BryanThomasS: Future Guests 10/10 @cischafer 10/17 @followthelede 10/24 Roundtable: Fantasy 10/31 @frabjousdave 11/07 @MelindaSnodgrass #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 00:46:17 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/HSTBiRCd #space (Thu Oct 04 00:48:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:01:05 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Our format is round table discussion. Please restrict ?s to writing craft, business of writing & the specific works of the guest. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:01:16 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments. (Thu Oct 04 01:01:25 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: We may hold questions at times to allow our guest to answer and catch up. Our guest has deadlines so chat will be 1 hour tonight #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:01:33 +0000 2012)
Ben_J_L: @monsterhunter45 first question! what are your plans for the country for the next 4yrs? #sffwrtcht let’s get this debate started! (Thu Oct 04 01:01:44 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Future Guests 10/10 @cischafer 10/17 @followthelede 10/24 Roundtable: Fantasy 10/31 @frabjousdave 11/07 @MelindaSnodgrass #sffwrtcht . (Thu Oct 04 01:01:51 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .This week’s #sffwrtcht is brought to you by Beyond The Sun SF Anthology @kickstarter. Counting on your support! http://t.co/HSTBiRCd (Thu Oct 04 01:02:04 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Tonight’s guest grew up on a dairy farm in El Nido, California, drinking milk directly from the tank & reading any books he cld #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:02:38 +0000 2012)
monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L I promise 100% employment. Because we will need lots of workers to dig all those mass graves. 
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RobHBedford: @monsterhunter45 What is the toughest criticism of your published work you’ve had to swallow? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:11 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: @monsterhunter 45 is the NYT bestselling author of the Monster Hunter Internl series, the Grimnoir Chrncls, & Dead Six. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:14 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: After developing a passion for Louis L’Amour, he read Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks then discovered Feist & Eddings #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:03:54 +0000 2012)
sffwrtcht: He began writing little stories in school notebooks andeven illustrated them w/ dragons, swords & lots of explosions, bc why not? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:27 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @RobHBedford Personal attacks based entirely on them being jerk faces. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:30 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He then went on to develop a fascination for guns, later attending Utah State University. For fun, he played RPGs and took karate #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:49 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: RT @BryanThomasS: Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:04:53 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He then joined the LDS and went to Alabama to ride a bike in a white shirt and black tie in the Southern Sun. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:05:18 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: This later became the setting for his hit Monster Hunter series. His later career as a CPA, gun dealer/instructor didn’t hurt. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:05:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Discovering people liked his stories about monster hunters, he got disgusted with his rejection letters & decided to self-pub #sffwrtcht. (Thu Oct 04 01:05:58 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: After a fan passed an early copy to this book store owning friend at Uncle Hugo’s, 2k copies &a spot on the EW bestseller list #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:06:38 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: Uncle Hugo introduced him to @BaenBooks , and all of a sudden, he had a publishing contract. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:06:55 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: He’s now a finance manager with a defense contractor in Utah, married to a girl who agreed to a 1st date at a shooting range #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:07:23 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht Glad to be on. Thanks for having me. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:08:07 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 You have an inspiring success story. Congratulations. I really enjoyed reading the 1st 2 Monster Hunter books #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:08:16 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Where’d your interest in SFF come from? #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:08:28 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: RT @sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Welcome to #sffwrtcht Larry! (Thu Oct 04 01:08:28 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: RT @monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I read a ton as a kid. SF/F was my favorite. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:09:29 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I read a lot as a kid. SF/F was my favorite. #sffwrtcht(Thu Oct 04 01:09:31 +0000 2012)sffwrtcht: .@monsterhunter45 Who are some of your favorite authors and books that inspire you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:09:47 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @BryanThomasS I was a pretty nerdy kid. Read Dune when I was 8. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:01 +0000 2012)
BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 You said that in your bio and your mom didn’t believe you so she quizzed you, right? LOL #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:27 +0000 2012)Ben_J_L: @monsterhunter45 ever get tired of people asking you how to write guns into their SFF? If not, what exactly do hollow points do? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:33 +0000 2012)
PrinceJvstin: @monsterhunter45 @BryanThomasS Have you re-read Dune since, Larry? Does it still hold up for you? #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:10:37 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @sffwrtcht I think the best writer around right now is Dan Simmons. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:06 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: @Ben_J_L Am I seeing things? Are you actually here for #sffwrtcht? (Thu Oct 04 01:11:31 +0000 2012)BryanThomasS: .@monsterhunter45 Dan Simmons. I’ve heard a lot of compliments for Hyperion, which I have yet to read #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:55 +0000 2012)monsterhunter45: @Ben_J_L I actually did a FAQ on my blog on that topic. How to write guns. It is under the best of tab. #sffwrtcht (Thu Oct 04 01:11:56 +0000 2012) View full article »
