sffwrtcht: Tonight’s #sffwrtcht feed is at http://t.co/AEyzjJ8q and is brought to you by @gudmagazine and @kaolinfire invading smartphones near you. (Thu Jul 26 00:38:36 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/01 @PaulSKemp 8/08 @BradleyPBeaulieu 8/15 @JohnPicacio 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 8/29 Roundtable:Outlinng 9/5 @kdmcentire #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 00:39:30 +0000 2012
PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS That lineup for August is making #sffwrtcht “appointment viewing”. Of course I’m usually around anyway… (Thu Jul 26 00:41:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: For the people who asked why I am not a guest on #sffwrtcht, I talk to myself, proof: http://t.co/QeDf01pg #intv #scifi #fantasy #mywana (Thu Jul 26 00:52:22 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: For the people who asked why I am not a guest on #sffwrtcht, I talk to myself, proof: http://t.co/20a9qcl2 #intv #scifi #fantasy #mywana (Thu Jul 26 00:52:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:00:19 +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 26 01:00:31 +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 26 01:00:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jul 26 01:00:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:00:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: It�s up to the guest whether the question time will run longer than our allotted hour slot. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:00:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight’s #sffwrtcht feed is at http://t.co/AEyzjJ8q and is brought to you by @gudmagazine & @kaolinfire (Thu Jul 26 01:01:12 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/01 @PaulSKemp 8/08 @BradleyPBeaulieu 8/15 @JohnPicacio 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 8/29 Roundtable:Outlinng 9/5 @kdmcentire #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:01:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest @jimchines nominated me to moderate the first panel I was ever on. He loves breaking in new writers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:01:36 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: His Jig The Dragonslayer trilogy is a humorous sword and sorcery tale about a goblin. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:01:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He followed that with The Princess 4 book cycle which are fairy tales gone awry crossing Disney princesses with Charlie�s Angels. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:02:02 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Published by @dawbooks, his latest book LIBRIOMANCER starts a new trilogy, Magic Ex-Libris, about a librarian hunting a killer #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:02:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Because he likes to stretch himself, being as he lives in Lansing, he set this series in Michigan�s Upper Peninsula. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:02:31 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: It�s an urban fantasy with a lot of humor, involving dryads, wizards, vampires, automatons and more #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:02:42 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Jim�s short fiction has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Fantasy, Andromeda Spaceways, Writers of the Future & several anthologies #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:03:00 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He can be found online at Facebook, Twitter via his website athttp://t.co/0w8U5w62 and his blog http://t.co/kELrN4C6. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:03:08 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Starting at the beginning, Where�d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:03:54 +0000 2012)
jimchines: My interest in SF/F comes from the fact that swords and magic and spaceships and lightsabers are AWESOME. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:06:25 +0000 2012)jimchines: (And Bryan, this is my first official Twitter chat, so it�s your chance to get back at me for that panel… #sffwrtcht) (Thu Jul 26 01:07:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@jimchines Besides the cool toys then, Who were some of your favorite authors and books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:07:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Okay @jimchines will now moderate and interview himself. #sffwrtcht #nightoff #whoop (Thu Jul 26 01:07:38 +0000 2012)jimchines: Good Omens ranks up there as a favorite. I loved Janet Kagan�s stuff. LeGuin is brilliant. Pratchett, Butler, and so many more. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:08:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines We promise to go easy on you, maybe… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:08:11 +0000 2012)jimchines: Lately, I�ve been enjoying books by @Karen_Lord, @nkjemisin, @matociquala, Marie Brennan, @catvalente, and @stinaleicht. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:08:15 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines When did you develop an interest in writing and how did you pursue that? Classes? Workshops? Learn on your own? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:08:39 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @jimchines Oh please, I could probably flood Jim and #sffwrtcht with questions all by myself. 
(Thu Jul 26 01:08:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Some great reads in there. Stina’s is powerful but hard to read. I need to get to Lord, Jimisin and Brennan #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:09:13 +0000 2012)
CassandraYorgey: RT @jimchines: My interest in SF/F comes from the fact that swords and magic and spaceships and lightsabers are AWESOME. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:09:24 +0000 2012)
LianaBrooks: RT @jimchines: Lately, I�ve been enjoying books by @Karen_Lord, @nkjemisin, @matociquala, Marie Brennan, @catvalente, and @stinaleicht. … (Thu Jul 26 01:09:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @jimchines Oh please, I could probably flood Jim and #sffwrtcht with questions all by myself/ Dear GOD no! (Thu Jul 26 01:09:44 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @jimchines I am going to be good, Bryan and not be a ball hog. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:10:12 +0000 2012)jimchines: Honestly, I started writing because it looked like fun. I did workshops and an MA in English, but mostly it’s all about practice. @sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:10:27 +0000 2012)
SF_Novelists: RT @jimchines: Lately, I�ve been enjoying books by @Karen_Lord, @nkjemisin, @matociquala, Marie Brennan, @catvalente, and @stinaleicht. … (Thu Jul 26 01:10:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin If you’re playing with balls, we just don’t want to know #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:10:36 +0000 2012)jimchines: There�s no substitute for sitting down, writing, failing, & figuring out how to spin those failed stories into something golden. @sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:10:48 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines How long did you write before making your first sale? #sffwrtcht #practicemakesperfect (Thu Jul 26 01:11:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Don’t worry, they all will shortly. They’re just waking up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:11:35 +0000 2012)
Dean_Stahl: @jimchines I hate to be a bother, but you may want to use the # for #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:11:48 +0000 2012)
followthelede: RT @jimchines: My interest in SF/F comes from the fact that swords and magic and spaceships and lightsabers are AWESOME. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:12:10 +0000 2012)jimchines: I think it was three or four years. I wrote a story about an enchanted bunny dagger. It won first place at Writers of the Future. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:12:14 +0000 2012)
LeahPetersen: Tonight’s #sffwrtcht is going to ROCK! RT @bryanthomass: @PrinceJvstin If you’re playing with balls, we just don’t want to know (Thu Jul 26 01:12:15 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Dean_Stahl The transcript picks it up with # or @ but yes, sffwrtcht column didn’t. (Thu Jul 26 01:12:16 +0000 2012)jimchines: Nobody was more surprised than I was when I won. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:12:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@jimchines Yes, I saw that. Is it linked to read online via your website? I want to read that #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:12:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Well hearty congrats to you for that win! Did you get involved with Cons and costuming before you were an author? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:13:16 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: .@jimchines, What have you learned in creating well-formed female protagonists in writing the Princess novels and Libriomancer? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:13:18 +0000 2012)
DeborahJRoss: @jimchines @sffwrtcht I started writing because my dad was a printer and I wanted to make books, too. (Thu Jul 26 01:13:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin The protagonist of Libriomancer is male, but maybe change occurs in book 2 for him 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:13:59 +0000 2012)jimchines: Blade of the Bunny isn’t on the website, but is in my e-book collection KITEMASTER & OTHER STORIES. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:14:02 +0000 2012)
michellewitte: RT @jimchines: There�s no substitute for sitting down, writing, failing, & figuring out how to spin those failed stories into someth … (Thu Jul 26 01:14:21 +0000 2012)
kodermike: Just made the commute run in under 12 parsecs. Time to grill @jimchines about goblin pellets and writing #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:14:24 +0000 2012)jimchines: I didn�t, and I wish I had. I started going to cons because I thought I was supposed to do that as an author. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:14:28 +0000 2012)jimchines: Once I got involved with cons and found my tribe and realized what I�d been missing, I wished I�d started decades ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:14:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Well, I’m in the same boat, so I can relate. Do you usually start with characters or plot? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:14:57 +0000 2012)
BJMuntain: RT @jimchines: There�s no substitute for sitting down, writing, failing, & figuring out how to spin those failed stories into someth … (Thu Jul 26 01:15:24 +0000 2012)
spacejock: @BryanThomasS @jimchines re waking up, that’s literally the truth in Australia (2nd coffee time) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:15:28 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS I consider Lena to be very much Isaac’s equal. #sffwrtcht @jimchines (Thu Jul 26 01:15:32 +0000 2012)jimchines: It depends, but usually the plot comes first. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:15:35 +0000 2012)BJMuntain: RT @jimchines: Honestly, I started writing because it looked like fun. I did workshops and an MA in English, but mostly it’s all about p … (Thu Jul 26 01:15:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike @spacejock heh Welcome from down under – g’day, bruce #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:15:52 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@DeborahJRoss Janet was a wonderful *person*. She gave me so much help and support when I was starting out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:15:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@PrinceJvstin Not saying she isn’t equal on one level but it’s his POV and clearly his story #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:16:27 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@PrinceJvstin Heh … there’s a secret, and I’ll reveal it later in the chat #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:16:42 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @jimchines You use a lot of humor in your work. Is that a natural extension of your own sense of humor or desire to fill a niche? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:16:54 +0000 2012)followthelede: @jimchines Have you always written SFF fiction? No other form or genre? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:17:06 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: The last two of your shorts I’ve read featured zombies. What is it about zombies that interests you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:17:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: By the way, all @followthelede has contests running where you can win advance copies of INK her novel at Goodreads & LibraryThing #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:03 +0000 2012)jimchines: Oh, the humor is all me. When I started out, I was trying to write only SERIOUS, MEANINGFUL stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:08 +0000 2012)jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:16 +0000 2012)
Jamie_Grey: RT @jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines And what�s the trick to writing humor well? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:34 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@followthelede I’ve done a few mainstream stories, but it’s been 99% SF/F. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:38 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: #snort RT @jimchines: Oh, the humor is all me. When I started out, I was trying to write only SERIOUS, MEANINGFUL stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:18:57 +0000 2012)jimchines: @PrinceJvstin Lena is … wow. Lena requires a lot more than 140 characters to really talk about #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:19:18 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @jimchines: .@followthelede Ive done a few mainstream stories, but its been 99% SF/F. <—me too! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:19:18 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @jimchines quite! A small chunk of my review will be about her. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 26 01:19:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We’ll start with Lena is a dryad, she’s in human form but one with trees and nature, magical, powerful, and yet complicated #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:08 +0000 2012)LianaBrooks: RT @jimchines: Oh, the humor is all me. When I started out, I was trying to write only SERIOUS, MEANINGFUL stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:08 +0000 2012)LianaBrooks: RT @jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:13 +0000 2012)
muchadoabout77: RT @jimchines: Oh, the humor is all me. When I started out, I was trying to write only SERIOUS, MEANINGFUL stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:15 +0000 2012)jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:18 +0000 2012)muchadoabout77: RT @jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:19 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht #tips #scifi #mywana #fantasy (Thu Jul 26 01:20:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht #tips #scifi #mywana #fantasy (Thu Jul 26 01:20:34 +0000 2012)followthelede: Thanks for mentioning =) MT @sffwrtcht: you can win advance copies of @followthelede’s INK her novel at Goodreads & LibraryThing #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:48 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: RT @jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:20:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @jimchines Your Jig series has just come out in omnibus this summer. Where�d the idea for Jig and the Dragonslayer bks come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:21:18 +0000 2012)followthelede: Any poetry? RT @jimchines: .@followthelede Ive done a few mainstream stories, but its been 99% SF/F. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:21:22 +0000 2012)
ls_taylor: RT @jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:21:33 +0000 2012)
jolblondgiant: RT @jimchines: My interest in SF/F comes from the fact that swords and magic and spaceships and lightsabers are AWESOME. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:21:59 +0000 2012)
jezri1: RT @BryanThomasS: RT @jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht #tips #scifi … (Thu Jul 26 01:22:30 +0000 2012)jimchines: @followthelede I published one humorous sonnet, and have a few other unpublished poems, but that’s about it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:22:35 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@followthelede I published one humorous sonnet, and have a few other unpublished poems, but that’s about it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:22:45 +0000 2012)
cindypon: @jimchines i think it takes more than just being funny. humor one of the hardest things to pull off in writing imo! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:23:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede @jimchines is not at his Shakespeare stage yet… #givehimtime #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:23:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @cindypon It was a joke, just so you know. But there is also truth in the fact you need to understand what’s funny & why #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:23:56 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@cindypon Oh, I agree. Writing humor *well* is hard. I’m not sure there’s really a secret, though. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:24:14 +0000 2012)
renae_jones: RT @jimchines: The secret to writing humor well? Mostly, I think it comes down to being funny. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:25:41 +0000 2012)followthelede: Do you think you need esp. well-drawn characters to carry off humor? RT @jimchines: .@cindypon Except maybe practice. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:25:43 +0000 2012)spacejock: #sffwrtcht @cindypon @jimchines Humour is even harder to write than humor. You hardly see ‘humour’ on twitter at all. (Thu Jul 26 01:26:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede To me, humor comes not just from characters but situations, settings and the combination thereof. So depends. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:26:43 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@followthelede It depends. A lot of my humor comes through character, so for me it helps a lot. But I don’t think it’s required. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:27:01 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: The Princess novels are 3rd person but Libriomancer is 1st person POV. Why the switch? #sffwrtcht @jimchines (Thu Jul 26 01:27:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin Damn. I was totally going to ask that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:27:30 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@spacejock You know, I think there’s a plugin that will fix that spelling problem for you #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:27:39 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Your Jig series has just come out in omnibus this summer. Where�d the idea for Jig and the Dragonslayr trlgy come frm? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:28:07 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@PrinceJvstin I wanted to do something new, and LIBRIOMANCER just felt like a first-person story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:28:18 +0000 2012)jimchines: I wanted to poke at some of the fantasy tropes and clich�s I was seeing, and Jig was the perfect vehicle to do that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:28:43 +0000 2012)jimchines: Also, I just wanted an excuse to write nose-picking jokes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:28:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines What mythos did you use as a basis for your goblins? There are so many different descriptions, etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:29:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines And everyone says @jimchines is the go to guy for authentic goblin nose picking scenes to this day! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:29:37 +0000 2012)jimchines: A little Tolkien, a little D&D, a little generic fantasy mishmash. Goblin society draws a bit on Junior High bullying, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:29:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: It’s interesting bc humor can b so culturally specific. I wonder if there’s anything that’s univ. funny? @jimchimes @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:30:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Just from the cover and blurbs I knew D&D might have been an influence How much were you involved w/ RPGS growing up? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:30:41 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede People slipping on banana peels is funny in any culture…if they know what a banana is #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:31:03 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@followthelede You mean aside from nose-picking jokes? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:31:19 +0000 2012)jimchines: Yeah, I�ve been playing D&D for a quarter of a century now. I had the old dice you had to color with a crayon and everything. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:31:37 +0000 2012)jimchines: We did Author D&D at ConFusion earlier this year. Best convention experience ever! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:31:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: I totally missed out those dice. @jimchines What to your mind are the core elements of a good adventure fantasy? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:32:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Yes, I was quite jealous of missing that game… #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 26 01:32:31 +0000 2012)kodermike: I wonder if @jimchines cosplayed at confusion…? http://t.co/0HxPbKVy#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:33:39 +0000 2012)jimchines: Real characters. Real conflicts. Real tension. Good worldbuilding. And something that makes the reader go, “Oh, cool!!!” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:34:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Can a monster be a hero? What are the tools one uses to keep them other and still make them relatable to readers? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:34:32 +0000 2012)kodermike: RT @jimchines: Real characters. Real conflicts. Real tension. Good worldbuilding. And something that makes the reader go, “Oh, cool!!!” … (Thu Jul 26 01:34:55 +0000 2012)jimchines: Sure. But you have to understand them. Why do they fight? What do they care about? Don’t just make them funny-looking humans. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:35:32 +0000 2012)jimchines: I think Jig works because he�s smart and just wants to be left alone, but he�s also unapologetically goblin. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:35:45 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @jimchines Funny, I was wondering while reading Libriomancer what would happen if a magician reached into a Players Handbook #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:36:17 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines You followed the Jig bks with Princesses. Was that inspired by being a dad? Irritation with how women are portrayed? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:37:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin LOL True. That would be fun. @jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:37:17 +0000 2012)jimchines: A bit of both. My daughter was going through a princess phase, and I got fed up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:37:36 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: You imagine a twist on Cinderella in Stepsister Scheme, mermaids in Mermaid�s Madness & girls vs. wolves in Red Hood�s Revenge #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:37:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Fed up with women’s roles? Princesses? Fairy tales with not enough ass kicking? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:38:10 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Which versions of the fairy tales/legends did you use as the basis for your twists or did you mix and match? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:39:23 +0000 2012)jimchines: Fed up with passive female characters always needing to be rescued, with women being turned into trophies to be won. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:39:33 +0000 2012)jimchines: Sun, Moon, and Talia. Anderson�s Little Mermaid. Aschenputtel. The Crystal Casket. Older, pre-Disney stuff. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:39:58 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Gotcha. I thought that might be the case. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:40:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@jimchines As a male writer, how do you about getting inside women�s heads to write believable characters? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:40:23 +0000 2012)jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins. Hm… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:41:40 +0000 2012)jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:04 +0000 2012)renae_jones: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:42:10 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: @BryanThomasS He does this: http://t.co/RkJiVIrn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Now that he’s freed princesses frm cliche, @jimchines does the same for Librarians. What’s a Libriomancer where�d that idea strt? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:34 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:41 +0000 2012)
_Ameranth: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:42:49 +0000 2012)_Ameranth: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines It’s a subject we’ve discussed with guests before that lots of people wonder about. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:42:52 +0000 2012)followthelede: MT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? Ppl ask me that a lot Nobody ever asks me how I write believ. goblins #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:43:00 +0000 2012)
shilohwalker: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:43:03 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @jimchines And Libriomancer tackles that, explicitly as well as implicitly, oh so very well indeed.#sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:43:18 +0000 2012)muchadoabout77: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:43:24 +0000 2012)muchadoabout77: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:43:31 +0000 2012)
Rachel_Aaron: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:43:35 +0000 2012)Rachel_Aaron: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:43:40 +0000 2012)jimchines: A libriomancer is someone with the ability to reach into books and create things from their pages. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:43:57 +0000 2012)jimchines: The idea came from a train of thought that went, “OMG WOULDN’T IT BE AWESOME IF I COULD REALLY DO THIS???” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:44:21 +0000 2012)
KatWithSword: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:44:31 +0000 2012)CassandraYorgey: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:44:37 +0000 2012)CassandraYorgey: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:44:58 +0000 2012)
GargoylePhan: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:45:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines For me, it borders on horror & urban fantasy. As well as comedy and adventure fantasy. What you were shooting for? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:45:16 +0000 2012)
emoontx: RT @jimchines: Lately, I�ve been enjoying books by @Karen_Lord, @nkjemisin, @matociquala, Marie Brennan, @catvalente, and @stinaleicht. … (Thu Jul 26 01:45:25 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @JimCHines Yeah, it never made sense to me that some people think women are more alien than, well, aliens. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:45:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The premise is that vampires are sending someone to kill Porters, of which you hero is a member. & he�s drawn into investigating. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:45:35 +0000 2012)jimchines: I was playing with some urban fantasy tropes, and I definitely wanted some fun and humor. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:45:46 +0000 2012)
JayDzed: RT @jimchines: Fed up with passive female characters always needing to be rescued, with women being turned into trophies to be won. #sff … (Thu Jul 26 01:45:53 +0000 2012)jimchines: Not sure about the horror, but sure, I�ll take it! It�s the book that has everything for everyone! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:45:55 +0000 2012)JayDzed: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:45:57 +0000 2012)cindypon: @followthelede i think challenge is to make humor effortless. not trying too hard. unless that’s the humor! tricky. @jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:00 +0000 2012)JayDzed: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon I think it’s more men with the cliche “we don’t understand women” that acts as a barrier @jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:09 +0000 2012)
AnitaKingWrites: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:46:09 +0000 2012)
louisbshalako: RT @jimchines A libriomancer is someone with the ability to reach into books and create things from their pages. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:14 +0000 2012)AnitaKingWrites: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:15 +0000 2012)
tournevis: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:46:15 +0000 2012)
MikeRUnderwood: RT @jimchines: A libriomancer is someone with the ability to reach into books and create things from their pages. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:16 +0000 2012)MikeRUnderwood: RT @jimchines: The idea came from a train of thought that went, “OMG WOULDN’T IT BE AWESOME IF I COULD REALLY DO THIS???” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon I write my female characters like anyone else and always have so I’ve never seen it as an issue @jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:46:52 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines What are porters and how does magic from books work exactly? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:47:04 +0000 2012)
dsgood: .@jimchines Perhaps people assume you write believable goblins because you’re one yourself? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:47:06 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: @BryanThomasS Well, FTMP, you guys don’t understand us, sorry. Seriously, though, we’re wacko. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:47:11 +0000 2012)jimchines: @cindypon @followthelede Or at least making it *look* effortless! #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 26 01:47:12 +0000 2012)emoontx: RT @jimchines: I’ll be tweeting a lot from 9-10 tonight for #sffwrtcht. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! (Thu Jul 26 01:47:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines When I say horror, I don’t mean terror or shock but there are some elements of horror I think #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:47:36 +0000 2012)jimchines: Porter is the common term for members of Die Zwelf Portenaere, an organization created by Johannes Gutenberg. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:47:49 +0000 2012)jimchines: Gutenberg was the 1st known libriomancer. He learned to use mass-produced books to tap into the collective belief of the readers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:48:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @LeahPetersen Maybe not but it has more to do with individuals less with general gender to me #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:48:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines A dick with automatons though. Tell us about those bad boys, please #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:48:49 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@dsgood I’ve had people tell me that Jig on the cover of my goblin books looks a lot like me… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:48:57 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Imagine writing a story then randomly assigning genders. (I’d never do that–the proofreading would drive me mad!) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:49:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon It’s an exercise I’ve heard used in factr #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:49:39 +0000 2012)jimchines: Gutenberg had many enemies, so he whipped up some bodyguards. The automatons are nasty. Isaac’s both fascinated and scared of em. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:49:56 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @LeahPetersen Of course we are! We’re all human. Wacko is part of the territory regardless of gender. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:05 +0000 2012)jimchines: I love the secrets Isaac discovers about the automatons, but I can�t talk about that without spoiling things. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:06 +0000 2012)
LatverianLisa: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:50:15 +0000 2012)LatverianLisa: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:18 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines You know, he does have your nose and that one long tooth… @dsgood #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:19 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @jimchines yeah, that’s a huge spoiler. Musn’t spoil that! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:38 +0000 2012)
einfach_mich: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:50:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines No right. But I like the way they are woven with biblical verses as spells and the invincibility #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:48 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS Yes, but dealing with non-gendered pronouns is enough craziness for me! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:49 +0000 2012)jimchines: .@Wyld_Dandelyon I flipped the gender of a protagonist in a story years ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:50:55 +0000 2012)jimchines: It forced me to see a lot of my own invisible assumptions and sexism. I recommend it as an exercise. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:51:19 +0000 2012)
wordforteens: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:51:21 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines You make interesting use of vampire culture. Combining the various mythos into a community. What gave you the idea? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:51:25 +0000 2012)wordforteens: RT @jimchines: But the real secret-come closer, everyone-the big secret is that women … are people. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:51:28 +0000 2012)jimchines: It was a logical extension of libriomancy. If you can reach into books, you also risk bringing things out unintentionally. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:52:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Yeah that would be a pain. I made that mistake in one of the questions I sent to @jimchines but he pointed it out #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:52:38 +0000 2012)jimchines: As a result, most species of vampire are actually book-born. From Stoker, Rice, Hamilton, Huff, etc. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:52:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines It’s clever and it totally removes your need to pick a mythos. They all exist! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:53:16 +0000 2012)jimchines: There’s even a vampire species called Sanguinarius Meyerii, informally known as sparklers… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:53:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Do you outline or pants it? #sffwrtcht Do you plan your trilogies in advance before writing or outline as you go? (Thu Jul 26 01:53:37 +0000 2012)
loveshistorical: RT @jimchines: I finally said the heck with it and started having fun. Coincidentally, that�s when I sold my first story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:53:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Oh yes, the sparklers was a nice touch… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:53:48 +0000 2012)LeahPetersen: MT @jimchines: I flipped the gender of a protagonist. It forced me to see my own invisible assumptions & sexism. I recommend it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:53:48 +0000 2012)
opheliamlet: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:53:49 +0000 2012)
RebeccaTomorrow: RT @LeahPetersen: MT @jimchines: I flipped the gender of a protagonist. It forced me to see my own invisible assumptions & sexism. I … (Thu Jul 26 01:54:07 +0000 2012)jimchines: I’ll be doing something a little different with werewolves in book two, though. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:54:13 +0000 2012)followthelede: Interesting exercise. Wld work with other isms too. MT @jimchines: forced me 2 see a lot of my own invisible assumpt. & sexism. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:54:14 +0000 2012)
xbeautyxtruthx: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:54:47 +0000 2012)jimchines: Outline. My brain isn�t big enough to hold an entire novel. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:55:05 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @jimchines the Renfelds, yeah #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:55:11 +0000 2012)jimchines: I do some planning for the series, but like my book outlines, a fair amount changes as I go, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:55:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Do you use Scrivener or other “writing software tools”? Write to music? Any rituals? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:55:24 +0000 2012)jimchines: Microsoft Word with Pandora playing a Lord of the Rings station during my lunch hour every day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:56:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines What�s your writing time look like-specific block? Write til you reach word count? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:56:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Nice. I write to LOTR soundtracks too and Indiana Jones #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:56:48 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @jimchines Oh, there are lots of interesting writing exercises that are enlightening, but maddening in fixing the details! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:56:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines can be found online at Facebook, Twitter via his websitehttp://t.co/0w8U5w62 and his blog http://t.co/kELrN4C6. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:57:14 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@jimchines can be found online at Facebook, Twitter via his websitehttp://t.co/tpFWm7fk and his blog http://t.co/wzVJ8kL7. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:57:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines What�s the best and worst writing advice you�ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:57:42 +0000 2012)jimchines: I write during my lunch break at work every day and squeeze in a bit of evening and weekend time when I can. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:58:02 +0000 2012)followthelede: @jimchines What trends or directions in SFF do see as most interesting/most filled with possibilities at the moment? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:58:29 +0000 2012)jimchines: So much to choose from! BAD ADVICE: You MUST write short fiction before you try novels. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:58:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Wow that’s an easy 140 character question for the end of the hour… @jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:58:58 +0000 2012)
inkhaven: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 01:59:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:59:29 +0000 2012)jimchines: I’m seeing more diversity in SFF, and I think (I HOPE!) that will continue to grow. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 01:59:57 +0000 2012)followthelede: You should know by now, I’m not an “easy” person. ;p MT @BryanThomasS: easy 140 character ? for the end of the hour@jimchines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:00:23 +0000 2012)jimchines: Right now, most of my energy is going into the Magic ex Libris series. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:00:52 +0000 2012)
adampknave: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 02:01:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines When can we expect book 2? Does it have a title? Does it pick up where LIBRIOMANCER left off? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:01:51 +0000 2012)
matociquala: @jimchines I really think our generation of SFF writers is the Rainbow Age. More variety, more diversity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:02:01 +0000 2012)jimchines: My deadline for book two is 3/1/2013. I’m guessing it will be out toward the end of 2013. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:02:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:02:42 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #fantasy #writing #leiber and more with returning guest @paulskemp #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:03:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #fantasy #writing #leiber and more with returning guest @paulskemp #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:03:01 +0000 2012)jimchines: No title yet, but I have been emailing my editor about cover art ideas We’ll probably see Lena on the cover of book two. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:03:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @jimchines Awesome. Thanks so much for taking time to chat. It was really great to have you and I loved the book! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:03:36 +0000 2012)jimchines: @matociquala We’ve got a long way to go, but I’m seeing signs of hope and progress. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:03:47 +0000 2012)
OohhMyGosh: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 02:03:56 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:05 +0000 2012)
oddparticle: RT @LeahPetersen: MT @jimchines: I flipped the gender of a protagonist. It forced me to see my own invisible assumptions & sexism. I … (Thu Jul 26 02:04:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede LOL Oh for sure I know that #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:21 +0000 2012)followthelede: Small increment, IMO. MT @matociquala: @jimchines I think our gen of SFF writers is the Rainbow Age. More variety, more diversity #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Feel free to tweet the giveaway links on #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:35 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @matociquala @JimCHines I think there are also publishers who are embracing diversity. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:04:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@jimchines Yes it has. Check out Libriomancer everyone! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:05:08 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:05:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jul 26 02:05:12 +0000 2012)matociquala: @jimchines Yes. Always room for improvement–but there’s a lot of awesome out there to promote/embrace/enjoy! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:05:15 +0000 2012)followthelede: Thanks for answering our ?s =) RT @jimchines: Thanks for having me! Its been fun! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:05:36 +0000 2012)matociquala: @followthelede HUGE increment. So many wonderful women writers, writers of color, queer writers, transgendered writers now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:06:30 +0000 2012)followthelede: Thanks. Yeah, giveaway on GR & Lib Thing. Latino Spec Fic. My novel #INK. RT @BryanThomasS: Feel free to tweet the giveaway links #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:06:50 +0000 2012)matociquala: @followthelede We need to read/share/promote these works and writers. Diversity of voices is our strength. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:07:32 +0000 2012)
phoenixflorid: RT @jimchines: How do I write believable female characters? People ask me that a lot. Nobody ever asks me how I write believable goblins … (Thu Jul 26 02:08:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @matociquala That’s what #sffwrtcht tries to do, believe me. And @followthelede will be one of them on soon. (Thu Jul 26 02:09:00 +0000 2012)
jsprunk70: RT @BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #fantasy #writing #leiber and more with returning guest @paulskemp #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:09:07 +0000 2012)followthelede: Go to http://t.co/WKD7NSyG for links to giveaways of #INK. RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede Feel free to tweet the giveaway links #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 26 02:09:48 +0000 2012)Participants
=)