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Cissy - Winnie, we're juggling the schedule just a bit since there are 5 Mondays this month. We're not doing protocol tonight and we'll finish up with a protocol chat next week. That work for you?
KatBos - Yes, Rose, that's the one. Is it good?
Mary f - For real Trice or on the show?
SharonB - I hate to chat and run...but there is a mountain of unwrapped Christmas gifts calling me
Mac - Howdy to all coming in
Cissy - and also since it's so close to the holiday
Rose! - Dunno...I have been asked to review it...but havent gotten copy yet!
Winnie Griggs - That'll be fine - so we just get to play tonight
KatBos - Night Sharon and Happy Holidays!
SharonB - Merry Christmas to all....and to all....goodnight!
JanetMiller - I'm probably going to just be on for a few moments... but I wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday!
KatBos - Rose, I got mine via email attachment.
TriceCyn - OMG I'm soooo Sorry Winnie I thought you were a newbie in the chat not an author....just seeing your banner for you book now!!!
Rose! - Nite Sharon!
Cissy - Yup, play and fun
Winnie Griggs - Nite Sharon - merry christmas
rcasteel - Same to you Janet
TriceCyn - Night Sharon Happy Holidays
Rose! - yeah...I will be getting mine that way too...LOL
rcasteel - @ Trice
SharonB - I will be learking...just might pop back in later
Cissy - except that we'd like you to tell us about about WHATEVER IT TAKES before we play.
Rose! - Janet? Merry and a Happy Holiday! LOL
Cissy -
Winnie Griggs - Okey dokey
TriceCyn - Hey Rod...I really thought she was that Winnie that coming here time to time late at night...
Winnie Griggs - WHATEVER IT TAKES is about a pair of mismatched, headstrong, strangers who enter into a mock-courtship. SHE needs to gain respectability to adopt an orphan she has grown to love, HE needs to satisfy a debt of honor his family owes her.
KatBos - I love it that way, Rose!! I know it won't get 'lost in the mail.' LOL
Winnie Griggs - Neither Maddy nor Clay have matrimony in mind, but when they enter into the pretend engagement, things become a bit too real for comfort. As the line between pretense and reality begin to blur, the sparks that fly threaten to send all their well-laid plans up in smoke..
Cissy - Winnie, I've been looking for this book! I want to read it so bad....
Winnie Griggs - That's the canned blurb
MidnightAngel - not my normal kind of book but it sound real good Winnie
JanetMiller - Gotta go! Big hugs everyone!
O - What is the debt of honor that sounds like the Mafia Winnie
Celeste - Hi everyone
Cissy - Hi Celeste
JanetMiller - - from 66.219.67.101 on 12/23 at 8:49pm EST
Winnie Griggs - Cissy, are you having trouble finding it??
Mary f - Hello Cel
TriceCyn - Night Janet... Happy Holidays
rcasteel - What is your favorite scene from the book Winnie
Winnie Griggs - I'm not sure what distribution is like with holiday frenzy
TriceCyn - Hi Cel
Cissy - Yes, I haven't found it yet!
KatBos - Hi Celeste.
rcasteel - Hi Cel And Cat
Winnie Griggs - My favorite scene is the final reconciliation - can't say more without spoiling the ending
KatBos - Hi Cat.
TriceCyn - OMG that looks like FLashcat on NBC!!!!!!
cat person - Hello Everyone Happy Holidays
TriceCyn - Hi
Cissy - it sounds just wonderful, Winnie
Winnie Griggs - Hi Cat
O - What is the debot of Honor Winnie
cat person - Hi Celeste, Cissy, KatBos, Mac, Mary f, MidnightAngel, O, Patti O, Rose!, Theresa, TriceCyn, Winnie Griggs, gerri, rcasteel,
Winnie Griggs - Maddy saved Clay's sister from a mugging
KatBos - Hi Jannababe.
rcasteel - how does the heroine get engangled with the orphan to begin with?
Mary f - Hello Cat Happy holidays
Patti O - Hi Cat
Cissy - btw, for those just coming in, we're not on protocol tonight - just chatting and enjoying ourselves tonight. But feel free to grill Winnie about WHATEVER IT TAKES
cat person -
Jannababe - Hi, I've never done this before . Are we live here?
gerri has timed out.
Winnie Griggs - She takes Katie and her mother in when Katie's father dies. Mother dies in childbirth a few months later
Winnie Griggs - Ooooh, love the lights
Rose! - Kat? just got my copy in e-mail!
O - What are you working on next
Winnie Griggs - I've actually got 3 in progress right now
KatBos - Oh great, Rose!!!
Winnie Griggs - One is a historical set partly in America, partly in England
O - What are the books about
cat person - brb
Winnie Griggs - The second is the first of what I hope will be a 4 book connected series set in 1890 Texas
Winnie Griggs - And the third is a departure for me - an historical /paranormal
O - The texas books about brothers
Rose! - Hi there Patti! are you ready for christmas?
rcasteel - sounds like a wide range of interests Winnie
Mac - Paranormal in what way?
rcasteel - I figured that word would wake you Mac
Hunt4Me2 - good evening everyone
Winnie Griggs - O - not brothers. They are about 4 men who travel together from Philadelphia to Texas in a sort of marriage lottery
Patti O - Rose, I'm planning on giving Ground Hog Day presents! I'm so far behind this year! Also mailed New Year's cards. Are you ready for the holiday?
Rose! - oh yeah Winnie! give!
rcasteel - Hiya Hunt
Winnie Griggs - The paranormal involves a woman who steps through a portal from another world and lands in 1870 America
Rose! - As ready as I can Be Patti!
MidnightAngel - time travel then....? cool
O - That sounds good Winnie
Mac - LMAO, Rod...I'm awake...just getting back into my story.
Winnie Griggs - She ends up having unexpected 'special powers' in our world that she can't quite control
Patti O - Rose, I'm glad one of us is. This is the absolute worst I've ever been late at getting things done.
Winnie Griggs - Not time travel - more like dimensional travel
Rose! - Oh yea Winnie! sounds yummy!
rcasteel - sorta like superwoman
Cissy - oh that sounds fun!
Hunt4Me2 - hELLO sTEEL
Jannababe - How long have you been a writer, Winnie?
O - Time Portal like in Star Trek
Hunt4Me2 - oops Hello Steel
Winnie Griggs - It's still in the very early stages -we'll see how it works out
Winnie Griggs - Jannababe - I've been writing most of my life.
TriceCyn - Steel????
KatBos - Oh Winnie, this one sounds so intriguing!!
Winnie Griggs - Just started trying my hand a novels about nine years ago
Rose! - That is OK Patti...we are to have a snow and Ice storm...and we have an airport run to Baltimore Christmas morning!
O - Why did you do it nine yeras ago Winnie
Patti O - Rose, I hope that ice misses you! Snow is bad enough, but ice is undriveable. We're supposed to miss the storm.
Winnie Griggs - It was about that time my kids got old enough to not need constant attention and I also got a home computer
Rose! - wer're to get it head on!
rcasteel - Rose
Mac -
Rose! - yep Rod!
Patti O - Rose, yikes!
O - Where do you live
Jannababe - What state are you in? I hail from Minnesota.'
Winnie Griggs - Where are you Rose
Rose! - LOL that's the business!
Mary f - Hello Lea
Mac - Hi, Lea
Rose! - Pennsylvania...neat the capital of Harrisburg.
Patti O - Hi Lea
Winnie Griggs - Hi Lea
Patti O - Janna, I'm in MN too. Cold here, but luckily not much snow and not much in the forecast!
Rose! - Lea!
rcasteel - Hi Lea
O - Where do you live Winnie
Cissy - It's warm here - went Christmas shopping in shorts today!
KatBos - It was very warm here. Shirtsleeve weather today. We wanted to build a fire tomorrow but it's much too warm.
Winnie Griggs - I'm from down south - NW Louisiana
Mary f - I'm cold *sniff*
Winnie Griggs - Little town called Plain Dealing
Rose! - At least //sants will have snow for his sleigh...first white christmas in 5 yrs.
rcasteel - WINNIE, is there any personnal involvment with orphans in your life that caused you to write about it.
KatBos - Down south here too, Winnie in SC.
O - do you have an accent
Winnie Griggs - It's 45 degrees and raining here
Jannababe - Patti, do you write.
Rose! -
Lea - hi Aall
Lea - my puter froze on me
Patti O - Janna, Yes, my first book was out last month.
KatBos - Hi Lea.
Winnie Griggs - Nah - but other folks do
TriceCyn - Hi Lea and anyone else I miss
Lea - hi kat
Patti O - Hi Tami
Lea - hi trice
Lea - hi tami
Mary f - Hello Tami
Mac - TAMI!!!!!!!!!!!!! es
O - Winnie
Jannababe - Congrats. Patti. Title?
Rose! - brb
Cissy - Just FYI for those just coming in, we're not on protocol tonight - just chatting and enjoying ourselves tonight. But feel free to grill Winnie
Winnie Griggs - Hello Tami
Cissy - about WHATEVER IT TAKES
tami - Hello everyone! M andM
rcasteel - Winnie, what is the average word count of your books
Lea - should we tenderrize her first?
tami - Hi Winnie, we can grill you? Sounds like fun!
Patti O - Janna, it's Ravyn's Flight by Patti O'Shea. It's a futuristic romance.
Winnie Griggs - They usually end up in the 100K range
Lea - hi mary
Winnie Griggs - Ravyn was an AWESOME book
Cissy -
Charl - Evening all
Patti O - Thanks, Winnie!
Mac - Howdy, Charl
Patti O - Hi Charl
TriceCyn - Yeah and Janna Get Patti O'Shea's Ravyn's Flight !!!!! HELL OF READ!!!!!! I LOVED IT!!!!!
Mary f - Patti I finally found a copy!
Winnie Griggs - Hello Charl
Patti O - Trice, Thank you!
Winnie Griggs - Hello Charl
rcasteel - Wow, Winnie, I don't know how you do it. Mine end up being in the mid 60K range
Charl - Just popped in to wish you all a very Safe and Happy Christmas!
Patti O - Mary, that's great! Thank you for buying it!!
TriceCyn - Patti when is the next book due out???
TriceCyn - Thanks you too Charl
Jannababe - I can't wait to read Ravyn. Love hearing from other MN writers.
Mary f - Hello Charl
Winnie Griggs - I don't shoot for a particular word count - it just usually turns out that way
Charl - It's 1.30pm Christmas Eve, the kids are hyped beyond belief!
KatBos - Yes, Patti, when do we get another book from you?
Mac - Shoot, I don't know how either of you do it...I do good to hit 50K
Patti O - Trice, I don't know. I just finished the first draft last week.
Patti O - Thanks, Janna! I appreciate that!
Cissy - is everyone all ready for Christmas?
Charl - Gotta fly, Happy Christmas everyone!
KatBos - Night Charl!
Lea - btw I heard the hotle rooms for Rt is gonna be cheap here in Kansas City. I think so I don't have to travel back and forth I am gonna stay at the hotel it is suppose to be $60.00 for a double Occupany room a NIGHT Or you can get a double room or Suite for $110.00 plus tax a night. And there is a nice Piano Bar in Lobby down Stairs.
rcasteel -
tami - what are you working on next Winnie?
Winnie Griggs - The gifts are wrapped, but I haven't started the baking yet
Mary f - Getting there Cissy! LOL How about you?
KatBos - Cissy, finally I'm ready!
TriceCyn - ooooo Patti more details PLEASE!!!!! I'm begging you on my hands and knees!!!!
Charl - - from 203.221.129.20 on 12/23 at 9:11pm EST
tami - yes! Finally ready........
TriceCyn - LEa really?????