BryanThomasS: Future Guests 10/24 Roundtable: Fantasy with @wyld_dandelyon 10/31 @frabjousdave 11/7 @melindasnodgrass 11/14 @kameronhurley #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 00:56:52 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Chat! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:00:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Chat! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:00:07 +0000 2012)
talekyn: RT @followthelede: RT @shadowflame1974 10 MIins till showtime with @followthelede talking about her novel @#INK #Sffwrtcht #latinolit #b … (Thu Oct 18 01:00:11 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:00:20 +0000 2012)
kodermike: @followthelede this is the part where we get to grill you, right? 
#sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:00:24 +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 18 01:00:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: But please feel free to interrupt @followthelede as often as I try to #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:01:09 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Born in Bangkok, Thailand the daughter of a Mexican-Guatemalan artist & American businessman, @followthelede grew up in Guatemala #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:01:41 +0000 2012)talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias, aka @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism politically charged INK. (Thu Oct 18 01:01:43 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She was 15 when she moved to the U.S., later studying filmmaking and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:01:57 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: RT @talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias, aka @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism politically char … (Thu Oct 18 01:02:14 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: @sffwrtcht @followthelede whoohoo congrats! on publication #Sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:02:25 +0000 2012)
Wyld_Dandelyon: Next week our topic is Fantasy, Light and Dark in honor of All Hallows Eve – right @BryanThomasS ? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:02:25 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She’s worked as everything from an art gallery assistnt to an opera house dirctr thn started a career in newspapers in NY and PA. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:02:36 +0000 2012)
sandykidd: RT @talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias, aka @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism politically char … (Thu Oct 18 01:02:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She’s currently Managing Ed of Philadelphia’s largest Spanish language newspaper, Al Dia, also a #sffwrtcht #latism regular & soc media fan. (Thu Oct 18 01:03:19 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Indeed @followthelede ADORES chaos. So please, give her pleasure by creating it tonight. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:03:42 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works o … (Thu Oct 18 01:03:48 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias / @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism charged INK. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:03:50 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In addtn to news, her poetry has appeared in Dappled Things, Graham House Review, We’Moon, an upcoming issue of Bull Spec. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:04:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: In addtn to news, her poetry has appeared in Dappled Things, Graham House Review, We’Moon, an upcoming issue of Bull Spec. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:04:08 +0000 2012)
crossedgenres: RT @talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias, aka @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism politically char … (Thu Oct 18 01:04:36 +0000 2012)
TeresaFrohock: RT @talekyn: Time for #sffwrtcht, with Sabrina Vourvoulias, aka @followthelede, author of the dystopian magical realism politically char … (Thu Oct 18 01:04:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her fiction has appeared in Crossed Genres in the Fat Girl in a Strange Land and Crossed Genres Year Two anthologies and GUD. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:04:59 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her debut #sf novel, Ink, is out frm @crossedgenres, a futuristic tale abt a US where tattoos mark immigrtn status for pop cntrl #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:05:46 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @sffwrtcht: Her fiction has appeared in Crossed Genres in the Fat Girl in a Strange Land and Crossed Genres Year Two anthologies and … (Thu Oct 18 01:06:00 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She lives in a charming, dilapidated old farmhouse outside Philadelphia with her husband and brilliant, cantankerous teen daughtr #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:06:04 +0000 2012)
followthelede: RT @sandykidd: Hooray, it’s @followthelede and #sffwrtcht! (Thu Oct 18 01:06:05 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @sffwrtcht: Indeed @followthelede ADORES chaos. So please, give her pleasure by creating it tonight. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:06:10 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Her daughter refuses to speak spanish just to annoy her, thereby endearing me #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:06:32 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: Welcome to the other side of the Sffwrtcht desk @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:06:43 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @sffwrtcht: Her debut #sf novel, Ink, is out frm @crossedgenres, a futuristic tale abt a US where tattoos mark immigrtn status for po … (Thu Oct 18 01:06:45 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: She can be found via her website/blog at http://t.co/R64SCQk9 as well as at #sffwrtcht and #latism as @followthelede (Thu Oct 18 01:06:46 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: She can be found via her website/blog at http://t.co/jFalBfrA as well as at #sffwrtcht and #latism as @followthelede (Thu Oct 18 01:06:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to #sffwrtcht @followthelede Sabrina Vourvoulias! (Thu Oct 18 01:07:02 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Oh yeah, I added a few things and forgot to tell you #sffwrtcht 
(Thu Oct 18 01:07:16 +0000 2012)followthelede: Hi all. RT @sffwrtcht: Welcome to #sffwrtcht @followthelede Sabrina Vourvoulias! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:07:29 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: By the way, Beyond The Sun funded at #kickstarter an hour ago. Good news for the #sffwrtcht antho. Very exciting! (Thu Oct 18 01:08:25 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede First things first, where’d your interest in science fiction and fantasy come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:08:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: I’ve always been a voracious reader. I started w fairy tales & mythology & was quickly drawn to lit w similar qualities #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:09:17 +0000 2012)followthelede: So, as a kid I read Tolkien and Bradbury; Homer and Miguel Angel Asturias; Arthurian legend and the Popol Vuh. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:09:29 +0000 2012)talekyn: RT @BryanThomasS: By the way, Beyond The Sun funded at #kickstarter an hour ago. Good news for the #sffwrtcht antho. Very exciting! (Thu Oct 18 01:09:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede To celebrate and embrace chaos, I will be tweeting my questions tonight 30 seconds apart and see how you catch up #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:09:44 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: Right now @followthelede is the guest of @sffwrtcht, talking about INK, writing, editing, & being published! http://t.co/3aOZUZwF #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:09:49 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:09:53 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede When did you decide to become a storyteller and how did you get your start? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:08 +0000 2012)followthelede: Ursula Le Guin & Octavia Butler are simply brilliant. I love Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Ana Castillo, Elena Poniatowska #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:22 +0000 2012)followthelede: Borges, Marquez, Francisco Goldman, Louise Erdrich, Amy Tan. Leslie Marmon Silko, Uwem Akpan, Barbara Kingsolver #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:31 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: Next week our topic is Fantasy, Light and Dark in honor of All Hallows Eve – right @BryanThomasS ? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:34 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: Next week our topic is Fantasy, Light and Dark in honor of All Hallows Eve – right @BryanThomasS ? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:34 +0000 2012)followthelede: Charles de Lint, Peter Beagle, Terri Windling, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Nnedi Okorafor, Emma Bull, Barbara Krasnoff #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:40 +0000 2012)kodermike: @BryanThomasS – @followthelede already knows the script – time for random questions, like, what’s your favorite flavor of onion? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:41 +0000 2012)followthelede: I could go on, you know. But, really, any writing that leaps takes my breath away. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:10:48 +0000 2012)followthelede: I started writing poetry & prose poems when I was in second grade. My first poem was published in fifth grade. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:11:01 +0000 2012)followthelede: I started writing creative non-fiction in HS & short stories in college. I was always, from day 1, a kid who told tales #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:11:11 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: How do you think your poetry influences your prose writing? @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:11:39 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @followthelede: I started writing creative non-fiction in HS & short stories in college. I was always, from day 1, a kid who told … (Thu Oct 18 01:12:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Obviously you learned your craft in college studying creative writing. Did you study writing before that? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:12:03 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Is it true you once were a blue eyed blonde but they made you convert to a foreign look at the US border? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:12:37 +0000 2012)followthelede: @PrinceJvstin journalism, too. They’re like 3 dif rhythms in writing: Poetry=bachata; fiction=cumbia; journalism=reggaeton #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:12:46 +0000 2012)followthelede: At college I studied mostly poetry. But I took a short story course w Allan Gurganus which made me fall in love with fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:13:32 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede So by telling tales you mean you’d fit in at a Romney family reunion then? #sffwrtcht #cantresist (Thu Oct 18 01:13:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sffwrtcht Nope. And never wanted to be blond, either. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:13:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Where’d you get the idea for Ink? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:14:15 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS My tales are more entertaining than Romney’s. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:14:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: Idea 4 INK: From the stories I was hearing from the undocumented immigrants I knew. Then I saw a tiny newspaper story in Spanish #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:15:09 +0000 2012)followthelede: about an undoc immigrant in NY who was dumped across the CT border without $, phone or ID, & a cog in the plot was born. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:15:17 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Which came first–plot or characters? Theme? World? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:15:48 +0000 2012)followthelede: <3 RT @sandykidd: @followthelede Your stories are more believable, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:16:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: Characters. Always characters first with me. RT @sffwrtcht: @followthelede Which came first–plot or characters? Theme? World? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:16:20 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede I can’t confirm that. I haven’t finished your tales yet. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:16:23 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede How long did the novel take you to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:16:58 +0000 2012)followthelede: But already my language is varied. RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede I cant confirm that. I havent finished your tales yet. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:17:24 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede It’s great the way pieces of story fall together like that over time. They reach for you, even w/o being called. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:17:28 +0000 2012)followthelede: 4 or 5 yrs of active writing. But some ideas & characters were in my head from 10-12 years ago, maybe even longer.@BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:17:50 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sandykidd The characters prompt action or inaction according to temperament. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:18:40 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Is Ink a standalone? How many books are planned? #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:18:41 +0000 2012)
kaolinfire: RT @followthelede: <3 RT @sandykidd: @followthelede Your stories are more believable, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:18:48 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede Were the magical aspects of the story intended from the very beginning? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:19:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sffwrtcht LOL. With the way I give guests here grief about multi-book series, you think I’d tell you? #INK is a standalone #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:19:32 +0000 2012)
Jaleta_Clegg: @followthelede Congrats on your book! *lurking tonight* #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:19:45 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede Might we see more of Mari and Meche someday? <3 <3 #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:20:00 +0000 2012)followthelede: There was always magic, but it did change. RT @talekyn: Were the magical aspects of the story intended from the very beginning? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:20:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Outliner or pantser? #sffwrtcht HA! I had to ask. If it took 4-5 years, you’d better be the latter. (Thu Oct 18 01:20:52 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sandykidd Ha! Everyone loves Meche. Maybe I should keep her mysterious. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:20:59 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sffwrtcht I never outline anything but my eyes. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:21:33 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: In Ink, biometric tattoos mark anyone with immigration history used for population control by zealot citizens & government #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:21:41 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede You use four POV characters over a 10-yr span, which creates an unusual structure. What made you choose that? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:22:22 +0000 2012)kaolinfire: @followthelede Yes! Congratz! And lurking! 
#sffwrtcht @Jaleta_Clegg (Thu Oct 18 01:22:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn MAGIC? I’m on page 138 due to a ton of computer problems. What magic? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:22:46 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: This is true. Getting @followthelede to provide an outline is like pulling teeth. Even if you’re her editor. @sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:04 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sffwrtcht Much of #INK is concerned w the failure, manipulation & reclamation of collective memory, HAD to have more than 1 POV #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:17 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We start with a journalist, Finn, who goes to investigate leads on govt pop control officials and winds up falling for his source #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:19 +0000 2012)talekyn: Follow up: How did it change from concept to completion? ” @followthelede There was always magic, but it did change.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:35 +0000 2012)PrinceJvstin: What do you see as the advantage to being a pantser? @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:43 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Then we follow his source & lover, Mari, who is employed at the pop control office as she winds up in danger herself frm zealots. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:23:54 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS You really think I’d spoil that for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:24:11 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @crossedgenres @followthelede Who cares as long as the words get here on time? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:24:23 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Well if you don’t identify a nahual as magic don’t know about you. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:24:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next, Finn’s brother in law, Del, an artist, who struggles w/ a move away from his beloved land whn his wife gets a new job #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:24:46 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Last, we have Abby, the teen daughter of an inkatorium manager where inks are interned over public health concerns #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:25:00 +0000 2012)kodermike: @followthelede As a pantser, do you find yourself rewriting/chucking sections a lot, or does it all flow from brain to medium? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:25:16 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn The mythic underpinning changed a bit. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:25:17 +0000 2012)talekyn: @crossedgenres No wonder @followthelede and I get along so well. #panstersunite #wedontneednostinkingoutline #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:25:17 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sandykidd & it does, because I’m used to newspaper deadlines. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:25:44 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede I’ve seen a lot of weird stuff in my travels though #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:25:50 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @talekyn @followthelede lol #pantsersUnite #Sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:26:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: @kodermike I’ve thrown away enough for 2 more books. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:26:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: Magic is some of the most believable stuff in literature. @BryanThomasS @sandykidd #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:27:12 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: @followthelede Part of that was my fault. I made her do it. @kodermike #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:27:30 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede I <3 the way each MC has a different flavor of magic and is grounded differently in reality. Subtle worldbuilding #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:27:49 +0000 2012)talekyn: @crossedgenres You love us, and you know it. We keep your life interesteing. @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:27:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Mari is Guatemalan w/ memories of the genocides there. Did you base her character on your experiences, in part? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:09 +0000 2012)
LeahPetersen: Just popping in to say I’m here and reading along, but too much going on to keep up. But Hey, @followthelede, and good luck! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:13 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: Explore a cosmos ~ Let your characters run free ~ abandon outlines! #pantsersunite joyously! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:14 +0000 2012)kodermike: @crossedgenres Some fear the reaper, I fear the editor @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:26 +0000 2012)
lilyorit: RT @followthelede: Magic is some of the most believable stuff in literature. @BryanThomasS @sandykidd #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:40 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: @talekyn Clearly someone has cursed me. @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:28:55 +0000 2012)followthelede: Re Guate: I grew up there while the gov was waging an undeclared war on its people #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:04 +0000 2012)followthelede: I lived through martial law, states of emergency, civil patrols #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:29:14 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Yeah I guess the spirit beings count as magic. I was thinking more as supernatural ghosts #sffwrtcht Gotcha (Thu Oct 18 01:29:15 +0000 2012)followthelede: My father was kidnapped; a bus driver from school & 2 friends’ fathers were killed in front of my eyes #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:23 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @kodermike: @crossedgenres Some fear the reaper, I fear the editor @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: Another friend lived in a village that was later a massacre site during the genocide. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:33 +0000 2012)followthelede: I was gone by then. I don’t know whether she survived. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:43 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Tell us about the setting. A fictional small town in America is your setting. Why not use an existing location? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:48 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @lilyorit: RT @followthelede: Magic is some of the most believable stuff in literature. @BryanThomasS @sandykidd #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:54 +0000 2012)kaolinfire: @followthelede Hah! I’ve seen at least one outline you helped make–and follow! @sffwrtcht #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:29:54 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: @kodermike Then I have done my job well. MUhahaha! @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:30:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: It marks you, you know. You never forget it or grow out of its effects. In fact, it shapes who you are. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:30:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: @kaolinfire Shhhh! Don’t tell or they’ll expect me to write another one at some point. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:30:52 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede True. But you put science to good use in INK, too. Chemistry made a strong showing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:31:15 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Sorry. The refresh rate on new tweetdeck is so bad, I don’t see you answer so I just space questions out & hope #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:31:39 +0000 2012)followthelede: City/Town: A fictional small-to-mid-size city, Hastings, & a fictional rural town, Smithville #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:31:56 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede What was your path to publication like for this? Long and arduous? How’d you wind up with @crossedgenres? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:31:56 +0000 2012)followthelede: So Hastings has a bit of NYC, Philly and Syracuse in it. Smithville was inspired by a couple of Central New York towns #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:32:07 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede I’m sure it does. Of course it would. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:32:12 +0000 2012)followthelede: But they’re fictional city & town because I wanted to take liberties. Lots of liberties. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:32:26 +0000 2012)followthelede: @sandykidd love science. who says it can’t go on page with magic? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:32:54 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede It marks you. And you make art of the scars. Ink within ink. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:33:24 +0000 2012)followthelede: Publication: I lucked into Kay Holt offering to read a chapter for comment & then she & Bart Leib asked for finished mss #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:33:35 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede What’s your writing time look like–specific block? Write ’til you reach word count? Grab it when you can? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:33:42 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: @followthelede I’m with you–I love science AND magic! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:33:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: Then @crossedgenres said they’d like to publish it and I jumped at the offer. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:34:00 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede I would certainly never say that! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:34:18 +0000 2012)followthelede: This is why I <3 you RT @sandykidd: @followthelede It marks you. And you make art of the scars. Ink within ink. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:34:27 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: @followthelede Not us! We encourage that kind of thinking! =) @sandykidd #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:34:38 +0000 2012)
tejana_made: RT @followthelede: This is why I <3 you RT @sandykidd: @followthelede It marks you. And you make art of the scars. Ink within ink. #s … (Thu Oct 18 01:34:48 +0000 2012)followthelede: I write after my family goes to sleep & on weekends. I go until I stall. Which means a few short nights but lot of all nighters #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:34:55 +0000 2012)tejana_made: RT @sandykidd: @followthelede True. But you put science to good use in INK, too. Chemistry made a strong showing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:35:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: Indeed. =) RT @crossedgenres: @followthelede Not us! We encourage that kind of thinking! =) @sandykidd #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:35:27 +0000 2012)followthelede: @tejana_made �Hola, chica! Gracias por venir. =) #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:36:10 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Do you have any writing rituals or tools? Scrivener? Word? Something else? Do you write to music or silence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:36:10 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede You know I’m going to ask: how does your short story writing process differ from your novel writing? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:36:41 +0000 2012)followthelede: @tejana_made @sandykidd The great thing about chem is that it has a symbolic language as well #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:37:10 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn @followthelede LOL Now who’s asking predictable questions? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:37:55 +0000 2012)followthelede: Always music & enough space to dance around as I write. RT @sffwrtcht: Do you write to music or silence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:37:55 +0000 2012)followthelede: It doesn’t really. It’s just more short lived. RT @talekyn: how does your short story process differ from your novel writing? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:38:47 +0000 2012)talekyn: @BryanThomasS Had to ask it before you stole it! @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:00 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Were any of your characters besides Mari inspired by people you know? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:01 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @talekyn I didn’t include that one this time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:20 +0000 2012)followthelede: Word or Pages. Nothing else. RT @sffwrtcht: Do you have any writing rituals or tools? Scrivener? Word? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:21 +0000 2012)
djolder: RT @followthelede: Always music & enough space to dance around as I write. RT @sffwrtcht: Do you write to music or silence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Have you had speculative fiction published in Spanish as well as English? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:43 +0000 2012)Jaleta_Clegg: @followthelede Yay! Another mac Pages user! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: None of them. Not even Mari. RT @BryanThomasS: Were any of your characters besides Mari inspired by people you know? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:39:54 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede What’s the best and worst writing advice you’ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:40:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: Yup. Total Mac person. RT @Jaleta_Clegg: @followthelede Yay! Another mac Pages user! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:40:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Well I figured your answer on that questions meant Mari was inspired in part by your past #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:41:05 +0000 2012)followthelede: Poetry; editorials; columns. No fiction yet. RT @BryanThomasS: Have you had speculative fiction published in Spanish as well? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:41:27 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede SO INK is out as of Tuesday, right? Where can we find it? And what other projects are you working on? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:41:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: Her circumstance, but not her character. RT @BryanThomasS: Well I figured your answer on that ?s meant Mari was inspired by past #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:42:21 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede Plot and theme elements of INK my push some people’s buttons. Do you ever shy away from writing tough stuff? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:43:00 +0000 2012)followthelede: Advice Q – Bad: Sequester yourself. Better: Trust your ear. Best: Honor every character. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:43:08 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede What color best describes each of the main characters in #INK? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:43:16 +0000 2012)followthelede: You can get it on Amazon. RT @sffwrtcht: @followthelede SO INK is out as of Tuesday, right? Where can we find it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:43:44 +0000 2012)tejana_made: RT @followthelede: Advice Q – Bad: Sequester yourself. Better: Trust your ear. Best: Honor every character. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:43:47 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: INK was out on Monday. It’s available at various online places. Find them athttp://t.co/3aOZUZwF. @sffwrtcht @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:44:09 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Ahhh Got me on a technicality #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:44:20 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn LOL. Del=green Abbie=charcoal Finn=carmine Mari=purple. ;p #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:44:41 +0000 2012)
Metafrantic: RT @crossedgenres: INK was out on Monday. It’s available at various online places. Find them at http://t.co/3aOZUZwF. @sffwrtcht @follow … (Thu Oct 18 01:45:02 +0000 2012)djolder: RT @followthelede: Advice Q – Bad: Sequester yourself. Better: Trust your ear. Best: Honor every character. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:45:18 +0000 2012)talekyn: RT @crossedgenres: INK was out on Monday. It’s available at various online places. Find them at http://t.co/3aOZUZwF. @sffwrtcht @follow … (Thu Oct 18 01:45:38 +0000 2012)talekyn: RT @followthelede: Advice Q – Bad: Sequester yourself. Better: Trust your ear. Best: Honor every character. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:46:03 +0000 2012)shadowflame1974: @followthelede do you think that writing helps you deal with your own past? #Sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:46:09 +0000 2012)followthelede: Never. Tough stuff makes us who we are. MT @sandykidd: Elements in INK push buttons. Do u ever shy away from writing tough stuff? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:46:14 +0000 2012)kodermike: @followthelede Do you ever face writer’s block/slumps, and how do you deal with them? #sffwrtcht #chocolatesolveseverything? (Thu Oct 18 01:46:24 +0000 2012)talekyn: @sandykidd @followthelede OOOOH, that’s a good question! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:46:31 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @followthelede: @tejana_made @sandykidd The great thing about chem is that it has a symbolic language as well #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:46:37 +0000 2012)followthelede: I think memory is supremely important. RT @shadowflame1974: do you think that writing helps you deal with your own past? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:47:05 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Who’s your least favorite #sffwrtcht regular, besides me?(Thu Oct 18 01:47:09 +0000 2012)tejana_made: RT @crossedgenres: INK was out on Monday. Its available at various online places. http://t.co/BuzYEB65. @sffwrtcht @followthelede #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:47:19 +0000 2012)followthelede: I have so little time to devote to it I can’t afford writers block RT @kodermike: Do you ever face writers block/slumps #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:47:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: I honor every character. ;p RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede Whos your least favorite #sffwrtcht regular, besides me? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:48:06 +0000 2012)kodermike: @followthelede What’s your writing time like? As you get it, long stretches, wherever its crammed? (sorry if that’s a repeat) #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:48:57 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@followthelede can be found via her website/blog at http://t.co/R64SCQk9 as well as at #sffwrtcht and #latism here on Twitter (Thu Oct 18 01:49:22 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@followthelede can be found via her website/blog athttp://t.co/jFalBfrA as well as at #sffwrtcht and #latism here on Twitter (Thu Oct 18 01:49:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #fantasy as we start our 2 prt Halloween celebration with @wyld_dandelyon leading us in a roundtable. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:49:58 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #fantasy as we start our 2 prt Halloween celebration with @wyld_dandelyon leading us in a roundtable. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:49:58 +0000 2012)followthelede: One of my stories will be in the Crossed Genres antho Menial: Skilled Labor in SF out in 2013 MT @sffwrtcht: what other projects #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:50:00 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede INK has mostly positive reviews, plus a few critical remarks. How do you work through those hits to your ego? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:50:28 +0000 2012)followthelede: After my family goes to sleep & weekends only =( @kodermike: #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 18 01:50:30 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @crossedgenres: INK was out on Monday. It’s available at various online places. Find them at http://t.co/3aOZUZwF. @sffwrtcht @follow … (Thu Oct 18 01:50:37 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: On Halloween night we’ll talk #pathfinder #writing #forgottenrealms #fantasy and more with @frabjousdave #sffwrtcht (Dave Gross) (Thu Oct 18 01:50:39 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: On Halloween night we’ll talk #pathfinder #writing #forgottenrealms #fantasy and more with @frabjousdave #sffwrtcht (Dave Gross) (Thu Oct 18 01:50:39 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @sffwrtcht: .@followthelede can be found via her website/blog athttp://t.co/R64SCQk9 as well as at #sffwrtcht and #latism here on Tw … (Thu Oct 18 01:50:44 +0000 2012)followthelede: & I’m in the early stages of a chain of stories w monsters from Central American & Mexican folklore who cross the border w us #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:51:03 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @followthelede: One of my stories will be in the Crossed Genres antho Menial: Skilled Labor in SF out in 2013 MT @sffwrtcht: what oth … (Thu Oct 18 01:51:12 +0000 2012)kodermike: @BryanThomasS BUT it was the perfect follow up to the answer to my other question…and it was my only line 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:51:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: I cry on my publishers’ shoulders? RT @sandykidd: How do you work through those hits to your ego? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:51:39 +0000 2012)
john_zeleznik: @BryanThomasS @frabjousdave That’ll be good! Missed a few chats. 4 yo discovered how to play games on the laptop! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:51:42 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@followthelede Oooo the monster thing sounds interesting. So a collection rather than a novel? #sffwrtcht I love crosscultural folklore (Thu Oct 18 01:52:08 +0000 2012)followthelede: LOL and <3 RT @sandykidd: @followthelede Cant wait! Cant wait! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:52:29 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede This chain of stories sounds fun! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:52:51 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: #dampshoulder RT @followthelede I cry on my publishers’ shoulders? RT @sandykidd: How do you work thru hits to your ego? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:53:04 +0000 2012)followthelede: Right now it looks that way. RT @BryanThomasS: Oooo the monster thing sounds interesting. So a collection rather than a novel? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:53:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: Chain, chain, chain … chain of fools. RT @talekyn: @followthelede This chain of stories sounds fun! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:53:50 +0000 2012)
frabjousdave: RT @sffwrtcht: On Halloween night we’ll talk #pathfinder #writing #forgottenrealms #fantasy and more with @frabjousdave #sffwrtcht (Dave … (Thu Oct 18 01:54:12 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede Still waiting for who your least favorite #sffwrtcht regular besides me is….shall I guess? #shelikeschaos #donyshyaway (Thu Oct 18 01:54:19 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @talekyn @followthelede I read one piece. Oh. Man. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:54:25 +0000 2012)followthelede: Honestly, that’s the toughest thing for me to deal with. RT @sandykidd: How do you work thru hits to your ego? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:54:47 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede Do you have any plans to try and market INK for foreign publishers, especially in Latin America? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:55:06 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht Transcripts & more at http://t.co/1PXNcSRA (Thu Oct 18 01:55:57 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht Transcripts & more at http://t.co/A4StC1Lu (Thu Oct 18 01:55:57 +0000 2012)followthelede: I told u already – I honor every character. RT @BryanThomasS: Still waiting for who your least fav #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:56:00 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede Lean into pain. Well, that’s all that works for me, anyway. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:56:11 +0000 2012)followthelede: Not yet. RT @sffwrtcht: Do you have any plans to try and market INK for foreign publishers, especially in Latin America? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:56:28 +0000 2012)followthelede: Leaning tower of Sabrina. RT @sandykidd: Lean into pain. Well, thats all that works for me, anyway. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:56:59 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede How many copies were you giving away? I forget what you said… Sorry. #sffwrtcht #wasmultitasking (Thu Oct 18 01:57:42 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: @sffwrtcht We would love to see INK translated into Spanish! Something to consider @followthelede! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:57:47 +0000 2012)followthelede: No Dodge, a Chevy. RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede NICE dodge. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:58:06 +0000 2012)followthelede: Two RT @BryanThomasS: @followthelede How many copies were you giving away? I forget what you said… Sorry. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:58:23 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @followthelede While I await the numbers, Congratulations! We’re proud of you! The book is great so far. & thanks for supporting #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:58:32 +0000 2012)followthelede: =) RT @sandykidd: @followthelede *familiar music* Lean on me… #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:58:52 +0000 2012)followthelede: TY. I’m having fun. MT @sffwrtcht: While I await the numbers, Congratulations! Were proud of you! The book is great so far #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 01:59:32 +0000 2012)followthelede: That would be pretty great. Some day. RT @crossedgenres: @sffwrtcht We would love to see INK translated into Spanish! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:00:17 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @followthelede: TY. I’m having fun. MT @sffwrtcht: While I await the numbers, Congratulations! Were proud of you! The book is great s … (Thu Oct 18 02:00:24 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @followthelede How many cities are they sending you on for the big book tour? #sffwrtcht #smallpressbudget (Thu Oct 18 02:00:30 +0000 2012)talekyn: @sffwrtcht @followthelede I already own a copy, so I’ll pass on participating in the giveaway. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:00:38 +0000 2012)followthelede: Readings in Philly, Central NY. We’ll see where else. RT @BryanThomasS: How many cities are they sending you on for book tour? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:01:51 +0000 2012)followthelede: @BryanThomasS Psst -> You forgot the hashtag on your entry about DMing numbers for the giveaway. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:02:32 +0000 2012)sandykidd: @followthelede @BryanThomasS We’ll have you in Boston again for Arisia, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:03:01 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @followthelede: Readings in Philly, Central NY. We’ll see where else. RT @BryanThomasS: How many cities are they sending you on for b … (Thu Oct 18 02:03:01 +0000 2012)talekyn: @followthelede And Lafayette NJ, right? @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:03:13 +0000 2012)followthelede: Boston in middle of winter – only ’cause I love u. RT @sandykidd: @BryanThomasS Well have you in Boston again for Arisia, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:03:58 +0000 2012)followthelede: How far from Philly is that? RT @talekyn: @followthelede And Lafayette NJ, right? @BryanThomasS #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:04:19 +0000 2012)Wyld_Dandelyon: I hope you’ll all show up next week to talk about fantasy, dreams, Halloween, and storytelling! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:04:41 +0000 2012)crossedgenres: RT @sandykidd: @followthelede @BryanThomasS We’ll have you in Boston again for Arisia, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:04:46 +0000 2012)sandykidd: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: I hope you’ll all show up next week to talk about fantasy, dreams, Halloween, and storytelling! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:05:43 +0000 2012)followthelede: I’ll be at INK’s launch party, sorry. RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: I hope youll all show up next wk to talk abt fantasy, dreams, Halloween #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:05:56 +0000 2012)followthelede: @talekyn Hey, you – are you going to be anywhere near Philly next Wed.? So you can come to INK’s launch party? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:06:50 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Okay all, thanks for chatting. Thanks all for joining us. The transcript will be posted shortly. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:07:03 +0000 2012)talekyn: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: I hope you’ll all show up next week to talk about fantasy, dreams, Halloween, and storytelling! #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 18 02:07:21 +0000 2012)Participants
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