sffwrtcht: RT @DWGrintalis: And as a teaser, tonight on #sffwrtcht, I will reveal a new short story sale that I’ve not mentioned anywhere yet. 
(Thu Jan 17 00:47:53 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Tonight on #sffwrtcht guest @DWGrintalis will answer our questions live while belly dancing at the same time (off screen, have to trust us) (Thu Jan 17 00:48:58 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 1/23 @andrewmayer 1/30 Roundtable with @talkwordy 2/6 @ShellyAdina 2/13 @stevengould 2/20 L. Jagi Lamplighter #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 01:37:36 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 01:59:53 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:00:34 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:00:59 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jan 17 02:01:15 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up….or belly dance #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:01:34 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest Damien Walters Grintalis lives in Maryland with her husband and two rescued pit bulls. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:01:48 +0000 2013)
talekyn: You’re coming in loud and clear! #sffwrtcht “@DWGrintalis Test tweet #2″ (Thu Jan 17 02:01:49 +0000 2013)
Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis I see your test and raise a chat. You in? (which is to say, Welcome!) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:01:51 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: At the age of 11, she saw the movie Alien, read Stephen King�s The Shining & her attrctn to all things drk & scry trnd true love #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:02:47 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily Science Fiction,Strange Horizons, Apex Mag #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:04:11 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis Heeeeeeey, Sexy Lady! ….. oh, I wasn’t supposed to say that out loud, was I. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:04:21 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Ink, released in December 2012 from Samhain Horror, is her debut novel. #sffwrtcht It’s on the 2012 recommended Bram Stoker reading list (Thu Jan 17 02:05:00 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: She can be found on Twitter and Facebook or via her website athttp://t.co/ihIrQgvt Welcome to #sffwrtcht @dwgrintalis! (Thu Jan 17 02:05:18 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis First things first, where�d your interest in speculative fiction come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:05:39 +0000 2013)
ajh_books: RT @sffwrtcht: Ink, released in December 2012 from Samhain Horror, is her debut novel. #sffwrtcht It’s on the 2012 recommended Bram Sto … (Thu Jan 17 02:05:53 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @talekyn @DWGrintalis sniff, sniff, you never say such sweet things to me… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:06:09 +0000 2013)
DWGrintalis: I’m not sure I really know where, but when I was a kid, I loved books like The Girl Who Owned a City by O. T. Nelson & #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:06:38 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan. I guess I’ve always loved the fantastic and impossible. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:07:01 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:07:19 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Crazy lag tonight #sffwrtcht. hang in with @dwgrintalis and I (Thu Jan 17 02:08:08 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Some of my favorite authors are Stephen King, Peter Straub, Joyce Carol Oates, and Margaret Atwood. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:08:16 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis A prestigious list. When did you decide to become a storyteller and how did you get your start? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:08:49 +0000 2013)
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PrinceJvstin: the lag IS crazy. By the way, hello @DWGrintalis and welcome to #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 17 02:08:56 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Some of my favorite books are The Shining (SK), Shadowland (PS), Zombie (JCO), The Handmaid’s Tale (MA) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:08:57 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: There’s a bit of a lag on my end. Please bear with me! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:09:47 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I don’t think I ever decided. I wrote books as a kid and tried to sell them to my friends. I wrote lots of poetry, vignettes and #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:10:41 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: and unfinished novels over the years. I think it was 2008 when I decided to write a novel and finish it. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:11:03 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis How�d you learn craft? Trial and error? Formal study? Workshops? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:11:15 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: The last one I stopped writing hit 85k, long enough to be a real novel, but the story (or my faith in it) just sputtered out. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:11:36 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Definitely trial and error. Reading a lot, writing a lot. Revising, editing. Rinse. Repeat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:12:40 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I’m still learning. The day I stop will be the day I stop writing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:12:51 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@dwgrintalis Did you start with shorts stories, novels? When was your first pro-sale? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:13:30 +0000 2013)PrinceJvstin: How does your associate editor duties at @EV_Mag influence your writing, @DWGrintalis? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:13:49 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis “HOW DO” not “how does” sigh… Paul likes to demonstrate the “still learning” part ;0 #sffwrtcht #editor (Thu Jan 17 02:14:56 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Not counting stories and such I wrote as a child, I started with poetry. My vignettes started to turn into flash fiction– #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:15:16 +0000 2013)PrinceJvstin: @BryanThomasS @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis :shame-faced: #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:15:22 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: somewhere around 2009 and from there, spilled out into longer stories. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:15:54 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: My first short fiction pro-sale was Like Origami in Water to @DailySF in 2011. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:16:12 +0000 2013)
sarahthegrey: @DWGrintalis What would you differently in your writing career so far, if you could start over again? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:16:37 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @PrinceJvstin @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis I had to edit you before @johnklima did. It couldn’t be ignored… 
#sffwrtcht #allinlove (Thu Jan 17 02:16:40 +0000 2013)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @PrinceJvstin @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis You’d think Bryan was an editor or something. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:17:01 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Where�d the idea for INK come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:17:19 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I think working with @EV_Mag has definitely helped. In addition to background stuff, I proofread & just started copyediting. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:18:37 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I was walking out of a tattoo shop and had a what-if moment. What-if a man was covered in tattoos, he got 1 more and bam, they– #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:19:49 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: all came to life and ate him. Completely pulp, right? But the idea of a living tattoo wouldn’t leave me alone. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:20:28 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@dwgrintalis How long did the novel take to write? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:20:58 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I thought of it like the xenomorph in Alien, something in you but not of you. A twisted sort of pregnancy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:21:10 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Yeah, but I LOVE the pulp stories. #sffwrtcht I’m editing a whole anthology of them. My 1st two novels are pulpy. (Thu Jan 17 02:21:31 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse @PrinceJvstin @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis HEY is your homework done, Michele? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:21:58 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Sarah, I’m not really sure I would do anything differently. I never had a plan. Everything just fell into place. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:22:56 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis @sarahthegrey had a question what/would you do anything over in your writing career if you started again? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:23:12 +0000 2013)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @DWGrintalis I think you meant “pulpy in all the right ways.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:23:55 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: INK took 40 days to first draft (in 2009), but I spent months and months editing to make it readable. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:24:01 +0000 2013)
chippermuse: Something about tattoos just fits fantasy/SF, doesn’t it? #sffwrtcht @DWGrintalis (Thu Jan 17 02:24:48 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis Everyone knows I’m gonna ask it, so: is there any difference in your writing process for flash vs. shorts vs. novel? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:24:55 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Which came first: world, plot, character? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:25:04 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @talekyn Or like conjoined twins. One normal, one evil. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:25:18 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Jason Hartford�s wife leaves him for her best friend and to celebrate he gets a tattoo. Only to discover a horrifying truth… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:25:19 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: …The tattoo is alive, it’s hungry, and if Jason tries to kill it, he’ll die. And the price of removal is horrifying… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:25:34 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Character came first. Not long after the what-if moment, I envisioned a man walking with a very weird walk– #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:26:45 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Tell us a bit about Jason and his world. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:27:29 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: and I knew it meant something. So I tried the walk in my living room. After a few times I knew why he walked the way he did. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:27:53 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: It was a definite light-bulb moment. The rest of the story flowed from there. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:28:13 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis And the guy with the weird walk? FREAKED ME OUT after only one page. As Damien knows. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:29:10 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Jason lives in a nice old neighborhood in Baltimore. He works in IT; he’s a go with the flow, don’t rock the boat kind of guy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:30:08 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis It’s amazing how one clear image can lead to a whole story! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:30:33 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis What are the key elements of good horror? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:31:12 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I did not want to write about the big burly alpha male. No: Me Big Super Action Hero,You: Puny Beast To Crush With My Skull. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:31:23 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I think most of us have been in spots in our lives where we know things are wrong or bad, but we put blinders on and hope that– #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:32:12 +0000 2013)talekyn: RT @DWGrintalis: I did not want to write about the big burly alpha male. No: Me Big Super Action Hero,You: Puny Beast To Crush With My S … (Thu Jan 17 02:32:20 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon I wrote a horror story about a woman name Deirdre who murders everyone who can’t spell her name #truestory #sffwrtcht #maybe (Thu Jan 17 02:32:35 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: everything will work itself out, not realizing that we are the ones that need to work it out. And that’s where Jason is. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:33:05 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: of my husband (by way of his catchphrases). Jason’s coworkers share traits with people I’ve worked with.Write what you know. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:34:28 +0000 2013)PrinceJvstin: An interesting conversation with @DWGrintalis on #sffwrtcht tonight. Just ignore the illierati like me. (Thu Jan 17 02:34:33 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS It’s not good when you leave a D out… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:35:17 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@chippermuse Apparently I scared off Michele and she went to do that homework… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:35:34 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I don’t consider myself an expert by any means on horror elements, but I’ll go with using all the senses to tell a story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:36:16 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: And making the characters real and let them make their choices, not the choices you would make in a similar situation. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:36:34 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @BryanThomasS @Wyld_Dandelyon That sounds like something I’d write! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:37:11 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Good tips. .@dwgrintalis Tell us a bit about Sailor also, besides his odd walk if you can. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:37:30 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Btw, @DWGrintalis and I will have big announcements at the end of #sffwrtcht #staytuned (Thu Jan 17 02:37:51 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @Wyld_Dandelyon The image was pervasive. I *had* to tell his story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:37:52 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis @Wyld_Dandelyon Feel free. I made it up cause it’s Wyld’s name #sffwrtcht She almost killed me for misspelling it once (Thu Jan 17 02:38:17 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis Italian guys with SUITS were following me around #sffwrtcht #nolie @Wyld_Dandelyon is scary (Thu Jan 17 02:38:51 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Ahhh, Sailor. Sneaky bastard, great tattoo artist with a smoker’s voice, watery green eyes, and a strange rolling walk. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:39:07 +0000 2013)chippermuse: @BryanThomasS No, no, no. Still here. Though I did email a student in response to their research paper. So yeah, I was working. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:39:40 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Are you an outliner or a pantser? Did you follow the surprising ride or have it planned? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:39:58 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Sailor has a penchant for expensive suits and I’m guessing he cheats at card games, too. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:40:53 +0000 2013)chippermuse: So are Italians in suits. Again, I should know. #italiangirl #sffwrtcht @BryanThomasS @DWGrintalis @Wyld_Dandelyon (Thu Jan 17 02:41:21 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse Wait. You teach? I thought you were a nonprofit writer? #sffwrtcht #confused #holdingoutonme #talktothehand (Thu Jan 17 02:41:34 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I’m a total pantser.I can’t even plot a short story. I’ve tried w/dreadful results.I have to let the stories unfold as they will. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:41:54 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis Hurray for extraordinary pantsers! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:42:37 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis So that might answer my earlier question about differences in writing process from short to novel. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:43:06 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis ME TOO. Trying to do synopses for agents is killing me right now. #sffwrtcht #pantserandproud (Thu Jan 17 02:43:08 +0000 2013)chippermuse: I do both. Nonprofit writer by day, teacher by night. Just one class at a time. #crazyyeahiknow #sffwrtcht @BryanThomasS (Thu Jan 17 02:43:15 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Do you have any tips for writing suspense well? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:43:28 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Being a pantser does result in some pretty terrible first drafts, though. 
#sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:43:53 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @talekyn Oh, I missed that ?. I will answer it, I promise, once Brian is done with his ?s. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:44:51 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse Ohhhhhhh. But you’re Italian, so when do you have time to pay tribute to the godfather? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:45:15 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I think one key to suspense is knowing how to end a chapter in a way that makes a reader want to turn the page. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:45:23 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis I hear that complaint from outliners too. It’s just a first draft thing, not caused by how you get it written. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:45:46 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @DWGrintalis: I think one key to suspense is knowing how to end a chapter in a way that makes a reader want to turn the page. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:46:02 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis I will be including @talekyn’s question as one of mine. HA HA HA HA #diabolicalthunderstealer #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:46:08 +0000 2013)
MorgenRich: .@BryanThomasS @DWGrintalis MT We plotters struggle with synopses, too. “Show don’t tell.” Then, “Tell don’t show.” Arggggh! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:46:22 +0000 2013)chippermuse: @DWGrintalis How many drafts do you go through before you arrive at the “real” story, so to speak? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:46:44 +0000 2013)chippermuse: @BryanThomasS Dude, I AM the godfather. So it all works out. #makingoffersyoucantrefuse #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:47:23 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @MorgenRich @BryanThomasS One thing to remember about a synopsis is the order of events can be slightly altered. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:47:30 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@dwgrinatalis Is INK a standalone novel or do you have a series in mind? #sffwrtcht #tatoooftheweek You thought the gryphon was bad… (Thu Jan 17 02:47:33 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @MorgenRich @BryanThomasS They’re a briefback of the story, not a play by play. #sffwrtcht #derail (Thu Jan 17 02:47:57 +0000 2013)
Naomicanale: RT @DWGrintalis: I think one key to suspense is knowing how to end a chapter in a way that makes a reader want to turn the page. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:48:52 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @chippermuse It depends on the story. INK took 3, I think. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:48:53 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: INK is a standalone novel, but all the novels I’ve written since take place in Baltimore and are intertwined in some fashion. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:49:29 +0000 2013)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @DWGrintalis HE DOES THAT EVERY TIME! Grrrrrrr. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 17 02:49:34 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Characters from one book pop up into another. A car (non-haunted) from one ends up in another. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:49:47 +0000 2013)
janetharriett: @DWGrintalis What is your favorite thing about being a writer? #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 17 02:49:54 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @MorgenRich @DWGrintalis I didn’t know if it was allowed but I’m doing it anyway to avoid a 50 pg synopsis #sffwrtcht #intricateplot (Thu Jan 17 02:50:03 +0000 2013)PrinceJvstin: @DWGrintalis I love such interconnections. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:50:09 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: In INK, Mitch mentions a haunted house. I never explained anything about it because I didn’t know anything more at that point. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:50:28 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: While working on another novel, the answer revealed itself, but not in a ‘man, I wish I would’ve included it in INK’ way, but- #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:51:09 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Cool. Your own little world. What�s your writing time look like-specific block? Write `til you reach word count? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:51:11 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: in a ‘wow, I had no idea these stories were connected.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:51:29 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: But while there’s this overlap, they aren’t dependent on each other. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:51:48 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis “Scarred” was in Baltimore, wasn’t it? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:52:01 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @talekyn It’s on the official question list this time. I usually skip but since @DWGrintalis is so known for shorts… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:52:15 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: My son wants me to write a sequel to INK though. I told him no, but at some point, Sailor might get a story of his own. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:52:22 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis @talekyn She can combine them “INKED & SCARRED, the Saga Continues…” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:54:01 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis Back story on Sailor could be real interesting. @talekyn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:54:29 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I wake up, have coffee &Tweet while my brain is waking up and then write. When I’m 1st drafting I set a daily word count goal. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:54:54 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: When I’m editing or writing short fiction (which takes me longer to write), I generally stop when the word machine is done. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:55:23 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Do you have any writing rituals or tools? Scrivener? Word? Something else? Do you write to music or silence? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:55:38 +0000 2013)janetharriett: @DWGrintalis Oooh! I love those kinds of not-really-a-series that make it seem like the world is coherent. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:55:53 +0000 2013)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @DWGrintalis Great. Another book with Sailor. NO MOAR NIGHTMARES, PLEEZ. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:56:29 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: No rituals, just coffee and Word and silence all the way. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:57:13 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: HE’s coming for you NEXT MWUAH HA HAAAA @talekyn @DWGrintalis #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:57:32 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Tell us about your path to publication. How�d you wind up at Samhain? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:58:01 +0000 2013)
EV_Mag: @DWGrintalis the worst thing is we can’t get stories from her any more #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:58:03 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @talekyn @BryanThomasS Radio Ev1l. All Sailor, All the time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:58:21 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis What, you don’t think coffee and silence counts as a ritual? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 02:59:19 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis Well, I wrote one for ya. Gotta send it along soon… #sffwrtcht #owneveryissue #beenreading (Thu Jan 17 02:59:26 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @janetharriett Favorite thing? Other than working in pajamas, never having to leave my house, and making stuff up all day? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:00:11 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @janetharriett Honestly? All the amazing people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:00:48 +0000 2013)talekyn: @EV_Mag @DWGrintalis I’ll gladly submit in her place…. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:01:17 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: When I heard that Don D’Auria joined Samhain as Executive Editor of the new horror line I pinged my agent & he submitted INK. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:02:00 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Don has edited some of the greats in horror, like Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum, Ramsey Campbell, Graham Masterton, #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:02:24 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Ed Lee & Brian Keene, so when my agent told me Don wanted INK I was a little…I think flailing Kermit arms is an apt description. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:03:17 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: RT @MaLindaLou: #sffwrtcht My muse likes a variety. Sometimes, I’ll listen to television while I write. Other times, I want silence. (Thu Jan 17 03:03:20 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @Wyld_Dandelyon Yes, I suppose it is a ritual in and of itself. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:04:09 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@dwgrintalis You�ve had quite a bit of success with short stories before the novel came out. #sffwrtcht #hereitcomes #talekyn (Thu Jan 17 03:04:32 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@dwgrintalis Is your approach to writing them different from novels? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:04:42 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I hope my answers aren’t super far behind the questions. I’m still experiencing a serious lag. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:05:42 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: A bit, yes. My short stories generally start with a concept as opposed to a character. I build the characters around the concept. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:06:29 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: With my novels, the characters dictate and shape the concept. Short fiction is much harder for me to write because of it, though. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:06:51 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Nah, you’re doing fine despite the lag #sffwrtcht What�s the best and worst writing advice you�ve ever gotten? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:07:12 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @MaLindaLou Sure. Needed the hashtag to keep it in the feed. #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 17 03:07:44 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I don’t mind hanging out longer, but can I have 5 minutes to let my dog out? He’s whining like crazy. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:07:52 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Best advice: Don’t give up. Worst: Why bother querying? You’ll never get an agent. Horror doesn’t sell. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:08:43 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis We’ll harass Bryan for you! Take care of your dog! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:08:45 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Next week, we talk #steampunk #fantasy #superheroes & more whn @pry_books author @andrewmayer returns for a 2nd chat. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:08:47 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Next week, we talk #steampunk #fantasy #superheroes & more whn @pry_books author @andrewmayer returns for a 2nd chat. Join us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:08:47 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis Sure. #sffwrtcht Go let him out. I’ll make my announcement(Thu Jan 17 03:09:18 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Future Guests 1/23 @andrewmayer 1/30 Roundtable with @talkwordy 2/6 @ShellyAdina 2/13 @stevengould 2/20 L. Jagi Lamplighter #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:09:31 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 1/23 @andrewmayer 1/30 Roundtable with @talkwordy 2/6 @ShellyAdina 2/13 @stevengould 2/20 L. Jagi Lamplighter #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:09:31 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/CeHCXuLJ #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:09:57 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Please `Like� our Facebook group: http://t.co/tFOTDqY6 #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:09:57 +0000 2013)
johnklima: RT @BryanThomasS: Future Guests 1/23 @andrewmayer 1/30 Roundtable with @talkwordy 2/6 @ShellyAdina 2/13 @stevengould 2/20 L. Jagi Lampl … (Thu Jan 17 03:10:26 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: If you’ve got questions for @dwgrintalis, get them in, otherwise she’ll take the last two after a brief dog break #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:10:31 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Meanwhile, I am pleased to announce that two of our own #sffwrtcht regs have sold stories to #beyondthesunsf @Jaleta_Clegg & @takeyn (Thu Jan 17 03:11:17 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: Twitter says @ShellyAdina is not an active twitter account. Did I catch you in two typos in the same hour, oh Editor Bryan? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:11:25 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Those stories will be appearing alongside @nancykress @resnickmike @KristineRusch Robert Silverberg @MauriceBroaddus @jamietr #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:12:06 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon @ShellyAdina Hmmm, it was last time I checked… odd #sffwrtcht No, Eirdre… (Thu Jan 17 03:12:31 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: Congratulations, @Jaleta_Clegg and @talekyn ! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:12:40 +0000 2013)MorgenRich: @BryanThomasS @Jaleta_Clegg @takeyn Congrats! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:12:41 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Cool. So glad we can make someone happy. Did you want to announce something tonight? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:14:20 +0000 2013)talekyn: @BryanThomasS @Jaleta_Clegg And now that I’ve gotten the snark out of the way… THANK YOU, Bryan, for believing in that story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:14:32 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis A happy dog is a good thing. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:14:38 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: #typo2ndtake I am pleased to announce that two of our own #sffwrtcht regs have sold stories to #beyondthesunsf @Jaleta_Clegg & @talekyn (Thu Jan 17 03:15:28 +0000 2013)chippermuse: @talekyn @Jaleta_Clegg Congrats on your stories! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:15:57 +0000 2013)talekyn: @MorgenRich @BryanThomasS @Jaleta_Clegg @Wyld_Dandelyon Thank you for the Congrats! This means a lot to me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:16:23 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @BryanThomasS That makes 3. (See what happens when you make me the namesake of a serial killer?) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:16:27 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Yes, my announcement! I’ve sold my short story “Shall I Whisper to You of Moonlight, of Sorrow, of Pieces of Us?” to @ShockTotem #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:16:43 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@dwgrintalis Are most of your stories horror? Or do you write #scifi #fantasy etc too? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:17:03 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis Congratulations to you too! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:17:35 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@Wyld_Dandelyon Yours I misspelled on purpose. I didn’t know about the other 2. #sffwrtcht #talktothehand (Thu Jan 17 03:18:02 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: .@ShockTotem is a very very cool zine of dark fiction. Publication date and such to follow at a later date. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:18:12 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@dwgrantalis Congrats on the Shock Totem sale! How many story sales is that now since 2011? #sffwrtcht #shesonfire (Thu Jan 17 03:18:51 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: My short fiction spans the genre gamut. Most of them are dark, but not all are horror. I have a sci-fi Ted Bundy story. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:19:33 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis What future projects are you working on that we can look forward to? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:20:17 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: The @ShockTotem sale is my 13th pro-rate short story sale. 13 is my lucky number, too! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:20:47 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: RT @DWGrintalis: The @ShockTotem sale is my 13th pro-rate short story sale. 13 is my lucky number, too! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:21:24 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I’ve a story in @StrangeHorizons next week that I’m very proud of.More short fic in @Apexmag & @LightspeedMag later in the year. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:22:09 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @DWGrintalis Are you selling 1 a month? That’s amazing! #sffwrtcht #jealous (Thu Jan 17 03:22:47 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis I’ve got subscriptions to @apexmag & @LightspeedMag. So now I need to sub to @strangehorizons & @ShockTotem. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:23:25 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I’m also working on (hopefully final) edits to another novel called PAPER TIGERS for my agent. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:23:46 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: Tonight’s guest @dwgrintalis! can be found on Twitter and Facebook or via her website at http://t.co/9fQQQHcz #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:24:51 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I think that’s about what it averages to, yes. I don’t think it’s good enough. I can do better. (I’m a bit of an overachiever.) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:25:43 +0000 2013)talekyn: Seriously giddy right now. Thanks @BryanThomasS. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:25:46 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Any other novels in the works you can talk about? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:25:56 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: .@DWGrintalis Leave some slots for the rest of us danggit #sffwrtcht #greedy (Thu Jan 17 03:26:48 +0000 2013)talekyn: Yep. And she was too nice to me. haha RT @BryanThomasS She also tuckerized @talekyn in Fireside #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:26:59 +0000 2013)
rookberg: RT @DWGrintalis: I’ve a story in @StrangeHorizons next week that I’m very proud of.More short fic in @Apexmag & @LightspeedMag later … (Thu Jan 17 03:27:06 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/t66YT75v #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:27:55 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: We have all the transcripts, extra interviews, giveaways, and more at:http://t.co/O8BbU3Pf #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:27:56 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I have two other novels that need editing. INTO THE GREY is about ocular disturbances that may or may not be chemo-drug related. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:28:35 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: .@DWGrintalis Thanks for making time to chat with us & congrats on the success. Any final advice for up & coming writers? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:29:27 +0000 2013)EV_Mag: RT @DWGrintalis: I’ve a story in @StrangeHorizons next week that I’m very proud of.More short fic in @Apexmag & @LightspeedMag later … (Thu Jan 17 03:29:32 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: And THIS DELICATE POISON is about a woman with the ability to heal…sort of. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:29:45 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis How do you organize not only your writing time, but also your submitting time? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:29:57 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: A minor character from INK has a larger role in the latter. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:30:16 +0000 2013)janetharriett: @BryanThomasS No, let @DWGrintalis write all the things! #sffwrtcht #alsogreedy #maybefangirlingtoomuch (Thu Jan 17 03:30:36 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: I’m also thinking about at least one INK-spinoff short story, because I suspect someone else saw the griffin. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:31:53 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: @Wyld_Dandelyon I am very very fortunate to be able to write full-time. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:32:58 +0000 2013)Wyld_Dandelyon: Oh, @janetharriett I’m happy to let @DWGrintalis write many things, but I have different stories to tell. There’s room! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:33:10 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: My final advice would be to read a lot, write a lot, push yourself, and don’t give up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:33:44 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: Thank you very much for having me here tonight. I can hang around if anyone else has any other questions. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:34:34 +0000 2013)MorgenRich: .@DWGrintalis Thank you for sharing with us. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:35:02 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: That’s @DWGrintalis with her debut #horror novel INK Available athttp://t.co/x7x0l7Qy It will make you think twice about tatoos #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:35:36 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: That’s @DWGrintalis with her debut #horror novel INK Available athttp://t.co/w0ohubOg It will make you think twice about tatoos #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:35:37 +0000 2013)talekyn: RT @janetharriett: @BryanThomasS No, let @DWGrintalis write all the things! #sffwrtcht #alsogreedy #maybefangirlingtoomuch (Thu Jan 17 03:35:55 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: Thanks all for chatting. The transcript will be live shortly from tonight’s chat athttp://t.co/1PXNcSRA #sffwrtcht See you next week! (Thu Jan 17 03:36:18 +0000 2013)talekyn: @DWGrintalis So glad you joined us! Even with the lag, I hope you had fun! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:37:02 +0000 2013)MorgenRich: .@sffwrtcht @DWGrintalis Oh heavens. I just realized *I* have a tattoo that I might want to worry about. It’s a spider!! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:37:31 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @chippermuse I love teaching but yes, it’s work #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:37:56 +0000 2013)sffwrtcht: RT @Wyld_Dandelyon: @DWGrintalis How do you organize not only your writing time, but also your submitting time? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:38:14 +0000 2013)DWGrintalis: A spider tattoo? I would die. #sffwrtcht #eightleggedmonsters (Thu Jan 17 03:39:08 +0000 2013)BryanThomasS: @MorgenRich @DWGrintalis Per INK, you might not be the only one who dies… #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 17 03:41:04 +0000 2013)Participants
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