sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/29 Roundtable:Outlining with @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @KittyNorville1 (Carrie Vaughn) 9/19 @author_sullivan #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 00:57:44 +0000 2012)=
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:15 +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 Aug 23 01:00:27 +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 Aug 23 01:00:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Aug 23 01:00:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. Our guest has deadlines so chat will be 1 hour tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:58 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight’s guest is a 2011 Philip K. Dick Award nominee for her debut science fiction novel, A SOLDIER’S DUTY from @acerocbooks.#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor lives in the Pacific Northwest with a middle-aged cat and no castle, but she still has the dream. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:27 +0000 2012)
chippermuse: Good guests coming up! MT @sffwrtcht: 8/29 Outlining @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @KittyNorville1 9/19 @author_sullivan (Thu Aug 23 01:01:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She has a Ph.D. in Religions and is the great-niece of award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Nunnally Johnson. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The national bestselling author of the Sons of Destiny Paranormal Romance series, incldng The Sword, The Wolf, The Cat & The Mage #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her Theirs Is Not To Reason Why #militaryscifi series includes A Soldier’s Duty and An Officer’s Duty from @acerockbooks #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:19 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: A third book in that trilogy will follow in 2013. She can be found online athttp://t.co/QObFljt9 or Twitter and Facebook #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:35 +0000 2012)chippermuse: Howdy, @BryanThomasS @JeanJAuthor and everyone else! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her stories have appeared in anthologies like Space Battles, The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance, An Enchanted Season #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The Mammoth Book of Time Travel, Space Grunts, and Elemental Magic. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She’s also a good friend of this host and a lot of fun. Welcome @JeanJAuthor! Thanks for joining #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:03:04 +0000 2012)
JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Hi hi, everyone, hello, welcommen, bienvenue, koniciwa, yo! *& other randomly misspelled greetings, lol* (Thu Aug 23 01:03:07 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: Hello, @jeanjauthor and welcome to #sffwrtcht. Glad to see you here! 
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talekyn: #sffwrtcht is staring now, with guest @JeanJAuthor (SF author Jean Johnson). Come join us! (Thu Aug 23 01:03:27 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: welcome to our little corner of chaos. @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:03:33 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor First things first, where’d your interest in science fiction and fantasy come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:03:41 +0000 2012)
sandykidd: RT @talekyn: #sffwrtcht is staring now, with guest @JeanJAuthor (SF author Jean Johnson). Come join us! (Thu Aug 23 01:04:01 +0000 2012)talekyn: @JeanJAuthor Wei gehts, and stuff like that there! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:04:40 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Hello, Michael! Hello Lurkers! Hello Moon! XD …Sorry, I have a Sense of Humor, & I’m not afraid to wield it. >.>* (Thu Aug 23 01:04:52 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor you’ll fit right in with this crowd #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:05:10 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Fantasy, Mum for reading fairy tales to me. Dad, for watching scifi with him. (Thu Aug 23 01:05:11 +0000 2012)
petersnede: Checking into #sffwrtcht — hello all. Hello @JeanJAuthor (Thu Aug 23 01:05:22 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS Hey, I’m just glad I’m not still in the hospital, so I’ll accept your sarcasm with a smile. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:05:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:05:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn Well yeah, me, too. That blacking out thing was not for the “faint of heart” heh #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:05:47 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Ooh, squee, one of my favoritest ladies in the world, @sandykidd !! (Thu Aug 23 01:05:52 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht ohlordlonglist AlanDeanFoster MercedesLackey RobertAsprin MarionZimmerBradley AnneMcCaffrey PiersAnthony & more (Thu Aug 23 01:06:25 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor When did you decide to become a storyteller and how did you get your start? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:06:48 +0000 2012)talekyn: ” @BryanThomasS That blacking out thing was not for the “faint of heart” ” Jokes like this prove that we’re brothers. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:07:21 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I was 8-ish, read a book I didn’t like the ending, & decided to rewrite it. I knew it was crap, but I had fun, so kept doing it. (Thu Aug 23 01:07:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn Heh I slipped that in there just to see if you’d catch it, bro #proudtobeyourbrotheranyday #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:07:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor How did you get started learning your craft? #sffwrtcht Study in school? Learn as you go? Workshop? Bribe a genie? (Thu Aug 23 01:08:01 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht When I was 15, I wanted to be “a rockstar & a writer on the side” or “an astronaut & a writer on the side” (Thu Aug 23 01:08:04 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @JeanJAuthor *pom-poms!* Nice to see you on #sffwrtcht, Ms. Fabulous. (Thu Aug 23 01:08:27 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I wised up & put the writing first when I was 15. Took me 20 years to get good enough to be noticed after that. (Thu Aug 23 01:08:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor LOL Even then she had writer as a side job. #utterrealist #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:08:43 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I enjoyed doing it, I had great English Teachers, & learned to dissect good writing. (Thu Aug 23 01:08:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor When did you sell your first piece? What was your big break? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:09:12 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I had the usual tonne of rejection notices for years, then decided to post stuff online, get feedback & include w/ the next story (Thu Aug 23 01:10:02 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @JeanJAuthor @BryanThomasS Jean’s motto is Scripto Ergo Sum (I write, therefore I exist). Now I understand why! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:10:12 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht “See? I haz a following!” type stuff, lol. But…got sucked into writing fanfics. got noticed after posting some of them (Thu Aug 23 01:10:22 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Jean’s bestselling 8 book Sons of Destiny #paranormalromance from @AceRocBooks is the story of 8 bros on an island under a curse #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:10:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Got noticed by an editor? Invited to do something? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:10:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor Where’d the idea for the Sons Of Destiny come from and did you sell it as eight books? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:11:10 +0000 2012)talekyn: @PrinceJvstin @shadowflame1974 @chippermuse Thank you all. I’ll admit I was scared, despite my upbeat tweets. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:11:11 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht She offered me a chance to submit women’s lit, and since I don’t do chick-lit, THE SWORD was submitted & accepted (Thu Aug 23 01:11:20 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor Book 1 of Sons, THE SWORD. It’s the story of eight brothers and a curse, right? Tell us a bit about that. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:11:53 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht It started as a What If question, what if a woman from our world ended up in a world of magic, but she herself didn�t gain any? (Thu Aug 23 01:12:01 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I came up with the idea of 8 brothers, a prophecy, & it took off from there. (Thu Aug 23 01:12:15 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Originally I was offered a 3 book contract, negotiated it up to 4 books (no agent zomg!)& then the rest were 2 book contracts. (Thu Aug 23 01:12:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Interesting. And when did you get that first bestseller? Which book? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:13:20 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht It’s a world where magic and prophecies are real, so when one suggests the 8 brothers will destroy an empire, they’re exiled (Thu Aug 23 01:13:39 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @talekyn I’ll bet. How are you feeling now? @PrinceJvstin @shadowflame1974 #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:13:41 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht But the prophecy also says they’ll gain 8 brides along the way(Thu Aug 23 01:14:08 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The first official bestseller was book 3 THE MASTER, but then it was written 5 years after the first 1.5; the writing was better. (Thu Aug 23 01:15:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor I read the 5th book but from what I gather, in THE SWORD< Kelly comes from our world to a #fantasy world Nightfall #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:15:24 +0000 2012)talekyn: @JeanJAuthor You just had to go Seven Brides for Seven Brothers one better, eh? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:15:46 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @JeanJAuthor Ok, I’ll bite. Did you do multiple POV? And if so, how many? 8+ boys & brides is a LOT. Love it tho! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:15:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@chippermuse Each book is the story of a different brother’s finding his wife. Although there are throughlines. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:16:13 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht That’s correct, she winds up in a world of magic, but she herself doesn’t have any (unlike many similar plots). (Thu Aug 23 01:16:14 +0000 2012)talekyn: @chippermuse @PrinceJvstin @shadowflame1974 Much better today. Taking antibiotics for the infections; getting heart monitor tom. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:16:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse Books 5 and 6 are simultaneous through different POV characters, for example #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:16:32 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht It’s 8 individual romances tied together by a HUGE fantasy plot; my editor complained at one point (Thu Aug 23 01:16:55 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht “There’s too much plot! Put in a smut scene!” So I did. (That was book 4, THE SONG.) (Thu Aug 23 01:17:13 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Which came first-plot or characters? Theme? World? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:17:14 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Book 6, THE STORM, hit the Extended NYTimes Bestseller List (at like #37, they only print to #30 in the paper, #50 online). (Thu Aug 23 01:17:58 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Um…probably in this case, What If, followed by characters, world, & theme (Destiny) last. (Thu Aug 23 01:18:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Book 5 is not that smutty. Just near the end. But the plot and characters are engaging. #readthesmuttwice #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:18:38 +0000 2012)
timothycward: @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht My novel also includes an exile. Most times I’m embarrassed about that because it feels so cliche. What do you think (Thu Aug 23 01:18:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor How long does a typical novel take you to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:18:57 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The theme of Fate vs. Destiny does play a big part in my series writing. (Thu Aug 23 01:18:58 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht *cough* Book 5 THE CAT is actually quite smutty, if you count seduction, not just copulation. (Thu Aug 23 01:19:35 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht (Please be 18+ before reading the fantasy romances–or be able to lie convincingly–since they are indeed smutteh at points…) (Thu Aug 23 01:20:07 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: .@jeanjauthor, much of your oeuvre is fantasy and romance. So what’s behind the Theirs Not To Reason Why series? #sffwrtcht? (Thu Aug 23 01:20:09 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @JeanJAuthor Sometimes we need smut >.> <.< #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:20:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Well, Christian housewives are more sensitive than I am after being corrupted by my #sffwrtcht regulars (Thu Aug 23 01:20:39 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Sigh, I was young and innocent once. My life was so carefree… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:20:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor So what’s something those of us who hadn’t read paranormal romance before should know #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:21:16 +0000 2012)timothycward: @BryanThomasS Hey, it’s been awhile since I’ve been on #sffwrtcht. Glad to stop in before bed. 1200 words is good for me, so now I relax. (Thu Aug 23 01:21:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @timothycward Good for you. You beat me today. I was editing all day. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:21:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Perhaps something that we wouldn’t expect? #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 23 01:22:09 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @BryanThomasS *Ahem.* Exactly who is corrupting who around here? LOL! #sffwrtcht @JeanJAuthor (Thu Aug 23 01:22:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht It’s a romance. Expect relationship stuff. Possibly smut. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl gets boy back (Thu Aug 23 01:23:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor How does paranormal romance differ from the harlequin sterotype or does it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:23:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse They’ve calmed down since you joined us. It used to get crazy up in here… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:24:01 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @JeanJAuthor Would love to hear you talk about plotting. Assume you must do it in detail to tell 8 stories & connect it all. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:24:09 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Do you follow a normal romance structure or throw from the hip? (Thu Aug 23 01:24:34 +0000 2012)chippermuse: @BryanThomasS Ah I see. I have a calming influence. HAHAHA! #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 23 01:24:46 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @shadowflame1974 “throw from the hip” – and the corruption of @JeanJAuthor begins anew… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:25:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor I know @timothycward asked about keeping the exile plot device from becoming cliche if you have thoughts. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:25:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Madison_Woods We are interviewing @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:25:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht being a rabid eqlist at hrt I tend to aim for women who have inner strength–by the end of the bk if naught else (Thu Aug 23 01:26:24 +0000 2012)
Madison_Woods: I’ll be lurking and trying to keep up! @BryanThomasS @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:27:01 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @JeanJAuthor So you don’t think HFA stories are really romances? #sffwrtcht?(Thu Aug 23 01:27:05 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: #sffwrtcht Jean: Other than that, my Romances have Happy Endings, Dammit. (If it doesn’t have a Happy Ending it’s a Tragedy, plain & simple) (Thu Aug 23 01:27:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT Jean: #sffwrtcht Exile plot, yeah, can be cliche/trope-ish. In mine, *SPOILER* it turns out the prophcy ws interprtd a little too vaguely (Thu Aug 23 01:28:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor You need a t on #sffwrtcht for us to follow please (Thu Aug 23 01:28:15 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Oh crud, was typing in my replies with the wrong hashtag! >.<(Thu Aug 23 01:28:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor I got your back and RTed them. Keep going #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:28:59 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @JeanJAuthor what is the biggest difference between urban fantasy and PR #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:29:17 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Please check #sffwrtch for my replies…sorry, sorry… (Thu Aug 23 01:29:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: FYI @JeanJAuthor has some follow up duologies/standalones in the Sons universe as well from @AceRocBooks #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:29:51 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor You’re good. I put them on the feed. #sffwrtcht #sffwrtch(Thu Aug 23 01:30:07 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Was on a panel with Kat Richardson & Jim & Shannon Butcher for that question. Urban Fantasy = LotR set in Manhattan (Thu Aug 23 01:30:21 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Paranormal Romance = Beauty & The Beast set in Manhattan. (Thu Aug 23 01:30:38 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor What elements make it paranormal? Yours seems more fantasy romance to me. Was it the shapeshifters? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:31:08 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The main difference between Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance is the focus of the story, is it the fantasy, or the romance? (Thu Aug 23 01:31:41 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Urban Fantasy doesn’t have to have romance. Paranormal Romance doesn’t have to be in an urban setting. (Thu Aug 23 01:32:08 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht It was the first book, Kelly from the perfectly normal USA, winding up in a world of fantasy. (Thu Aug 23 01:32:33 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Ah ok. @JeanJAuthor Then you decided to do #militaryscifi, a bit of a switch. Where’d the idea for the Theirs series come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:32:54 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I’d classify all of ‘em as Fantasy Romance, but for that one bit. Marketing, Paranormal Fantasy was/is hotter, so they stayed. (Thu Aug 23 01:33:09 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Like I said, Theirs Not is a story I’ve been working on for decades, in a universe developed all the way back in HS. (I’m 40.) (Thu Aug 23 01:33:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor How much research did you have to do? And did that part start and end before you write or continue as you went? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:34:00 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The idea started with a handful of dreams, & a curiosity about the psychology of service, willingly giving up the self for others (Thu Aug 23 01:34:39 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Pfff, been interviewing cousins & friends for many years. I’m always interviewing, researching, reading…always. *headdesk* (Thu Aug 23 01:35:21 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor And book one got a Philip K. Dick Award nomination this year. Congrats! Outliner or pantser? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:35:35 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I have to shoehorn new leisure reading books into my schedule, lol. (Thu Aug 23 01:35:37 +0000 2012)kodermike: @JeanJAuthor Do you read within the genres you write, or try to avoid? (or not) #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:35:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Ha shoehorn books in. I know that feeling. Got one today I’m dying to read. Who knows when I’ll have time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:36:30 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Sticky-noter. I mark down the highlights/important moments on sticky-notes, then make up the stuff between as I go. (Thu Aug 23 01:36:50 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Usually nothing too close to whatever I’m trying to write at that moment. I don’t want close contamination. (Thu Aug 23 01:37:29 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Every writer picks up something from the things they read, of course; there’s really no single stand-alone idea out there. (Thu Aug 23 01:37:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor Protagonist Ia is a precog with some special gifts. For one, she’s half human, half Feyori. What’s that? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:38:13 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht But I try not to read anything too close to what I’m working on. Leisure reading = relaxation, and that’s work, not relaxing, lol (Thu Aug 23 01:38:24 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The Feyori are energy-based beings that can make the energy = mass conversion at the SQUARED speed of light (#badmath #twitch) (Thu Aug 23 01:39:18 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht But the conversion is never 100% so when they = mass & breed, they imbue psychic (energy) manipulation potential into their kids. (Thu Aug 23 01:39:48 +0000 2012)petersnede: @JeanJAuthor — are there any authors whose work you would compare (or aspire) yourself to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:40:09 +0000 2012)talekyn: @JeanJAuthor Does your process change at all when you write short stories vs. novels? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:40:17 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht When they go from mass > energy, they *cough* have a little excess mass residue which they either carry around or dump somewhere. (Thu Aug 23 01:40:19 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht In Ia’s case, she ended up with massive precognitive & other abilities. Her half-twin Thorne has only the potential for ‘em. (Thu Aug 23 01:41:00 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor And Ia’s a soldier but also a half-twin and a priest from two mothers? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:41:08 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Thorne shares Ia’s (Feyori) father, but they have 2 different mothers, so = half-twin. (Thu Aug 23 01:41:25 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Ia’s an overachiever, all, you know, just so you know. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:41:30 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Yes, the process does change. I barely have any sticky notes at all, lol; I hold most short story plots firmly in my head. (Thu Aug 23 01:42:03 +0000 2012)kodermike: @JeanJAuthor Well there goes the image of literally having two different mothers 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:42:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor Ia also earns a Marine nickname “Bloody Mary.” Tell us how it comes abt & she’s not the military female stereotype #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:42:37 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Ia is definitely an overachiever, but she’s NOT perfect…& in book 3, the entire premise for the series gets shattered. Badly. (Thu Aug 23 01:42:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike Well, the mothers are married. The father was a sperm donor, basically. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:43:07 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht One of my beta-editors read that & asked “You just destroyed the entire series premise in book 3–what are you doing in book 4??” (Thu Aug 23 01:43:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: In Officer’s Duty, she goes home to visit & we learn abt her family which I really enjoyed Then joins the Naval Officer’s Academy #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:43:49 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht My answer, a most evilly-delivered: “Muahahahaaa…” (As Dr. Horrible says, it’s all about standards!”) (Thu Aug 23 01:43:56 +0000 2012)kodermike: @BryanThomasS Bah. I was thinking physically – like shared…melded energy and body…you know, it almost made sense in my head. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:44:18 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Yup. Since she’s trying to prevent the Milky Way from being destroyed in 300 years, long after she’s dead and gone… (Thu Aug 23 01:44:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor So it wasn’t enough challenge to learn one military branch, you wanted to learn two? More research? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:44:41 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht …Ia has to set up a legend about herself to encourage people to follow her directives after she’s dead & gone. *shrug* (Thu Aug 23 01:44:46 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht In my futuristic military, officers gain more respect if they’re field-promoted from the ranks, so…she gets herself promoted (Thu Aug 23 01:45:14 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht But she still has to learn HOW to be an officer, hence the Academy. (Thu Aug 23 01:45:28 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht The typical military stereotype female = more male than men. In my future, women are equal to men, but still women. (Thu Aug 23 01:46:02 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I’d go into great detail as to why, but just go find “The Armored Rose” by Tobi Beck & read it. GREAT book on female fighters. (Thu Aug 23 01:46:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @kodermike Well if you take it in the biblical sense of marriage making two people one, then… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:46:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor What’s your writing time look like-specific block? Write `til you reach word count? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:47:31 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht *SPOILER* She ends up dealing with all 4 Branches at some point or another…Army, Navy, Marines, Special Forces (Thu Aug 23 01:48:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Stop making us all precogs, Jean #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:48:39 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Some days I write to the wordcount; other days it’s being held hostage by plot-bunnies (Think Monty Python bunnies.) (Thu Aug 23 01:48:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Oh come on, it’s just a bunny… #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:49:05 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor What’s the best and worst writing advice you’ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:49:17 +0000 2012)
kerravonsen: @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht Goody! I expect something more interesting then a finale which happens long after the protagonist is dead. (Thu Aug 23 01:49:33 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Ah, but that’s the trick; Ia doesn’t see ONE future, she sees ALL futures as possibilities/probabilities/percentages. (Thu Aug 23 01:50:14 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht You can say that, in a cloud of butterflies, one’s wingflaps will start a hurricane…but can you pick out WHICH one’s wingflaps? (Thu Aug 23 01:50:50 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: @kerravonsen #sffwrtcht I will say–as I always have–that this series does NOT end how you think it ends. (Or you–or you over there…) (Thu Aug 23 01:51:29 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I honestly cannot remember one single piece of advice. I’ve received a lot over the years. A lot. Most of it good. (Thu Aug 23 01:52:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor How many books do you plan in the series? Book 2, Officer’s Duty, just arrived. When’s book 3 out? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:52:08 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I guess…to keep writing & believing in myself, & never ever believe my writing is 100% perfect, but never cling to it, either? (Thu Aug 23 01:52:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor Fair enough. Good advice… Translation: Never cling to your smut… #ohwait #kidding #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:53:13 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Book 3, Theirs Not To Reason Why: HELLFIRE will be released early August 2013 (don’t shoot, I don’t schedule these things!) (Thu Aug 23 01:53:20 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @john_zeleznik: Late arriving lurker. Howdy. <—–also late arriving. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:53:23 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Book 4, Theirs Not To Reason Why: DAMNATION will be released…um…sometime after that. Probably Aug 2014. *headdesk* (Thu Aug 23 01:53:49 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Is book 4 turned in or are you writing it now? #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 23 01:54:10 +0000 2012)
john_zeleznik: @Wyld_Dandelyon Writing tonight. I found a groove & I’m transcribing from my writer’s notebook. Took a break to chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:54:15 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Nah, by “never cling to it” I mean the 3 Hardest Parts About Writing (Thu Aug 23 01:54:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@JeanJAuthor So you have two or three more of the Theirs Not books coming. What else can we expect in your future projects? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:55:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor I knew that, I was just having fun with ya. #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 23 01:55:09 +0000 2012)john_zeleznik: @Georgia_McBride @xjaeva @sharpegirl There are kids that can switch perfectly, depending who they are talking to. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:55:21 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht 1. Start the Damned Book. 2. Finish the Damned Book, 3. Know When Enough Editing Is Enough (i.e. don’t edit it to death!) (Thu Aug 23 01:55:27 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht (2 more, not 3). I also have a new 8 book fantasy romance series, Guardians of Destiny, set in the same Sons of Destiny world. (Thu Aug 23 01:56:24 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Again, active on Twitter, @JeanJAuthor can be found at his websitehttp://t.co/QObFljt9 and Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:56:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Again, active on Twitter, @JeanJAuthor can be found at his websitehttp://t.co/iPCQiwZA and Facebook. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:56:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor 8 more books? Wow. All contracted? #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:56:44 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Currently working on the first of that series, THE TOWER. We finally get to meet Kerric Vo Mos, mentioned only by name previously (Thu Aug 23 01:56:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like’ our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:57:05 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk outlining with guest host @ robynmcintyre in our first RoundTable since Spring #sffwrtcht #writing #mywana (Thu Aug 23 01:57:18 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @john_zeleznik I wasn’t so lucky. Was visiting a dying friend. I just found out she was sick. )-: #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:57:22 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht First 4 are under contract, THE TOWER, THE GROVE, THE GUILD, THE TEMPLE, to be followed by the remaining 4 eventually… (Thu Aug 23 01:57:25 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht THE DRAGON, THE HOST, THE HARPER, THE MASQUE (Thu Aug 23 01:57:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Wow. You go girl! Congrats! That’s awesome. #sffwrtcht(Thu Aug 23 01:57:47 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Release date for THE TOWER will probably be autumn of 2013.(Thu Aug 23 01:58:03 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Alas, my hour is up; my guests have arrived (playtesting a new RPG system based on Animes, it’s fun)…so I have to go. (Thu Aug 23 01:58:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Yes, thanks for joining us. We really enjoyed having you #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:58:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:59:02 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @JeanJAuthor I’m glad I got to be here for part of the chat. Thanks for joining us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:59:28 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht …Or visit my website, http://t.co/3xGzSr0J –Again, please be patient with my webminister; she has serious family health issues (Thu Aug 23 01:59:36 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Roundtable next week all. #sffwrtcht And kind thoughts for Jean’s good friends’ husband who is dying of cancer imminently (Thu Aug 23 01:59:46 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @JeanJAuthor Thank you for the chat tonight and congrats on your book contracts #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:59:48 +0000 2012)kodermike: RT @BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk outlining with guest host @ robynmcintyre in our first RoundTable since Spring #sffwrtcht #writing … (Thu Aug 23 01:59:58 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Have a good night, everyone–may the books you read make you laugh/growl/cry/argue out loud, & NOT make you wanna throw ‘em away. (Thu Aug 23 02:00:35 +0000 2012)talekyn: @JeanJAuthor Thank you, Jean! The time went too fast! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 02:00:42 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Announcement: I am editing three anthologies next year. The first has headliners Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress & Robert Silverberg #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 02:00:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor You did great. Thanks so much. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 02:00:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: More info to come on the other anthologies. #sffwrtcht But at least 1 also has Mike Resnick committed. Coediting with John Helfers. (Thu Aug 23 02:01:30 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht I hope he’s not, but…well, I’m praying for both of them; it’s all anyone can do at this point. (Thu Aug 23 02:01:31 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Have a good night, everyone–may the books you read make you laugh/growl/cry/argue out loud, & NOT make … (Thu Aug 23 02:01:51 +0000 2012)JeanJAuthor: #sffwrtcht Thank you very much; books–reading or writing ‘em–are a great escape…and awaaaay I go! *dashes off* (Thu Aug 23 02:01:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @JeanJAuthor Yeah, sorry to be morbid. 140 characters to explain how serious it is. Hang in there. Thoughts & prayers with you #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 02:01:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: And so the announcement just flew by unnoticed. Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 02:02:38 +0000 2012)Participants
