sffwrtcht: Tonight you get three authors for the price of one. But I promise they are of one mind in @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 00:58:55 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:00:03 +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 Jun 21 01:00:19 +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 Jun 21 01:00:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jun 21 01:00:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:01:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: It�s up to the guest whether the question time will run longer than our allotted hour slot. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:01:15 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest writes novels under two and a half names. Daniel Abraham, MLN Hanover and half of James S.A. Corey #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:01:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: A resident of Albuquerque, where he hangs with the likes of George RR Martin, SM Stirling & more, he�s a Clarion West alum. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:01:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His short stories have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov�s SF, F&SF, Wild Cards, http://t.co/BfpoNU8s & numerous anthologies. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:11 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Hi! @AbrahamHanover Welcome! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:12 +0000 2012)
RobHBedford: @AbrahamHanover Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Space Opera… any plans for novels of other genre flavors? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His novelette, “The Cambist & Lord Iron” was nominated for a Hugo in 2008. Another novelette, “Flat Diane” was nominated in 2005. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His debut novel with Ty Franck as James S.A. Corey, LEVIATHAN WAKES, is a current Hugo Nominee. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His epic fantasy series include the Long Price Quartet and The Dagger and The Coin, which is ongoing from Orbit #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:02:48 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: Along with The Expanse space opera saga, which includes LEVIATHAN WAKES and now CALIBAN�S WAR. #sffwrtcht #scifi (Thu Jun 21 01:03:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to #sffwrtcht @AbrahamHanover! We�ve looked forward to this for a while now! (Thu Jun 21 01:03:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Pls feel free to take Rob’s question first. Then mine: Where�d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:03:44 +0000 2012)
AbrahamHanover: Actually, I have outlines on three crime novels and a couple YA titles. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:03:51 +0000 2012)
MikeRosenzweig: RT @AbrahamHanover: Actually, I have outlines on three crime novels and a couple YA titles. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:05:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: I’ve been readng SFF since I was a kid. My dad used to rd to me a *lot*. Hooked me on Clarke when I was 12. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:05:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Who were some of your favorite authors and books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:05:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Who were some of your favorite authors and books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:07:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: There were a lot. I grew up with Alexi Panshin, David Eddings, Enrique Anderson Imbert. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:08:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht And Dorothy Sayers, who isn’t SFF, but she rocks. (Thu Jun 21 01:08:32 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: Hello @abrahamhanover #sffwrtcht Do you prefer writing novels to novellas and shorter forms, or the converse? (Thu Jun 21 01:08:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover When did you develop an interest in writing and how did you pursue that? Classes? Workshops? Learn on your own? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:09:01 +0000 2012)
GraylinFox: RT @BryanThomasS: #sffwrtcht with @AbrahamHanover in 2 minutes #scifi #fantasy (Thu Jun 21 01:09:26 +0000 2012)GraylinFox: RT @BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:09:31 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I like both, but they’re very different kinds of stories. (Thu Jun 21 01:09:48 +0000 2012)
mindfulbeauty: Greetings to all | @AbrahamHanover How much (and perhaps how) is your SFF writing influenced by non-SFF works and/or non-fiction? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:10:47 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I’ve been writing stories since about 5th grade. Most of them were awful. I did a lot of classes. Some were ok. Most weren’t. (Thu Jun 21 01:10:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover How long did you write before making your first sale? Did you start with shorts or novels? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:11:19 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I got to work with Fred Saberhagen when I was in high school. That was a big thing. (Thu Jun 21 01:11:33 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @AbrahamHanover Ah the Saberhagen thing explains your presence in the Mask of the Sun anthology! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:12:13 +0000 2012)
followthelede: Love Dorothy Sayers! RT @BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: And Dorothy Sayers, who isnt SFF, but she rocks. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:12:18 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @BryanThomasS 
Hey yourself! Yes – I have returned! *hugs* #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:12:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover What drew you to #fantasy? And what are the key elements of a good epic fantasy for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:13:33 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Yeah. I’d pretty much do anything to support Fred Saberhagen. And it was fun working in his world. (Thu Jun 21 01:13:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: Non-SFF wrk hs bn a lot of my reading. I thnk it gives some perspctv tht I wldn’t hv if I’d only styd in SFF #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:14:51 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht My first real fantasy series were The Chronicles of Prydain and The Belgariad. I haven’t reread them in years. (Thu Jun 21 01:14:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover I love Eddings. Sparhawk books, Belgariad. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:15:18 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover (Before Bryan can ask) Are you a pantser or a plotter (outliner)? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:15:35 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for fantasy too. (Thu Jun 21 01:15:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Do you usually start with characters or plot? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:16:01 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:16:12 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. <–Yes! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:16:22 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I write a lot of outlines that are wrong and then abandoned. Then I make another one. And it’s wrong too, but it’s closer. (Thu Jun 21 01:16:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover LOL I wish I could have read LEVIATHAN WAKES in 2 days. It’s a thick one to read so quickly! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:17:27 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @sffwrtcht It varies by the project. A lot of times I’ll have an idea or a scene and then it grows from there. (Thu Jun 21 01:17:36 +0000 2012)
john_zeleznik: @BryanThomasS @AbrahamHanover Always makes me sad that I somehow missed Eddings. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:17:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Where�d the idea for the Dagger And the Coin come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:17:45 +0000 2012)
chippermuse: @Wyld_Dandelyon Ha, I was just thinking we needed to ask about plot. It’s not all Bryan. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:17:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: FYI, THE DRAGON�S PATH, book 1, introduces three men whose little spat escalates into something much larger. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:18:11 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht We were really trying to make LW hard to put down. (Thu Jun 21 01:18:13 +0000 2012)chippermuse: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:18:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht We were really trying to make LW hard to put down. / OHHHH It worked. (Thu Jun 21 01:18:32 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover You pants your outlines? O.O #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:18:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Soon the Free Cities are headed for war. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:18:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover You pants your outlines? O.O #sffwrtcht / PshaW! No serious writer wears pants when outlining. 
(Thu Jun 21 01:19:00 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @sffwrtcht The Dagger & the Coin books were supposed to be something that read to me now like Eddings did at 15. (Thu Jun 21 01:19:07 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: RT @AbrahamHanover: I have a theory that the perfect book is one u read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. | Just so! #sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:19:14 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @john_zeleznik Still in print. You should check him out. @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:19:22 +0000 2012)
tompl: @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht I’ve loved the manner you enclosed the dagger & coin books so far, was it a planned format from the v. earliest? (Thu Jun 21 01:20:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: @Wyld_Dandelyon Why not? A first draft and an outline are both just ways of thinking the story through. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:20:03 +0000 2012)
RebeccaTomorrow: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:20:08 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS I admit I tend to wear skirts. (I presume the neighbors would frown on nekkidness near windows.) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:20:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon You write near windows? It’s too distracting. Ooooo shiny birds! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:20:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Tell us a bit about the setting, cities and world of Dagger & Coin pls. What inspired its creation and aspects? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:21:24 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS In this heat, the breeze is ESSENTIAL to clear cognitive functioning. @AbrahamHanover, do you write near windows? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:22:02 +0000 2012)tompl: If only I’d gone to sleep when I should have caught #sffwrtcht w/ @AbrahamHanover and don’t want to miss it (It’s 2:22am in the UK.) (Thu Jun 21 01:22:47 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Dagger & Coin was a plan to take all the things I think are coolest and putting them in a blender a la Babylon 5. (Thu Jun 21 01:22:56 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @AbrahamHanover: The format was set frm pretty early. When we get more of Kit, the prolog & epilog r gng to sprd out a little #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:23:03 +0000 2012)
mrsmica: RT @sffwrtcht: YA Report’s @mrsmica interviews @kbhoylehttp://t.co/LMiduZfq re: #writing #fantasy #scifi #ya & more #mywana #amwri … (Thu Jun 21 01:23:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Ah nice. Favorite tropes collected and employed. Yeah, that’s a fun way to play. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:23:41 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht So there’s the Medici bank, there’s Firefly, there’s a guy named Freidrich Rech-Mallecewen. All kinds of stuff. (Thu Jun 21 01:23:58 +0000 2012)
llambertlawson: Success. Read for our book club and couldn’t put down. RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht We were really trying to make LW hard to put down. (Thu Jun 21 01:24:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon I, of course, was kidding…mostly #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:24:28 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Rech-Mallecewen is one of my faves. German monarchist in the 1930s. Hated the Nazis because they were low class. (Thu Jun 21 01:25:01 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: @AbrahamHanover Loved your idea concerning the West India Company fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:25:18 +0000 2012)
ophel1a: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:25:21 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Some of them were non-standard ones, so hopefully the books read as a little different. (Thu Jun 21 01:25:37 +0000 2012)llambertlawson: @AbrahamHanover What’s the writing process for you and Ty? Chapter by chapter? Char by char? Darts? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:26:10 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover What kind of magic system exists in this world and does it play a role in the story? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:26:11 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: How is the writing of The Dagger and the Coin different for you as opposed to the Long Price Quartet? @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:26:20 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Money is, I think, the most effective kind of group magic humanity have ever done. (Thu Jun 21 01:26:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover It makes the world go round…magically #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:27:04 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @tompl Transcript will be on the #sffwrtcht website later. But reading it’s not as much fun as live tweeting with the author… (Thu Jun 21 01:27:05 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @john_zeleznik #sffwrtcht I’ve put a lot of economics into my fantasy stuff. (Thu Jun 21 01:27:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Does KING�S BLOOD pick up right where DRAGON�S PATH left off? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:27:25 +0000 2012)tompl: @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht I remember reading there would be more short format additions to The Expanse, would you crave similar for D&C? (Thu Jun 21 01:27:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In KING�S BLOOD, Bk 2, an old, broken-hearted warrior & an apostate priest journey to destroy a Goddess before she eats the world #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:27:57 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @llambertlawson #sffwrtcht Ty and I trade off chapters and characters. But we do the outlines together. (Thu Jun 21 01:28:02 +0000 2012)followthelede: I’m also interested in how u work the collaboration RT @llambertlawson: @AbrahamHanover Whats the writing process for you and Ty #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:28:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover I wondered if one of you wrote Miller and the other Holden because of their voices. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:28:40 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The magic system in Dagger & Coin is all about truth and certainty. It’s kind of Goebbels as Nazgul. (Thu Jun 21 01:29:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover You see how they jump all over questions before I even get there. #sffwrtcht Sigh. It’s like shark pool in here… (Thu Jun 21 01:29:25 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Money is, I think, the most effective kind of group magic humanity have ever done. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:29:51 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht King’s Blood starts a few months after Dragon’s Path ends. Just to skip the boring bits. (Thu Jun 21 01:30:09 +0000 2012)llambertlawson: @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht Seamless and well-done. Looking forward to Caliban’s War. What was the hardest thing about writing that sequel? (Thu Jun 21 01:30:16 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @AbrahamHanover Infusing economics & history certainly makes the stories more richly detailed and, more to the point, relevant. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:30:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover How many books are planned in the D&C series? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:30:19 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Ty did the first draft of Holden, and I did Miller. But we edited each other so much, it’s hard to say who did which word. (Thu Jun 21 01:31:04 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS You talk about sharks while @AbrahamHanover talks about blood. Is that wise? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:31:20 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Oh yes, considering my regulars. Absolutely. @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:31:49 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @llambertlawson #sffwrtcht The hardest thing was finding a way to keep making it bigger and hold onto the same feel. (Thu Jun 21 01:31:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover How did you come to write THE EXPANSE with Ty Franck? I know there was a LEVIATHAN WAKES short. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:31:57 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht D&C will run to 5 books. They’re already under contract, and the third one’s turned in. (Thu Jun 21 01:32:23 +0000 2012)followthelede: Tell me the appeal of writing a series (really) RT @BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover How many books are planned in the D&C series? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:32:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: LEVIATHAN WAKES is about two men, a cop and a space Captain, who uncover a plot to release an alien protomolecule on humans. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:32:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In the process, a war between the outer Belt/Mars and Earth begins. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:32:41 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The Expanse was originally the pitch for a MMO that Ty was working on, then a RPG he ran. He’d done all the worldbuilding. (Thu Jun 21 01:33:22 +0000 2012)tompl: @Wyld_Dandelyon @BryanThomasS @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht I’m sure he won’t go all Geder on us… (Thu Jun 21 01:33:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede I don’t know about @AbrahamHanover but for me, a series really allows the epic story to be told well over a larger #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:33:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede @AbrahamHanover period of time and place with greater depth, etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:33:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @tompl: @Wyld_Dandelyon @BryanThomasS @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht I’m sure he won’t go all Geder on us… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:34:05 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Just a reminder to please include #sffwrtcht hashtag in all chat related tweets. Thanks. It helps everyone follow long. (Thu Jun 21 01:34:26 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @tompl #sffwrtcht I would do D&C novellas if I came up with any good ideas for them. (Thu Jun 21 01:34:36 +0000 2012)followthelede: Do you ever get bored of the characters? RT @BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover period of time and place with greater depth, etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:35:10 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @AbrahamHanover Do you have any say over the covers of your books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:35:22 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @tompl But Geder’s such a nice guy . . . #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:35:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Me? No. But then if one gets boring, I can just kill them off. @AbrahamHanover It just adds to the stakes #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:35:37 +0000 2012)llambertlawson: @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht Any chance you’ll be adapting D&C into graphic novels? (Thu Jun 21 01:35:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: @tompl But Geder’s such a nice guy . . . #sffwrtcht / I could see Miller saying that, just kidding… (Thu Jun 21 01:35:54 +0000 2012)
hassannmadkour: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht D&C will run to 5 books. They’re already under contract, and the third one’s turned in. (Thu Jun 21 01:35:59 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I keep talking about Geder as an anti-villain. We’ve all seen anti-heros… (Thu Jun 21 01:36:11 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @followthelede #sffwrtcht I don’t get bored with them, but I get annoyed sometimes when I get stuck. Mostly I miss them when I’m done. (Thu Jun 21 01:36:57 +0000 2012)RobHBedford: @AbrahamHanover What non-SFF and/or non-writing activity has the most impact on your SFF writing? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:37:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: @mindfulbeauty Some yes, some no. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:37:31 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @llambertlawson #sffwrtcht Graphic novels haven’t come up. It could be cool, though. (Thu Jun 21 01:37:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Why use another pseudonym for THE EXPANSE? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:37:48 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @BryanThomasS But if the character is truly boring, won’t their death be like the tree falling in the forest? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:38:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Did you and Ty come up with the idea together or did one approach the other? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:38:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @mindfulbeauty Maybe to readers except not to fellow characters who can then go through all kinds of emotional arcs & have drama #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:38:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @AbrahamHanover: @RobHBedford Probably studying biology in college. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:39:03 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I believe in ‘nyms as a way to set reader expectations about wht the book’s going to be like. (Thu Jun 21 01:39:15 +0000 2012)
WmHenryMorris: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The magic system in Dagger & Coin is all about truth and certainty. It’s kind of Goebbels as Nazgul. (Thu Jun 21 01:39:23 +0000 2012)hassannmadkour: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:39:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Interesting. So you associate a style/voice and genre with each perhaps? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:39:47 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I approached Ty with the idea of writing the books. We were aiming for pizza money and overshot. (Thu Jun 21 01:40:29 +0000 2012)hassannmadkour: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I keep talking about Geder as an anti-villain. We’ve all seen anti-heros… (Thu Jun 21 01:40:52 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover How so? (How do you think pseudonyms set reader expectations?) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:41:00 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht You bet. Epic fantasy has a different voice than space opera has a different voice than urban fantasy. (Thu Jun 21 01:41:22 +0000 2012)followthelede: Oh, good question. MT @RobHBedford: @AbrahamHanover What non-SFF and/or non-writing activity has the most impact … #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:41:24 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht When you pick up Walter Mosley, folks expect a mystery, even though he writes lots of stuff. (1/2) (Thu Jun 21 01:42:46 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Daniel Abraham writes epic fantasy, MN Hanover writes urban fantasy, Jimmy writes space opera (2/2) (Thu Jun 21 01:43:22 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Or, Richard Stark writes crime novels. Donald Westlake writes comic crime novels. (Thu Jun 21 01:44:38 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @AbrahamHanover generally speaking, @ how long does it take you to finish the first draft? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:44:40 +0000 2012)
parisianfeline: RT @AbrahamHanover: You bet. Epic fantasy has a different voice than space opera has a different voice than urban fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:44:41 +0000 2012)parisianfeline: MT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:45:36 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: How is the writing of The Dagger and the Coin series different for you as opposed to the Long Price Quartet? @AbrahamHanover #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:45:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @abrahamhanover Tell us a bit about the future of our solar system as you reimagine it here please. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:46:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Just lost tweetdeck and couldn’t get back in. To twitter main either. #sffwrtcht. Sorry @abrahamhanover (Thu Jun 21 01:46:28 +0000 2012)RobHBedford: @AbrahamHanover What is your best/ideal time/place to write? (i.e. favorite chair at 6AM, etc) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:46:31 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @kodermike From the original plot break, maybe a year. From the first word, probably six to eight months. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:46:48 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht With the Long Price books, I was trying to something really new. With D&C, I’m trying to do something common really well. (Thu Jun 21 01:47:40 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS So far, TweetChat is working (knock wood) #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:47:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover How many books do you plan? #sffwrtcht In the Expanse? will it be…expansive? (Thu Jun 21 01:47:58 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Couldn’t get in there either. Unbelievable week I’m having. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:48:29 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The Expanse is a solar system where we’re just heading out. Colonies in the outer planets. And then bridges to a larger space. (Thu Jun 21 01:48:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @mindfulbeauty Thanks. You need to read the novel I released yesterday. I use it in that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:48:48 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I’ve got a great couch, and the kid’s in school from 8:30 to 3. (Thu Jun 21 01:49:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover So you write when the kids are at school, I take it? Do you set a word count? Specific writing time? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:49:56 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The Expanse is built at six novels right now, but it may get bigger if it goes well. We know the last book and the last line. (Thu Jun 21 01:50:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Well, so much for pantsing there. You know the ending. Always good to know. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:50:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Does CALIBAN�S WAR pick up right after the first book? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:51:03 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I try to get 1000 words a day, but it varies. (Thu Jun 21 01:51:10 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: CALIBAN�S WAR has the protomolecule up to mischief on Venus and Jim Holden once again at the midst of attempts to stop it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:51:14 +0000 2012)followthelede: See, that just stuns me. MT @AbrahamHanover: We know the last book and the last line. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:51:31 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Don’t know all of how we get there, though. (Thu Jun 21 01:51:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover What are the core elements of good space opera to you? Especially the old fashioned kind like this. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:52:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: @BryanThomasS There’s a little gap. About a year. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:52:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover I like the interesting juxtaposition of flawed heroes in LW. Holden is more by the book while Miller pushes limits#sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:53:04 +0000 2012)followthelede: =) RT @AbrahamHanover: @followthelede #sffwrtcht Its a pretty good line. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:54:03 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Sentimentality. I think SF has a temptation to lose characters, story, and emotion in favor of nifty tech. (Thu Jun 21 01:54:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Well said. I like the character driven focus of it as well vs. the science and tech #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:54:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Are new heroes introduced in book 2 along with Holden? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:54:43 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover Some people prefer the nifty tech to the sentimentality! I’m not one of them, but I know they’re out there.) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:55:26 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Yes. We have three new POV characters in addition to Holden. A Martian marine, a UN politician, and a botanist from Ganymede. (Thu Jun 21 01:56:28 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht And there’s some *great* work out there for the nifty idea crew. (Thu Jun 21 01:57:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover You�ve collaborated w/ Gardner Dozois, George RR Martin, George, Ty, and others. Do you enjoy collaboration? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:57:04 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I do like collaborating. I think it helps me learn how to get better. George and Gardner? Who wouldn’t work with them? (Thu Jun 21 01:59:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover What are keys to successful collaboration? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 01:59:12 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: I def think sentimentality and nifty tech, or even sentimentally nifty tech, are not mutually exclusive – nor should they be! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:59:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover I have the novel you 3 wrote sitting right here. Excited to read it soon. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 01:59:28 +0000 2012)
MadHatterReview: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I have a theory that the perfect book is one you read in 2 days and remember in 2 years. That works for … (Thu Jun 21 01:59:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Ty is pretty brilliant too. / You don’t have to say that. He doesn’t have twitter. (Thu Jun 21 02:00:30 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The most important thing in collaboration is giving up the idea that it will be the same as you would have done solo. (Thu Jun 21 02:00:39 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Last 3 questions: Do you use Scrivener or special software? Have any rituals? Write with music? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:00:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover That’s the hardest part, too, I think. It’s great advice. Hard sometimes to let go enough. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:01:16 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @mindfulbeauty #sffwrtcht They aren’t. But I lean toward the opera even more than the space. (Thu Jun 21 02:01:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Uh well that was the first of 3 final questions even though it in and of itself was three. #sffwrtcht @AbrahamHanover #oops #sorry (Thu Jun 21 02:02:09 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: @sffwrtcht I use about 10% of what Scrivener does. I can’t write with music. And while I have a kink about word count, no rituals per se. (Thu Jun 21 02:02:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @abrahamhanover What�s the best and worst writing advice you�ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:30 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @AbrahamHanover And clearly I am not the only one who is just fine with that ratio. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@abrahamhanover can be found on Facebook, on Twitter and via his website at http://t.co/0rX9x24t. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@abrahamhanover can be found on Facebook, on Twitter and via his website at http://t.co/XcezwxjU. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:02:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week @LeahPetersen talks FIGHTING GRAVITY, her novel debut, #scifi #writing #science & much more. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:03:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week @LeahPetersen talks FIGHTING GRAVITY, her novel debut, #scifi #writing #science & much more. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:03:05 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: Done! RT @BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group:http://t.co/WZYlQg0t #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:04:16 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The best advice was either not to get discouraged or this one critique from Sean Stewart. (Thu Jun 21 02:04:36 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover Thanks for being here! Also, I’m glad you were comfortable with the wee-chaos we had for a while. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:04:47 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht The worst was probably not to write science fiction because it doesn’t sell. (Thu Jun 21 02:05:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Final question, What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:05:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover @Wyld_Dandelyon says that because she’s an instigator of chaos #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:05:32 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:05:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:05:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: Yes, many thanks for answering our questions. MT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @AbrahamHanover Thanks for being here! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:06:22 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht Right now, I’m finishing up the third Expanse novel, starting the fourth D&C, making Game of Thrones into graphic novels. (Thu Jun 21 02:06:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover All the GOT novels? I knew the first had come out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:06:47 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht And about three short stories I’m contracted for. (Thu Jun 21 02:07:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AbrahamHanover Thanks so much for making time to chat w/ us. Sorry we kept you over time. It was really great learning from you #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:07:37 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht I’m contracted for A Game of Thrones. There may be more later, if the sales keep up. (Thu Jun 21 02:08:22 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Chaos is the creative groundswell, the crest of the tsunami, the butterfly whose path makes all the difference! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:08:27 +0000 2012)AbrahamHanover: #sffwrtcht It was lovely to be here. Y’all take care. (Thu Jun 21 02:08:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AbrahamHanover Well let’s hope they do. Glad you’re keeping busy! Have a good night #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:08:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:09:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 02:09:01 +0000 2012)tompl: thanks to @AbrahamHanover and all the great people tweeting on #sffwrtcht it was worth delaying sleep to 3am for! (Thu Jun 21 02:09:34 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: Later tonight, when my Kindle has a charge again, I will resume reading Leviathan Wakes! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:09:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: All #sffwrtcht -ers my new novel, THE RETURNING, is 33% off at my store this week only both tpb and ebook, signed. #scifi #fantasy #mywana (Thu Jun 21 02:10:25 +0000 2012)kodermike: Followed my first #sffwrtcht tonight with @AbrahamHanover – pretty awesome stuff! (Thu Jun 21 02:10:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike @tompl @RobHBedford Glad to have you with us! #sffwrtcht(Thu Jun 21 02:10:47 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @BryanThomasS: @kodermike @tompl @RobHBedford Glad to have you with us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:12:02 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Must be super exciting to have two books under your belt now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:12:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Definitely. I’ll enjoy it more when I get through this nightmare week too! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:12:33 +0000 2012)mindfulbeauty: @tompl Sleep well! | And yes, thanks very much to @AbrahamHanover – great discussion. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 21 02:12:47 +0000 2012)Participants
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