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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 6/05/13 With Zachary Jernigan

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June 5, 2013

Transcripts-flatsffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:00:15 +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 Jun 06 01:00:27 +0000 2013)
Wyld_Dandelyon: Looks like Twitter broke TweetChat. *sigh* #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:00:31 +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 Jun 06 01:00:39 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jun 06 01:00:53 +0000 2013)
JerniganZachary: Come follow me at #sffwrtcht — Yay! (Thu Jun 06 01:01:02 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:01:07 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Try this. IT works #sffwrtcht http://t.co/IaqVidxmO4(Thu Jun 06 01:01:26 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: Tonight�s guest @ZacharyJernigan is so frightening to look at he borrowed a baby for his author photos just to sell more books #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:01:35 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: He is the author of what may well be one of the last books from Night Shade, the #fantasy novel NO RETURN #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:01:57 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: He credits his sccss to resemblnce to Telly Savalas & Mr. Clean & his fiction has appeared in Asimov�s, Crossed Genres, MBraneSF #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:02:42 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: A quarter-Hungarian from Northern Arizona, his enjoys punk and post-punk music, cooking and eating unhealthy foods and arguing #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:02:55 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: He can be found online at http://t.co/987GrIpDVK, on Twitter and on Facebook. Welcome to #sffwrtcht @ZacharyJernigan! (Thu Jun 06 01:03:08 +0000 2013)
JerniganZachary: Hi! Nice to be here, for once without a stolen baby screaming in my ear! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:03:16 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Yeah that’s a bitch. Damn babies! @JerniganZachary First things first, where�d your interest in SFF come from #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:03:43 +0000 2013)
SebParkerWrites: RT @BryanThomasS: Tonight�s guest @ZacharyJernigan is so frightening to look at he borrowed a baby for his author photos just to sell more … (Thu Jun 06 01:05:11 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @Wyld_Dandelyon Any #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 06 01:05:20 +0000 2013)
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 3/06/13 With Alaya Dawn Johnson

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March 6, 2013
Transcripts-flatecmyers: Don’t go easy on her! :) RT @BryanThomasS 5 min to #sffwrtcht with @alayadj and me (Thu Mar 07 01:58:02 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @ecmyers @alayadj Shall I ask her the Barbara Walters on speed questions? #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 01:58:54 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 01:59:32 +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 Mar 07 01:59:46 +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 Mar 07 01:59:59 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Mar 07 02:00:15 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:00:29 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: Tonight�s guest, @alaydj has a new YA #scifi novel SUMMER PRINCE set in future Brazil that�s an awesome read from Arthur Levine #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:01:11 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest, @alaydj has a new YA #scifi novel SUMMER PRINCE set in future Brazil that�s an awesome read from Arthur Levine #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:01:12 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: As a child, her father introduced her to Joao Gilberto & Brazilian bossa nova, a music for which this host also has great passion #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:01:41 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @alayadj LOL Me too #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:01:52 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: She later travelled there w/ her sister & cousin. A Columbia U. grad w/ a degree in East Asian lang & cultures, she lives in NYC #sffwrtcht (Thu Mar 07 02:02:19 +0000 2013) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 2/27/13 With Sarah A. Hoyt

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February 27, 2013

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sffwrtcht: Future Guests 3/6 @Alayadj 3/13 @davidfarland 3/20 @cegannon1 3/27 @morgankeyes 4/3 @EvieManieri 4/10 @jonathanmaberry #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 01:50:35 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 01:59:54 +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 Feb 28 02:00:11 +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 Feb 28 02:00:35 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Feb 28 02:00:52 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:01:06 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest, @sarahahoyt is one if the headliners for my anthology RAYGUN CHRONICLES, now funding http://t.co/owVE6XSsjL #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:01:29 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: A transplant from Portugal, whose 3rd language is English, she lives with other authors, including her husband and sons, in CO #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:01:50 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: A novelist with three pseudonyms in addition to her name and eighteen novels out, her motto is “no genre is safe from me.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:02:17 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: She�s authored popular space operas, Darkship Thieves and Darkship Renegades from @Baen Books, the 1st won the Prometheus Award #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:02:30 +0000 2013)
sffwrtcht: A third book, A Few Good Men, comes out March 5th #sffwrtcht (Thu Feb 28 02:03:04 +0000 2013) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 1/30/13 Roundtable on Crowdfunding & More With Fireside Magazine Editor Brian White

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January 30, 2013

BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag Btw @talkwordy also said you could host #sffwrtcht entirely in pig latin. (Thu Jan 31 01:35:10 +0000 2013)

BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag @talkwordy Oookinglah orwardfah oootah tih #sffwrtcht(Thu Jan 31 01:35:58 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag @geekstarter needs to check our guest lists. Tons of editors in the past. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 31 01:37:09 +0000 2013)
FiresideMag: @BryanThomasS @geekstarter Oh I get it. Just trying to get out of the pants rule! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 31 01:37:49 +0000 2013)
FiresideMag: RT @BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag Btw @talkwordy also said you could host #sffwrtcht entirely in pig latin. (Thu Jan 31 01:37:58 +0000 2013)
FiresideMag: anmay I atehay atthay uygay RT @BryanThomasS @FiresideMag @talkwordy Oookinglah orwardfah oootah tih #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 31 01:38:24 +0000 2013)
galendara: RT @FiresideMag: I think music and bourbon are in order for the #sffwrtcht I am guest-hosting in 30 minutes. But which bourbon and what … (Thu Jan 31 01:39:21 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag We do that deliberately to keep our guests on edge #sffwrtcht Yes (Thu Jan 31 01:40:26 +0000 2013)
BryanThomasS: @FiresideMag Why do you think I keep doing kickstarters? Bribing @twitter ain’t cheap ;) #sffwrtcht (Thu Jan 31 01:41:36 +0000 2013) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 12/5/12 With Author Kelly McCullough

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December 5, 2012

sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:00:50 +0000 2012)

sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:01:04 +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 Dec 06 02:01:25 +0000 2012)
KellyDMcC: Delighted to be here. #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:01:54 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:02:24 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Dec 06 02:02:38 +0000 2012)
talekyn: RT @sffwrtcht: #sffwrtcht’s @chippermuse reviews SEVEN WONDERS by @ghostfinder frm @angryrobotbooks http://t.co/wnudU6mt ”…a fun read. … (Thu Dec 06 02:02:47 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest and I met at Convergence where we had a blast creating chaos on panels together. #sffwrtcht #generaldisbeliefensues (Thu Dec 06 02:03:03 +0000 2012)
talekyn: @KellyDMcC Hello, sir! Thanks for joining us! #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:03:14 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: I hadn�t had time to read his books until he agreed to guest, but BROKEN BLADE is an adventure #fantasy I couldn�t put down #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:03:18 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Book 1 in his FALLEN BLADE cycle, it�s followed by BARE BLADES and his latest CROSSED BLADES from @acerockbooks #sffwrtcht (Thu Dec 06 02:03:35 +0000 2012) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 8/22/2012 With Author Jean Johnson

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August 22, 2012

sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/29 Roundtable:Outlining with @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @KittyNorville1 (Carrie Vaughn) 9/19 @author_sullivan #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 00:57:44 +0000 2012)=

sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:15 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:27 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:35 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Aug 23 01:00:46 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. Our guest has deadlines so chat will be 1 hour tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:00:58 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Tonight’s guest is a 2011 Philip K. Dick Award nominee for her debut science fiction novel, A SOLDIER’S DUTY from @acerocbooks.#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:16 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: .@JeanJAuthor lives in the Pacific Northwest with a middle-aged cat and no castle, but she still has the dream. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:27 +0000 2012)
chippermuse: Good guests coming up! MT @sffwrtcht: 8/29 Outlining @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @KittyNorville1 9/19 @author_sullivan (Thu Aug 23 01:01:34 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She has a Ph.D. in Religions and is the great-niece of award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Nunnally Johnson. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:41 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: The national bestselling author of the Sons of Destiny Paranormal Romance series, incldng The Sword, The Wolf, The Cat & The Mage #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:01:59 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Her Theirs Is Not To Reason Why #militaryscifi series includes A Soldier’s Duty and An Officer’s Duty from @acerockbooks #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:19 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: A third book in that trilogy will follow in 2013. She can be found online athttp://t.co/QObFljt9 or Twitter and Facebook #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:35 +0000 2012)
chippermuse: Howdy, @BryanThomasS @JeanJAuthor and everyone else! #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:37 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Her stories have appeared in anthologies like Space Battles, The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance, An Enchanted Season #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:44 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: The Mammoth Book of Time Travel, Space Grunts, and Elemental Magic. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:02:53 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She’s also a good friend of this host and a lot of fun. Welcome @JeanJAuthor! Thanks for joining #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 23 01:03:04 +0000 2012) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 8/15/12 With Award Winning Artist John Picacio

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August 15, 2012
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer’s Chat #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:57:50 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:03 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:17 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Aug 16 00:58:30 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. Our guest has deadlines so chat will be 1 hour tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:58:46 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Future Guests 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 8/29 Roundtable:Outlining with @robynmcintyre 9/5 @ KDMcEntire 9/12 @carrievaughn #sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:59:04 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest is a current World Fantasy Award and Hugo Award nominee & past World Fantasy Award & Chesley Award winning artist.#sffwrtcht (Thu Aug 16 00:59:28 +0000 2012) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 7/11/12 With Author Deborah Coates

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July 11, 2012

sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 00:59:32 +0000 2012)

sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 00:59:41 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:00:06 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jul 12 01:00:19 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:00:28 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Future Guests 7/18 @AlexBledsoe 7/25 @JimCHines 8/01 @PaulSKemp 8/08 @BradleyPBeaulieu 8/15 @JohnPicacio 8/22 @JeanJAuthor #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:00:43 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Tonight�s guest @debcoates lives in Iowa and is a member of the Blue Heaven professional writers� group. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:00:51 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Her first novel, WideOpen, was published by Tor in March 2012 and she�s self-described as a writer “owned by dogs.” #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:01:06 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She grew up on a sometime dairy farm in westrn New York, has 2 degrees, lived in Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, and Iowa. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:01:32 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She�s been a farmhand, a factory worker, a statistician, a researcher, an educator and an IT professional. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:01:40 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov�s, Fantasy and Science Fiction and Strange Horizons, amongst others. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:01:48 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: She can be found online at Twitter as @debcoates via her website athttp://t.co/UPMwHPxR and her blog. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:01 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to #sffwrtcht @debcoates! (Thu Jul 12 01:02:09 +0000 2012)
debcoates: Thanks so much for having me! #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:13 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: @debcoates Congrats on your first novel. I couldn’ #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:33 +0000 2012)
shadowflame1974: @debcoates welcome to our corner of the chaos #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:44 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: @debcoates t put it down.. truly #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:48 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Where’d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht (Thu Jul 12 01:02:53 +0000 2012) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 6/13/12 With Peter V. Brett

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June 13, 2012

sffwrtcht: Future Guests 6/20 @AbrahamHanover 6/27 @LeahPetersen 7/11 @debcoates 7/18 @AlexBledsoe 7/25 @JimCHines 8/01 @PaulSKemp #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 14 00:52:54 +0000 2012)

sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 14 01:00:01 +0000 2012)

sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 14 01:00:26 +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 Jun 14 01:00:36 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jun 14 01:00:43 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 14 01:00:57 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: .@pvbrett�s debut #fantasy novel “The Warded Man” released from @DelReyBooks in 2009 and the second, “The Desert Spear” in 2010. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 14 01:01:39 +0000 2012) View full article »
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Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 6/06/12 With Sam Sykes

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June 6, 2012

sffwrtcht: Future Guests 6/13 @pvbrett 6/20/12 @abrahamhanover 6/27/12 @leahpetersen 7/11 @debcoates 7/18 @AlexBledsoe 7/25 @JimCHines #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 07 00:55:04 +0000 2012)

sffwrtcht: More future guests: 8/01 @PaulSKemp 8/08 @bbeaulieu 8/15 @JohnPicacio 8/22 @JeanJAuthor 9/05 @kdmcentire 9/12 Carrie Vaughn #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 07 00:59:17 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer�s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 07 00:59:55 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Our goal is to talk w/ writers, editors, & others abt the craft of writing, specifically related to writing speculative fiction. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 07 01:00:02 +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 Jun 07 01:00:09 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Jun 07 01:00:20 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. #sffwrtcht (Thu Jun 07 01:00:30 +0000 2012) View full article »
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