BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Was that a European swallow or an African swallow? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:53:34 +0000 2012)
CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: Ten minutes until my chat at #sffwrtcht. Stop by and ask me something. I have to answer; its Twitter, after all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:53:52 +0000 2012)
MikeRUnderwood: @AlexBledsoe Busy day for you, Alex! I hope it goes as splendidly as the #TorChat. Have fun! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:54:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Testing tonight’s #sffwrtcht guest’s insider Geek knowledge… (Thu Jul 19 00:56:17 +0000 2012)
AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS That’s all a matter of the coconuts. #sffwrtcht. (Thu Jul 19 00:57:12 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Future Guests 7/25 @JimCHines 8/01 @PaulSKemp 8/08 @BradleyPBeaulieu 8/15 @JohnPicacio 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 8/29 Roundtble: Outlines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:57:55 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:58:50 +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 Jul 19 00:59:01 +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 Jul 19 00:59:08 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jul 19 00:59:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:59:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest @alexbledsoe grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland and twenty minutes from Nutbush. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:59:33 +0000 2012)
MarleneStringer: RT @AlexBledsoe: Ten minutes until my chat at #sffwrtcht. Stop by and ask me something. I have to answer; it’s Twitter, after all. (Thu Jul 19 00:59:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He�s been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman & lives in a Wiscnsn town famous for trolls. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 00:59:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: No, @AlexBledsoe swears he does NOT live under a bridge #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:00:11 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: Hello @alexbledsoe and welcome to #sffwrtcht. Great to see you! (Thu Jul 19 01:00:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He writes before six in the morning and then tries to teach his two sons to act like they�ve been to town before. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:00:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His fourth Eddie LaCrosse book WAKE OF THE BLOODY ANGEL just released from @torbooks. LaCrosse is a sword slinger detective #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:01:02 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The LaCrosse books are noir in the tradition of Chandler et al #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:01:10 +0000 2012)
MLConklin: @AniProf check it out Bill > Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. Tonight! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:01:15 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His short stories and essays have appeared in the anthologies Haunted, Serenity Found, The Pagan Antho of Short Fiction & more #sffwrtcht. (Thu Jul 19 01:01:19 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @PrinceJvstin Hi, Paul! Thanks for stopping by. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:01:29 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@alexbledsoe can be found online via his website http://t.co/4AbB46XQ, on Facebook or here at Twitter. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:01:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Where�d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:02:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: He also apparently can identify world swallows by region of origin, using coconuts. @AlexBledsoe has many talents #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:03:05 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe I assume you have a coffee habit #sffwrtcht I can’t write that early. I’ve tried. (Thu Jul 19 01:03:35 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @BryanThomasS But does @alexbledsoe know their average air speed when laden…? #sffwrtcht #dontanswer (Thu Jul 19 01:04:02 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I sure didn’t inherit it; my family all looked at me askew for liking such stuff. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:04:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @shadowflame1974 I spoke with @AlexBledsoe this morning early and he seemed wide awake. I was not. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:04:23 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Not a problem. I’m one of the usual suspects on #sffwrtcht @alexbledsoe 
(Thu Jul 19 01:04:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe How do they look at you now? The same? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:04:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike Yes, he can tell with coconuts… #sffwrtcht #dontanswer (Thu Jul 19 01:04:49 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS But it goes back as far as I can remember, to the original “Star Trek” and Batman comics. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:04:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe Very cool. Who were some of your favorite authors and how about favorite books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:05:46 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @shadowflame1974 “Habit” is such a hateful term. I prefer to think of it as a negotiated settlement. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:05:50 +0000 2012)
TeresaFrohock: Hey, folks, @AlexBledsoe is on #sffwrtcht right now! Go to the hashtag to ask a question. (Thu Jul 19 01:06:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe My Dad calls it staying current with chemistry…ground beans plus water makes magic @shadowflame1974 #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:06:34 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Oh, yeah. Had one relative tell me he finished one of my books sitting on the toilet. That’s my family. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:06:37 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: So what is the appeal for you as a writer to meld fantasy and noir as you do with Eddie La Crosse’s stories? @alexbledsoe #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:07:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe ROFL. The question is: did the book send him there #sffwrtcht And it’s kinda saying something he still finished it, right? (Thu Jul 19 01:07:10 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @TeresaFrohock: Hey, folks, @AlexBledsoe is on #sffwrtcht right now! Go to the hashtag to ask a question. (Thu Jul 19 01:07:20 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Favorite authors: Raymond Chandler, Charles de Lint, Andrew Vachss, Robert B. Parker. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:07:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe When did you develop an interest in writing and how did you pursue that? Classes? Workshops? Learn on your own? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:08:17 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Favorite books: “Memory and Dream” by deLint, “Heart of Darkness” by Conrad, “At the Mts. of Madness” by Lovercraft. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:08:18 +0000 2012)
talekyn: *whew* Made it to #sffwrtcht with special guest @AlexBledsoe … and I’m only 8 minutes late. “Fashionable,” some call it. (Thu Jul 19 01:08:34 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS @shadowflame1974 It’s a matter of life or death at 5 AM, I know that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:08:54 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe Its a matter of life or death anytime you can call it a morning #sffwrtcht #buddingcoffeeadict (Thu Jul 19 01:09:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn We alread discussed short stories and anything else you usually ask. Sorry. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:09:49 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @PrinceJvstin It’s a way to get a level of emotional immediacy you sometimes lose when you go into pure fantasy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:09:55 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I taught myself to understand why and how stories worked. I learned to write as a journalist. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:11:14 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn ha. I almost feel like I was AT ReaderCon thanks to you and @followthelede gossiping about me there #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:12:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe How long did you write before making your first sale? #sffwrtcht Did you start with shorts or novels? (Thu Jul 19 01:12:41 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I started writing when I was very young. The earliest thing I recall was turning a Batman comic into a short story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:12:53 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: 2talekyn @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe wha?? #missedSomethingHere #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:12:54 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I got in trouble for using up all my dad’s typewriter ribbon. And I typed to the very edges of the paper, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:13:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe I used to make stories around my toys. I even wrote fanfic of kids books I liked so I can relate #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:13:26 +0000 2012)kodermike: @AlexBledsoe How hard was it to make it to the end the first time you sat down to write something novel length? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:13:29 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @AlexBledsoe This probably warrants a blog post, but why do you think pure fantasy sometimes loses that emotional immediacy? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:13:38 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: @AlexBledsoe The “throne” is a very traditional reading spot, you know! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:13:54 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @shadowflame1974 @talekyn @BryanThomasS Nah, I’m still answering the question about how I got started. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:14:12 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe What drew you to #noir #fantasy? And what are the key elements of good #fantasy for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:14:13 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @TeresaFrohock @AlexBledsoe Teresa beat me to that follow up question #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:14:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: So far in #sffwrtcht with @AlexBledsoe we have discussed toilet reading, sparrows & Monty Python, child comic fanfic & coffeemaking Join us! (Thu Jul 19 01:15:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: So far in #sffwrtcht with @AlexBledsoe we have discussed toilet reading, sparrows & Monty Python, child comic fanfic & coffeemaking Join us! (Thu Jul 19 01:15:08 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I became serious about writing in 1995. I sold the first story I wrote, which I took as a sign. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:15:41 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Then I sold my first novel in 2007. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:16:01 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe As @shadowflame1974 knows, it’s @BryanThomasS’ job to harrass me. He gets paid well for the privilege. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:16:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Then I sold my first novel in 2007. #sffwrtcht / 12 years. Some people really get it overnight…. (Thu Jul 19 01:16:45 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @kodermike It was hard because I hadn’t mastered the form. At all. My first novel was a special case in other ways, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:17:13 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS Oh, that reminds me: @followthelede, are you posting the photo of the big standee of Bryan in a kilt, or am I? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:17:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @talekyn What drew you to #noir #fantasy? And what are the key elements of good #fantasy for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:17:33 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @kodermike It was an idea I’d nursed since I was a senior in high school. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:17:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn @followthelede Just PLEASE not the one when I was bending over… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:18:03 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @TeresaFrohock At the risk of sounding facile, b/c sometimes authors worry more about world building than people building. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:18:23 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe oh, one of those stories #nearanddear2theheart #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:18:36 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @TeresaFrohock At the risk of sounding facile, b/c sometimes authors worry more about world building than people buildi … (Thu Jul 19 01:18:37 +0000 2012)
followthelede: Hey man, I just got here. Give me time to settle before we trot out the good stuff. @talekyn @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:19:02 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I like noir because I like the Chandler hero: “down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:19:20 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: RT @AlexBledsoe: @TeresaFrohock At the risk of sounding facile, b/c sometimes authors worry more about world building than people buildi … (Thu Jul 19 01:19:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Ok @followthelede is running late. Do over. Restart #sffwrtcht #diva (Thu Jul 19 01:19:38 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I thought that sort of hero would work well in fantasy. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 01:19:44 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht I like noir because I like the Chandler hero: “down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean … (Thu Jul 19 01:19:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe I love noir too. Do you usually start with characters or plot? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:19:57 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @AlexBledsoe @TeresaFrohock Ahhh. People over World. That’s an answer I hear a lot from, say, @paulskemp and his fantasy writing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:19:59 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @AlexBledsoe It’s nice to know I’m not alone in thinking that. Thanks. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:20:05 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @TeresaFrohock @AlexBledsoe For you, Teresa, would that be People over Woerld? 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:20:37 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht And as for what makes a good fantasy for me, it’s interesting characters in a consistent, alternate reality. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:20:41 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht And as for what makes a good fantasy for me, it’s interesting characters in a consistent, alternate reality. … (Thu Jul 19 01:20:55 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede Hi, Fellow Agent of Chaos! @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:21:26 +0000 2012)followthelede: That’s certainly the lit I’m interested in reading. =) MT @PrinceJvstin: @AlexBledsoe @TeresaFrohock Ahhh. People over World. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:21:26 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @PrinceJvstin @TeresaFrohock @paulskemp I think it’s true of every form of good writing. Well, maybe not travel writing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:21:30 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @AlexBledsoe @TeresaFrohock @paulskemp It took me years to “Get” that. Maybe I was a slow learner… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:22:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn Hi, cutie pie. Settled back into real life? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:22:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: @PrinceJvstin Cute, Paul. I enjoy @AlexBledsoe’s work b/c the characters come first. W/out the characters, you have a manual. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:22:53 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Yeah, it was no blood or sweat involved at all. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 01:23:02 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @PrinceJvstin @TeresaFrohock Ha! Badda-BING! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:23:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Where�d the idea for the Eddie LaCrosse come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:24:59 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: I’m editing and lurking on #sffwrtcht with @AlexBledsoe tonight … great discussion going on. (Thu Jul 19 01:25:22 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe @PrinceJvstin @TeresaFrohock Even with travel writing, I’d rather read a personal account than a description. @sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:25:26 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Generally I use something from the noir genre as a jump-off. I.e., “Burn Me Deadly’s” opening is from “Kiss Me Deadly.”#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:25:29 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Then I let the characters dictate their own path, with a very general structure in my head. No detailed outlines. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:26:08 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede ha! Life is just as chaotic home as it was at the con! #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 01:26:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Interesting. So it comes from a noir trigger rather than character or plot then? LOL #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:26:12 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht When I try to impose a plot point, it usually doesn’t work, so I’m back to letting the characters tell their story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:26:39 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Sorry. Should have waited for the second half. It has similarities to Glen Cook�s Garrett PI. Was that an influence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:26:51 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe @sffwrtcht “No detailed outlines.” I’m liking Alex more and more as this chat goes on! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:27:11 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Generally, yes. All the Eddie books have a core idea that everything works around. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:27:30 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS “The Sword-Edged Blonde” was the Celtic legend of Rhiannon, “Burn Me Deadly” was dragons as nuclear weapons. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:28:00 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @talekyn @BryanThomasS @followthelede Me Too #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:28:09 +0000 2012)followthelede: @AlexBledsoe How/what elements do you use to make noir relevant for today, not mid-20th century? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:28:22 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS He was a long time gestating. I first created him in high school; back then he was, “Devaraux LaCrosse.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:29:02 +0000 2012)followthelede: I know, chaos follows us RT @talekyn: ha! Life is just as chaotic home as it was at the con! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:29:11 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Not really. I wasn’t aware of Garrett until I’d written the first Eddie novel. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:29:45 +0000 2012)followthelede: The league of extraordinary pantsers? MT @shadowflame1974: @talekyn @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe Me Too #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:29:55 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede The relevance comes from the emotions of the characters, or at least I hope it does. That’s timeless, which is… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:30:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe SWORD-EDGED BLONDE was the first of 3 novels with Eddie. How�s you get the story idea & how did it take to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:30:34 +0000 2012)kodermike: Learning pantsing isn’t evil tonight on #sffwrtcht – will wonders never cease?(Thu Jul 19 01:30:50 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede I LOVE THAT! @AlexBledsoe @shadowflame1974 @talekyn #loep #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:30:59 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @followthelede Oh, I like that! The League of Extraordinary Pantsers. We should have a website! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:05 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede …why it works in fantasy and SF. The idea of the cynical outsider who becomes emotionally involved is powerful. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:07 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: RT @AlexBledsoe: @followthelede The relevance comes from the emotions of the characters, or at least I hope it does. That’s timeless, wh … (Thu Jul 19 01:31:06 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Then I let the characters dictate their own path, with a very general structure in my head. No detailed outl … (Thu Jul 19 01:31:13 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe “Devaraux LaCrosse” sounds like the character belonged on “Another World.” @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: oops. I forgot I was waiting on the Glen Cook question. #slowdownBryan @sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:46 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede As well as the idea that every story is a mystery. Jim Thompson says all stories boil down to… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:47 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: Awesome!RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @followthelede Oh, I like that! The League of Extraordinary Pantsers. We should have a website! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:31:54 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede …”Things are not as they seem.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:32:01 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: Oh My. I think we started something #sffwrtcht @AlexBledsoe @Talekyn @Followthelede @BryanThomasS (Thu Jul 19 01:32:10 +0000 2012)kodermike: +1 RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @followthelede Oh, I like that! The League of Extraordinary Pantsers. We should have a website! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:32:23 +0000 2012)followthelede: LOL RT @shadowflame1974: Oh My. I think we started something #sffwrtcht @AlexBledsoe @Talekyn @Followthelede @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:32:43 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @talekyn @BryanThomasS Yeah, it wouldn’t have worked. But like a lot of things, the obvious can escape you when you’re too close. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:33:21 +0000 2012)TeresaFrohock: RT @AlexBledsoe: @followthelede …why it works in fantasy and SF. The idea of the cynical outsider who becomes emotionally involved is … (Thu Jul 19 01:33:40 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede @shadowflame1974 @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe Now we need to have shirts made! @Wyld_Dandelion @kodermike #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:33:57 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe I don’t know. Davaruax LaCrosse could be Eddie’s Monk-like eccentric cousin @talekyn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:34:13 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS @talekyn It would be in that grand tradition of strange fantasy names that Tolkein gave us. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:35:13 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe The Mycroft to Eddie’s Holmes? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:35:20 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe ok so catching up. Origin of idea for Sword-Edged and how long it took to write & was Cook’s Garrett any influence #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:35:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe LOL Exactly. He could be a great foil to Eddie, a spoiled rich cousin annoyed by Eddie’s choices @talekyn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:36:19 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @talekyn @BryanThomasS That’s an interesting idea. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:37:03 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe I think I hear wheels turning #sffwrtcht @BranThomasS @Talekyn (Thu Jul 19 01:37:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AlexBledsoe: @talekyn @BryanThomasS That’s an interesting idea. #sffwrtcht / If your name shows up in his book, @talekyn …. (Thu Jul 19 01:38:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Truthfully it’s a rich setting rife with possibilities, I think @talekyn needs to read the books if he hasn’t #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:38:46 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: LOL! I think you’re right! RT @shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe I think I hear wheels turning #sffwrtcht @BranThomasS @Talekyn (Thu Jul 19 01:38:57 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @shadowflame1974 @BranThomasS @Talekyn Except the great noir detectives (Marlowe, Archer, the Continental Op) had no sidekicks… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:39:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Well, a sidekick who forces himself in for a book or two could be interesting as a foil @talekyn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:39:43 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe We all know I love being Tuckerized! Right, @Followthelede & @lindapoitevin? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:39:45 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe who said he had to be a sidekick? @Talekyn @BryanThomasS #frack #frack #frack #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:41:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe ok back on track. Was Glen Cook’s Garrett an influence at all? there are similarities #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:41:16 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @AlexBledsoe Alternately, noir does often have the spunky female sidekick. you could combine 2 character types. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:41:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe And genesis of the idea for Sword-Edged Blonde? Rhiannon you say? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:41:41 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @shadowflame1974 @Talekyn @BryanThomasS Well, since I’m plotted out two books past WAKE, if he does show up, it’ll take a while. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:41:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn I was just thinking if I’d use your twitter name or your last name in tuckerizing… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:42:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe LOL There’s still hope @talekyn ! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:42:09 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @shadowflame1974 @AlexBledsoe Good noir stories have a romantic interest, right? He could be the effemme fatale! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:42:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We digress to badly tonight and time is ticking away #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:42:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS No, not really. I had Eddie fully formed before I heard about Garrett. #sffwrtcht / I thought that might be (Thu Jul 19 01:43:15 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Yes. And yes, it all started with the Fleetwood Mac song. And the hot new teacher my senior year of high school. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:43:36 +0000 2012)followthelede: @AlexBledsoe What do you think are the essential elements for a SFF noir? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Ah nice. @kodermike Perhaps the hot teacher was caught with a tool… #dontgothere #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:09 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I wanted to impress her, so like the dweeb I am, I wrote her a story. Only I never had the nerve to show it to her. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Ha! nice. She’d be impressed now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:30 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I did dedicate the book to her, though. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:37 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS It all started with the Fleetwood Mac song. And the hot new teacher my senior year of high school. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:40 +0000 2012)kodermike: @BryanThomasS lol – at least its a natural digression vs chaos and destruction and mayhem…well, no destruction…#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:40 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I wanted to impress her, so like the dweeb I am, I wrote her a story. Only I never had the nerve to show … (Thu Jul 19 01:44:42 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I did dedicate the book to her, though. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:44:51 +0000 2012)followthelede: Don’t knock chaos RT @kodermike: @BryanThomasS lol – at least its a natural digression vs chaos and destruction and mayhem #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:46:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike With this group chaos and destruction have truly become so cliche… sigh #yawn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:46:22 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede Same as any noir: a detective figure, a mystery to solve, a world filled with shadows, and an air of cynicism. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:46:33 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @kodermike Hey us pantsters have to keep @BryanThomasS on his toes @tal3kyn @followthelede @Wild_Dandelyon #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:46:49 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @sffwrtcht Sometimes the most important things to learn (and the best stories) are in the digressions! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:05 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS She was, thankfully. I was *still* nervous, all these years later, telling her about it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:11 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @followthelede Same as any noir: a detective figure, a mystery to solve, a world filled with shadows, and an air of cyn … (Thu Jul 19 01:47:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe LOL Ha, the real question: Was she still hot? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:28 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @shadowflame1974: @kodermike Hey us pantsters have to keep @BryanThomasS on his toes @tal3kyn @followthelede @Wild_Dandelyon #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:31 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS No, you’ve got it totally wrong. It’s chaos and creation that we love! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:37 +0000 2012)followthelede: @AlexBledsoe But aren’t there non-detective noirs? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:48 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Just following other’s line of thought #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:47:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe ok, so contemporary names but medieval setting. Why for that? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:48:43 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe How hard was it to find a publisher? I know you started out with @nightshadebooks and now are with @torbooks? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:48:57 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede By “detective,” I mean the role in the story, not the job. Mildred Pierce is the “detective” figure, for example. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:49:05 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @followthelede By “detective,” I mean the role in the story, not the job. Mildred Pierce is the “detective” figure, for … (Thu Jul 19 01:49:19 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS She’s still a very nice lady, and yes, still very attractive. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:49:39 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe I have to ask my usual: do you approach the writing of short stories differently than novels? If so, how so? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:07 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Again, to help emotionally connect with the characters. Weird fantasy names put me off as a reader. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:14 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS I didn’t think @kodermike was advocating destruction. Besides, this is a writer’s chat–we create by definition. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:18 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Tolkein did it first, and got away with it because he was a linguist and the names meant something. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:38 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Again, to help emotionally connect with the characters. Weird fantasy names put me off as a reader. #sffw … (Thu Jul 19 01:50:40 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The latest book is WAKE UP THE BLOODY ANGEL, a pirate noir novel. I know this is a dream come true- noir AND pirates, right? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: The latest book is WAKE UP THE BLOODY ANGEL, a pirate noir novel. I know this is a dream come true- noir AND pirates, right? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:56 +0000 2012)kodermike: @alexbledsoe Do you use Scrivener or other “writing software tools”? Write to music? Any rituals? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:50:59 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS But way too many times they’re weird and unpronounceable just for their own sakes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:51:02 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS But way too many times they’re weird and unpronounceable just for their own sakes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:51:16 +0000 2012)kodermike: @Wyld_Dandelyon @BryanThomasS “Advocate” is such a strong word…#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:51:29 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @talekyn Yes, they’re like racquetball and tennis: they look similar, but the skills are completely different. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:51:50 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike Agent of chaos perhaps? @Wyld_Dandelyon #instigator #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:51:52 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AlexBledsoe There’s plenty of people in real life who make up weird names, you know! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:52:05 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @talekyn Short stories focus on a single point, a single effect. Novels tend to start from a single point and expand out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:52:19 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @talekyn Short stories focus on a single point, a single effect. Novels tend to start from a single point and expand ou … (Thu Jul 19 01:52:31 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @talekyn Yes, they’re like racquetball and tennis: they look similar, but the skills are completely different. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:52:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Have you written short stories in the universe of these novels or do you have plans to do so? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:53:13 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Oh, man, it was difficult. Even with an agent, it took two years. Mashups weren’t very popular back then. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:53:19 +0000 2012)talekyn: Lately, I find it does if they’re too unusual. MT ” @AlexBledsoe Weird fantasy names put me off as a reader.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:53:33 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @AlexBledsoe: Short stories focus on a single point, a single effect. Novels tend to start from a single point and expand out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:53:35 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe That might be the best answer I’ve seen to that question yet from those who think there is a difference. Thanks! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:54:22 +0000 2012)followthelede: @AlexBledsoe Trad. noir isn’t particularly woman-friendly. How do you address/avoid/transform that in yr books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:54:32 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @kodermike No, only Pages. No particular rituals, just the usual: panic, terror and stories burning out of my head. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:54:52 +0000 2012)CarolBCollett: RT @AlexBledsoe: @kodermike No, only Pages. No particular rituals, just the usual: panic, terror and stories burning out of my head. #sf … (Thu Jul 19 01:55:08 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: RT @AlexBledsoe: @kodermike No, only Pages. No particular rituals, just the usual: panic, terror and stories burning out of my head. #sf … (Thu Jul 19 01:55:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn I was just going to say amazing how many different answers we get to the same questions @AlexBledsoe #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:55:32 +0000 2012)kodermike: @AlexBledsoe Pages on iPad and Mac? (pushing my luck asking, I know ) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:55:33 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede That’s actually something I do think about a lot. WAKE has a very strong female lead, but… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:55:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe What�s your writing time look like-specific block? Write til you reach word count? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:56:04 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede …her relationship w/ Eddie is professional and platonic. If you read it, I’d be curious what you think of her. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:56:11 +0000 2012)
Jaleta_Clegg: @AlexBledsoe Finally! Someone who uses the same software I do. Is it because you hate Word with a passion? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:57:24 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @kodermike Yeah. My wife got me to switch to a Mac against my will, and now (as they say) I’ll never go back. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:57:29 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS I start about 5 AM and, since the kids are home for the summer, usually go until about 10 AM. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:57:58 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS That’s why I love asking that question in any week it’s appropriate to the author. @AlexBledsoe #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:58:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe So noir and pirates a dream come true? Tell us about the latest novel, WAKE OF THE BLOODY ANGEL? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:58:47 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @Jaleta_Clegg “Hate” is a strong word. I prefer “regard with sneering contempt.” Its pagination issues alone give me fits. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 01:59:10 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Eddie is hired by his landlord Angelina to find her old boyfriend, who vanished 20 years earlier with… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:00:04 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @AlexBledsoe Thank you for chatting with us. 
I have to go give a backrub to a hard working man. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:00:27 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS …the greatest pirate treasure ever. He recruits former pirate Jane Argo to help him. They hire a ship, and… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:00:44 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS …you’ll have to read the book to find out the rest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:01:00 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @shadowflame1974 Thanks for joining us! Pleasure chatting with you. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:01:21 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe Have you written short stories in the universe of these novels or do you have plans to do so? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:01:21 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @AlexBledsoe Hate describes my relationship with Word. But then I’ve never had to use windows at all. Started in graphics, so mac #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:01:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS …you’ll have to read the book to find out the rest. #sffwrtcht / K, I will. I have it right here. (Thu Jul 19 02:01:29 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AlexBledsoe @Jaleta_Clegg Word has so many issues! But I have to use it in the day job… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:01:46 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AlexBledsoe Very good to chat with you again! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:02:29 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Yes, one (“Finger Stakes”) will be out in an anthology called “The New Hero, Vol. 2″ next year. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:02:33 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Artist Gene Ha did the cover, and the figure of Eddie he drew is the closest anyone’s got to my idea of him. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:04 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @Wyld_Dandelyon My biggest gripe: Word is NOT a page layout program. But everyone keeps trying to make it do that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @AlexBledsoe Interesting and very cool. Best and worst writing advice you’ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:34 +0000 2012)kodermike: @alexbledsoe Thanks for the awesome chat tonight! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:36 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @Wyld_Dandelyon Definitely! Thanks for stopping by. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Sorry we’re running over. Just one more question after the previous one #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:03:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Is the guest leaving and missed it or is it just the audience? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:04:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: @AlexBledsoe Thanks for answering our questions at the chat. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 02:04:39 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe @sffwrtcht Will it stand-alone & entice new readers to the books or will I have to have read the books to “get” it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:04:46 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Worst: “Write what you know.” Best: “No work of art is ever finished, it is only abandoned.” (Thu Jul 19 02:05:09 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @kodermike Thanks for stopping by. Pleasure talking with you! #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 02:05:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Last question, What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:05:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:05:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:05:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week we�ll talk goblins, fairy tale princesses, and Libriomancers with @jimchines #fantasy author extraordinaire. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:05:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week we�ll talk goblins, fairy tale princesses, and Libriomancers with @jimchines #fantasy author extraordinaire. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:05:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:01 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: RT @AlexBledsoe: @sffwrtcht Worst: “Write what you know.” Best: “No work of art is ever finished, it is only abandoned.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Ah, guess @shadowflame1974 just started a trend, crazy girl #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe LOL Thanks. You beat me to the RT #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:51 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS A 5th Eddie LaCrosse next year & a sequel to THE HUM AND THE SHIVER. Also more of my FIREFLY WITCH stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:06:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Awesome. Well, thanks for making so much time with us. Sorry for dragging late. We had a great time. Hope you did 2! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:07:23 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe Two twitter chats in a day. You deserve a prize #torchat #sffwrtcht @torbooks (Thu Jul 19 02:08:13 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @BryanThomasS Definitely! Love to come back any time. Thanks for having me! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:08:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @AlexBledsoe We’ll definitely invite you then. Have a great night! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:08:33 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:08:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 19 02:08:38 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @AlexBledsoe “…a sequel to THE HUM AND THE SHIVER…” Wonderful! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:08:51 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @talekyn @sffwrtcht No, they’re all stand-alone. That’s deliberate: I want to make it as easy as possible for new readers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:09:10 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @followthelede My pleasure. Thanks for asking such interesting questions. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:09:31 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe Yes, thank you Alex! @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:09:33 +0000 2012)AlexBledsoe: @Wyld_Dandelyon It’s called WISP OF A THING, and it’ll be out next June. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:10:19 +0000 2012)talekyn: @AlexBledsoe I plan to read the Eddie books now anyway, but that’s a complaint I’ve seen re: Harry Dresden, for example #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:10:28 +0000 2012)followthelede: That’s great. MT @AlexBledsoe: @talekyn @sffwrtcht No, theyre all stand-alone #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 19 02:11:13 +0000 2012)Participants
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