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Chat Transcript: May 16 '08

We never seem to get these exactly right. Patty signed on at five, but the chat wasn't supposed to start until six. However, she stayed on until just after eight, so those who were smart enough to join at the correct time didn't get a short chat. Thank you to Has for moderating, this was a very fun chat!

5:01 Patty joins Main
5:01 FH joins Main
5:02 Patty Hello everyone, thank you for coming.
5:02 Tambayo hello
5:03 Maya Hello
5:03 Snoopy hi patty, good to 'meet' you
5:03 Maya Nice to meet you
5:03 Maya !
5:03 FH Hello
5:03 Snoopy and everybody else of course!!
5:04 Maya I think that was implied anyway :)
5:04 Patty I'm glad to report than unlike last chat, I am -- 1. On time and 2. the chat is working <grin>
5:04 Snoopy good
5:04 Maya Haha yes, that's always good
5:04 Snoopy YAY
5:04 Snoopy thanks for doing another one this month
5:04 Snoopy this time I can take part :)
5:05 Maya As warning, if there is a random keyboard explosion from me, it's probably because the kittens ran over the keyboard. They do that on occasion
5:05 Tambayo i stayed up for this one
5:05 Snoopy me too
5:06 Maya How late is it for you two?
5:06 Patty We're having summer today. It's 82 degrees F outside today -- last Friday it snowed. Maya, I wish I could blame my cats for my misspellings :)
5:06 Tambayo 1 am
5:06 Snoopy it's a little after 1 o'clock at night here
5:06 Snoopy oh patty, I'm so glad for you
5:06 Patty Where are you two?
5:06 Tambayo Netherlands
5:06 Maya Oh wow
5:06 Snoopy I'm in Germany
5:06 FH I'm wondering what time you are using, Patty. Pacific?
5:06 Maya Snow? It was warm last Friday, it's chilly now. I'd love to have 80 degree weather!
5:07 Tambayo international fanclub
5:07 FH And I'm in Japan.
5:07 Patty I'm mountain time in Montana. Mercy's in the Pacific time zone.
5:08 Snoopy very international :)
5:08 Maya I'm over in Western New York
5:08 Patty I'm glad moving up the time worked for you folks. Although 1am is still pretty late . . . FH what time is it for you?
5:08 Patty NY time should be seven, right?
5:08 Snoopy Yeah, well, it's Saturday tomorrow, so... who cares!!
5:08 Maya Yup, 7pm for me
5:08 FH A little after eight.
5:09 Patty We can keep this informal for a while, since it's just the five of us. If we start getting more people we'll get organized.
5:09 Snoopy sounds good
5:09 Maya Coolies
5:10 Maya I just ordered On the Prowl and I'm anxiously waiting for it to show up
5:10 FH Patty, I think the scheduled chat time is 6:00PM at the Mountain time...
5:10 Snoopy oh, it's good, and especially makes you want to get Cry Wolf in your hands like RIGHT NOW!!!
5:10 FH Not that I'm not delighted
5:10 Maya Haha I already do!
5:11 Patty Goodness <grin> then I'm Really not late.
5:11 FH to see you ealier
5:11 Snoopy Yeah, I thought it was on an hour later but figured I'd just got the math wrong again
5:11 Patty If Snoopy and and Maya are staying up this late, we might as well start early.
5:11 Maya I made a wild guess and was an hour early. I don't travel much :P
5:11 Patty Though I'll probably start babbling as we get into the third hour . . .
5:12 Maya That's quite all right
5:12 Snoopy shall I post on the chat-thread in the forum so the others know we've started??
5:12 Snoopy I like babbling!! :-)
5:12 FH Yes, please, Snoopy!
5:12 Patty Yes -- go ahead and tell them. But I'll stay on until the last hour anyway.
5:12 Has joins Main
5:13 Maya How long does the chat normally last?
5:13 Patty Usually two hours.
5:13 Maya That works just fine for me
5:13 Patty Mike just came in and told me . . "well,you could always check your schedule"
5:13 Has Has the chat started?
5:13 Patty That's his job. I decided.
5:13 Has hey everyone
5:13 me joins Main
5:13 Snoopy hey has
5:14 Maya Hello!
5:14 Patty Hey Has, nice to see you . .. read you . . . something.
5:14 Patty Yep, I jumped in early.
5:14 Snoopy I think it's good you bungled up your schedule!!
5:14 Maya You're seeing the words, does that count as seeing the person?
5:14 Snoopy :-)
5:14 Has oh good I thought I messed up the time lol :)
5:14 Patty I like the way you think, Maya
5:14 me Hi
5:14 Has hey Me
5:14 Maya Why thank you :) I blame my recent philosophy course
5:15 FH Hi, Has and me
5:15 Red joins Main
5:15 Snoopy hi me
5:15 Patty Hi me . . . .that feels slightly . . . psychotic.
5:15 Maya A bit
5:15 me I couldn't think of anything else
5:15 Maya ME are my initials too, so I got confused for a second
5:15 FH I agree
5:15 Patty It's cool.
5:15 Red i knew people be on mad early :)
5:15 me thanks
5:15 Red
5:15 Has hey Red :)
5:15 Red hi everybody
5:16 me hi
5:16 Snoopy hi red
5:16 Maya Hey
5:16 FH Hi
5:16 Patty I'll stay on until eight (my time) for those with a better sense of time . . .
5:16 FH Who will moderate this time?
5:17 Red i will
5:17 Red
5:17 Red wat time is it there Patt?
5:17 Has I dont mind either
5:17 Red e
5:17 me I'm new. How do we do this?
5:17 Patty It's 5:17
5:18 Maya I'm new too, but I skimmed one of the logs, so I vaguely know something
5:18 Patty Right now we're just chatting. As soon as we get time, I'll start taking questions based on when people logged in.
5:18 Patty It's not a straightforward thing.
5:18 Red ok that is a11 my time ill need to tell has befor i get off
5:18 Red
5:18 Patty Because the log randomly drops people
5:18 Red that ok with you Has?
5:18 me I've gone over logs too but I don't want to make a fool of myself or be rude.
5:19 Patty Red, why don't we have Has mod, then. As she's been doing it for a while.
5:19 JonnyP joins Main
5:19 Has yeah and we need to list the people as they come in because the list can jump
5:19 Red the computer isin my parents room :)
5:19 Patty No worries, Me. We're pretty polite around here.
5:19 Red :)
5:19 Red yep
5:19 Maya All cool peoples from what I've gathered
5:19 Has Red you can assist me if you still want to be mod
5:19 Red thank you thank you
5:19 Snoopy I second that
5:19 Red lol
5:19 Has I dont mind :)
5:20 Patty I've been very impressed by the people on the chats and the forum.
5:20 Snoopy me too, that's why I finally joined
5:20 Patty Mostly everyone keeps a cool head and we don't get many flame wars.
5:20 Snoopy everyone's so nice, and interested in the same things... :)
5:20 Maya I just found both today
5:20 Red what you need Has other than time monitor
5:20 Red aka me:)
5:20 tambayo joins Main
5:21 Has just to ensure that I have the right person next on the list
5:21 Patty I was worried when Mike first started -- having seen other forums. But, I agree Snoopy, everyone's really nice.
5:21 Has if we sync the list together-
5:21 Red ok i need paper than brb
5:22 tambayo back again
5:22 Red ok got it
5:22 Patty I've been working on Bone Crossed -- that cover just inspires me <grin>
5:22 tambayo connection is wonky
5:22 Has I love that cover
5:22 me I'm also not good with MSN speak so please bear with me
5:22 Snoopy :) it's awesome that cover!!
5:22 Maya the cover is GORGEOUS I love it
5:22 Has its currently on my desktop
5:22 Patty And on a short story for St Martins. Don't worry, me. I'm pretty much a newby too. Except for these chats.
5:22 me I liked it too
5:23 Patty Dan Dos Santos is very gifted -- and I'm terrifically lucky.
5:23 tambayo good for us means more good books
5:23 Red ok i got the list made out Has so im ready when you are
5:24 Nottled joins Main
5:24 Has Red I opened up a pm window for you so that way we dont have to take over the main chat one :D
5:24 Patty This month as been foreign book month. FH sent me a copy of the Japanese version of Moon Called (which is lovely), and I have copies of Rabensauber (the raven books) from Germany. As well as contracts for the Mercy books and the Dragon books for French publication (two different houses).
5:24 Nottled Howdee dooo!
5:24 Has if you look up - a window with my name should be next to the main one
5:25 Patty Hey Nottled :)
5:25 Maya How cool!!
5:25 Snoopy French!! Cool!!
5:25 Has congrats for the contracts Patty!!! and hey nottled ;)
5:25 tambayo really international writer now
5:25 Patty It's very cool . . . and flattering <grin>
5:25 Snoopy Are they out in Spanish yet, by any chance??
5:25 me I always wished I could speak other languages
5:25 Maya Me too
5:26 me but I've given up
5:26 Nottled Go on witcha bad self, Patty! Congratulations.
5:26 tambayo training programs aplenty
5:26 FH Me too...
5:26 Snoopy hey nottled
5:26 Has Red can you see the new window?
5:26 FH I'm not good at speaking in English.
5:26 Maya Neither are most English speakers
5:26 Snoopy learning a new language is not so hard when you're in a foreign country and it's either learn or die :)
5:27 Maya :P
5:27 Nottled Don't worry FH, neither am I.
5:27 Patty Not yet, in Spanish. But I've signed contracts for them so soon.
5:27 tambayo FH try listening to songs and the bbc cnn news
5:27 Has I think you have a great grasp of English FH - and ditto to that about English speakers lol sometimes I am in that catagory :D
5:27 Patty FH, your English is wonderful.
5:27 me I agree, like I said I gave up
5:28 FH Thank you, everyone
5:28 me good for you!
5:28 Patty I think speaking in a foreign language is always difficult. And . . .FH your spelling is better than mine!
5:28 Snoopy Second that, FH!! You're English sounds fine to me!!
5:28 Maya I think writing in a different language is easier than speaking it. I always trip over the words speaking it
5:28 tambayo me too
5:28 FH That's right, Maya.
5:29 Patty . . . even English with it's odd spelling?
5:29 Has I can understand arabic- the Moroccan version not the classical middle eastern one :P but I can speak it at all I just mangle the words
5:29 --Jasmine-- joins Main
5:29 Has cant
5:29 Patty uhm. . . its odd spelling.
5:29 Maya And again, I trip over the words in English but can write them just fine :P It's how some people work
5:29 me odd spelling is putting it nicely
5:29 Red rrr i hate doing two things at the same time
5:29 --Jasmine-- hello eveyone
5:29 me hi
5:29 Maya Hello
5:29 Has are u ok Red
5:29 Patty I think when you're writing it, you have some space between you and the person you're communicating with, so it's not so stressful or embarassing.
5:30 Maya That could very well be it
5:30 Snoopy I still prefer talking, you've got hands and legs to communicate with, too :)
5:30 me I was never good at spelling so writting is were I trip up
5:30 tambayo and you can check before you post
5:30 Patty I hate talking in a foreign language on the phone. No visual cues.
5:30 Maya I'm just the opposite, I trip up speaking, but spelling is one of my strengths
5:30 Nottled Oooo no worries there, Has. Hubby speaks fluent Arabic. Don't know how he does it. It's a terribly interperative languare.
5:30 me Snoopy - i agree most of what it said is never spoken
5:31 Nottled ooops that's language.....ha ha ha ha
5:31 Patty Come to think of it, I don't really enjoy speaking English on the phone either <grin>
5:31 Snoopy yep, on the phone is different, that stresses me out, too
5:31 me Maya - Lucky
5:31 Nottled See! Can't speak English to save my life!
5:31 Maya I haven't tried that, and I don't think I'm going to! :P
5:32 Patty When I was in Chicago working at an Insurance Agency, I used to hate it when people with a heavy Chicago accent and a deep voice called. I couldn't understand a word and had to pass them off.
5:32 Has I know nottled!!!! especially when its mixed in with French and Spanish and a smattering of English that the Moroccan dialect is
5:32 Snoopy Your wit will save it for you, nottled
5:32 me Accents are hard
5:32 Maya Haha I understand, it's so hard with accents sometimes
5:32 Snoopy or dialects, even
5:32 Maya I had a professor I couldn't understand because her accent was so heavy
5:33 Patty The deep bass voice would buzz the phone speaker.
5:33 me And the person talking is probably thinking the same thing
5:33 Maya Probably
5:33 Snoopy And you feel so dumb because you 'know' you should be able to understand it
5:33 me Exactly
5:34 Patty My husband had a Japanese physics teacher who would get excited and drop into Japanese for large parts of class. They bribed the Japanese student to hold study sessions because he was the only one who understood the whole thing.
5:34 Has lol
5:34 Maya HAHA that's awesome
5:34 Maya Hard for the students, but an awesome story
5:34 Patty She was brilliant and a really good teacher.
5:34 me that must have been a hard course
5:34 Snoopy that's terrible, Patty!! Terribly funny!!!
5:34 Patty When she spoke English.
5:34 me lol
5:35 Snoopy *g*
5:35 me *g* ?
5:35 Snoopy *g* = grin
5:35 Has Red are u ok? I have opened up another chat window so we can sync the list
5:35 me oh thanks
5:35 Patty I can't imagine teaching something like Physics in a foreign language.
5:35 Red yeah
5:35 Nottled Not to make fun of people but my friend Tommy had a superior officer in the Coast Guard who was from the Phillipenes .
5:36 Red a friend wanted me to try to find an ice rink
5:36 tambayo foreign to whom becomes the question
5:36 Snoopy Hm, alhtough our math and physics teacher always said that 'math is a universal language' lol
5:36 Has lol
5:36 Nottled He used to say....'You think this is a pucking joke??? I make you do push ups POR EPPP
5:36 --Jasmine-- i thought that was music snoopy=P
5:36 tambayo could be but i speak dutch
5:36 Patty *grin*
5:36 Nottled oops POR EPPA!
5:36 Red his com is broken
5:36 me I agree
5:36 Nottled I mispelled Phillipines.
5:37 me we knew what you ment
5:37 Red ill be back my pizza is here :) :) :) :)
5:37 me that's all that matters
5:37 Snoopy Mahlzeit!
5:37 Nottled Thank you, Me.
5:37 me welcome
5:37 Patty I just tried to spell it three times Nottled. You should see me spell the name of the sea that surrounds Italy. Google is a gift.
5:37 me i'm hungry now
5:38 Snoopy you mean the mediterr-something??
5:38 me my best friend next to spell check
5:38 Maya Dinner time for me
5:38 Has I love google - especially when you click on the I feel lucky link :)
5:38 Nottled The funny thing is that you can't see what you're typing after the send line ends. Makes for funnies.
5:38 Patty Snoopy -- that's the one <grin>
5:38 Snoopy Nottled, haven't tried that out yet!! lol, I'll have to write something really loooong....
5:39 Patty Last chat I did on my laptop. Which has very, very small font.
5:39 Has I usually say the med sea easier to spell
5:39 Red any one live in york pa i need to find a rink still?
5:39 me must have been har to read
5:39 me 8hard
5:39 me NOOOO * hard
5:39 Red lol
5:39 Snoopy rofl
5:39 Nottled See!!
5:39 Nottled It's contaigous!
5:39 Patty Me -- I thought I'd go blind before I finished. Needless to say, my spelling wasn't terrific.
5:39 Nottled Did I spell that right?
5:39 Patty I couldn't proof read.
5:40 Red lol
5:40 Snoopy keyboards have a life of their own...
5:40 Patty contageous?
5:40 me can't be worse than mine
5:40 Has we can start a spell help group :)
5:40 Snoopy LOL
5:40 Maya If you type too fast you make typos, that's always my schtick
5:40 me Nottled - no ides
5:40 Patty My oldest daughter has been my best spell check since she was eight.
5:40 Nottled My spelling used to be much better. Age is wearing away my......what were we talking about?
5:41 me like I just did
5:41 Patty I dunno. Whot you want to do?
5:41 Nottled Who are you?
5:41 Snoopy Where are you??
5:41 Patty Sorry, Nottled. Watched Dumbo too many times <grin>
5:41 Snoopy What day is it??
5:41 Has lol
5:41 Maya Who am I?
5:41 Patty Or is that the jungle book?
5:41 me lol
5:41 Has saturday
5:41 Patty wow.
5:41 Nottled The vultures?
5:41 Nottled Jungle Book.
5:42 Has GMT time
5:42 Patty Yep
5:42 Snoopy obviously not enough times, Patty!! :)
5:42 --Jasmine-- --Jasmine-- quit
5:42 me i neverliked that movie
5:42 Red how do you think i get my food
5:42 Patty Thank you. Should we start the Q& A before I make a real fool of myself <grin>?
5:42 me lol
5:42 Snoopy you never liked Jungle Book??? Wow, I never knew there was such a creature... :)
5:42 Nottled We have a professor here called Dr. Moustafa...and I kept doing the line from the Lion King.....Moustafaaaahhhh! Ooooo, say it again.
5:42 me we all make fools of ourselves, it makes life fun
5:42 Red lol maybe it is more fun like this
5:42 Has Red check the other window please- we need to sync our lists together!!!!
5:42 --Jasmine-- joins Main
5:43 Red lol
5:43 Has lol
5:43 Snoopy Moustafaaaaaaaaaaah
5:43 Nottled It was funny until he came walking out of his clasroom the other night and I'm like, 'Hi Dr. Mufasa!'
5:43 me the mouse scared me
5:43 Red im a noob at this :(
5:43 --Jasmine-- --Jasmine-- quit
5:43 Snoopy LOL Nottled, that's just... tough luck
5:43 Red what i need to click?
5:43 Has no worries :) I feel like im nagging u
5:44 Patty I can sing all the songs from Disney's Robin Hood
5:44 --Jasmine-- joins Main
5:44 Maya I loved that movie!
5:44 Nottled ME TOO! Roger Miller is fantastic.
5:44 me That movie i liked
5:44 Has if you look up at the top of the window- next to main
5:44 Patty Why don't you just run with your list Has? That'll be fine.
5:44 Nottled Was fantastic....
5:44 --Jasmine-- wait im confused, has the chat already offically started???
5:44 Nottled I'm sorry, aren't we just in a free for all right now or is poor Has trying to keep order?
5:44 tambayo yes
5:45 Patty Not really Jasmine. I got here an hour early, by accident.
5:45 Patty But I'll be here until the scheduled ending.
5:45 Maya No complaints about that
5:45 --Jasmine-- oh that explains it
5:45 me so I didn't mess up the times?
5:45 --Jasmine-- lol i thought i messed up the times
5:45 Patty Nope. I did. Just like last time . . . except in the opposite direction.
5:46 Snoopy good for us
5:46 Maya Subconsciously making up for it?
5:46 --Jasmine-- lol well thanks for that ;)
5:46 me good thing I checked
5:46 me lol
5:46 Patty Maya -- I think you're right <grin>
5:46 Patty Karma
5:46 dsgholam joins Main
5:46 me Krama is great isn't it?
5:46 dsgholam hi y'all
5:46 Snoopy who's krama?? :)
5:46 Nottled Ha ha ha ....Me.
5:46 Has Im trying to sync the list at the moment give me a few secs :)
5:47 Maya On occasion
5:47 me Until it gets you back
5:47 Maya Hello
5:47 --Jasmine-- hii
5:47 Snoopy hi dsgholam
5:47 FH Hi
5:47 Maya What me said
5:47 me hi
5:47 Patty Hey Dsgholam.
5:47 Patty No problems Has, we'll just keep talking until you're ready
5:47 dsgholam it's a very big honor for me to talk to you!
5:48 Patty Right back at you, dsgholam . . . and everyone else, too.
5:48 Maya Same over here, I was bouncing in my seat and squealing for awhile. Got a funny look from my roommate
5:48 --Jasmine-- lol
5:48 me so..... what should we talk about
5:48 Patty I have a lot of fun on these :) When I travel anymore, I almost always see someone from the Chats or forum. Pretty cool.
5:49 me ?
5:49 turtle joins Main
5:49 --Jasmine-- well i think its pretty cool how you take some time out to talk to avid readers
5:49 turtle hi everyone
5:49 --Jasmine-- or just reg readers
5:49 dsgholam howdy
5:49 Patty I think it's pretty cool how you all take time to chat with me, too :)
5:49 FH Hello
5:49 Snoopy yes, I agree, I think it's very nice you take the time to do all this
5:49 me hi
5:49 Patty And read the books <grin>
5:49 Snoopy hi turtle
5:49 dsgholam the books are the best part
5:49 --Jasmine-- hey turtle
5:50 Snoopy ha, that's the easiest part, reading the books!! :)
5:50 Cole_The_Sleepy joins Main
5:50 me exactly
5:50 --Jasmine-- wouldn't it be amazing if there was a neverending book
5:50 tambayo yes waiting for the next isn
5:50 Patty Since we're talking books, I just finished "The Devil Inside" by Jenna Black and am happy to recommend it.
5:50 --Jasmine-- becuase i hate when books end
5:50 --Jasmine-- =P
5:50 tambayo isn't
5:51 Cole_The_Sleepy Yo
5:51 Maya I just read that one, I liked it too
5:51 me hey
5:51 Snoopy I was thinking about getting that one from amazon, Patty
5:51 Patty And coming soon is Blue Diablo by the author of Grimspace, whose last name I don't have in front of me and I hate to misspell it.
5:51 tambayo reading is faster than writing
5:51 --Jasmine-- hi cole
5:51 FH Hi Cole
5:51 turtle hi cole
5:51 Snoopy Ann Aguierre???
5:51 Cole_The_Sleepy Cole_The_Sleepy changes his/her nickname to Sweeney Cole
5:51 Snoopy hi cole
5:51 Sweeney Cole hey guys
5:52 Patty And also Devon Monk's debut book is terrific (I think it's out in the next couple of months too)
5:52 Patty Snoopy -- that's it. Thanks.
5:52 Maya Haven't read that one, I'll have to try it
5:52 FH I wonder what 'Sweeney' means?
5:52 Sweeney Cole hey patty didnt see you there
5:52 Patty Blue Diable is urban fantasy -- Ann and I share our editor so I got to read it for blurbs. I loved Grimspace, but this is better
5:52 Snoopy as in sweeney todd????
5:52 Maya I was recently addicted to Kelley Armstrong's Women of hte Underworld series
5:52 Patty Hey Cole :)
5:53 me LOVE kelley Armstrong
5:53 ellyll joins Main
5:53 turtle same
5:53 Sweeney Cole Sweeney is MY last name and i despise the play
5:53 Nottled Got to pop out chilrens! Classes are releasing! Hope to come back later!
5:53 Patty I think someone's been watching Sweeney Tod, eh? Awesome . . . gruesome movie. Johnny Depp is the best.
5:53 Snoopy cu later nottled
5:53 Sweeney Cole bye
5:53 Patty whoops! I'm so sorry Cole!
5:53 me Johnny Depp is creepy
5:53 Maya I liked the play better than the movie version, oddly enough. Depp is awesome
5:53 me bye
5:54 me CREEPY!!!!!!!!!
5:54 Maya Haha
5:54 Patty I'm not sure I'd have loved the play -- but Depp . . . all I can say is Chocolate.
5:54 Patty Bye Nottled
5:54 Sweeney Cole its alright just the other day some airhead asked if i was related to Johnny Deep
5:54 Maya LOVE that movie
5:54 Snoopy he's an awesome actor, he really gets into his role
5:54 FH bye Nottled
5:54 me bye
5:55 tambayo bye
5:55 Snoopy Patty: Depp and Chocolate!!! My sentiments exactly...
5:55 Patty Who else could turn a part in a disney movie about a ride in Disneyland into an Oscar nomination -- and deserve it, too, darn it.
5:55 Maya Out of curiosity, if the Mercy books were ever made into a movie, who would play Adam?
5:55 Sweeney Cole ill take just the chocolate
5:55 tambayo me too
5:55 Patty I don't know. I know who I see as Bran, but Adam is harder.
5:55 tambayo but the good stuff
5:55 ellyll No moonshine, Cole?
5:55 dsgholam but one of the best rides at Disneyland, the happiest place on earth
5:55 Maya Who would be Bran?
5:55 me who?
5:56 Sweeney Cole who is bran
5:56 turtle whom might i ask?
5:56 Snoopy no biting Depp's ankles??
5:56 PaulaL joins Main
5:56 Has im back guys and I loved Grimspace and I cant wait for the new series feeling envious that you read the first book lucky!!!
5:57 Has hey paula :)
5:57 Sweeney Cole the guy who plays house i could see him as ben sort of
5:57 Maya Welcome back
5:57 me were we going to ask questions?
5:57 Sweeney Cole hi has
5:57 turtle hey Has
5:57 Patty Peter Wingfield -- he played Methos on the TV version of Highlander
5:57 Red srry everyone i got to go :(
5:57 dsgholam i love house, but I can't see it
5:57 Red bye
5:57 Maya I'm gonna have to google him
5:57 Patty Don't know why his face came to mind . . .
5:57 ellyll Oh, I love Peter Wingfield! He'd be perfect!
5:57 Snoopy ditto
5:57 me me too
5:57 Patty Bye Red.
5:57 Has bye red
5:57 Snoopy by red
5:58 me bye
5:58 Snoopy I mean bye
5:58 --Jasmine-- bye
5:58 Maya That could work
5:58 me Googled him ..... good choice
5:58 Patty Speaking of . . . Adrian Paul wouldn't be bad as Adam . . .
5:58 turtle he's awsome
5:58 Maya For some reason I always see Bran as an early 20's, if that, but probably because of the thing with the chair
5:58 Patty My husband is sure I have a crush on him . . . but I just like the swordfights. Honest.
5:58 Snoopy Adrian Paul - Hello Momma!! :)
5:58 Maya Haha
5:58 Patty Maya -- you are right. and Paul Wingfield is probably too old . . . but there's something about him.
5:59 Sweeney Cole Hugh Laurie comes to mind for ben i dont know why
5:59 tambayo easy on the eyes is not always easy on the hart
5:59 Has was there a new Highlander movie? I see Goran Visnjic as Adam - he was gorgeous in that Madonna vid
5:59 Snoopy and goran is sort of slavic looking, too
5:59 Has Defintely he is from Croatia
5:59 PaulaL Never underestimate the enhancement value of makeup and studio magic
5:59 Maya OOOH Goran is hot
5:59 Patty You know for a terrific actor, Adrian Paul sure has some terrible movies. Including, I am sad to say, The Source which was the last Highlander movie.
5:59 Snoopy LOL
5:59 tambayo i am not up to date with the new actors
6:00 me Hugh Laurie looks too old I think
6:00 ellyll I was hugely disappointed in The Source.
6:00 Maya I'm not up to date on actors period
6:00 ellyll And I love the Highlander series.
6:00 Sweeney Cole movie magic can fix that
6:00 Patty Adrian Paul and Paul Wingfield were both in the Highlander TV series.
6:00 tambayo website ?
6:00 Patty But they aren't really A list actors.
6:00 Has Many cult actors are really good- its the ones in the mainstream that tend to suck
6:00 e_booklover joins Main
6:00 me Maya - that's what google is for
6:01 PaulaL actors have slightly more influence than writers in determining their roles and lines....
6:01 Maya imdb!
6:01 turtle GOOGLE all bow down
6:01 Sweeney Cole and with bens past i would expect the stress to make him look aged among the wolves
6:01 Patty Hugh Laurie has the attitude for Ben, but I think he's too dominant on screen <grin>
6:01 Snoopy IMDB for movies
6:01 Sweeney Cole thats what i think
6:01 tambayo most actors i remember the caracters, not their real name
6:01 Has You know in the UK he was more of a comedy actor
6:01 dsgholam what does imdb stand for?
6:02 Maya I haven't the slightest clue, dsgholam
6:02 Snoopy international movie data base
6:02 Has but in the states he is has changed that completely
6:02 Snoopy www.imdb.com
6:02 Sweeney Cole yes i know Has
6:02 Sweeney Cole hello e_booklover
6:02 ellyll Has, did you like A Bit of Fry and Laurie?
6:02 PaulaL <-- MUCH more interested in books than films....
6:02 --Jasmine-- internation movie database?? lol just a guess
6:02 dsgholam yeah, Hugh Laurie as Wooster from P.G. Wodehouse books I've heard is excellent
6:02 PaulaL or actors
6:02 Patty Has -- he's (Laurey) terrific in everything I've seen him in.
6:02 e_booklover hi, didn't want to interrupt the conversation
6:02 turtle hey e_booklover
6:02 cass joins Main
6:02 me booklover - hi - love your name
6:03 Maya All I know is that the character of Adam is sexy so... whatever works
6:03 Sweeney Cole if you want ill take down names for the chat now
6:03 Patty No problem <grin> Are we ready to start Has?
6:03 cass hi all
6:03 Snoopy hi e_booklover!
6:03 e_booklover thanks
6:03 Patty Cole, I think Has has got it.
6:03 turtle hey cass
6:03 Has I prefered the series Jeeves and Wooster lol
6:03 me hi
6:03 Has welcome Cass
6:03 Snoopy hi cass
6:04 Patty Are we ready? Has?
6:04 cass first time here when everyone was here :)
6:04 Has we are ready :)
6:04 Has snoop ur first
6:04 Snoopy ME!! Ok, just a sec
6:04 Snoopy Patty, Did you base the hob on a mythical creature? I found some references to small household spirits called "hobs", but they didn't sound anything like Caefawn.
6:05 Sweeney Cole do we need to state the rules
6:05 Sweeney Cole
6:05 Snoopy or was he all your imagination??
6:05 Patty Snoopy, I did -- I based him on a pooka.
6:05 Maya I thought pookas were horses
6:05 Snoopy I'll have to look that up...
6:05 me pooka! I love that word
6:06 me !!!
6:06 dsgholam and how are you mr. Wilson?
6:06 Patty Most particularly on the pooka from Jimmy Stewart's Harvey
6:06 Patty Yes, dsyholam
6:06 Maya Ohh... Never mind, haha
6:06 tambayo pookas in the Hob where not nice i recall?
6:06 Has Cole I think thats ok- I think everyone knows we are going by the list
6:06 Patty That's the one. It's more a matter of attitude than reality though.
6:06 Sweeney Cole ok
6:06 Patty A real pooka (or pookha) is something quite different.
6:07 Patty So really, the hob is his own kind of creature.
6:07 turtle just a little
6:07 me Have you seen the lod movie with the invisible rabbit? Harvey
6:07 Has Fh your up next :)
6:07 Snoopy what I thought - all your imagination... good job!! :)
6:07 me I think that was a pooka
6:07 me *old
6:08 Patty The pookas are a water fae who coax people to get on their backs -- and then they drown the hapless rider.
6:08 Maya That's what I was thinking of, ok
6:08 Snoopy I thought those were kelpies?!
6:08 me I've been wrong before
6:08 Patty Kelpies and pookas are of a muchness
6:08 Maya Kelpies are oceanic, I think
6:08 Maya Aren't they seals? Whereas pookas are horses. Of a sort
6:08 Patty There are differences, but I'd have to look them up to make sure I was right.
6:08 Snoopy ok. A 'muchness', I like that...
6:08 Patty Selkies are the seals
6:09 Snoopy no the seals are selkies
6:09 Snoopy :)
6:09 Maya I'm a lore nerd :P
6:09 me seals smell funny
6:09 turtle random
6:09 Snoopy lol
6:09 Patty "of a muchness" is stolen from a book called Moonraker's Bride by Madeleine Brent :)
6:09 Maya I like that phrase
6:09 Snoopy sounds like a fun read
6:09 turtle same
6:10 Patty Very good.
6:10 Sweeney Cole sorry guys something came up i have to go maybe ill catch the last bit when i get back bye
6:10 Has bye cole
6:10 turtle bye cole
6:10 ellyll Bye, Cole
6:10 Maya k, See you
6:10 dsgholam bye Cole
6:10 e_booklover bye cole
6:10 Snoopy bye cole
6:10 --Jasmine-- byee
6:10 PaulaL "moon on the water and skin on the McClarendon's daughter's come dance... "
6:10 me byb
6:10 Patty Sorry, go ahead FH. See you later, Cole <hug>
6:10 me *bye
6:10 FH Bye
6:10 tambayo book wishlist is bigger than my wallet
6:10 Snoopy mine too *sigh*
6:11 Snoopy way bigger
6:11 Maya By at least ten thousand times
6:11 Maya I hear that
6:11 me that's the only problem with books
6:11 turtle i think everyone's is
6:11 FH Is it my turn?
6:11 me a milllion times
6:11 Has ditto
6:11 Has yep
6:11 Patty Yes, go ahead and ask, FH :)
6:11 FH All right - when will the ARCs of Cry Wolf be out?
6:12 Patty Hmm. Clears throat. Actually I have one . . . We'll probably be holding a contest around the end of June, just like we did for Iron Kissed. They didn't send me extra, so they'll be Patty&Mike Made books. But soon.
6:13 dsgholam awesome!!!!
6:13 Snoopy Yay
6:13 Has whoohoo :D
6:13 Maya Oooooh
6:13 turtle ARC's?
6:13 e_booklover sweet!
6:13 Has they are advance reader copies
6:13 Patty Advanced Reader Copies, turtle.
6:13 FH Wow!
6:13 Patty They are sent out to reviewers.
6:13 turtle kk, thanks
6:14 Patty And booksellers or buyers for the big chains.
6:14 Maya That's exciting
6:14 Has lucky people
6:14 Has Maya your up next
6:14 FH Oh, so I didn't need last 's' of ARCs
6:14 Maya Oh man, ok
6:15 Patty FH, hmm. I think it is fine either way <grin>
6:15 Has lol
6:15 cass how do i become a reviewer ;)
6:15 Maya Someone has probably already asked you this, but where did the Rabbit come in? I love that Mercy defaces it to annoy Adam, but where'd you get the idea
6:15 me lol
6:15 Patty Advanced Reader's Copy (add 's) or Advanced Readers Copies (doesn't need an "s"), but ARCs or ARC's work
6:15 turtle how do you?\
6:16 Patty I have/ have had a number of Jettas.
6:16 Patty Several of them have been . . . well, unsightly.
6:16 Maya Haha
6:16 me nicely put
6:16 Patty We had a two door with the driver's side door that was white.
6:16 Patty And it died in a crash.
6:16 Patty We then bought another two door (red -- the first one was blue) on the Internet.
6:17 Has cass- some people who write in blog review sites or book review sites/magazines get them- sometimes readers are able to win them in competitions
6:17 Maya I'd like to do a rendition of it just to see how many people recognize it
6:17 Patty When we picked it up -- the driver's side door was the wrong year and didn't match windows.
6:17 cass nice job to have
6:17 Maya Oh wow, haha
6:17 Snoopy didn't match the windows???
6:17 me opps
6:17 Snoopy lol
6:17 Patty So the white door from the first car, got put on the red car.
6:17 turtle nice car!
6:17 dsgholam lol
6:17 Patty The window style changed from year to year.
6:17 --Jasmine-- lol
6:18 turtle mitch-match
6:18 Has lol patchwork art :)
6:18 PaulaL authors also get them when the publisher is looking for quotes to put on the covers
6:18 Patty And someone had replaced the driver's side door of the red car with the wrong door.
6:18 turtle i spelt it wrong:d
6:18 turtle :D
6:18 Maya Very mix and match then
6:18 Snoopy was it even still recognisable as a jetta?? :)
6:19 Patty My husband is very neat and orderly -- and the off -color door really bothered him. Snoopy -- yes, just wrong color door
6:19 --Jasmine-- did ur kids have a problem with the car? lol
6:19 me who's turn is it
6:19 me it would bug me too
6:19 Maya I kind of WANT my car to be mismatched... just for kicks
6:19 Has yours - :)
6:19 Has ME
6:20 me My question is really just nit picking. In Iron Kissed Mercy says I'd never seen Charles drive a car (pg 83) but a few pages later while she is talking to Samuel she remembers "So while Samuel waited for me, Charles was driving me down to Libby ..." (pg 90) . I probably just read it wrong but it confuses me. How could Charles have driven Mercy to the train station if she has never seen him drive
6:20 Patty My kid's are cool. They liked the old Jettas -- they want to plaster it with bumper stickers . . .
6:20 Snoopy I'd love to have a pink car - just for kicks :)
6:20 cass we had one when we first got married 4 different colors
6:20 me pink?
6:20 cass mostly bondo
6:20 Patty Me -- that is an error on my part.
6:20 turtle why pink?
6:20 Patty Those creep in eventually.
6:20 PaulaL <-- has seen pink cars, most are ugly!
6:21 Maya Pretend she was sleeping? That way she really DIDN'T see him drive
6:21 Has lol
6:21 turtle lol
6:21 Patty Maya -- grin. Nope, I'll fess up. Charles doesn't like to drive if he can help it.
6:21 Maya I tried :D Oh well
6:21 me then how would she know who dorve her - lol
6:21 Has perhaps it was a pink truck:) now thats a sight to see
6:22 Patty It's too bad that I screwed up within ten pages, though.
6:22 Snoopy exactly, because they're ugly and everybody laughs when you drive by - makes for happy faces
6:22 Maya I screwed up within a paragraph once, so you're still good
6:22 me mistakes happen
6:22 me just means you are human
6:22 Snoopy a pink hummer would be fun lol
6:22 Maya I've seen a pink truck actually. I laughed
6:22 turtle within a scentence
6:22 Patty Usually the editors catch those, or I see it sometime in the first 100 times I read it.
6:22 Patty But some of those, I think, just hop in as it goes into print . . .
6:22 Maya It's hard editing your own work though
6:22 Snoopy wow, 100 times...
6:23 me really hard
6:23 turtle the magic of annoying contradictions
6:23 Snoopy yeah, I miss my own mistakes a lot
6:23 Has I didnt catch it lol but then Im not good at proofreading sometimes its the littlest mistakes you miss rather than the big ones
6:23 --Jasmine-- lol
6:23 Has JohnnyP its your turn
6:23 PaulaL There is a report in the federal archives that the title starts off with "Spaced-Based....." I CAUGHT the thing the first THREE times butthe the procudtion people kept screwing it up, nd I miessed it on the final...
6:23 JonnyP i pass
6:24 Has tambayo its your turn then
6:24 tambayo okay
6:24 tambayo what about weres and piercings / tattoes?
6:24 Patty Paula lol. On the arcs for Iron Kissed the title on the top of the page read Iorn Kissed.
6:24 Maya Oooh, I wanted to know that too
6:25 tambayo Charles has a piercing, but how does that happen with the fast healing
6:25 turtle wouldn't the tatooes heal?
6:25 --Jasmine-- lol
6:25 --Jasmine-- but tatoos arent like a wound are they?
6:25 tambayo they are
6:25 me tatoos put ink under the skin
6:25 Patty Charles keeps his earring in his ear and repierces it as necessary. Earings were common for the Flathead Indians of his time.
6:25 Maya Wait, wouldn't it be like regular humans? Piercings heal, they just take a long time, so for werewolves it would just be a short amount of time. So they can't take it out at all
6:25 PaulaL tattoos involve permanent ink going tino/under the sing
6:25 tambayo otherwise the ink wouldn t stick
6:26 Maya At first. Or something
6:26 PaulaL skin... can;t type tonight
6:26 Patty Tattoos I think would be fine. It's not scaring, you are just putting ink in.
6:26 turtle nobody can
6:26 Snoopy it bleeds a bit, but it heals up
6:26 Patty Piercings for the werewolves are more difficult.
6:26 Maya Wait, does he still have an earring when he's a wolf?
6:26 Maya Sorry for adding another question to that one!
6:27 tambayo good one
6:27 turtle don't they use fast moving needles to get the ink in?
6:27 Has No worries Maya
6:27 cass must have good budget for earrings
6:27 Patty Maya -- no. Charles is the only werewolf who is able to disappear/reappear his clothing when he changes. That includes earrings . . . and that's a neat detail I'll add into the second A&O book if I can remember. . .
6:27 Maya turtle - I believe they do, yes. I've only gotten piercings, no tattoos
6:28 Snoopy yes, turtle, or it'd take ages for one little tattoo
6:28 Maya Oooh cool
6:28 Has Ellyll its your turn
6:28 Maya They disappear into zero space!
6:28 ellyll Um, okay.
6:28 tambayo that makes the earring an illusion of sorts?
6:28 PaulaL so Charles is only nekkid as a jaybird or typical shapeshifter when he wants to be?!
6:29 me may partents would KILL me if I got a tatoo
6:29 Patty Next book, Anna is going to try to figure out how Charles does it. PaulaL -- yes - or when he's weakened
6:29 turtle same
6:29 me might be worth it just to see what dad says ...
6:29 Maya I think it's only material when he's a human, but when he's a wolf... it disappears with his clothes
6:29 ellyll Since Samuel has a pack of two, and Mercy will be mating with Adam (and leaving Sam's pack, I assume), and lone wolves get weird, what's going to happen to Samuel?
6:29 me * evil laugh*
6:29 turtle father killing *me*
6:30 me lol
6:30 dsgholam lol
6:30 Snoopy good question ellyll
6:30 Patty Ellyll -- that's something that will be worked out in the next few Mercy books . . . it won't be easy. Sam and Adam have some very delicate ground to cover <grin>
6:30 Maya Yay puns
6:30 turtle wait, that means i have the bedroom - go ahead
6:30 turtle :D
6:30 ellyll Would he leave?
6:30 nifty joins Main
6:30 Patty Absolutely not. Samuel Needs Mercy. And she won't desert him.
6:30 Has hey nifty :)
6:30 --Jasmine-- i love sam/adam drama lol
6:30 Snoopy she never would
6:31 ellyll Thanks.
6:31 me I hate little sisters (turtle)
6:31 me just kidding
6:31 me maybe
6:31 Patty Good thing Adam is a very, very . . . .uhm
6:31 nifty Hey, Has. I was busy brushing out Siberian Huskies and lost track of time.
6:31 Maya Adamish?
6:31 me IT WAS MY ROOM FIRTS
6:31 Patty Maybe Adam will have a Problem with this.
6:31 turtle controlled?
6:31 Patty We'll have to see.
6:31 Snoopy big control freak?!
6:31 --Jasmine-- lol
6:31 me really?
6:31 Has its good that you can make it :)
6:31 Patty Snoopy -- right.
6:31 me (sarcasim)
6:31 Maya I still have an image of Adam on a leash stuck in my head
6:31 e_booklover likes to run everything and everyone?
6:31 ellyll Sounds like fun.
6:31 Snoopy oh boy, Patty, if you don't even know it yet, the wait now just seems even longer... *sigh*
6:32 me lol
6:32 Has I saw that thread lol
6:32 turtle lol
6:32 Patty Maya -- any lease on Adam is . . .just overmatched. <grin>
6:32 Maya I couldn't help it, really
6:32 Patty Leash.
6:32 Maya But it'd be funny
6:32 Patty see. I can't spell
6:32 e_booklover great image though
6:32 Snoopy I'd lease Adam!! lol
6:32 Has I dont mind leasing Adam
6:32 Maya Y'think he might let Jesse do it?
6:32 nifty Ha, snoopy! Me, too!
6:32 dsgholam lol
6:32 turtle as he tears it to pieses
6:32 Maya Hahaha who wouldn't leash Adam?! I would
6:33 turtle pieces
6:33 cass need a proof reader patty?????
6:33 cass lol
6:33 Patty Maya -- not me. I like having two arms.
6:33 nifty And then we could UNLEASH him. Rawr.
6:33 Maya ... this is true
6:33 Has lol
6:33 Maya I like nifty's way of putting it though :D
6:33 Snoopy .... um, smutty thoughts entering the chat....
6:33 --Jasmine-- haha
6:33 Maya Sorry, my bad
6:33 Patty cass -- I have lots . . . and those who read my books should be grateful to them <grin>
6:34 Patty Okay, next question?
6:34 nifty They go where I go. The smutty thoughts, I mean.
6:34 Patty Lol
6:34 Has hey there are a couple of honorary smuthounds here -
6:34 Patty Who's next/
6:34 Snoopy yeah, funny with those, isn't it nifty?!
6:34 nifty I have a question...
6:34 Has PaulaL your up next
6:34 tambayo we are grateful, just impatient
6:34 PaulaL accessories vain werewolves, with diamond collars... hmm, swishyqueen [homosexual showoff] werewolves? ...
6:34 me changing the subject good idea
6:34 Has nifty - we are going order by the list
6:34 Maya HAHA I love it, PaulaL
6:35 Maya Kyle as a wolf maybe?
6:35 turtle lol
6:35 nifty I see. Thanks. My first chat! Just signal me when.
6:35 Patty The Real list that Has is keeping and not the deceptive one on the right - hand side.
6:35 Has cool no worries
6:35 Has yeah that is the jumping beans list
6:35 PaulaL hmm, my question--status of other stuff that's not contemporary paranormal?
6:35 me lol
6:36 turtle musical break
6:37 Patty Well, I'm about 1/2 through the Mercy book that was due last Feb (when I turned in Cry Wolf) sigh. I have to get caught up before I can work on other things . . though I've been playing a bit when the UrbanFantasy gets sticky.
6:37 turtle interlude
6:37 Has go ahead paula
6:37 Has my computer just froze on me
6:37 Patty But I can't give you a real date on any of my more traditional fantasy, other than to say the revisions of Masques will be the first one out.
6:37 me some of our best work is done at the last possible minute
6:37 nifty Probably because it's 1:AM your time. 1:42.
6:38 turtle yeah, english deafline
6:38 Snoopy can't wait for masques, missed the European tour of the copy that's been going around...
6:38 Patty Writing fast seems to help my story flow . . . but it is stressful.
6:38 turtle deadline
6:38 --Jasmine-- you half way through bone crossed?
6:38 Patty That's right Jasmine, and it is now due in June.
6:39 PaulaL I was lucky enough to find a copy before they becane extinct in the used market for affordability
6:39 nifty wow. that's soon!
6:39 Maya UWAAAHH!!! Excuse me while I squeal
6:39 turtle when?
6:39 me June of what year?
6:39 Patty Better than Feb <grin>
6:39 --Jasmine-- june 09?
6:39 Patty This year Me.
6:39 dsgholam turning green with envy
6:39 Has lol
6:39 me YES
6:39 turtle yes
6:39 me !!!!!!!!!!
6:39 Patty It comes out late Jan 09
6:39 nifty *happy dance*
6:39 Maya I'm pre-ordering it
6:40 Has its up already for preorder at amazon UK
6:40 Patty I think you'll like this one :)
6:40 Maya They should have an auto-pre-order button for your favorite authors
6:40 nifty Yeah...can we just send Patty our money now? Just kidding.
6:40 Has they have the blurb and the page number
6:40 nifty Patty, we like them all!
6:40 --Jasmine-- lol
6:40 Patty Not quite so tough on Mercy. Has, who is up after Paula?
6:40 Snoopy love 'em
6:40 Has its ebooklover
6:40 Has sorry
6:40 e_booklover lol that's ok
6:41 Patty You're fine Has. I really, really appreciate your help.
6:41 nifty She's the bomb diggity.
6:41 e_booklover my question is: do preorder numbers count for the first week after the release date for all of the bestseller lists or are they not counted?
6:41 Has I just dont want to rush anyone with their turns :P
6:42 Snoopy wow, good question e_booklover!!
6:42 Maya Most definitely
6:42 e_booklover thanks came from my conversation with another authow
6:42 ellyll You're doing just great, Has. Someone has to keep us in line!
6:42 e_booklover oops author
6:42 Patty For the first week, after the official publication date, I believe. Ebooks, I understand are not counted in the lists as of yet. However, don't hesitate if that's how you like to read them <grin>
6:43 e_booklover :) thanks, I still like real paper
6:43 Snoopy yeah, you can't curl up on the couch with a computer too well
6:43 Patty Me too. But my husband who has to move all my books when we move, is a big fan of ebooks.
6:43 turtle nope
6:43 me exactly
6:43 Snoopy lol
6:43 me lol
6:44 nifty Ha! This is why I dislike hardbacks -- because of the prospect of having to move them.
6:44 dsgholam moving our books is already a lost cause
6:44 turtle lol
6:44 e_booklover I always feel sorry for the movers
6:44 me the book cases will all sigh with relief when I move out
6:44 Maya Haha I know mine did!
6:44 turtle thefloorwill sigh with relif when we move out
6:44 Has I am open to ebooks but I dont like any of the e-readers out at the moment
6:44 Maya I just moved last week, so some books are still in boxes because I ran out of shelf space six weeks ago
6:44 Maya *months
6:44 turtle *the floor will*
6:45 Snoopy my books were the first things back in the shelves when I moved out *g*
6:45 me no some just don't read the book right
6:45 cass need more shelves
6:45 Maya Me too :D
6:45 Snoopy many more...
6:45 Patty I have a Sony and I'm very happy with it -- of course I have a pet geek to translate files (of books I buy in other formats because they don't have them in ereader format).
6:45 Has and nothing cant beat a real book but I agree about the space- its like fungus there books growing everywhere
6:45 nifty I live in 800 square feet. Limited space keeps the keeper shelves under control.
6:45 me Snoopy - as it should be
6:45 --Jasmine-- ;D
6:45 turtle lol
6:45 --Jasmine-- :D
6:45 tambayo shelf shortage goes with too many good books
6:46 Maya Wow, my computer hates me
6:46 Patty Next questioner?
6:46 Has Cass your its your turn :D when your ready
6:46 cass thanks
6:46 cass Patty i am reading the mercy books to hubby now any chance they will go to audio books?
6:46 wildcowgirl joins Main
6:47 cass he is over the road truck driver
6:47 Has welcome wildcowgirl- I love your nick
6:47 Patty Yes. I think the first will be Cry Wolf, but Penguin Audio has contracted for the entire Mercy series and the Alpha/Omega series .
6:47 turtle hey wildcowgirl
6:47 cass great thanks
6:47 me when?
6:47 wildcowgirl thanks it's from college when i was crazier
6:47 Patty The audio for Cry Wolf will probably be out the same time as the book.
6:47 me hi wildcowgirl
6:47 dsgholam howdy wildcowgirl
6:48 cass nice
6:48 Snoopy howdy wildcowgirl
6:48 Nottled joins Main
6:48 Patty FYI Cry Wolf will have the first chapter from Bone Crossed in the back.
6:48 cass hi wildcowgirl
6:48 --Jasmine-- yay
6:48 dsgholam neat
6:48 cass ohhhhhhhh can't wait
6:48 Snoopy Sweet!!
6:48 Patty So I guess I'll have to leave that mostly as is <grin>
6:48 turtle yes
6:48 nifty yay!
6:48 Nottled Hallo!
6:48 dsgholam but maddening
6:48 --Jasmine--
6:48 e_booklover I can't wait!
6:48 Has is this the chapter that starts off when IK ends
6:48 Maya I keep hitting the wrong key and exiting the chat. Yargh
6:48 Patty Welcome back Nottled
6:48 tambayo thats treat and torture
6:49 Has welcome back nottled
6:49 turtle
6:49 turtle '
6:49 Patty Has -- yep :)
6:49 Nottled Thank you, Patty. I'm HOME!!!
6:49 turtle dumb computer
6:49 Snoopy nottled, hi again
6:49 Maya Dumb fingers, more like
6:49 Has good timing nottled
6:49 Has its ur turn
6:49 turtle that too
6:49 Nottled And thank you too Has!
6:49 cass talk to it turtle tell it how you really feel
6:49 Patty First chapter of Cry Wolf will be up about mid-June. So as not to torment people. . .
6:49 ellyll Hi, nottled.
6:49 Maya Or just make it worse, depending
6:49 turtle it doesn't lisen *tear*
6:50 Snoopy very sarcastic comment...
6:50 nifty We've been in torment ever since the end of A&O!
6:50 me I just discovered the smilies!
6:50 turtle hey nottled
6:50 Patty Not that I don't like tormenting people . . .
6:50 Nottled Eeeek....um okay, is Anna really a musician at heart?
6:50 PaulaL torment to have to wait for taste...
6:50 cass my hubby says to talk louder turtle
6:50 Nottled I mean, will there be more about her music?
6:50 --Jasmine-- so did i, me
6:50 --Jasmine-- lol
6:50 Snoopy yeah, it's fun from where you're sitting, Patty, I bet :)
6:50 e_booklover ending your sentences with the "..." is tormenting
6:51 Has that last paragraph in IK was TORTURE
6:51 dsgholam agreed
6:51 Has
6:51 Nottled Hey Turlte...missed it for a sec.
6:51 Snoopy well no, the emptiness after that was torture
6:51 Patty Nottled ---- Yes. She was a music major in school, working at a music store when she was Changed against her will. She had to quit school. Should I add a ". . . "? Just to torment e_booklover?
6:51 wildcowgirl amen Has
6:51 turtle completly
6:51 me Torture isn't strong enough
6:51 nifty Shaving one's legs in the sink IS torture!
6:51 turtle
6:51 Has lol
6:51 cass lol
6:51 e_booklover sooo mean
6:51 --Jasmine-- hahaha
6:51 Snoopy rofl
6:51 Patty Who's up next?
6:51 Patty Mean? Who me?
6:52 Nottled Great! I love musical folk.
6:52 dsgholam lol
6:52 Maya Just mildly evil
6:52 Patty I wouldn't be mean *cackle*
6:52 Has its Jasmine
6:52 tambayo nifty -- thats acrobatics
6:52 --Jasmine-- yay
6:52 turtle lo
6:52 turtle *lol*
6:52 e_booklover no comment
6:52 Has at least its not waxing
6:52 me lol
6:52 Maya Try cream, will travel
6:52 nifty NOW THAT'S TORTURE!
6:52 wildcowgirl waxing isn't that bad,
6:52 turtle that hurts
6:53 --Jasmine-- alright so will there be any slight chance of smutty-ness in the new mercy book?
6:53 me how in the would you do that?
6:53 nifty *perks up and listens*
6:53 ellyll You haven't seen Mike's post about that?
6:53 turtle no comment
6:53 Maya Haha
6:53 Snoopy *pricks ears*
6:53 dsgholam funny post!!!!
6:53 Maya Viva la smut, apparently
6:53 Snoopy hehe, yeah, I have, that was funny...
6:53 Patty Jasmine -- yes. But no promises. I'm careful about the smuttiness for a couple of reasons. 1st . . . performance anxiety.
6:53 Maya I didn't... now I'm going to have to look
6:53 cass *edge of seat*
6:53 turtle brb have to find that post
6:54 Patty 2nd . . . it's like swearing, if you use it too much . . . it loses it's impact.
6:54 Patty its impact. Out Out damned apostrophe
6:54 nifty Totally agree!
6:54 turtle back, can't find that post
6:54 e_booklover I agree with that too
6:54 Nottled True, Patty but we're starving here! Bring on the Smut!
6:54 turtle ]\
6:54 Maya That's true. But if it's only once... I dunno
6:55 --Jasmine-- lol true but im still very excited lol
6:55 me it just becomes irritating when used too mush
6:55 me
6:55 Snoopy yep, too much doesn't make it special anymore
6:55 dsgholam Lady MacBeth putting the dog out is so often to be used
6:55 Has Well with the fantastic tension between Adam and Mercy - I think you have no worries in that department
6:55 Patty Turtle. . . I think it's in the Ask Patty questions that I haven't answered yet <grin>
6:55 Maya If it happened a lot I think it would deviate from both Mercy's character and Adam's, so...
6:55 turtle kk
6:55 Maya No worries?
6:55 nifty My copy of Blood Bound is still smoldering from the almost make-out session after the karate practice in the garage.
6:55 Patty Maya . . . right. Remember Adam was raised in the fifties.
6:56 Maya Prude!
6:56 Has Shower scene !!!!! in IK that was HOT
6:56 Maya *cough* Sorry, thought of my mum
6:56 e_booklover I like the plot with the tension snaking through
6:56 Patty Nifty -- thank you. I try.
6:56 --Jasmine-- lol i think it will have an amazing impact on the reader after a three book wait lol
6:56 nifty Ooh, yeah...that one too.
6:56 Maya I agree with nifty and Has
6:56 Snoopy Has, I agree, that was hooot
6:56 Patty Sexual tension . . . I find as a writer and a reader that it is more interesting than tab A slot B stuff.
6:56 --Jasmine-- yess the shower scene
6:56 nifty Yes, Patty!
6:56 Maya hahaha I like that way of putting it
6:56 --Jasmine-- lol
6:56 Snoopy ditto
6:57 e_booklover lol
6:57 Nottled I know, right? You've got nothing to worry about, we're so glued to these characters, none of it reflects on YOU. Does that sound weird?
6:57 --Jasmine-- i can see mercy explaining it like that too lol
6:57 tambayo lol
6:57 nifty (One of my current gripes about romance is how we're losing sexual tension to lots of graphic sex.)
6:57 Has totally - I agree Nottled
6:57 Snoopy nifty, I feel how you think
6:57 PaulaL private doings and public morality vary a LOT...
6:57 Patty Nottled . . . you know what? I feel the same way.
6:57 Maya Agree on that bit
6:57 Has and ditto to that nifty although I just finished Duke of Shadows that had great tension in it
6:58 turtle ditto
6:58 Nottled What, that I'm weird?
6:58 nifty *writes down "Duke of Shadows"*
6:58 me not weird - every gets attached
6:58 Has its by Meredith Duran
6:58 dsgholam Has, where am I on the list?
6:58 Has dsgholum its your turn sorry - I got sidetracked by the smutty talk
6:58 dsgholam no worries
6:58 Patty I'm writing it down too <grin>
6:59 ellyll Nottled, we knew that. It's part of your charm.
6:59 Maya Kudos to Patty for getting us so attached to these characters
6:59 Nottled I kid, I kid. It's true Patty. Mercy's world has taken over and you're channeling these people, not creating them.
6:59 turtle lol
6:59 Nottled Thank you, Ellyl....takes one to know one!
6:59 Snoopy nottled, that's a great way of putting it
6:59 ellyll
6:59 Patty Mike's not here ('cause it wierds him out when I say so) but I think you're right Nottled.
6:59 dsgholam Will Charles do for Anna what his mother did for him (keep away the change) with hopefully better results?
7:00 Patty dsgholam . . . I don't know because right now neither does Charles. He's more of an intuitive magic user than a studied one (you'll see what I mean in Cry Wolf) as is befitting the Native American view of the world.
7:01 PaulaL what genre is Duke of Shadows, it is print or etext, etc.
7:01 ellyll Whoops, gotta go shoot the cat. Back soon, hopefully.
7:01 me nooooo
7:01 turtle the poor kitty
7:01 nifty Sounds like Historical, Paula. Probably print.
7:01 me don't hurt the kitty
7:01 Nottled Bye Ellyl!!
7:01 turtle bye
7:01 Patty He'll have to see what he can do when the time comes. Paula -- http://www.amazon.com/Duke-Shadows-Meredith-Duran/dp/1416567038
7:01 me bye
7:01 Has its a historical romance - its set during the Indian uprising in the mid 1800s-
7:01 nifty Man, Patty WAS writing it down!
7:01 Has thanks patty lol
7:01 Maya Haha
7:01 Patty Hehe
7:01 nifty She's full-service.
7:02 ellyll Insulin. Diabetic. By all.
7:02 me i'll have to look at that
7:02 Snoopy bye ellyll
7:02 Nottled She really is....last week, she'd have washed your car too.
7:02 Patty Bye Ellyll, Take care.
7:02 ellyll I mean bye.
7:02 nifty Bye
7:02 Has turtle its ur turn - bye ellyll
7:02 cass bye ellyll
7:02 e_booklover whew, bye ellyll
7:02 Maya See ya!
7:02 dsgholam Thank you so much for your time, but I have to go eat supper now. Thanks again!!!
7:02 turtle kk
7:02 nifty But I would have had to have driven it to Montana.
7:02 me bye
7:02 ellyll ellyll quit
7:02 turtle In the excerpt for Cry Wolf, who was Walter Rice - besides a random individual?
7:02 me lol
7:02 Patty bye gsgholam
7:02 Snoopy bye dsgholam
7:02 Nottled True.
7:02 turtle bye
7:02 Has bye dsgholum
7:02 Patty nifty -- in a snowstorm
7:03 nifty I'm Southern. We don't know how to drive in snow.
7:03 me Canadian
7:03 nifty But at least I come equipped with sled-dogs!
7:03 Snoopy it's easy - take corners with the handbrake
7:03 me don't know how to live with out snow
7:03 turtle CANADIAN \
7:03 Nottled Now that's only true for deep southerners, Nifty! I'm a hillbilly and we can drive just fine in the snow!
7:04 Patty Ah. Walter Rice is a major player in Cry Wolf . . . and he has spent a long time being no one at all . . . (and that . . . .is for e_booklover . . . and my own evil self)
7:04 nifty Piedmont Southerners. We don't get snow in Charlotte. EVER. *grumbles and pouts*
7:04 PaulaL I';ve seen what happens when Southerners and snow meet -- no room left in the ditches, they're full of cars! (Huntsville AL)
7:04 Has no one drives in the snow in the UK - everything stands still lol
7:04 turtle thanks
7:04 me you are MEAN
7:04 e_booklover lol
7:04 Patty He he
7:04 Has Nifty its your turn :D
7:04 Snoopy tee hee hee
7:05 turtle
7:05 e_booklover I have seen the same south of Atlanta, GA
7:05 me niffty - no snow can be a good thing
7:05 Has We are use to the torture
7:05 me it gets annoying after a while
7:05 nifty Oooh! Okay, stupid question inspired by the dog hair flying around me. Sibes blow their coats. Wolves blow their coats. Do werewolves blow their coats, Paty?
7:05 Maya Blow their coats?
7:05 Patty Nifty -- do you mean shed in great clumps?
7:06 nifty Yeah, seasonally with the changing weather.
7:06 Snoopy making them look somewhat plucked?? :)
7:06 Maya Hahaha I feel bad for Adam's housekeeper now
7:06 Patty Where the underfur just suddenly says "Hey, I'm out of here?"
7:06 cass lol
7:06 me lick a chichen
7:06 nifty Maya, you have NO IDEA.
7:06 Snoopy ROFL Maya
7:06 me *like
7:06 Has a plucked werewolf - I have this wierd image in my head lol
7:06 nifty Yes, Patty, exactly.
7:06 wildcowgirl sounds like mange
7:06 tambayo house rule for weres : no shedding on the carpet
7:06 nifty Has, I bet they look kind of mangy.
7:07 turtle bald werrewolves
7:07 PaulaL they SHED!!!! snicer
7:07 Maya I have a dog, but... she's dumb and I have no idea, doesn't really shed. Except on her blanket. And she's a shorthair, so... Nope, really don't have much of an idea
7:07 Patty Well, if they stayed a werewolf for a season (not a good thing), then yes. But when they change . . . they don't come back with dead hair falling out <grin>
7:07 Maya I have cats though
7:07 nifty Tam, I'd like to see you tell Adam that!
7:07 me can't breathe - laughing too hard
7:07 Snoopy ditto, me
7:07 turtle that be a funny sight
7:07 Maya I think Adam himself would have a fit
7:07 Snoopy very funny
7:07 Maya Sam's fur on black pillows. Oh dear
7:07 Has werepoodles - sorry I just have this image of papmpered weres
7:07 e_booklover so undignified... I like it :)
7:07 turtle never comes off
7:08 nifty Ha! Mercy could gather it up and glue it to the VW in the field.
7:08 Snoopy Has, OMG
7:08 Patty I have a horse that sheds like that. My husband says, "Patty, what's up with Goldie? Does she have mange? Rainrot?" I go and pull it all off of her by the handful.
7:08 Nottled The downside of dating Sam.....you can't wear black!
7:08 me can't breathe again
7:08 cass lol
7:08 Maya Hahaha ohmygod I can't breathe either
7:08 Snoopy *gulps for air*
7:08 PaulaL <-- me has horsehair mattress on her bed
7:08 nifty Well, that was my silly question.
7:08 Patty I'd hate to cuddle a werewolf in the spring.
7:08 Has especially static prone clothes
7:08 me lol
7:08 me bad idea
7:08 turtle *not breathing*
7:09 Maya They'd be nice during the winter though
7:09 Maya A fluffy hearth werewolf
7:09 Patty Our old Siamese could pick when he shed. He'd get irritated -- or scared and "poof" hair cloud.
7:09 Snoopy cuddly warm
7:09 turtle fuzzy, but bad tempered
7:09 nifty I'll take Adam anytime of the year. Hubba-hubba.
7:09 me poor kitty
7:09 --Jasmine-- lol
7:09 Patty Mercy sheds.
7:09 Has lol
7:09 Snoopy that sounds like in a comic, Patty
7:09 PaulaL Adam's taken
7:09 jenniwee joins Main
7:09 turtle taking my cat to the vet has the same results
7:09 Patty But no like those huskies.
7:09 Maya Mercy sheds? That's awesome
7:09 nifty Why does Mercy shed?
7:09 Nottled I'd cuddle Sam any day. See, that just seems weird with Patty listening. Makes me feel slightly like a lesbian. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
7:09 Maya Hahaha sneak into Adam's house, sleep on the floor and leave FUR!
7:09 Has she can get Adam back that way
7:09 Patty Because she changes more often.
7:10 Maya It's her calling card
7:10 nifty Of course, she can stay in coyote form longer.
7:10 --Jasmine-- aww poor sam
7:10 --Jasmine-- lol
7:10 turtle poor Mercy, how do you explain that to the help?
7:10 --Jasmine-- i think sam is the help lol
7:10 PaulaL the Fae have different issues...
7:10 Patty Mercy doesn't have "help", sigh. She Is the slave.
7:10 Maya Maybe how cat people explain having fur in their textbooks that have never seen a cat?
7:10 ellyll joins Main
7:11 Has wildcowgirl its your turn next lol
7:11 me i've had that
7:11 me cats shed all year round
7:11 turtle and the fur sticks.
7:11 Maya That it does
7:11 me to everything
7:11 Patty Me-- whenever they feel like it.
7:11 Has everywhere
7:11 wildcowgirl Goodie, the ancient walking stick that helped the shepard with twins , will it make Mercy's flock/pack be able to concieve twins
7:12 Maya Hey, that's a cool idea
7:12 nifty (and carry them successfully to term, I hope)
7:12 Maya or maybe just conceive properly in general?
7:12 turtle who's turn is it?
7:12 Maya Or what nifty said, that's a better phrasing
7:12 tambayo when the shepard lost the stick most lambs died ....
7:12 wildcowgirl it was my husbands Shane's questions, he met you Patty in the Tri-cities hastings bookstore
7:12 me not a good thing
7:13 Patty Lol wildcowgirl. I don't know what that silly stick will do --because it's still thinking about it. And there might be things science can do, too -- now that the werewolves are out. As soon as Bran decides to expose that particular weakness to the real world.
7:13 Has wildcowgirl - then its me- but I am going to pass for now and then its back to snoopy turtle
7:13 PaulaL conception might not be the problem, though...
7:13 nifty Good q, Shane!
7:13 Snoopy oh goody
7:13 PaulaL it;s the change tht makes the problems apparently
7:13 turtle kk thanks
7:13 Maya Conception, no, but carrying to term.... yup
7:13 Has hey jenniwee
7:13 Patty Waves at Shane
7:13 jenniwee Do we have a list? Can I be added?
7:13 me hi
7:13 Nottled Hi Jenniwee!
7:13 PaulaL "we need uterine replicators!"
7:13 wildcowgirl thanks Patty
7:14 Has jenniwee
7:14 turtle *waveing*
7:14 e_booklover hi Jenniwee
7:14 Snoopy hi jenniwee
7:14 Has since we are the end of the list
7:14 Has u can have a go
7:14 turtle hey
7:14 jenniwee Hello all
7:14 Has I am passing this turn
7:14 ellyll Hi, I'm back. Quick shot.
7:14 jenniwee Yay, let me think
7:14 Snoopy his again ellyll
7:14 Nottled Welcome back, Ellyl!
7:14 turtle hey ellyll
7:14 Snoopy I mean hi
7:14 Has welcome back ellyll
7:14 Maya Welcome back
7:14 me hi
7:15 me be right back
7:15 --Jasmine-- hi
7:15 Maya k
7:15 ellyll * smile *
7:16 jenniwee Since we're on the subject of gestation. Do you exactly when loose their babies? And do you know why human women can only carry fully human children?
7:16 nifty Ooooh...just found the smiley box.
7:16 Maya Maybe the babies turn furry during the full moon and the womb doesn't like it?
7:16 turtle smilies
7:16 jenniwee Scuse me that first one should read, when female weres lose their babies
7:16 Has love the smiley box
7:16 turtle lol
7:17 me back
7:17 nifty *my favorite*
7:17 Patty The weres lose their babies when the fetus is disturbed by the change. Usually in the first trimester, but sometimes they make it a little longer than that. (See, I can fix my worldbuilding oopses)
7:17 Snoopy (where's that smiley box??)
7:17 me is mine
7:17 nifty Snoop, it's right above the strikethrough font button.
7:17 ellyll (over the strikethrough box, click on the little smiley face)
7:17 Has just click on the little smiley icon
7:18 --Jasmine--
7:18 nifty bottom of screen
7:18 Snoopy tadaa, thanks
7:18 turtle is my state of mind right now
7:18 jenniwee There's been soooo much discussion about this on the forum, I didn't know if you wanted to keep it mysterious, or if we had just globbed onto something you hadn't thought that important
7:18 Has and its back to the top of the list- snoop its ur turn again :D
7:18 Patty A human woman's chemistry is not compatible with the werewolf chemistry . . . and her body kills it. I'll have to have a sit-down with my sister the doctor to answer this more scientifically.
7:18 Snoopy ok, thanks has
7:18 Snoopy kind of a change of subject: Do you know many other urban fantasy authors personally (from since or before Mercy)?? I mean, have you met many colleagues?
7:19 jenniwee It's always nice to have scientists in the family to run things by
7:19 Patty Right, I've thought about it. But, since I'm not a doctor, I'll have to pump my sister for the actual medical reasons.
7:19 turtle you sound smarter
7:19 me esspecialy docters
7:19 tambayo isn 't a were a diffrent species?
7:19 Nottled Got to run! Hubby's leaving for work, gotta see him off. Thanks for chatting Patty!
7:19 me spelling mistakes
7:19 nifty bye
7:19 me bye
7:19 ellyll Bye, nottled!
7:20 e_booklover bye Nottled
7:20 Patty Snoopy -- one of my favorite things is meeting authors whose books I've read . . . so let me see.
7:20 turtle bye
7:20 Snoopy bye nottled
7:20 tambayo cross breeding would make trouble
7:20 Has bye Nottled - have a great evening
7:20 Maya See ya nottled
7:20 Has it would raise an interesting question about Mercy if she got pregnant
7:20 Snoopy ( I like this one, he looks like my cousin)
7:20 cass thanks for the fun tonight going to go cuddle with the hubby now good night all
7:20 jenniwee bye nottled
7:20 e_booklover night cass
7:20 Has bye Cass
7:20 turtle how would she explain that one to mom?
7:20 Maya Night cass
7:21 Snoopy bye cass, have a nice cuddle
7:21 turtle bye cass
7:21 me
7:21 me bye
7:21 jenniwee bye cass
7:21 --Jasmine-- c ya
7:21 Savior joins Main
7:21 ellyll Bye, cass.
7:21 Has FH its your turn -
7:21 Patty Yasmine Galanorn, Kat Richardson, Richelle Mead . . . you've caught me without my books.
7:22 me thank goodness its the long weekend. I was going to do Scinece homework ttonight. oh well it can wait
7:22 turtle the boks run everywhere
7:22 turtle *books*
7:22 e_booklover lucky you!
7:22 Snoopy sorry :)
7:22 SaviorSorrow joins Main
7:22 Snoopy but I take it you meet quite a few 'colleagues'
7:22 Maya brb
7:23 PaulaL long weekend? That;'s not this one!
7:23 me who's turn is it
7:23 FH I think I heard (read) somewhere Mercy series will be TV series or a movie.
7:23 me ?
7:23 Patty It's pretty cool.
7:23 FH Is it true?
7:23 --Jasmine-- in canada it is paula
7:23 me were did you read that?
7:23 turtle really?
7:23 Has FH-
7:23 --Jasmine-- its victoria day on monday
7:23 PaulaL ah.
7:23 jenniwee I thought it was in the forum...somewhere
7:23 Patty FH . . .the production company we're talking to (and have been for a long time) started out talking TV series, but I think have moved on to movie(s)
7:23 --Jasmine-- yepp
7:24 Has I think it was the last chat
7:24 turtle yes
7:24 me Paula - Victoria Day
7:24 charmed joins Main
7:24 Has Hey Charmed
7:24 nifty Oh, I hadn't heard that. How nice!
7:24 e_booklover hi charmed
7:24 nifty About the movie thing, I mean.
7:24 me hi
7:24 charmed hello :)
7:24 PaulaL never believe there will be film or TV series until it;s actually gone into production and there is footage and a distribution contcntrat...
7:24 turtle hey charmed
7:24 Snoopy movies, whoop-dee-doo!!
7:24 PaulaL several people I know have had option money on things that have never going into production
7:25 nifty I agree, Paula.
7:25 ellyll Hi, charmed.
7:25 FH Thank you! I hope I'll be able to see them in Japan.
7:25 charmed Hi
7:25 nifty Been waiting on the movie version of Naked in Death for about 10 years now. Ha! (I know it's no longer optioned.)
7:25 Snoopy hiellocharmed
7:25 Has Ditto to that Paula- I hope they have fantastic writers and producers attached to the project
7:25 Snoopy i mean hello charmed... *good grief*
7:25 Patty Thats right Paula . . . however I hope it goes as I'm paying our contract lawyer quite a bit more than the contract by itself is worth . . .
7:25 --Jasmine-- I dont really enjoy the books turned movies, I keep finding flaws in the movie lol
7:26 charmed hee hee no prob
7:26 PaulaL the classic book into film story, from someting that DID get produced - a writer on a panel long ago at a Readercon said... "th
7:26 Snoopy I'm not sure I'd want to watch it if they didn't have fantastic people working on it...
7:26 turtle always flaws
7:26 Snoopy I'd hate to be disappointed
7:26 Has Nifty Mel Gibson's company optioned naked in death and Glory - but that fell through and thank god because apparently the script was BAD
7:26 me or they mess up the plot
7:26 PaulaL "the producer said, 'you have too many characters. Take [two characters] and make one from them. 'but ones' the hero
7:26 Patty These guys are very good and seem to want my input consulting on the script.
7:26 turtle brb
7:26 nifty Outlander by Diana Gabaldon has been optioned. I'm both thrilled and terrified.
7:27 nifty Oh, that's good news, then, Patty.
7:27 PaulaL and the other is the villain!' 'Well, make him schizophrenic.' So I did, and it worked, BUT..."
7:27 Snoopy Patty, that's a great option
7:27 me brb
7:27 Has Thats a very good sign patty - its usually the ones who have no contact with the author that turns crapeola
7:27 turtle kk i'm baxck
7:27 turtle *back*
7:28 PaulaL they aren't paying you anywhere near enough for the option, then, if that's the case...
7:28 Patty The producer is Mike Newell of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" fame. They are also working on a project with Terry Brooks.
7:28 Has welcome back turtle
7:28 Maya Wow I was just asking randomly about the actor thing, I didn't realize that it might become a movie!
7:28 Maya how cooly
7:28 turtle thanks
7:28 Maya *cool
7:28 e_booklover sounds promising . . .
7:28 ellyll Very promising.
7:28 jenniwee Oooo, goblet of fire was one of my favorites of the movies
7:28 turtle hey saviorsorrow
7:28 Snoopy oh wow, it sounds pretty far on already
7:28 Has thats fantastic!!! I am very hopeful npw
7:28 nifty Has Hollywood done any movies with weres as heroes? Other than, like, Michael J. Fox back in the day.
7:28 PaulaL there are a number of SFWA members who've had options on their books in the past, you might consider contacting the organzation for help
7:29 jenniwee very uneven production on those I always thought
7:29 --Jasmine-- sounds good ,goblet was one of the more pl lolwatchingot related movies I didnt cringe
7:29 Has Maya its ur turn when your ready :D
7:29 Patty I liked it very much. There is Blood and Chocolate, which wasn't a bad movie . . . even if it had little to do with the book (Annette Curtis Klaus was another Urban fantasy author I met)
7:29 --Jasmine-- one of the more plot related*
7:29 Maya Oooh
7:29 dsgholam joins Main
7:29 SaviorSorrow hello
7:30 --Jasmine-- horrible spelling lol
7:30 me back
7:30 Snoopy cool, Patty :)
7:30 Maya I was so disappointed with that movie, Blood nad Chocolate, it didn't follow hte book at all
7:30 turtle hi
7:30 dsgholam howdy, I'm back
7:30 --Jasmine-- welcome back
7:30 Maya Aha! Did Medea just disappear in Iron Kissed? I don't remember reading about her much, if at all
7:30 charmed are we still asking questions or is this just random chat now?
7:30 turtle hey dsgholam
7:30 --Jasmine-- and hi savior
7:31 Has Is it ok if we get Charmed and savioursorrow to ask their questions next because I can the time is going and by the time the list ends the chat may go over?
7:31 Patty Annette wasn't terribly happy with it either . . . but it was good eyecandy.
7:31 Patty Sounds good Has
7:31 Maya That's true, very good eye candy
7:31 e_booklover Has, I don't mind
7:31 --Jasmine-- fine with me has
7:31 Has Olivier Martinez Mmmmmmmmm
7:31 me Random Chat? I'm lost!
7:31 Has cool
7:32 me have we gotten rid of the list?
7:32 PaulaL movies usually don't resemble the books
7:32 turtle never do
7:32 Patty ah -- about other Urban fantasy authors I've met. Had a nice chat with Mark Henry (Happy Hour of the Damned) and read his book -- good stuff.
7:32 me very true
7:32 Maya True, but that one was hte worst I've seen. The only similarities were the title and the character names
7:32 Has its gone half past and we are at the top of the list and since Charmed and savioursorrow just arrived - I thought we could get them to ask their questions and then its back to the list
7:32 wildcowgirl Leaving to feed kiddo's and hubby, bye all chat with you next time!
7:32 Has bye wildcowgirl
7:32 e_booklover bye wildcowgirl
7:33 charmed thanks Has. I was working and just got home
7:33 turtle bye
7:33 tambayo books have more room for detail, like the visual help though
7:33 Has no worries
7:33 me bye
7:33 Snoopy bye
7:33 me has- thanks
7:33 --Jasmine-- bye
7:33 nifty Tam, I'm a fan of films because of the visual. Especially if the producers have a big budget.
7:33 tambayo putting faces to characters is fun
7:34 nifty I'm just a visual person and like seeing the images.
7:34 charmed Patty, you mentioned that originally Warren was not going be a recurring chatracter in the Mercy books; what else has happeneed that you didn't originally plan?
7:34 Has and if its done right- just look at the lord of the rings
7:34 Maya Yeah, but they almost never fit my mental image
7:34 SaviorSorrow I was curious as to whether or not Warren sees Kyle as an equal to himself or as slightly inferior as some of the other werewolves view their human mates?
7:34 jenniwee but sometimes they ruin what I've imagines
7:34 me but I like the pictures i make up and they never match the movies
7:34 nifty I haven't read Northern Lights (Pullman), but the Golden Compass was a gorgeous film to watch.
7:34 jenniwee imagined
7:34 --Jasmine-- good question savior
7:34 nifty ooooh, I bet he sees him as an equal.... *waiting for Patty's answer*
7:34 PaulaL novella is more reasonable length for film, but again, usually the book has the title and maybe some characters name and a bit of setting ng maybe and maybe even some plot in common between film and books... but don't bet on it
7:35 me I've been meaning to read Golden Compass
7:35 Patty Warren is worried that Kyle sees him as inferior. Kyle is smart, successful, educated -- and . . . Warren doesn't have a terrifically high opinion of himself.
7:35 turtle warren's the unstable one. who knew?
7:35 me why not?
7:35 jenniwee ooh, poor Warren.
7:35 nifty Poor, Warren. Here, let me cuddle him for a while. I'll change his mind.
7:35 Maya Haha
7:35 --Jasmine-- golden compass is amazing, i read it when i was in like grade 8 but its stuck with me, the story was fantastic
7:35 Snoopy I think it's a good balance
7:36 me or are you not going to tell us
7:36 ellyll Not unstable, just low self-esteem.
7:36 --Jasmine-- plus its a trilogy so lots of pages
7:36 Patty He's good at hiding it -- don't worry though, as soon as Kyle notices . . .
7:36 Patty Again the . . .
7:36 me I like lots of pg
7:36 Snoopy mean
7:36 e_booklover I saw that...
7:36 Patty I like . . .
7:36 --Jasmine-- mee to lol
7:36 e_booklover i noticed
7:36 me I hate the ...
7:36 Snoopy *g*
7:36 nifty Is that your version of "wait and see"?
7:36 PaulaL <- suspected that stuff about Warren...
7:36 me wrong smilie
7:36 ellyll That's just evil!!!!
7:37 Patty yep
7:37 ellyll
7:37 me might I ask which book this will appera in?
7:37 tambayo . . . keep Patty writing?
7:37 me *appear
7:37 --Jasmine-- oh i hope thats featured in THIS book lol
7:37 --Jasmine-- imagine waiting another 2 books for it
7:37 nifty Speaking of Warren, then, and low self-esteem.... Patty, I loved the part you included at the end of IK about being a werewolf giving you the opportunity to r
7:37 dsgholam you're obviously in ninja author mode
7:37 knighton joins Main
7:37 nifty to overcome your childhood.
7:37 me that wouild be truely evil
7:38 Patty me -- I don't know. Wherever it fits well. I have a lot of little scenes in my head that'll just slide in when it's right.
7:38 nifty Because of the long life, I mean.
7:38 dsgholam being all mysterious with very small clues
7:38 me I like Warren
7:38 Patty Nifty :)
7:38 ellyll Must go now. Thanks very much, Patty. And thanks, Has, for doing the mod thing again.
7:38 me He's my favourite
7:38 ellyll Good night, all.
7:38 Has Patty have you noticed Charmed's question
7:38 turtle how can somebody not like Warren
7:38 Patty By ellyll
7:38 e_booklover bye ellyll
7:38 me followed by Ben then Kyle I think
7:38 me bye
7:38 Snoopy bye ellyll
7:38 charmed I asked this already btu I'll ask again: Patty, you mentioned that originally Warren was not going be a recurring chatracter in the Mercy books; what else has happeneed that you didn't originally plan?
7:38 charmed
7:38 turtle bye
7:38 Maya Or mine, actually
7:39 Has bye ellyll
7:39 dsgholam bye ellyll
7:39 charmed bye elleyll
7:39 turtle g2g ttyal
7:39 tambayo turtle - some people are afraid of themselves
7:39 Patty charmed -- thank you :) I didn't see it even when I went back to look.
7:39 Has sorry Charmed
7:39 me bye
7:39 nifty Oh, good question, Charmed.
7:39 e_booklover bye turtle
7:39 dsgholam bye turtle
7:39 Has bye turtle
7:39 ellyll ellyll quit
7:39 charmed no worries
7:39 charmed
7:39 Patty Mike would laugh because . . . ahem . . . I don't plan, not the smaller things. . .
7:40 charmed
7:40 Patty An example -- in Dragon Bones, when Ward goes off to fight.
7:40 me lack of planning just means suprises
7:40 charmed they justflow from teh bigger stuff?
7:40 Has hi Knighton
7:40 Patty I spent several months reading up on medieval warfare.
7:40 knighton hello Has
7:40 Patty And Sun Tzu's Art of war.
7:40 knighton new here. so, hello everyone!
7:40 me Comming from the girl who plans her time to the minute
7:40 Snoopy hi knighton
7:40 Snoopy welcome
7:41 dsgholam hi knighton
7:41 me hi
7:41 Patty And started writing . . . and he decides to do something different! I was very mad at him.
7:41 Snoopy lol
7:41 charmed
7:41 --Jasmine-- lol
7:41 charmed darn characters, htey never lsiten
7:41 Patty Charmed -- right. I know the characters, put them under stress and see what happens.
7:41 dsgholam poor Ward
7:41 Maya Haha
7:41 Patty Charles . . . he wanted to take over Moon Called.
7:41 Snoopy I think it's great how your characters have a 'mind of their own' it makes them real
7:41 Maya What about Medea? Where'd she go off to?
7:42 Patty So I promised him a short story.
7:42 Has lol
7:42 charmed thanks Patty :)
7:42 Snoopy
7:42 Patty Ah yes, remember the book took place over not very long.
7:42 me lol
7:42 Patty Iron Kissed, that is.
7:42 Maya oh... true
7:42 Maya I keep forgetting
7:42 Patty But don't worry, I'll give her a part in the next book.
7:42 Has ME its your turn and can Knighton ask a question after ME since time is rushing by
7:42 nifty Well, Adam did tell Mercy that if he found Medea on his property again, he'd eat her.
7:43 Maya Hahaha
7:43 --Jasmine-- lol
7:43 Maya That was an amazing introduction to both Medea and Adam, by the way
7:43 Patty I could have snuck her into Iron Kissed, but she didn't tell me if she was there
7:43 me I was looking at the Fourm. They were discussing an except from Cry Wolf I think, but they were talking about a funeral. Did I miss something?
7:43 knighton i'll pass
7:44 Has cool- tambayo is next after ME
7:44 PaulaL {#$POY$#E@ user interfaces from h*ll and software from...#$O(Y$#!#...}
7:44 jenniwee Actually, you can kinda picture the pile of wolves on Mercy's bed with Medea curled at the top . But maybe someone might have eaten her
7:45 Has I think she was back on the sofa when Uncle Mike came to visit as well
7:45 me lol
7:45 tambayo how are the mercy comics going?
7:45 Maya Haha I agree, jenniwee
7:45 me cats are everywhere and nowhere at the same time
7:45 nifty Oooh, Tam! I agree. Enquiring minds want to know!
7:45 Patty Yes, I posted an excerpt from Cry Wolf (that I think has been taken down . . .for now) and in Cry Wolf you'll see the funeral for Doc Wallace
7:45 Maya kuyflku;t
7:46 PaulaL wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
7:46 me is there any way I can find that
7:46 dsgholam so it was Doc Wallace's!
7:46 me ?
7:46 Has lol
7:46 Maya Sorry, kitten attach
7:46 Maya *attack
7:46 nifty God bless you, Maya.
7:46 jenniwee I have my husband (the comic geek) keeping an eye out, cause I don't know when they'll be out. Do they have a title?
7:46 nifty (I don't know how to spell gesundheit.)
7:46 Snoopy that's exactly right, nifty
7:46 Has I think they are called Mercedes Thompson: Homecoming
7:46 PaulaL achoo!
7:46 Maya (I don't either, and that was Loki saying hello)
7:47 me bless you
7:47 Has lol
7:47 jenniwee Thanks Has!
7:47 Snoopy sounds like you named him just right, maya
7:47 Patty The title, I believe, is Homecoming (for the first four issues) and the series title will be something better than I can come up with <grin> with Mercy Thompson in there somewhere.
7:47 Maya Her, yes. Haha I suppose I did
7:47 Snoopy sorry, her :)
7:47 Patty I've finished the first isse and am about halfway through the second (which I need to have in to them too . . .)
7:47 Maya Quite all right :3
7:47 PaulaL what;s the question list status?
7:48 Patty Along with synopsis
7:48 Has Paula its your turn next
7:48 Has and then ebooklover
7:50 PaulaL is there someone up before me? "it's your turn next' is ambiguous!
7:50 Has its ur turn now
7:50 Has sorry
7:50 Has its late on my end
7:50 me how late?
7:51 nifty Or early, depending on your perspective...
7:51 PaulaL This maybe have been on the forum, but... are the readers going to see Mercy's maternal relatives any time soon?
7:51 Snoopy almost 4 am
7:51 dsgholam i like your sleepy face
7:51 Has close to 3 in the morning
7:51 Snoopy right Has?
7:51 charmed no wiorries Has, you are an angel to do this
7:51 me oh good thing its the weekend
7:51 Patty Yes. Mercy's mother appears in the first chapter of Bone Crossed.
7:51 Has I think your an hour ahead of the UK
7:51 Snoopy ah, that's right, time difference between England and Germany as well...
7:51 Patty She faces down Adam
7:52 Has Im just GLAD its saturday tomorrow
7:52 Maya Ooooooooooh!!!!!
7:52 nifty "faces down"
7:52 Snoopy OMG me wants me wants!!!!
7:52 --Jasmine-- awww poor adam
7:52 Patty I forgot! She faces down Adam . . .
7:52 nifty ??? What does that mean, I wonder.
7:52 Has yay!!!!!
7:52 me Something tells me she could cause some problems
7:52 knighton knighton quit
7:52 Has lol
7:52 Maya Mother-in-law smackdown!
7:52 knighton joins Main
7:52 Snoopy I second that Saturday-opinion Has!
7:52 dsgholam poor e-booklover
7:52 nifty . . . Drat! Those cursed ellipses...
7:52 Has with the pink glock she has right!!!!!
7:52 e_booklover
7:52 PaulaL or son-in-law stew?
7:52 --Jasmine-- lol oh yaaa
7:53 me Go Mercy's Mom
7:53 --Jasmine-- pick glock i forgot about that
7:53 jenniwee Mercy had to get it from somewhere
7:53 nifty Actually, I would think she'd adore Adam. Mannerly, old-fashioned sort from the 50s, remember?
7:53 me not that facing down Adam is always a good thing
7:53 Patty Jenniwee, that's what I thought.
7:53 PaulaL she had the savvy to send Mercy off to Bran, after all...
7:53 Has Dont forget she read that article and I bet Mercy didnt call her to calm her down or to tell her what happened
7:54 nifty But she'd have to give if the ol' "If you hurt my daughter, I'll have your guts for garters!" speech. Pretty much a requirement of motherhood.
7:54 Has are you ok ebooklover?
7:54 me I forgot about the newspaper
7:54 Patty Has has been practicing the vulcan mind meld . . .
7:54 e_booklover yep I was just enjoying the comments :)
7:54 Patty Yes, it is e_booklover's turn.
7:54 e_booklover so I didn't really have a question more of a comment...
7:54 me vulcan mind meld - go Patty
7:55 e_booklover I really enjoy how you are letting Ben grow and change throughout the series so far. No one is static
7:55 Has so its a combo of pink glock and what nifty says right
7:55 Patty Thank you -- they pretty much do that in my head too . .. Mike would say that is a scarey thing
7:55 Maya They're like your children!
7:56 jenniwee I bet she packs silver bullets
7:56 Has lol
7:56 --Jasmine-- haha
7:56 Patty Has -- don't forget your addition -- but there are a few distractions . . .
7:56 Snoopy hehe
7:56 Maya Or maybe pets, since werewolves are part furry
7:56 nifty (That was possibly the nicest surprise of IK for me, e_book. I loved seeing Ben assert himself on Mercy's behalf.)
7:56 me all authors are slightly carzy ....... and brilliant (no offence ment)
7:56 PaulaL not necessarily me.... you just don;t know enough authors!
7:56 me I can't splet to save my life
7:56 Has powerful scene
7:56 dsgholam if your daughter was mercy and she grew up with werewolves, knowing her form of deplomacy wouldn't you pack silver?
7:56 me see
7:56 jenniwee Crazy and brilliant go hand in hand
7:57 Patty Yeah, Nifty -- I didn't expect Ben to be important in that either, though I knew his background.
7:57 me *spell
7:57 e_booklover How about when Mercy took Ben to help enforce the lesson at the end of IK
7:57 Patty I pretty much thought that one out the same way Mercy did <grin>
7:57 me dsgholam - good point
7:57 Snoopy I thought that was such a Mercy-way of handling the problem :)
7:57 --Jasmine-- alrite bye guys, thanks for this chat patty, it was fantastic
7:57 Maya Hahaha I loved that scene
7:57 Has is it alright if I can ask a question?
7:57 nifty In that case, e_book, I liked that Mercy had gotten to the point where she felt like she could trust Ben with that.
7:57 Patty And Ben had so much fun . . .
7:57 Has bye jasmine
7:57 Snoopy bye jasmine
7:58 dsgholam bye Jasmine
7:58 Patty Yes, Has, go ahead.
7:58 e_booklover by jasmine
7:58 me bye
7:58 jenniwee bye jasmine
7:58 Patty Please do . Bye y'all
7:58 e_booklover nifty, I thought that was pretty neat too
7:58 Has Will Mercy pay off the loan to Zee since he demanded it- or will he just tell her to forget it
7:58 --Jasmine-- --Jasmine-- quit
7:58 me good question
7:59 Has I didnt like Zee when he did that- although I understood the reasons behind it but he should have known her better I think
7:59 Patty Yes. Mercy will pay off the loan to Zee . . . because he said it and so it must be done. Mercy and Zee and I are working out the details . . .
7:59 Maya Again with the ellipses
7:59 Maya :P
7:59 jenniwee That'll be fun with Adam and Sam
7:59 Patty He's still not happy that she told outsiders secrets that were not hers to share.
8:00 nifty Muleheaded old fae!!
8:00 Patty He's not happy with her, I mean. However, what happened at the end of IK has tempered him so far.
8:00 me *angry glare in Patty's direction* ...
8:00 dsgholam i'm more annoyed with the lawyer
8:00 e_booklover understandable but I don't think Mercy could have lived with herself if she didn't
8:00 Maya It makes sense, from the Fae perspective
8:00 Patty Yes. Remember he was never the hero of the fairy tales . . . he was the villain.
8:00 me niffty - yes
8:00 Maya What WAS Zee, anyway?
8:00 Has lol- jenniwee there is still that damage to Adam's house and car which Mercy thinks she owes the costs
8:01 charmed Zee was the villain?
8:01 charmed in teh faury tales?
8:01 PaulaL hmmm, how financially well off is Adam I wonder, and are Adam and Mercy going to be merging quarters, and finances ansyytime soon
8:01 me there are goiung to be arguments about that
8:01 Has Iron man -sorry
8:01 Maya Was he truly the villain or was that warped by human tales.
8:01 nifty Speaking of damage to Adam's house... How is it that his neighbors have never gotten a clue? Considering all the damage, I mean?
8:01 Patty e_booklover, I agree. Sometimes imperatives still have consequences.
8:02 me and the noise
8:02 nifty Iron man! Ha!
8:02 Has I think it was a little bit of both- he just didnt play nice with stupid humans though
8:02 Maya Large property
8:02 PaulaL the Fae aren't human and don't look at things the way humans look at them...
8:02 FH I have to go. Thank you for the chat, Patty! I had a great time.
8:02 Snoopy Bye everyone, I'm heading of to bed, I feel like this dude . Have fun!!
8:02 nifty But how large is "large"? An acre? That's not all that big.
8:02 Patty Maya, He was the dark smith of Drontheim. You can find him here: http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/sm1911/p105.htm
8:03 dsgholam bye snoopy
8:03 Has bye snoop
8:03 Snoopy thanks so much for the chat Patty
8:03 FH FH quit
8:03 e_booklover bye FH
8:03 e_booklover bye snoopy
8:03 Maya Ooh, thanks for that
8:03 Snoopy it was great to 'meet' you 'personally'
8:03 jenniwee Yay, hints about Zee. Thanks Patty
8:03 Snoopy and everybody else, too!!
8:03 Snoopy G'night
8:03 me bye
8:03 nifty G'night.
8:03 jenniwee Sleep well Snoopy!
8:03 dsgholam bye FH
8:03 Patty Nifty, Adam's house is pretty isolated. He has 5 to 10 acres behind and beside him -- and fronts the Columbia River.
8:04 Has Bye FH
8:04 nifty Okay, now that explains it. I have never pictured it that large.
8:04 me that's bigger than I thought too
8:04 nifty Not with Mercy's trailer being close enough that Adam could see the VW in the field.
8:04 Snoopy Snoopy quit
8:04 Maya Sounds about right to me, but then again, I'm a boondocks country girl
8:04 Patty Thank you all -- it was very nice chatting :) Has you are the best. You function a lot better than I do at 3 am! Hugs to you all and goodnight.
8:05 Has I think Mercy's neighbours have more of an inkling - since much of the mayhem is centred around hers
8:05 tambayo worth staying up for
8:05 me goodnight
8:05 nifty Good night. Thanks.
8:05 jenniwee Thanks Patty!
8:05 Maya 'Night!! And thanks so much for the chat!
8:05 charmed Night Patty, thank you.
8:05 Has thanks Patty Night
8:05 tambayo thanks!
8:05 dsgholam good-bye and thank you!!!
8:05 me thanks
8:05 Has nigth night
8:05 e_booklover thank you. good night Patty . . .
8:06 Patty Mercy only has three acres (I'll check my notes). Trust me. Adam can see her junk jetta <grin> And neighbors . . . they think Adam's daughter has some wild parties. But mostly they don't bother him.
8:06 Patty Good night all
8:06 Has lol bye patty
8:06 me are they scared aor do they just give him space
8:06 PaulaL I figured Adam had fairly substantial acreage
8:06 Patty Thank you for joining me :)
8:06 me bye
8:06 me goodnight
8:06 PaulaL septic tank stuff, too....
8:06 PaulaL thank you Patty
8:07 Patty me -- no. but supernatural stuff . . . well the pack magic has a certain *don't think about this too hard* that protects them all. Okay. Now I'm really going!
8:07 Patty Patty quit

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