November 3, 2007 Chat

This is the transcript of the live chat -- we had quite a few people show up and other than some minor cases of folks changing position in the connection list, everything went pretty smoothly. Also, Patty apparently forgot to activate her obfuscation filter and actually gave straight answers to a couple of questions <grin>!

6:59 Patty Hey everyone I'm actually here this time!
6:59 Raven Hello
6:59 kate i wonder
6:59 GreyDrakkon Heh, 'lo Patty
7:00 kate hey
7:00 Has hello Patty
7:00 tmpinsnty hello
7:00 almondextract hello
7:00 Patty Looks like we have some of the usual suspects plus a few :)
7:00 Has Hi charmed
7:00 charmed hi
7:00 Jen hi
7:00 kate hey charmed
7:00 charmed :)
7:01 Patty Hope everyone had a good Halloween. At least this year it wasn't twenty below.
7:01 kate yeah
7:01 Jen my kids had a great time trick or treating
7:01 GreyDrakkon I had ONE trick-or-treater. >;(
7:01 izzy sorry bk
7:01 Raven Yes thank you
7:01 kate it was in MA
7:01 Patty Poor little popsicles could hardly say "trick or treat" last year.
7:01 Raven did you?
7:01 izzy had to call the mom of the kids i am babysitting
7:02 Has smae here :( my mum was the target and so was their car
7:02 izzy shes 4 hrs late
7:02 Has eggs and car windows not a good thing
7:02 kate that sucks
7:02 Patty Kids don't get out the way they used to. Our church holds a "trunk or treat" which means that in something under ten minutes the munchkins get enough candy to make themselves sick for a month.
7:02 kate lol
7:03 GreyDrakkon Blech. In mid-Iowa they don't even have trick or treating on Halloween!
7:03 Patty Ew. Egging sucks. We have a Jetta that has a permanent egg stain.
7:03 izzy limh thats interesting
7:03 Jen that is true...most churches do that now. My kids are already sick of their candy. Haha leaes more for me.
7:03 Kiersten hi i made it
7:03 GreyDrakkon It was the night before, and it was called "beggar's night" or some nonsense like that
7:03 Patty Welcome all.
7:03 Has they have trick or treating in Morocco - my mum told me
7:03 Raven it was shaving cream this year here
7:03 Kiersten my garage was egged once and the stains are still there uggh
7:03 Jen HUH Grey why do they do that??
7:04 Has evil demented demons - I feel you pain kiersten
7:04 Kiersten Kiersten changes his/her nickname to Kiersten walks
7:04 GreyDrakkon My theory? Because they're dumb. Apparently in 1930 they had a whole bunch of kids doing a messload of pranks
7:04 Patty So they thought changing the date would help?
7:04 GreyDrakkon And they haven't figured out yet that those kids are probably in nursing homes, so they kept it on a different night
7:04 GreyDrakkon Yeah. :P
7:04 Kiersten walks ha ha i hate having halloween in the middle of the week
7:04 patti.l Thanks for letting us play at your house, Hostess.
7:05 Patty Maybe they thought the little angels were "affected" by the demons of Halloween. Grin
7:05 izzy did you sell many books in butte patty i think you were here in august
7:05 Jen lol
7:05 kate i gave some of my candy to the girls on my soccer team at ur last game on thursday this past weekweek
7:05 Kiersten walks ha me too
7:05 Patty Hey Izzy. I live in Butte and the booksellers are my minions Bleehahaha
7:05 charmed lol
7:05 Kiersten walks we had soccer olympics and we handed out candy for the prizes
7:06 Raven Patty I have a strange question?
7:06 GreyDrakkon "Bleehahaha"? Wow, that's a new one for me. ;)
7:06 Jen I wonder if I can talk my husband into a vacation to Butte.
7:06 Patty What's that Raven?
7:06 GreyDrakkon I've seen "buahaha" and "muahaha"
7:06 kate Hey Patty u inspired me to write a book
7:06 izzy really i met you at the hastings i was with a blonde boy whos my freind
7:06 Kiersten walks but never a bleehaha
7:06 Has and dont forget the hee hee
7:06 Patty "Bleehahaha" is what you say with a headcold.
7:06 izzy he was ten
7:06 Jen Hey we are down one ghost.
7:07 Kiersten walks lol nice
7:07 Raven Most Authors leave hints about plots and such for the chars did u leave any about Mercy choice of mates?
7:07 GreyDrakkon ewww nasty Patty! >;D
7:07 charmed you're sick Patty? that's lousy
7:07 kate thats wearid
7:07 Raven I have re-read both books 3 times
7:07 Patty I thought I had you pegged Izzy, but the blond guy I was thinking of was about six feet high.
7:07 Kiersten walks so have i
7:07 Kiersten walks ive read them both at least 6 times
7:07 Patty You'll have to reintroduce yourself -- though I'm pretty good with faces.
7:08 Has 4 times for me :)
7:08 Patty Just a little sniffly today.
7:08 GreyDrakkon O.K., shall we start the questions?
7:08 Kiersten walks me too
7:08 Kiersten walks my sis gave me her cold
7:08 kate Patty why cant the book come out earlier
7:08 izzy its the one who bought moon called and a manga book also
7:08 izzy im
7:08 Patty Go ahead Grey -- Kiersten -- nice of you sister to take sharing so seriously.
7:08 GreyDrakkon As said before, we'll ask questions in order of arrival here, if the person who's up has no question they can say "skip"
7:08 Patty Izzy, I remember
7:09 GreyDrakkon Jen, you're up first.
7:09 izzy how goes it
7:09 Kiersten walks yeah its about the only thing she shares :)
7:09 izzy hehe
7:09 Jen I don't have a question so "skip"
7:09 GreyDrakkon Rob?
7:09 izzy i loved moon called
7:09 Rob skip for right now...next time around
7:09 izzy im halfway through bloodbound
7:10 izzy i got it thursday
7:10 GreyDrakkon Alright. I'm asking this for Elle, who can't be here because she's working. "How did Warren and Kyle meet?
7:10 GreyDrakkon "
7:10 kate its excellent
7:10 Cole just came to say hi everyone so ill see you uys later
7:10 Kiersten walks oh ok adios
7:10 Patty They were at a party held by a mutual friend (one of Kyle's old boyfriends).
7:10 izzy i see
7:10 Patty Hey Cole :) See you soon.
7:10 Kiersten walks ahh
7:10 kate ok
7:10 GreyDrakkon Hah, Kyle wasn't dating him at the time was he? ;)
7:11 izzy hmm i got a question
7:11 Kiersten walks almond's next
7:11 almondextract i'm curious about your process--do you do a lot of outlining or jump right in?
7:11 Patty Yep. They knew each other for a while before they got together.
7:11 Cole oh and Patty IK was great bye everyone
7:11 Patty Almond, I don't usually outline.
7:11 GreyDrakkon ok thanks. :) Almond you're up
7:11 Kiersten walks bye
7:11 izzy how old is sam
7:11 izzy ??
7:11 Patty However I sometimes write sketch scenes or even drafts
7:11 GreyDrakkon Izzy, wait for your turn please
7:12 izzy sorry
7:12 GreyDrakkon s'alright
7:12 Kiersten walks cool
7:12 izzy my first chat
7:12 GreyDrakkon just want to keep this clean for the archives
7:12 almondextract thanks that's encouraging
7:12 Patty That I move around and shuffle until I like them.
7:12 izzy ok
7:12 Patty No problem Izzy :)
7:12 Kiersten walks mine too :)
7:13 GreyDrakkon done Almond?
7:13 Patty I do know outline writers, but I find that anything I can put down in an outline is usually too predictable.
7:13 almondextract for now, lol
7:13 GreyDrakkon (everyone can say when they're done asking their question, by the way. :) )
7:13 almondextract yeah, i seem to be a seat of the pantser my self
7:13 Kiersten walks ok ive got it now
7:13 Patty Outlines are more efficient, but they don't work for me.
7:13 izzy hmmm its hard to follow when the questions been answered
7:14 kate yep
7:14 Kiersten walks you'll get it
7:14 GreyDrakkon (that's why it would be good for the person to say "done" or the next person's name)
7:14 almondextract done
7:14 Kiersten walks yeah
7:14 Kiersten walks has is next
7:14 kate k
7:14 GreyDrakkon Excellent. Has, your turn. :)
7:14 Has Will Honey ever have the chance/ability to move up the ranks despite her being mated to wold who is not dominant
7:15 GreyDrakkon oh nice one Has
7:15 Has wolf- I got the sense that she may not be satisfied with her status
7:15 Kiersten walks yeah interesting
7:15 Has my swiss cheese brain is working lol
7:15 Patty I don't know. That's a good question. There's some magic involved in pack ranking, more than I originally thought. And that might mean that the answer is, 'no."
7:16 Patty No, Honey is not happy where she is -- she's a dominant wolf.
7:16 Kiersten walks hmmm ok izzy then
7:16 Has thanks -
7:16 Patty Dominant wolves don't like to obey orders.
7:16 izzy i see
7:16 Has lots and lots of conflict
7:17 izzy hmm
7:17 izzy i see
7:17 Patty Yep and that makes a writer happy :)
7:17 GreyDrakkon Izzy your turn.
7:17 izzy limh
7:17 Kiersten walks yeah
7:17 izzy ok i wanted to know how old sam is ive been wondering
7:18 izzy from the mercy series
7:18 Patty I don't know for certain. Very old. Almost as old as Bran.
7:18 Patty I know more than I'm telling you here, though
7:18 izzy hmmm
7:18 izzy i see
7:19 Kiersten walks aha holding back
7:19 GreyDrakkon done Izzy?
7:19 izzy well if its somthing that will be revieled later in the series
7:19 Patty Let's say that outside of the fae, he's probably the oldest person in Washington state.
7:19 izzy then im satisfied
7:19 izzy hmm
7:19 izzy ok thanx
7:20 GreyDrakkon o_O Impressive
7:20 Kiersten walks wow
7:20 GreyDrakkon Kate, your turn I believe.
7:20 izzy older than marsilia
7:20 Patty Cry Wolf will have more about how old Bran is.
7:20 izzy sorry
7:20 kate how does Mercy choose between Adam amd Samual?
7:20 Patty No problem. Izzy
7:20 Patty Kate, that's a spoiler
7:21 Patty But I'll tell a little.
7:21 Has lol
7:21 kate darn
7:21 Kiersten walks lol good point
7:21 kate ok
7:21 Patty Let's say for sure, that no one dies so the other is picked by default.
7:21 Jen do tell do tell
7:21 Kiersten walks oohh
7:21 kate yeah
7:21 Patty And the choice, both choices are mutual.
7:21 Kiersten walks thats always a good thing
7:22 GreyDrakkon Oh goodie
7:22 charmed now I really want to read IK
7:22 Patty That's not to say that no one gets grummpy.
7:22 Patty er grumpy
7:22 Has I think the speculation is going to kill me now :S
7:22 Kiersten walks i alwyas wanted to really read it lol
7:22 kate ok
7:22 izzy limh
7:22 kate me 2
7:22 Kiersten walks ahh can't wait
7:23 kate FH ur turn
7:23 Kiersten walks ok FH is up next
7:23 Has me 3
7:23 GreyDrakkon done?
7:23 izzy me 4
7:23 FH I wonder how tall Mercy is?
7:23 kate yeah
7:23 FH Sorry
7:23 Patty She's about average height in the US, about five feet six inches or so.
7:24 GreyDrakkon Don't be sorry, I was typing slow....Curse my Halloween candy occupying my hands!
7:24 Kiersten walks aww that makes me short
7:24 tmpinsnty < -- 5'5.5"
7:24 Patty Adam is short for a man, 5'7 -- 5'9
7:24 FH Thank you.
7:24 kate 5'3"
7:24 Kiersten walks hmm cool and samis over 6 right
7:24 GreyDrakkon Oh man there's some wee folk in the chat tonight! :: is 5'11 ::
7:24 Patty Yep.
7:24 izzy man im short im only 5-5
7:24 Has 5.3 as well :)
7:24 FH 5'7-59 is short!?
7:25 izzy 5'5"
7:25 Raven 5'4
7:25 Kiersten walks wow my g-pa is 6'9"
7:25 Patty 5.5 1/2
7:25 Jen 5.8
7:25 Kiersten walks i'm almost 5'5" just under
7:25 kate dont feel bad im short too 5'3"
7:25 almondextract 5'7
7:25 Patty My dad's friend used to tell everyone he was six feet thirteen inches.
7:25 Rob 6'1"
7:25 Kiersten walks i obviously didn't get my grndpas genes
7:25 GreyDrakkon keep in mind Has that we're going by feet
7:25 Has there is nothing wrong about being short
7:25 izzy ima guy
7:25 Kiersten walks ha ha how long did it take for someone to figure it out?
7:25 izzy im not average
7:26 izzy hight wise
7:26 Patty Kiersten, most people took one look and noticed
7:26 kate i know "small things come in big packages"
7:26 Kiersten walks ha ha good point
7:26 Patty Izzy, but I remember you as being young still, right?
7:26 Has lol
7:26 izzy im 17
7:26 Patty My husband put on an inch or so after I met him when he was 18
7:27 izzy hmm
7:27 Kiersten walks cool im 16
7:27 kate wow
7:27 FH If I were 5'3" I would be delighted...
7:27 Kiersten walks aww did you guys go out in hs too
7:27 izzy well everyone in my fams small
7:27 tmpinsnty my uncle grew about 6in at 18
7:27 Jen my brother and my dad both got their height after they graduated highschool.
7:27 kate im 13
7:27 Patty
7:27 Patty tmpinsnty -- WOW
7:27 GreyDrakkon talk about a late bloomer, tmpinsnty
7:27 Kiersten walks my mom grew a lot after highschool
7:28 Patty My turn for a question -- and I pass
7:28 Kiersten walks 6 inches is big
7:28 kate my sister is only 4'11.5"
7:28 Has I think you dont stop growing until 20
7:28 GreyDrakkon Aww you have no questions for us Patty? ;)
7:28 Kiersten walks ha ha what no questions to yourself?
7:28 GreyDrakkon in that case, Raven it's your turn
7:28 izzy lime
7:28 Jen come on Patty I am sure you could come up with a great question. :-)
7:28 Patty
7:28 izzy limh
7:28 kate shes 24
7:28 Has you could ask us a question
7:29 Raven the same just wanted to know if she left hints like most author about the mate issue?
7:29 Patty Okay, did you dress up for Halloween and if so, what as?
7:29 Raven A witch and my son went as a werewolf
7:29 Kiersten walks yup- as a translyvanian from rocky horror picture show
7:29 kate yes a gangster
7:29 izzy hmm i was a anime character
7:29 Kiersten walks and as a vampire's victim
7:30 tmpinsnty no- wore a tshirt that said "my cat is my best friend" - also was coming down with a sinus infection
7:30 izzy a backround ninja
7:30 GreyDrakkon Myself, I took off my beret so my horns showed. >;) (pic is in halloween costumes, if you're curious)
7:30 kate that was a good movie
7:30 Kiersten walks i had a party then halloween : )
7:30 Has I didn't :( although i was busy giving the sweeties
7:30 Jen I didn't....my kids were a japanese princess and batman.
7:30 Kiersten walks cool
7:30 Kiersten walks yeah i liked the movie
7:30 Kiersten walks there
7:31 Patty I didn't dress up (to busy running around) but Mike went as Frodo and my daughter as the Frozen Dead
7:31 Talking_Mouse I gave out candy dressed as a bag of M&Ms, clear plastic trash bag -- lots of little ballons for the M&Ms
7:31 kate i was sad though cause my cat had passed right next to me on my bed
7:31 izzy yeah it was ok (the movie)
7:31 Kiersten walks ha ha frodo, thats so cool
7:31 kate so we got her creamated
7:31 FH I didn't, either.
7:31 Kiersten walks wow that is soo sad
7:31 Patty So sorry Kate. It's hard to lose our furry friends.
7:31 tmpinsnty
7:31 Has oh no - My friend's cat passed away this week as well
7:31 Raven what was your cats name?
7:32 Kiersten walks yeah it is i dont know what i would do without my cats
7:32 kate yeah
7:32 Jen so sorry kate
7:32 izzy sorry kate
7:32 GreyDrakkon your cat died on halloween, kate?
7:32 Has I am really sorry kate
7:32 kate but i still have my dog that looks exactly like a coyote pup and a ferrit named Rocky
7:32 kate Patches
7:32 GreyDrakkon that's good, kate
7:33 Kiersten walks awww so cute
7:33 Has
7:33 kate sorry Haz
7:33 GreyDrakkon you should put pics up in the pet's section at the message board. :)
7:33 izzy well at least u still have furry companions
7:33 izzy to comfort u
7:33 Kiersten walks yeah i just figured out how to
7:33 GreyDrakkon in any case, Patty, I think Raven asked " the same just wanted to know if she left hints like most author about the mate issue?"
7:34 kate but she had passed on the friday before her bday which was the 30
7:34 Kiersten walks awww wow
7:34 Kiersten walks but yeah that wws her quesstion
7:34 izzy im so sorry for ur cat
7:34 Kiersten walks was*
7:34 izzy a nd u
7:34 Raven I have 1 more after that as well if it is ok?
7:34 kate go head
7:35 GreyDrakkon (one question per a person, then we'll loop around again so you'll have another chance to ask)
7:35 Raven very sorry to hear to hear
7:35 Kiersten walks back to questions?
7:35 Patty I think that the mate isssue is probably best left for after Iron Kissed *no spoilers*
7:35 Patty Water fight at my house.
7:35 Raven ok
7:35 Patty Sorry I'm a bit distracted.
7:35 izzy limh
7:35 Kiersten walks ha ha gotcha
7:35 Raven ok ty
7:35 Patty Since I can't answer Raven's first question can she ask the other/
7:35 GreyDrakkon S'alright, tell 'em to keep the water away from the electronics though!
7:35 GreyDrakkon ;)
7:36 Patty My keyboard is wet.
7:36 GreyDrakkon Yeah that sounds good, Raven what's your other one?
7:36 Raven lol
7:36 Kiersten walks yeah thats a recipe for disaster
7:36 Patty So if you see bright sparkes . . .
7:36 Jen oh no
7:36 Patty sparks.
7:36 GreyDrakkon (then you can think of another question to ask later :) )
7:36 Kiersten walks we run
7:36 Patty Go ahead Raven
7:36 Raven ok the deal with Stefan is he going to be ok after the killing thig with Andre?
7:37 Kiersten walks hmm
7:37 Patty Probably not but that'll be in the book after Iron Kissed, I think.
7:37 Raven damn I like Stefan
7:37 izzy ill be back in a few i have to go get tacos for my sis
7:37 Patty He's getting himself into hot water with Marsilia
7:37 Patty See ya Izzy
7:37 Kiersten walks ohh ok
7:37 izzy ill stay logged on though
7:37 Raven Bye izzy see ya when u get back
7:37 Kiersten walks i really like him too
7:37 izzy bbl
7:38 GreyDrakkon ditto
7:38 Kiersten walks charmed is up then
7:38 Patty Stefan is the bomb
7:38 GreyDrakkon har!
7:38 Kiersten walks ohh what bomb?
7:38 kate yeah
7:38 Kiersten walks the catalyst?
7:38 Patty Evil grin
7:38 GreyDrakkon that phrase just sounds funny coming from you
7:38 Kiersten walks sorry science person
7:38 Patty I have two teenage girls sigh\
7:38 kate lmfao
7:39 Patty Mike says "the bomb -- like on Heroes?"
7:39 Kiersten walks haha aren't they great - speaking as one
7:39 Kiersten walks i've never seen that
7:39 Patty Yep. Love 'em. Just don't want to talk like them.
7:39 Jen ohhh heroes...not as good so far this year but great show.
7:39 patti.l So, question from charmed next, is that right?
7:39 kate yeah
7:39 Kiersten walks ha ha yeah
7:39 GreyDrakkon Heh. Alright, done Raven?
7:39 Patty Heroes should be rented as a season so you don't sit on pins and needles -- but other than that it was really good
7:39 GreyDrakkon Charmed, you're up
7:40 Kiersten walks i don't understand a lot that even i say
7:40 charmed going back to your reply to Has' questions: are magic and dominant/submissive peronalities related? Honey is dominant, so is she strong in magic, or are they unrelated matters?
7:40 Raven yes ty
7:40 Patty LOL Kiersten
7:40 Patty Charmed, that is a very good question
7:40 Kiersten walks i know i cant help it
7:40 Patty That's what I say when I'm trying to think of the answer
7:40 charmed :D
7:40 PaulaL catalyst -- what one gets when the cat kees stepping on the return key with a word processor open...
7:41 kate huh
7:41 Patty LOL PaulaL
7:41 Kiersten walks haa haa thats soo good
7:41 GreyDrakkon :: pokes Paula with the pun stick ::
7:41 Patty I think that the answer to Charmed's question is, "Yes"
7:41 charmed yes?
7:41 kate cool
7:41 GreyDrakkon woo straight answer!
7:41 GreyDrakkon >;D
7:41 charmed can you alaborate a bit?
7:41 Kiersten walks so they are realated
7:41 patti.l Why is Medea so calm around preternatural creatures?
7:41 Patty But werewolves are often unaware of the magic they use (other than the change)
7:41 kate please
7:42 Kiersten walks ha good quesstion
7:42 PaulaL "And they you'll see Sir Jame the Rose/ Sleeping with the Drakkon...
7:42 Kiersten walks hmm
7:42 Patty Submissive wolves aren't necessarily less endowed with magic, but it is a different kind of magic.
7:42 Patty than the Dominant ones.
7:42 kate ok
7:43 Kiersten walks ohh like its burried deeper or something?
7:43 kate i get it
7:43 Has or subtle ?
7:43 Patty The wolves magic is somewhat determined by will of the pack.
7:43 Kiersten walks thats the word
7:43 Patty Subtle would be it
7:43 charmed can it change? if a werewolf becomes more dominant, does theri magic change?
7:43 Patty And rank in the pack is both actual and magical
7:43 Kiersten walks or come more to the surface
7:43 PaulaL So different packs have different magic?
7:44 GreyDrakkon complicated
7:44 kate doesnt it menchen abit of that in moon called when sh save adam aand jesse
7:44 Patty That's part of the nature of the wolf's magic
7:44 Patty Yes, Charmed it can be changed
7:44 charmed lol, this raises more questions than it answers
7:44 Patty Their magic is more inherent than acted upon like, say, a witch's magic
7:44 GreyDrakkon that's what you get for asking something like that charmed. ;)
7:44 Kiersten walks yes it does
7:44 Kiersten walks patti l your turn
7:45 kate mhm
7:45 GreyDrakkon oy kiersten, who's the mod here? ;)
7:45 Patty It's something I'm having to deal a lot with in Cry Wolf, with Anna, Charles -- and Bran
7:45 Kiersten walks sorry
7:45 GreyDrakkon heh
7:45 charmed I guess I asked a doozy :)
7:45 Kiersten walks i need to get that book too
7:45 Patty August 08
7:45 patti.l Ooo. Why is Medea so calm with preternaturals, like Stephan & the were?
7:45 kate :)
7:46 Has we need a time machine
7:46 Kiersten walks thank you very much
7:46 Patty Medea is special
7:46 PaulaL At least we know who Charles and Anna wound up with!
7:46 charmed doen patti, thanks Patty
7:46 Patty Or stupid
7:46 Kiersten walks yes we do
7:46 Kiersten walks ha
7:46 Patty We're not quite sure. She is based on one of my cats who never met a person she didn't like -- or a cat she did
7:46 GreyDrakkon ohhh, so she's "special" then. :)
7:46 kate yeah
7:46 Kiersten walks ohh
7:46 Kiersten walks cool
7:46 Patty She's not magical. Just adaptable
7:47 kate wow
7:47 Kiersten walks my turn then?
7:47 charmed special?
7:47 Patty And demanding -- just so you know she's still a cat
7:47 Kiersten walks yeah i have a cat like that
7:47 patti.l I wondered if maybe she' d had previous experience
7:47 GreyDrakkon done Patti?
7:47 Rob adaptable...like a coyote.....coyote cat
7:47 Has mine as well especially if there is chicken involved
7:47 Kiersten walks oooh
7:47 tmpinsnty a coycat
7:47 Kiersten walks interesting
7:47 patti.l Yes, ma'am, 1 question & on to the next
7:47 GreyDrakkon ...that conjured up a hideous image, rob
7:47 Kiersten walks coyocat
7:48 PaulaL coycat? Aaaarrgggghhh
7:48 Kiersten walks ok my turn then
7:48 Has lol
7:48 kate there a show called valley of the wolves thats on next weekened on PBS
7:48 Rob thats what I'm here for Grey
7:48 GreyDrakkon go ahead Kiersten
7:48 Patty Okay Kiersten
7:48 tmpinsnty <--- on nyquil
7:48 Kiersten walks my question is, exactly how much magic to the vampires have, singular and as a whole. like the pack
7:49 Patty I don't know. The vampires are pretty secretive -- even with me.
7:49 Kiersten walks because i remember his secrecy spell
7:49 patti.l
7:49 kate wow
7:49 GreyDrakkon the tight-lipped bastards! Except during feeding time...
7:49 Taranis lol
7:49 Jen lol
7:49 Kiersten walks so no one would over hear them when stefan was talking with mercy and sam
7:49 Patty They have a lot of magic that has to do with hiding in plain sight
7:49 Kiersten walks lol nice one
7:49 kate lol
7:50 Raven then ask Stfan
7:50 Kiersten walks oh ok any actual spells like the weres spell or silence
7:50 Taranis subtle magic
7:50 Kiersten walks of*
7:50 Patty Yes, the vampires have actual spells
7:50 Patty Wulfe is the one with the most magic
7:50 Kiersten walks was he a witch before he was changed?
7:50 kate what is he
7:51 Kiersten walks because i got that impression
7:51 kate a vampire/sourcer
7:51 Patty Wulfe hasn't told me that either. There are several kinds of humans who can use magic. Certainly he was one of those.
7:51 Kiersten walks sorry thats another question so i guess im done
7:51 Kiersten walks ohh okay cool
7:51 kate cool
7:51 GreyDrakkon alright, life06 your turn
7:51 Kiersten walks yup
7:52 life06 So far I've read a lot about what Sam's wolf thinks of Mercy, but what does Adam's wolf think of Mercy?
7:52 Patty Yummy
7:52 Kiersten walks ooo a love life question
7:52 GreyDrakkon ::snorts::
7:52 Patty Or maybe Mine
7:52 Jen I like that. lol
7:52 Kiersten walks i love these
7:52 Has good question lol
7:52 life06 thnx
7:52 Patty See I can answer directly sometimes
7:52 kate i had the same ?
7:53 GreyDrakkon Patty, saying "yummy" is a bit dangrous, since she IS a coyote! ;)
7:53 Kiersten walks ha i see
7:53 PaulaL I wonder what the other pack members' wolves think of Mercy... the human female parts hate her, but...
7:53 Kiersten walks ooo good point
7:53 Patty Adam's pack is different from Brans
7:53 kate cool
7:53 GreyDrakkon the wolf might view her as a walking snack cake!
7:53 kate how different
7:53 Patty Aurielli likes her well enough.
7:53 Kiersten walks so what does brans think?
7:54 Kiersten walks so does honey now
7:54 Has could I add does Adams wolf was attracted to her before his human side or was it vise versa?
7:54 patti.l Not all she-were have been infected with Leah's animosity
7:54 Patty Paul? I think that's his name, the one who tried to take on Warren when he was hurt, doesn't like Mercy at all.
7:54 Kiersten walks yeah thats his name
7:54 Patty Darryl respects her.
7:55 Patty Has -- Adam first, then his wolf
7:55 Kiersten walks but what about his incident with warren
7:55 Patty Honey likes her. But they are like oil and vinegar
7:55 Kiersten walks does he still respect her after being shown that warren sees her as higher
7:55 PaulaL The ones who'd like to have children though are bitterly envious, aren't they?
7:55 Has ohhhhh interesting thanks Patty
7:55 kate i thuoght Darryl didnt like her well in the first book he didnt right
7:55 GreyDrakkon or grease monkey vs. svelte mink
7:55 Kiersten walks ha ha
7:55 Kiersten walks true
7:55 Patty Darryl isn't certain that he wants Mercy to be above him -- but he's coming around.
7:56 Patty PaulaL -- I don't think that's hit them yet.
7:56 Patty Except in Bran's pack
7:56 Kiersten walks i cant wait for this book
7:56 GreyDrakkon done live06?
7:56 Patty Darryl's been spending more time with Mercy lately
7:56 Kiersten walks in IK?
7:56 Kiersten walks or just in general
7:56 kate im so up set that it doesnt come out until Jan of 08
7:56 life06 yes done
7:56 kate grrr
7:57 goldenphinx just read the sample chapter for the next book LOVE it wonder who mercedes is going to pick though samuel or adam?
7:57 GreyDrakkon alright, jonnyp your turn
7:57 Patty Mercy's been around the pack a lot more since Moon Called, in all the books.
7:57 almondextract what date in january?
7:57 PaulaL I was about to ask if the wolf shifter society has trouble with coyote shifters but then I thought of Charles... but he's male
7:57 Raven it's already on my wish list
7:57 jonnyp skip
7:57 GreyDrakkon (goldenphinx, we're asking questions in order of arrival here)
7:57 Kiersten walks thats true
7:57 Has hey your lucky - in the UK it wont be out till aug
7:57 GreyDrakkon alright, Tmpinsnty your turn
7:57 Kiersten walks ouch
7:58 kate that sucks
7:58 tmpinsnty can i ask on non-book question
7:58 Patty sure
7:58 goldenphinx ooooo ok srry first time greydrakkon
7:58 Jen almond I think the book is set to come out 1/02/08
7:58 Kiersten walks cool
7:58 Has I know- I have to find a seller either thru ebay or amazon sellers
7:58 GreyDrakkon (it's alright Golden, I saw you got here late)
7:58 almondextract darn then why isn't amazon delivering til mid jan....hmmm
7:58 tmpinsnty do you receive the same amount of proceeds for an e book as for a paper book?
7:59 Kiersten walks Kiersten walks changes his/her nickname to Kiersten can't
7:59 Kiersten can't Kiersten can't changes his/her nickname to Kiersten S
7:59 Kiersten S ohh early jan thats good
7:59 Patty I don't think so. I think I get a higher percentage of the "cover" price I think 15% on ebooks and 6% on paperbacks
8:00 GreyDrakkon oh wow, so ebooks are better for you?
8:00 Kiersten S wow
8:00 Patty If I say think often enough, people might believe I do
8:00 tmpinsnty cool...i found moon called on ereader before i spotted it in the store
8:00 kate so what would the price be
8:00 Kiersten S i would have thought differently
8:00 Talking_Mouse I will remember to buy ebooks then
8:00 izzy acado taco bell im bk
8:00 Has Will IK be out in ebook format? because i would def get that and then paperback afterwards
8:00 Taranis e books don't cost as much as paperback though
8:00 Raven wb izzy
8:00 charmed I'd ahev thought that it would be the other way
8:00 Patty Monetarily better, but the bestselling lists are based on real books
8:00 izzy thnx
8:01 Kiersten S im definitely getting it the first day
8:01 kate k
8:01 patti.l funny, madame! And if the initial price is lower, the 50% of $0 rule applies, right
8:01 tmpinsnty i guess i will buy both...one to read and one to put you on the bestseller lists
8:01 Kiersten S Kiersten S changes his/her nickname to Kiersten S wf
8:01 Jen and more books are based on the bestseller list right???
8:01 GreyDrakkon Hmm I guess that makes sense, since you're not splitting the cost with the company physically making the book
8:01 Patty I like real books better, because I can take them more places and loan them out easier
8:01 Kiersten S wf yeah me too
8:01 kate me 2 then im going to donate it to the school libary
8:01 tmpinsnty i have a pda...
8:01 Patty As a reader
8:02 GreyDrakkon done tmp?
8:02 Talking_Mouse However I can't loan out my ebooks so I know I always have a copy
8:02 Patty However, if I lived in New York -- I'd never be able to store all my paperbooks
8:02 Kiersten S wf i also like the smell of books, i dont know why
8:02 Rob I'm with you, Patty....there's just something comforting about turning real paper pages
8:02 izzy ya
8:02 Has me too- my room is struggling with all my books
8:02 GreyDrakkon hah! "I love the smell of bound paper in the morning!"
8:02 tmpinsnty when we moved i gave away about two hundred books to the library
8:03 kate yea
8:03 Kiersten S wf i have 2 bookshelves in my room plus a basement full and a spare room full
8:03 Patty I donated something like eighteen boxes and we still moved over 140 boxes of books when we moved last
8:03 izzy i love the smell of a brand new book opening it for the first time
8:03 Kiersten S wf ha ha yeah
8:03 goldenphinx wow thats alot
8:03 GreyDrakkon shall we move on?
8:03 kate wow thats alot of books
8:03 Kiersten S wf thats exactly what i mean
8:03 Patty Go ahead Talking_Mouse
8:03 GreyDrakkon :: feels like Willy Wonka::
8:03 kate donate
8:04 Talking_Mouse My question is about Zee. He befriended Mercy, who is not fully human, before he was outed as fae,. Did he feel more strongly connected to her because she was a walker, or was he in the habit of taking humans under his wing?
8:04 Kiersten S wf mouse your turn
8:04 izzy loads of books i cant read that fast
8:04 Patty Actually Zee was very unhappy when his nine year old son hired Mercy
8:04 Patty He fired her three times the first month.
8:04 kate y
8:04 Jen huh?? What?? funny
8:04 Taranis really??
8:04 GreyDrakkon hah!
8:04 Kiersten S wf is this mentioned in ik?
8:04 Patty And repented when he found her working at the local Burger King.
8:04 PaulaL When I got out of the Air Force long ago, I have four or five tons of books... that was decades ago
8:04 tmpinsnty
8:05 Talking_Mouse So she kept coming back?
8:05 Patty This is based on a little story I had to write before I could get Iron Kissed to work
8:05 fairyfreak LOL
8:05 Kiersten S wf ha ha bk
8:05 Patty Sometime I'll finish it up properly -- or maybe just post it for fun
8:05 Has lol
8:05 GreyDrakkon neat
8:05 Taranis that would be awesome!!
8:05 Kiersten S wf oohh cool
8:05 tmpinsnty cool
8:05 Kiersten S wf sounds grea
8:05 Kiersten S wf t
8:05 Kiersten S wf oops lol
8:05 fairyfreak post! post! :)
8:05 patti.l There's a bribe!
8:06 Talking_Mouse thanks -- Zee is one of my favorites
8:06 Patty Tad rehired her twice
8:06 Has please
8:06 PaulaL another yes, please from Massachusetts
8:06 Kiersten S wf ha ha
8:06 Patty It took Zee a while before he warmed up to her
8:06 Kiersten S wf tad was 9 when they first met?
8:06 kate im from Masswachusetts
8:06 charmed another yes from Massachusetts :)
8:06 Patty Yep
8:06 Kiersten S wf cool
8:06 GreyDrakkon o_O It's a New Englander room tonight it seems
8:06 Kiersten S wf why ?
8:07 tmpinsnty he probably didn't want a coworker named mercedes in his german car repair business...
8:07 Patty He was nine and she needed a fanbelt for her Jetter
8:07 Raven ny here
8:07 kate another yes from Massachusetts
8:07 Patty Jetta
8:07 Talking_Mouse Did Tad hire her for the paperwork?
8:07 Kiersten S wf ohh cool
8:07 Kiersten S wf you have this all figured out
8:07 Patty Nope. She doesn't do paperwork. Neither does Zee.
8:07 Patty That was Tad's job
8:07 Taranis did Tad have a crush on her or something?
8:07 PaulaL [was at whatever-the-name-of-the-convention for a day out in western Massachusetts that Patty was at in the spring
8:07 Talking_Mouse So Tad didn't want to get out of his job?
8:07 Patty Nope. He had angry customers -- ConBust? Paula
8:08 Kiersten S wf yeah she hates paperwork and bad news calls
8:08 Patty Nope Mouse, he needed help
8:08 PaulaL Yes, tht was it, ConBust
8:08 goldenphinx didn't it say tad had bad love life
8:08 Kiersten S wf cool
8:08 Patty His father was in a funk -- his wife(Tad's mother) had just died
8:08 Taranis sad...
8:08 Patty Not at nine years old
8:08 kate its cold in western Mass
8:08 Talking_Mouse Thank for for a very complete answer
8:08 Kiersten S wf aww was she human?
8:08 PaulaL was she human or not?
8:08 Patty YEs
8:09 GreyDrakkon alright, PaulaL your turn
8:09 Talking_Mouse Will we hear more about her later in IK?
8:09 Kiersten S wf oohhh cool
8:09 Talking_Mouse sorry
8:09 Patty Not in IK
8:09 GreyDrakkon s'alright, I thought you were done
8:09 Kiersten S wf but later?
8:09 Patty I don't know? Don't have them that planned out.
8:10 Patty Okay Paula
8:10 izzy ive got a question let me know when i can ask k
8:10 Kiersten S wf ahh and we thought you were ahead of the game
8:10 Kiersten S wf paula is up
8:10 PaulaL pass for now
8:10 Kiersten S wf ok
8:10 Kiersten S wf taranis
8:10 Patty I'm so far behind I sometimes think I'm ahead, but that's as good as it gets
8:10 GreyDrakkon (sure Izzy)
8:10 GreyDrakkon Taranis your turn
8:10 Kiersten S wf ha ha its great don't worry aboutit
8:11 Kiersten S wf about it*
8:11 kate brb
8:11 izzy k
8:11 Spryte Yay! I finally made a chat!
8:11 Taranis OK, I have a question about the wolf magic. Sorry if this has already been answered and I missed it... Does wolf magic come from the moon? If so, where do th vampires get their magic?
8:11 Kiersten S wf hmmm interesting
8:11 GreyDrakkon ('lo Spryte)
8:12 Taranis And how it wolf magic controlled or channeled?
8:12 Patty Wolf magic doesn't come from the moon, it is internal. Part of what makes a werewolf a werewolf.
8:12 izzy nive one
8:12 Spryte How about walkers? Lo Grey
8:12 Has hey spryte
8:12 Patty The vampires are the living dead -- again their magic comes from what they are.
8:12 Kiersten S wf cool
8:12 kate back
8:12 Spryte 'lo Has
8:12 izzy lello spryte
8:12 Kiersten S wf welcome spryte
8:12 Patty That's pretty much true of all my "monsters" -- except, maybe, the fae.
8:12 patti.l Speaking of time, everyone in the U.S., change clocks tonight!
8:12 GreyDrakkon to add onto Taranis's question, does the moon influence their magic any?
8:13 Patty Grey, Yes.
8:13 Has we changed ours last week :)
8:13 Kiersten S wf yup my phone s set to go off and remind me
8:13 Spryte Ok I give up. Hi all!
8:13 Patty First, it makes the wolf stronger
8:13 Jazzlet Ah, coffee was helpful
8:13 Patty And harder to control.
8:13 Taranis OK, thanks. That clears things up a bit... but I'm still curious about the magic itself. Is it unlimited?
8:13 Raven hi Spryte
8:13 Spryte Where does a walkers magic come from?
8:13 patti.l Hi, Spryte, we're going in order of arrival
8:13 Jazzlet Jazzlet
8:13 Patty But it also gives them greater power -- it is easier for them to hunt unnoticed, for instance.
8:13 Elle Hi everyone :)
8:14 Spryte Oh...
8:14 Kiersten S wf ohh
8:14 kate hey Spryte
8:14 Patty Magic in my books is never unlimited -- or without cost. Mercy just doesn't know much about it.
8:14 kate hey
8:14 Kiersten S wf yeah so that means we don't
8:14 Kiersten S wf but patty knows all
8:14 Spryte hey kate. : )
8:14 Has hey Elle
8:14 Jazzlet Jazzlet quit
8:14 Taranis Gotcha. I figured there had to be some rules... will Mercy find out?
8:15 patti.l Yeah, no paternal info, & were doesn't help her much, even if they shared, right?
8:15 kate hey Elle
8:15 Patty Mike here for a second -- Patty had to go powder her nose.
8:15 Spryte Hmm. Interesting Q's.
8:15 PaulaL Thought of a question...
8:15 patti.l Were magic, I mean
8:15 Spryte Hi mike!
8:15 Patty She'll be right back.
8:15 Kiersten S wf whats up mike?
8:15 kate there r no more gosht
8:15 GreyDrakkon Alright Paula, we'll do your question, then Fairy Freak's
8:15 Patty Just reading over Patty's shoulder -- good chat tonight.
8:16 Talking_Mouse Has the water fight been resolved
8:16 Kiersten S wf yep i like it
8:16 Patty And [b]She's Baaaaakkkk!"[/b]
8:16 kate idk
8:16 Kiersten S wf and its my firsrt so its even better
8:16 Taranis Hi again!
8:16 Kiersten S wf welcome back
8:16 Has wb patty
8:16 Spryte lol
8:16 charmed wb
8:16 Raven wb Patty
8:16 GreyDrakkon Paula's thought of a question
8:16 Patty Mercy finds out some stuff. Anna and Charles will bring out more.
8:16 izzy wb patty
8:16 Taranis OK, thanks!
8:16 izzy wb Taranis
8:16 Kiersten S wf changes his/her nickname to Kiersten
8:17 Spryte I have a couple Q's when it's my turn
8:17 Patty Okay Paula?
8:17 Kiersten i need to get my hands on that book
8:17 PaulaL What does Charles know about his ancestry, if anything, and does any of it appy to Mercy?
8:17 Kiersten Kiersten changes his/her nickname to Kiersten walks
8:18 Patty He knows a lot about his mother's father (and his uncles who , in traditional fashion, helped raise him).
8:18 Elle Elle quit
8:18 Patty He knows more than he's telling about his father, but not everything.
8:18 Kiersten walks neat
8:18 Patty Bran is Not a blabbermouth
ch_GreyDrakkon 03/11/2007 8:18 Elle joins GreyDrakkon
8:18 Kiersten walks do we get to hear it?
8:18 kate i have some Questions
8:18 Spryte Well that wouldn't be much fun... to know "everything" about Bran. lol
8:18 Patty None of it applies to Mercy. No walkers in Charles's family tree.
ch_GreyDrakkon 03/11/2007 8:18 Elle Elle quit
8:18 Jazzlet Hello
8:19 GreyDrakkon done Paula?
8:19 Spryte Aloha Jazzlet
8:19 Taranis Hey Jazzlet
8:19 Has wb jazzlet
8:19 Kiersten walks aha
8:19 Patty Grey? Who's turn is it next? I've lost track
8:19 izzy hello jazzlet
8:19 kate hey Jazzlet
8:19 Kiersten walks fairy freak
8:19 GreyDrakkon It's now Fairy Freak's turn
8:19 fairyfreak Charles and Anna haven't known each other very long so I was wondering, at the beginning of CW, where is Anna staying, with Charles or the hotel or someplace else?
8:19 tmpinsnty tmpinsnty quit
8:20 kate good question
8:20 Patty At the very beginning of Cry Wolf, Anna is in a car with Bran .. Okay. Charles is wounded and they are both staying at the Chicago Pack's mansion
8:20 Spryte nice question
8:20 Spryte OH boy....
8:20 Kiersten walks *gasp* i NEED to get those
8:21 goldenphinx love the books patty new fan of your work cann't wait to read the next one sad to say have to go. night to all
8:21 Patty But when they go to Montana, Anna moves in with Charles. In the Wolf Pack's eyes, once she has accepted him, they are as good as married.
8:21 Spryte 'night
8:21 fairyfreak
8:21 Raven gn golden
8:21 izzy night
8:21 Jen poor Anna...I don't think I could handle a car ride with Bran....I may spill all my life's secrets.
8:21 GreyDrakkon (sorry you didn't get a turn golden)
8:21 Patty There are some ceremonies before it's finalized. But she's stuck.
8:21 Spryte (to goldenphinx)
8:21 Kiersten walks night
8:21 Patty gn golden
8:21 PaulaL better than being stuck with the cruddy pack she had been in!
8:21 Has night golden
8:21 Patty Why? Bran is so . . . normal.
8:22 charmed gn golden
8:22 GreyDrakkon ::snorts::
8:22 Taranis lol
8:22 fairyfreak *snort*
8:22 Patty He looks so young and harmless.
8:22 Spryte Yeah, that's why I would want to tell him my life story...
8:22 Kiersten walks i love bran
8:22 Taranis yeah, that thing with the chairs...all teenage boys do it right?
8:22 charmed lol
8:22 Kiersten walks he is so cool, and he trys to fit in the most
8:22 Jazzlet gn golden
8:22 GreyDrakkon done Fairy?
8:22 Raven Bran is scary
8:22 fairyfreak yep
8:22 Patty Yep. He likes chairs.
8:22 Spryte pretty much... teen males.
8:22 GreyDrakkon Charmed, your turn
8:22 Jen that is why....he would be comfortable and quiet and that makes *me* want to share.
8:22 kate ok
8:22 Kiersten walks teens, ugh
8:23 GreyDrakkon (is it because he was around before chairs were invented Patty? >;D )
8:23 Spryte Hey! I'm a teen!
8:23 Rob not only teenage boys...I'm 25 and I still lean my chair back
8:23 Spryte lol
8:23 Kiersten walks he is so suavae though i think
8:23 Patty Socrates talks about chairs, I think . . .
8:23 Taranis so is Kiersten...hmmm...
8:23 charmed Patty, if your publisher is agreeable, howlong do yiou see Mercy's series lasting?
8:23 Kiersten walks i get yeled at if i do it
8:23 Spryte Whose turn?
8:23 Kiersten walks yelled*
8:23 Jazzlet my OH's 49 and he still does it
8:23 kate im a teen bnut not a boy and i lean in my chair
8:23 Patty Until I get tired of it, Charmed.
8:24 Taranis I think we'll be seeing Mercy and her world for a while, then
8:24 Spryte I like that answer.
8:24 Kiersten walks charmed is up
8:24 charmed so, no long range plan with a definite ending?
8:24 Has i have tried it leaning back with my wheelchair - on purpose and accidently with varied results
8:24 Patty I'm having a lot of fun right now -- and switching with Anna and Charles is helping to keep me fresh. If I can work in a few traditional fantasies -- and finish Masques/Wolfsbane . . . I might be in for the long haul
8:24 Kiersten walks and yes i am a teen, but teenage guys can be annoying
8:24 almondextract yes, finish masques!!
8:24 Kiersten walks cool
8:25 Spryte Yep Teen boys can be a real pain.
8:25 kate yes they can
8:25 Kiersten walks i really dont want these series to end
8:25 Patty I knew this guy in college who could do things in his wheel chair that had my heart in my throat.
8:25 charmed thanks.
8:25 Jazzlet Has I bet varied results
8:25 PaulaL [speaking of Masques/Wolfbane.......]
8:25 charmed done
8:25 GreyDrakkon alright, pressing on?
8:25 Spryte I'm soooo excited about Anna and Charles
8:25 Kiersten walks wow
8:25 Patty He used to balance on the back wheels for the whole classtime.
8:25 Taranis yikes
8:25 Patty No long range definite ending.
8:25 Kiersten walks i was on crutches for the longest time and i learned a few tricks with those
8:25 Spryte Is it my turn now?
8:25 Kiersten walks yes it is
8:25 Kiersten walks if charmed is don
8:25 Kiersten walks e
8:25 GreyDrakkon if Charmed is done
8:26 Kiersten walks gosh i cant type tonigh
8:26 Kiersten walks t
8:26 Kiersten walks agg again
8:26 Has my friend can go downstairs in her chair - sehs amazing
8:26 GreyDrakkon o_O : taps kiersten for reading my mind::
8:26 Taranis is there an echo? Or two mods??
8:26 izzy hmm
8:26 charmed yep,i said "done"earlier
8:26 Kiersten walks look at me being a mini-mod
8:26 Spryte Yay! Ok... Where do a walker's powers come from?
8:26 PaulaL [I keep wondering when the vampires/shapeshifters/witches/elves binge is going to go over the cliff... seems that it;'s at least half of romance, a large chunk of SF/F ,ad, and even in mysterary
8:26 Patty Grin. Mercy doesn't know
8:26 fairyfreak poor GreyDrakkon, it's like herding cats.
8:26 Kiersten walks sorry grey i'll try to stop lol
8:26 GreyDrakkon evil woman
8:27 Spryte Dang.
8:27 GreyDrakkon (fairy, I was just thinking that....ALL OF YOU STOP READING MY MIND!) O_O
8:27 Has lol
8:27 Patty The walkers are a creature native to the Americas.
8:27 Spryte So. Are we going to be seeing much more of Tony in the next few books?
8:27 izzy limh
8:27 Kiersten walks ha ha grey is being bombarded with mindreaders
8:27 kate aswome
8:27 Patty Yes. Tony is alive and well
8:28 Taranis Am I right in assuming that most of the power pertains to the Native American legends and magic?
8:28 Kiersten walks thats good
8:28 Kiersten walks does mercy owe him too since he helped with littleton?
8:28 PaulaL what, we're vampires using Mind Powers on GreyDrakkon? That seems unlikely...
8:28 Kiersten walks sorry scratch that not my turn
8:28 izzy interesting
8:28 Patty Right. Although the Indians I know tell me that really that division magic/not magic human/not human is not one that they really recognized
8:29 Patty Mercy helped Tony with Littleton.
8:29 Kiersten walks it'd be cool to be a vamp and play mind games
8:29 izzy hmmm interesting
8:29 Kiersten walks ohh thats true my bad
8:29 Kiersten walks it equalled itself out
8:29 GreyDrakkon done Spryte?