do a light outline before a short story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:34:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn No it’s not. Your usual questions is do you write short stories, too. 
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MichaelJMcCann1: RT @WillowRaven: While ya’ll R active, I need an opinion on a cover art WIP. http://t.co/cllG7y19 #amwriting #authors #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:34:13 +0000 2012)followthelede: Is your visual arts training better for short stories or novel? Different? RT @KevinBreaux: I write a lot of short stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:34:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: What role has your editor played, if any, in shaping the stories? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:34:41 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS haha, okay, my SECOND usual question is “does your process differ.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:34:46 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @followthelede My visual arts training makes my work very detail and colorful I think. Works the same for novels and shorts. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:35:13 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: To be honest. In Soul Born, the editing was a disaster. As I mention. The editor was in the hospital and the book got delayed. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:35:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux What about the second book though? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:09 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I had scheduled lots time but in the end had to do it over 2 weeks. It was rushed. There are mistakes that made it to print. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:18 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Blood Divided had a better editor. One I work with all the time. She rocks! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:31 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Originally called, The Three Shades of Grey. Neat tidbit there. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Yes, like Lance LOL That one got me for a bit. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:36:44 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: One of the great things about Blood Divided is it takes place 20 years later. #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:36:44 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Blood Divided follows the next generation. Opal´s children and Tala´s children. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:54 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Of course, there were some mistakes and the #kindle version of Blood Divided was released early in the unedited version. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:36:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux LOL I think they’re all better when they’re not sick and in the hospital. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:37:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux When can we expect to see book 3? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:37:33 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: @talekyn It does not differ…. BUT I might make some notes or do a light outline before a short story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:37:46 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I´m finishing writing book 3 at the moment. End of 2012 or beginning of 2013. I expect Jan/Feb 2013. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:38:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: It will be longer than the other books which were around 110K. Flesh Ended will be around 130-140K. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:38:17 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: @followthelede My visual arts training makes my work very detail and colorful I think. Works the same for novels and s … (Thu Feb 16 02:38:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Does it also take place later or does it flow from Blood Divided? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:38:35 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: And will have my favorite editor backing me up. Cause she’s the best and that damn cool. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:38:49 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Blood Divided had a better editor. One I work with all the time. She rocks! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:38:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tell us a little about your magic system please? How´d you come up with it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:39:10 +0000 2012)followthelede: Are there novels outside of the series in the works? RT @BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux When can we expect to see book 3? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:39:31 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Blood Divided takes place 20 years after Soul Born. #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:39:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Right but the 3rd book takes place when? #sffwrtcht #fantasy (Thu Feb 16 02:39:49 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @followthelede There are short stories that support the novel series. One is out now for free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:01 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux When can we expect to see book 3? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:02 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I´m finishing writing book 3 at the moment. End of 2012 or beginning of 2013. I expect Jan/Feb 2013. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Oh. Book three takes place about 3 years after Blood Divided. #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:40:25 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: It will be longer than the other books which were around 110K. Flesh Ended will be around 130-140K. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux Where can we find that free story? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Ah ok. So the magic system. How’s it work? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:45 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Magic comes from nature. So the mages need to learn a spell or imagine it, creatively, to cast it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:40:57 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Now I don´t want to spoil anything. BUT you learn a lot of the mysteries of the Soul Born Saga as the characters learn them. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:24 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: @followthelede There are short stories that support the novel series. One is out now for free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:28 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In Soul Born, Opal is just finding out that there are negative effects to magic use on nature. It leeches the life out of things. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:34 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In Blood Divided the characters have learned more and more hints are exposed as to what magic is doing to the lands. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:45 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Oh. Book three takes place about 3 years after Blood Divided. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:46 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: In the third book all the secrets will be revealed. You will learn how and why magic is dangerous. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:55 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Magic comes from nature. So the mages need to learn a spell or imagine it, creatively, to cast it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:41:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Are Opal and Karn in book 2? Or just their kids? #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:42:02 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: There is a short story called Soul Born Origins: Opal on my site.http://t.co/qumOYmE6 Free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:42:30 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Now I don´t want to spoil anything. BUT you learn a lot of the mysteries of the Soul Born Saga as the characters l … (Thu Feb 16 02:43:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Awesome. Thanks for the link! What´s your writing time look like? Planned time? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:43:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Opal is in Blood Divided (book 2). Karn. Well…. There is some Karn-like moment… with his son. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:43:16 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: In Soul Born, Opal is just finding out that there are negative effects to magic use on nature. It leeches the life out … (Thu Feb 16 02:43:17 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: At the moment writing is my full time job. I´m a victim of the economy. Out of work IT. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:43:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I work on my writing career for about 8-12 hours a day. That includes lots of social media. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:43:48 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I have word count goals each day and try to exceed them all the time. #sffwrtcht #amwriting (Thu Feb 16 02:44:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux So you’re a full time writer? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:44:18 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux Can those short stories (free & otherwise) be read without spoiling the novels? #sffwrtcht @followthelede (Thu Feb 16 02:44:22 +0000 2012)WillowRaven: @KevinBreaux Do u find that being out of work is forcing u to be a better writer? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:44:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux In the same boat as me. Out of work. Sorry missed that earlier tweet #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:44:35 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @talekyn YES! Totally. And I will have two new shorts out in a few months. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:44:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux #Do you use any special software or music playlist? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:44:57 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: In the third book all the secrets will be revealed. You will learn how and why magic is dangerous. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:01 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: There is a short story called Soul Born Origins: Opal on my site. http://t.co/qumOYmE6 Free. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux Your bio says u also write urban f (& horror), is each stylistically distinct frm other? How do u juggle voice? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:27 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I listen to music when I write. Lots of different things. #KMFDM #Overkill #Delerium 80´s music. #dragonage origins soundtrack. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:39 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux Excellent! I’ll have to track them down. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:48 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: When editing I will use my PC and my laptop. So I don´t have to switch screens. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:45:55 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @talekyn I will alert people on my blogs and sites and here! #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 02:46:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Interesting. I use two monitors so I can view the two documents. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:46:25 +0000 2012)
laurathomas61: RT @WillowRaven: While ya’ll R active, I need an opinion on a cover art WIP. http://t.co/cllG7y19 #amwriting #authors #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:46:38 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @BryanThomasS Exactly!!! 2 screens work well. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:46:54 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Honestly that does not happen to me much. It’s rare that I get stuck. #sffwrtcht #writing #authors (Thu Feb 16 02:47:13 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: The direct link to Soul Born Origin: Opal is http://t.co/yJJKJtPJ#sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:47:20 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Unless its trying to find a Viking Age appropriate replacement for the “F” word. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:47:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux LOL I have a great book for that. English Through The Ages #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:47:58 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: What´s the best writing advice you have to offer new writers who ask? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:48:05 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Seriously, I was writing a new Viking Age book and the “foul language” had me stumped and kept me awake at night! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:48:38 +0000 2012)
TJ_Coles: RT @KevinBreaux: I have word count goals each day and try to exceed them all the time. #sffwrtcht #amwriting (Thu Feb 16 02:48:55 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I see so many new writers giving up after one or two rounds of agent queries. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:48:57 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux I can call my relatives in Sweden for Viking curses if you want #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:49:09 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I suggest you query 1-2 times a year, and while waiting start a new book. Then the next year you have 2 books to query. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:49:19 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I also suggest writing every day. And by writing I mean fiction in your genre, not blog updates. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:49:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux How many agents do you query in one round? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:49:43 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:50:30 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I´m shopping around a Viking Age dark fantasy and an Urban Fantasy action adventure. Two books to start two new long series. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:50:50 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I work on my writing career for about 8-12 hours a day. That includes lots of social media. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:51:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux WOW. That’s a lot at one time. Especially when they try and ask you to let them be exclusive to read. heh #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:51:08 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: By the Great Literary GODS I need an agent for these new books! And I would love them at #TOR or #DAW. #sffwrtcht #agents (Thu Feb 16 02:51:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Me too on agent #TOR #DAW #sffwrtcht #agents (Thu Feb 16 02:51:24 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I also have a short story in a new anthology that will be release at the World Horror Con in March too. http://t.co/Z3BMyU2B #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:51:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux You had a short story sale in like 2007, right? Tell us about your short stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:51:54 +0000 2012)followthelede: Why series? #lovebutalsohatemultiplebooksagas RT @KevinBreaux:Two books to start two new long series. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:52:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Tom Doherty himself told me to send him something. I’m just still writing it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:52:15 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @followthelede I want to write a 5-7 book series with the Urban Fantasy #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:52:50 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Seriously, I was writing a new Viking Age book and the “foul language” had me stumped and kept me awake at night! #sff … (Thu Feb 16 02:53:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux I have an urban fantasy to start once I get my epic fantasy and sword & sorcery going. And finish my space opera #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:53:41 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I suggest you query 1-2 times a year, and while waiting start a new book. Then the next year you have 2 books to query. … (Thu Feb 16 02:53:49 +0000 2012)followthelede: Ack! but wh-y-y-y-y-y? RT @KevinBreaux:I want to write a 5-7 book series with the Urban Fantasy #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:53:52 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I also suggest writing every day. And by writing I mean fiction in your genre, not blog updates. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:54:01 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Find Kevin online at http://t.co/AB7ULFqS and also on Facebook and here at Twitter as well! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:54:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Find Kevin online at http://t.co/0RIbGeta and also on Facebook and here at Twitter as well! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:54:16 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @KevinBreaux I have notes for one of those. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:54:20 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I´m shopping around a Viking Age dark fantasy and an Urban Fantasy action adventure. Two books to start two new long se … (Thu Feb 16 02:54:31 +0000 2012)
DianaIlinca: RT @KevinBreaux: By the Great Literary GODS I need an agent for these new books! And I would love them at #TOR or #DAW. #sffwrtcht #agents (Thu Feb 16 02:54:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @followthelede I want to evolve my characters through that many books. Sounds like an awesome challenge. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:54:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week we talk with @MykeCole discussing military epic fantasy, a genre he may well have invented #sffwrtcht #fantasy #scifi #mywana (Thu Feb 16 02:54:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week we talk with @MykeCole discussing military epic fantasy, a genre he may well have invented #sffwrtcht #fantasy #scifi #mywana (Thu Feb 16 02:54:46 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I also have a short story in a new anthology that will be release at the World Horror Con in March too. http://t.co/Z3B … (Thu Feb 16 02:54:48 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like´ our Facebook group: http://t.co/XW35RHrE #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like´ our Facebook group: http://t.co/OxpjrPr8 #sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:19 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: @followthelede I want to write a 5-7 book series with the Urban Fantasy #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:28 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @KevinBreaux series of 5-7 book series UF/SciFi #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/PfNZqPIw #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/ZucVb9XP #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:43 +0000 2012)talekyn: Tweet of the Night @followthelede Ack! but wh-y-y-y-y-y? RT @KevinBreaux:I want to write a 5-7 book series with the Urban Fantasy #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:55:55 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede Find Kevin online athttp://t.co/0RIbGeta and also on Facebook and here at Twitter as well! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:56:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux Some of us started Wheel of Time, some of us dropped it when it got to be too much like marriage. Just sayin’. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:56:09 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: And if you would like a free copy of SOUL BORN on your Kindle. Send me a DM. I will give out 5 copies. But only on Kindle. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:56:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Did you see my question about the short stories you’ve sold? Tell us about them. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:56:16 +0000 2012)DianaIlinca: RT @KevinBreaux: And if you would like a free copy of SOUL BORN on your Kindle. Send me a DM. I will give out 5 copies. But only on Kind … (Thu Feb 16 02:56:46 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: At this moment I´m waiting to find out if one of my shorts will be on the final ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:56:58 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux Ah yes, forgot about the giveaway. Apologies. My mind is racing processing your answers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Ah yes, forgot about the giveaway. Apologies. My mind is racing processing your answers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:10 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn Awww. You’re are going to get so bored of being my favorite if you continue saying stuff like that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:20 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Its called Dark Water: Beaming Smile. And was published by HellFire Pub. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @KevinBreaux Well how cool is that? You joined Horror Writer’s Of America, I noticed. So I know horror is a passion. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:34 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @sffwrtcht: Please `Like´ our Facebook group:http://t.co/XW35RHrE #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:57:46 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede Nah. That’ll never get boring, and gives me something to gloat about over dinner with @bryanthomass Fri night. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:58:02 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: My first published work, in 2007 was a zombie short story. I made $50! That´s huge! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:58:03 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at: http://t.co/PfNZqPIw #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:58:22 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I get invited to write for anthologies now. About 2 a year. Its a HUGE honor. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:58:51 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: And if you would like a free copy of SOUL BORN on your Kindle. Send me a DM. I will give out 5 copies. But only on Kind … (Thu Feb 16 02:58:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @KevinBreaux Have you had any advice on queries and synopses you could share? #sffwrtcht We all hate those. (Thu Feb 16 02:58:57 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: At this moment I´m waiting to find out if one of my shorts will be on the final ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards. #sffw … (Thu Feb 16 02:59:12 +0000 2012)
Alchera4ever: RT @KevinBreaux: I get invited to write for anthologies now. About 2 a year. Its a HUGE honor. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:59:22 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I try and follow examples of queries that agents and publishers post. Ones they say are good. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:59:32 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: Its called Dark Water: Beaming Smile. And was published by HellFire Pub. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:59:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: Very cool. RT @KevinBreaux: I get invited to write for anthologies now. About 2 a year. Its a HUGE honor. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 02:59:44 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: My first published work, in 2007 was a zombie short story. I made $50! That´s huge! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:00:08 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Any other questions for @KevinBreaux before we go? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:00:30 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I get invited to write for anthologies now. About 2 a year. Its a HUGE honor. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:00:34 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: RT @KevinBreaux: I try and follow examples of queries that agents and publishers post. Ones they say are good. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:00:46 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: Yes. SOUL BORN on Kindle. If you were in this chat. DM me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:01:00 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Kevin, thanks so much for making time to chat with us and answer all our questions. Best of luck with Blood Divided and beyond #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:01:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: A transcript of tonight´s chat will be up on the blog tomorrow. Thanks for joining us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:01:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: A transcript of tonight´s chat will be up on the blog tomorrow. Thanks for joining us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:01:36 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: I love chatting and it was fun!!!! I am happy you invited me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:01:48 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: @kevinbreaux Ever write as a co-op or team? #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:02:07 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @KevinBreaux Thank you for the chat tonight. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:02:11 +0000 2012)KevinBreaux: @RaymondFMasters I would like to team up with Al Sirios some day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:02:34 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux Yeah, thank you for answering the usual barrage of ?s. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:02:34 +0000 2012)talekyn: @KevinBreaux Thanks for chatting with us! Great answers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:04:19 +0000 2012)RaymondFMasters: I had to Google him. He’s done it all. Why him, exactly? #sffwrtcht(Thu Feb 16 03:05:42 +0000 2012)followthelede: Yay. Now we’ll haunt your timeline. RT @KevinBreaux: @talekyn Thank you. I followed you all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:05:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede HE can unfollow too. @KevinBreaux #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:06:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: @KevinBreaux Plus, I followed back. Looking forward to reading your work. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:06:36 +0000 2012)WillowRaven: @KevinBreaux Awesome. It was pretty fast for me to respond, much. But I enjoyed watching. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:07:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: You haven’t and he seems much nicer. ;p RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede HE can unfollow too. @KevinBreaux #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:07:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede OHhhhh 
you just ruined my week… sniff sniff #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 16 03:08:02 +0000 2012)Participants
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