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sffwrtcht: This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/HSTBiRCd #space (Thu Oct 04 00:48:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:01:05 +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 Oct 04 01:01:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Oct 04 01:01:25 +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 Oct 04 01:01:33 +0000 2012)
Ben_J_L: @monsterhunter45 first question! what are your plans for the country for the next 4yrs? #sffwrtcht let’s get this debate started! (Thu Oct 04 01:01:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 10/10 @cischafer 10/17 @followthelede 10/24 Roundtable: Fantasy 10/31 @frabjousdave 11/07 @MelindaSnodgrass #sffwrtcht . (Thu Oct 04 01:01:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/HSTBiRCd (Thu Oct 04 01:02:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight’s guest grew up on a dairy farm in El Nido, California, drinking milk directly from the tank & reading any books he cld #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:02:38 +0000 2012)
monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L I promise 100% employment. Because we will need lots of workers to dig all those mass graves. 
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RobHBedford: @monsterhunter45 What is the toughest criticism of your published work you’ve had to swallow? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:11 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @monsterhunter 45 is the NYT bestselling author of the Monster Hunter Internl series, the Grimnoir Chrncls, & Dead Six. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: After developing a passion for Louis L’Amour, he read Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks then discovered Feist & Eddings #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He began writing little stories in school notebooks andeven illustrated them w/ dragons, swords & lots of explosions, bc why not? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:27 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @RobHBedford Personal attacks based entirely on them being jerk faces. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He then went on to develop a fascination for guns, later attending Utah State University. For fun, he played RPGs and took karate #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:49 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: RT @BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He then joined the LDS and went to Alabama to ride a bike in a white shirt and black tie in the Southern Sun. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:05:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: This later became the setting for his hit Monster Hunter series. His later career as a CPA, gun dealer/instructor didn’t hurt. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:05:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Discovering people liked his stories about monster hunters, he got disgusted with his rejection letters & decided to self-pub #sffwrtcht. (Thu Oct 04 01:05:58 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: After a fan passed an early copy to this book store owning friend at Uncle Hugo’s, 2k copies &a spot on the EW bestseller list #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:06:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Uncle Hugo introduced him to @BaenBooks , and all of a sudden, he had a publishing contract. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:06:55 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He’s now a finance manager with a defense contractor in Utah, married to a girl who agreed to a 1st date at a shooting range #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:07:23 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht Glad to be on. Thanks for having me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:08:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 You have an inspiring success story. Congratulations. I really enjoyed reading the 1st 2 Monster Hunter books #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:08:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Where’d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:08:28 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: RT @sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Welcome to #sffwrtcht Larry! (Thu Oct 04 01:08:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I read a ton as a kid. SF/F was my favorite. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:09:29 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I read a lot as a kid. SF/F was my favorite. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:09:31 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:09:47 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I was a pretty nerdy kid. Read Dune when I was 8. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 You said that in your bio and your mom didn’t believe you so she quizzed you, right? LOL #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:27 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: @monsterhunter45 ever get tired of people asking you how to write guns into their SFF? If not, what exactly do hollow points do? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:33 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Have you re-read Dune since, Larry? Does it still hold up for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:37 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I think the best writer around right now is Dan Simmons. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Ben_J_L Am I seeing things? Are you actually here for #sffwrtcht? (Thu Oct 04 01:11:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Dan Simmons. I’ve heard a lot of compliments for Hyperion, which I have yet to read #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:55 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L I actually did a FAQ on my blog on that topic. How to write guns. It is under the best of tab. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:56 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin @BryanThomasS I haven’t read it for probably a decade, so can’t really say. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:12:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Besides Simmons, anyone you’d recommend? I’m a big Eddings fan myself #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:12:56 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Hyperion is freaking brilliant. It is Canterbury tales in space with the most convoluted plot ever. and it rocks. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:13:08 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Hyperion is one of my desert island books. Definitely. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:13:44 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht Shout out to my buddy @TheDanWells for his Serial Killer series. Excellent stuff. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:14:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 When did you decide to become a storyteller and how did you get your start? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:14:48 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht sadly writing kills most of my reading time, so I don’t get to read as much as I used to #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:15:11 +0000 2012)
MorlockP: .@monsterhunter45 Larry, TJIC here (met @ Burlington MA signing) Q: if you had it to do over, still go the self-publishing route? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:15:45 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @David_Annandale yeah, and there is a #sffwrtcht tonight too. It’s getting buried. (Thu Oct 04 01:16:23 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 How did you get started learning your craft? #sffwrtcht Study in school? Learn as you go? Workshop? (Thu Oct 04 01:17:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Which came first–plot or characters? Theme? World? #sffwrtcht\ (Thu Oct 04 01:17:48 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht sorry computer just went down. On phone. #sffwrtcht restating (Thu Oct 04 01:19:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 Oh wow. Sorry. That happened to me last week. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:19:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 We’re at how you learned craft #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:19:56 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I read a really bad #1 bestseller and decided I could do better. About 10 years ago. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:20:19 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Which came first with MHI, plot, theme, character, world? #1 #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:20:45 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @MorlockP yes. But much prefer traditional. U only self publish it u are a marketing beast. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:21:01 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 #sffwrtcht you’re not the first author I’ve heard who was motivated to write by a lousy bestseller/genre novel. (Thu Oct 04 01:21:19 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS learned as I went. Self taught on writing. No writing in school hated English. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:21:36 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 How long does a typical novel take you to write? #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:21:56 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS in MHI. World. Then characters. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:22:03 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin won’t name him. Super nice guy in person. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:22:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Did you envision it as a series or did that come later? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:23:21 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht about 6 months. Fastest was 3. Hard Magic. Longest 8. MHA. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:23:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: The series, at least in book 1, centers around Owen Zastava Pitt, an accountant whose werewolf boss tries to eat him. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:23:43 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @CChupik Please use #sffwrtcht when referring to the chat. Thanks. So everyone can follow (Thu Oct 04 01:24:01 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS stand alone, but left open for series if I could sell it. Had series planned and hoped for best. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:24:09 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He’s later introduced to Monster Hunters International, after the leaders of this secret group admire his taking out the werewolf #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:24:18 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS twitter seems to be down on my PC. Gonna have to use iPhone. Forgive my typos. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:24:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 How long did it take to write MHI? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:24:56 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @sffwrtcht To be fair, his boss was a jerk too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:25:34 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS about 7 months. Then a year of editing because I didn’t know what I was doing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:25:36 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: No worries. We won’t hold it against you .@monsterhunter45 Are you an outliner or pantser? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:26:13 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Outliner. Usually about 5-10 pages for a novel, so pretty loose stuff. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:27:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Where’d the idea for MHI come from? Real CPA life nightmares, or should I say, daydreams? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:27:08 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Sorry for the technical difficulties. Thanks for bearing with us anyway. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:27:49 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht A humor thread on a gun forum called “lines I’d like to hear in a horror movie some day” #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:28:01 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 The Owen character is physically similar to you and has similar interests. Short cut to writing the character? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:28:26 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht It was about replacing the usual stupid teenagers with a bunch of gun nuts. Hiliarty ensued. It gave me the idea I #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:28:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Did you use some of those lines then? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:28:45 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Twitter seems to be back up. Yay. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:28:57 +0000 2012)
talekyn: @monsterhunter45 Do you loosely outline short stories, too? Or approach them differently? @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:29:21 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht Yes and no. He has my sense of humor and the gun nuttery was mostly so he could actually survive the book. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:29:34 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In MHI, Owen and the Hunters find themselves up against a powerful mystery man who’s trying to find an amulet and control time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:29:50 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht And he was an accountant because it was the most stereotypically boring job I could think of (Thu Oct 04 01:30:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In book 2 the monsters hv Owen on a hit list, putting his family & new fianc�e, Julie, whose family owns MHI, in trouble #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:30:34 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I did. The opening quote from Dillis freeman is the one that started it all. About the target rich environment. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:30:34 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @talekyn @BryanThomasS Very loose on shorts stories. Usually one page of notes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:30:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 It sounds obvious but what the heck is a monster hunter? And does it pay well? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:31:02 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I am writing for someone else’s IP right now (secret NDA stuff) but on that I have to outline more fr continuity #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:31:58 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 So, in a way, you also started with a built in fan base from the forum. How have they responded? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:31:59 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS They are contractors that take care of monster problems for fun and profit. think xfiles meets expendables. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:32:37 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 I’ll be interested to see if that collaboration with John Ringo happens mentioned in your bio. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:32:54 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Awesome They are why my self pub took off, and they are still a huge, great fan base. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:33:09 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 What monster lore did you use to base your various vamps, werewolfs, zombies, etc. on? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:33:10 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Most other writers I know are jealous of my fanbase. They are hard core, loyal, and absolutely great #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:33:34 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS It is planned. post apocolyptic steam punk with giant insects. yes. I know. Friggin sweet. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:34:08 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 You continue with the same characters in the 1st 2 bks. Is Owen at the center in all or do others take center? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:34:28 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In MH Legion, international hunters gather in Las Vegas for a conf, when a creature from a WWII weapons experiment wakes up #sffwrtcht 1/2 (Thu Oct 04 01:34:37 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht All of it. some movies, some folklore, some just made up. Whatever catches my fancy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:34:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: and goes on a rampage across the desert. A wager between rival companies turns into a race to see who cn bag the creature 1st #sffwrtcht 2/2 (Thu Oct 04 01:34:53 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Steampunk. Giant Insects. Post Apocalypse? I’d read that! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:34:55 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht The cool part is I can pick and choose from so many to fit whatever I want to accomplish in the story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:35:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: That’s very true, @monsterhunter45 How big of an influence were RPGs on your monster pantheon? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:35:45 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht MHA was about Earl Harbinger. MHL is back to Owen. MHN will be about Franks. Every other book is OZP and advances t #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:36:05 +0000 2012)
CChupik: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Is it true that it’s going to be titled “But I Hate Steampunk!” 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:37:09 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht advances the main. #sffwrtcht lost twitter again (Thu Oct 04 01:37:11 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin @bryanthomass it should be pretty cool #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:37:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 I suspect it’s overloaded tonight, what with all the Larry Correia fans and maybe a few debate people too #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:38:06 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS huge. I love gaming. Check out my Kickstarter. Doing an MHI game now. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:38:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Please give us the link for that. We’ll spread the word. I was wondering if there was a game. So it’s an RPG? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:38:47 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @CChupik @bryanthomass Ringo is writing this one out of spite. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:38:53 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS it is am RPG done with Hero Games Champion system. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:40:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 You use a great deal of humor. Is that a natural part of your personality coming out? How hard is it to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:40:41 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Found it on Kickstarter:http://t.co/xqWoxRry #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:40:46 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS we have funded over $32,000 in the first 2 days. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:40:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin Thanks, sir @monsterhunter45 #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:41:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 Congrats. My Kickstarter is way behind, sadly #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:41:10 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I love having humor. The more dangerous your job the better your humor has to be #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:41:41 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht MHI has such a dangerous job that they have to have a dark sense of humor to survive. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:42:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 I do think humor is a survival instinct for people, especially in such high stress, dangerous jobs #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:42:33 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin @bryanthomass thank you. It is pretty neat. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:42:45 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 My dad trained paramedics and doctors. They always have warped senses of humor #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:42:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 What’s your writing time look like–specific block? Write ’til you reach word count? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:43:09 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I’ve worked w lots of people w that type of job. Usually very funny folks. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:43:46 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: @monsterhunter45 is it just me or did the Avengers movie totally rip off the ending of MHI? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:44:35 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS exactly. You either laugh or cry, and hard to work if you are crying. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:44:35 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Where did you get the idea for the Grimnoir books @monsterhunter45 #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:45:14 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht long weekends. Marathon Saturdays. Maybe and hour or two on weeknights. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:45:17 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Do you have any writing rituals or tools? Scrivener? Word? Something else? Do you write to music or in silence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:45:23 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht still manage to do 2 books a year and still have my day job, though I’ve gone part time #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:45:56 +0000 2012)talekyn: ” @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS You either laugh or cry, and hard to work if you are crying. #sffwrtcht” Well said! (Thu Oct 04 01:45:59 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht will be full time writer next year. Can’t keep doing both though I love working for military #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:46:40 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Btw, just read the orc wedding before chat. Hits Owen on head GROK! “I do.” Hits Julie on head. GROK! “I do” #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:46:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Hilarious yet in the midst of very dark foreboding in the storyline. Well done. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:47:18 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L Probably coincidence. Something just too awesome not to do. I’m sure somebody did that nuke portal thing before me too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:47:40 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L If not however, Joss Whedon should totally make one of my books into a movie to make up for it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:48:04 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin Wanted to write an epic fantasy. Brainstorming, son was reading Noir Spiderman. So wrote epic fantasy set in 30s. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:48:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Still, how cool would it be if Joss Whedon was influenced by you? @Ben_J_L #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:48:48 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @PrinceJvstin Worked out pretty darn good too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:48:50 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Just Word. Nothing fancy. I do write to music and have several thousand songs ready to go. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:49:14 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS different charactes and scenes will often get their own theme songs.#sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:49:33 +0000 2012)CChupik: @monsterhunter45 @sffwrtcht What Larry is too modest to say is: “Buy more of my books so I can quit my day job”. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:49:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 There 4 MH books. How many are planned? Or do you just write them as ideas come to you? There’s a main plotline #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:49:55 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS for the record, Hard Magic predates Inception’s gravity shifting hotel fight scene too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:50:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 Me too. I’m dying to finish this book after chat. Heh. Read two in the past 10 days. That’s a rarity #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:50:36 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @CChupik @sffwrtcht I’m not modest at all. That is a fine idea. You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:51:08 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht There are at least 4-5 more planned, though I do have the overall story arc plotted out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:51:30 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Your Grimnoir novels have an ex-con war hero PI w/ magic abilities used by Feds to track magic-using criminals #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:51:47 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Hard Magic and Spellbound are out so far. Are there more entries planned in that series? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:52:00 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @monsterhunter45 that’s high praise, too, Bryan #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:52:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 And what was the genesis of that idea? I am a huge noir fan myself #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:52:35 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I am working on Warbound now. which ends the trilogy, though there are 2 planned stand alones in teh same world #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:53:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Do you mix the humor in with the noir, urban fantasy setting in this series as well? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:54:33 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I love the time period and I’m a history nut. Grimnoir enabled me to combine two loves. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:54:37 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @kodermike It is toward the beginning. You shouldn’t miss too much. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:55:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Is that a standalone or another series? Seems perhaps Gulf War inspired? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:55:17 +0000 2012)CChupik: RT @monsterhunter45: @CChupik @sffwrtcht I’m not modest at all. That is a fine idea. You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:55:21 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I do, but they are darker than MHI. They are set during the depression and times were harsh. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:55:43 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht Though there are some really funny bits and some light hearted charcters there too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:56:07 +0000 2012)CChupik: @monsterhunter45 @sffwrtcht You heard it from Larry Correia, folks.:D #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:56:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Ooops, running short on time @monsterhunter45 What’s the best and worst writing advice you’ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:56:14 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS Sorry. Must have missed one. Dead 6? It is the first of a trilogy. Mike Kupari had just got back from being a – #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:57:03 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 I used to work for history channel so I can understand that love. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:57:09 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS contractor in the middle east. We originally wrote D6 as an online serial. Later got it published. Sold 2 more. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:57:36 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 So 1 more Grimnoir, 2 MH, 2 Dead 6? What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:58:01 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@BaenBooks author Larry Correia can be found as @monsterhunter 45 here, via his website/blog at http://t.co/G8Ul8jtO or on FB #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:58:26 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@BaenBooks author Larry Correia can be found as @monsterhunter 45 here, via his website/blog at http://t.co/3ThTCVIj or on FB #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:58:26 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #fantasy #writing #climbing and more with @nighshadebooks author @cischafer Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:58:50 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #fantasy #writing #climbing and more with @nighshadebooks author @cischafer Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:58:50 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS there are 2 steps to being a pro writer. 1. Get good enough people will give you money. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:59:02 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS 2. Find the people that will give you money. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:59:23 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS oh man. I’ve got a history channel pitch for you. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:59:54 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @monsterhunter45 LOL is this good advice or bad advice? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:59:55 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 LOL I don’t work for them now, unfortunately #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:00:15 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I have 18 novels under contract across 5 series. It is crazy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:00:27 +0000 2012)kodermike: First heard @monsterhunter45 on Writing Excuses, now on #sffwrtcht – check out the DRM free books on http://t.co/iC9TqJ8B :) (Thu Oct 04 02:00:35 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 So you’re gonna be busy then? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:00:46 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS good. Simplistic but ultimately true. That is all there is to it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:01:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 LOL Thanks for being here. I really enjoyed the MH books so far. Made me a fan. Pleasure to have you! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:01:31 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @kodermike yea. Baen is great. Tons of free Ebooks too. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 02:02:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:02:21 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:02:22 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:02:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:02:33 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 A distinct pleasure! Have a great night and continued success! Come back any time! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:02:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht Come back next week for @nightshadebooks author @cischafer! (Thu Oct 04 02:04:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht Come back next week for @nightshadebooks author @cischafer! (Thu Oct 04 02:04:23 +0000 2012)CChupik: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS “Histories Greatest Monster Hunters”? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 02:05:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/HSTBiRCd #space (Thu Oct 04 02:06:04 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/x8SxtpWI #space (Thu Oct 04 02:06:05 +0000 2012)Participants
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