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Winnie Griggs - I'm working on two more historicals, a paranormal and a children's picture book
Jannababe - Winne, how long does it take you to complte 100K?
Cissy - got a few more things to pick up, but I'm getting there
TriceCyn - I'm thinking of trying to get to RT2003
Lea - wow you are busy winnie
tami - really? What age group is the children's book?
Winnie Griggs - Jannababe - since I have an 8:00-5:00 to deal with, it usually takes me about a year to get one ready to go
gerri has timed out.
Patti O - Trice, the heroine in my new futuristic is the lady who will one day lead their planet. The hero is a barbarian warrior who abducts her in a desperate attempt to save his people. Neither of them are thrilled to find out he's her destined mate. I call it my Conan the Barbarian meets Princess Grace story.
Lea - Yuo need to Go Trice you can meet me
rcasteel - I'm Three hours from KC, I plan on trying to make it also
Jannababe - OKAY. You guys are driving me nuts. I must read Ravyns!!
Lea - Yuo need to Go Trice you can meet me
O - logged on. - from 205.188.208.133 on 12/23 at 9:13pm EST
Mary f - Sounds like a great line up Winnie!
Winnie Griggs - Tami - it's a preschool 'read-to-'me' type book
Cissy - ooh, sounds great, Patti!
Lea - - from 152.163.189.104 on 12/23 at 9:14pm EST
Patti O - Thanks, Cissy!
KatBos - Oh Patti, sounds just marvelous!
Mac - Geek has promised me I can go to RT, but will see whent he time comes.
Winnie Griggs - O Patti - that sounds yummy!!!
TriceCyn - PATTI!!!!!!
Patti O - Thanks, Kathy! I'm trying to work up some enthusiasm for revisions, my least favorite part of writing.
TriceCyn - YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!
Lea -
Mary f - WB lea
Patti O - Thanks, Winnie!
Patti O - Trice
TriceCyn - WB Lea...Lea are you the Lea from Lea's Gifts here on WS????
Lea - thanks mary
Mary f - LMAO Gee I haven't heard that before Patti! LOL
Lea - No I am the lea in the raed loop
Lea - I live actually 20 or so miles from Kansas City, Mo
Patti O - Mary, I've got my blurb down for this story
Bewitched - Hey everyone
TriceCyn - ahhh ok
Lea - I am also a wanna be author right now with a hopeless manuscript
Lea - homeless I mean
Winnie Griggs - Hello Bewitched
TriceCyn - brb
Lea - read I mean... kat knows me
Jannababe - Winne, How do you go about research, libraries? I've chelked the same books out so often, they reserve them the same day i return them. Must be better way. Buy them?me when who me when i walk in the c
Mac - Hi, Bewitched
Lea - Hi Mel
KatBos - Hi Melanie! Happy Holidays!
melaniejaxn - Hi all! Happy Holidays almost. Sorry to be late
Mac - Howdy, Melanie
Mary f - Hello Mel Happy Holidays
Patti O - Hi Melanie
Lea - It is best to have your own research books
rcasteel - Hi Melanie
Winnie Griggs - Jannababe - I do a lot of my research on the net. But I also buy books on subjects of particular interest
Winnie Griggs - Hello Melanie
O - Winnie who do you like to read
Lea - Winnie I bet your favorite areas on the web are scarier than mine and mine are scary
melaniejaxn - My research library is scary-- awesome, but ver scary when considered by weight.
Jannababe - Winnie. Is there a particular auther you idolized befroe beginning novels?
Winnie Griggs - I had differentfaves at different times.
Lea - I am researching ancient Greece. Sparta right now
Winnie Griggs - Marty Stewart was one of the first authors I searched out by name
Winnie Griggs - Ooops - that MARY Stewart
Rose! - That was a very interesting culture Lea! LOL
Jannababe - I have a novel with an agent, she's trying to sell it. How long do I wait before i call her?
Mary f - I wonder if its the same weight as my TBR pile!
melaniejaxn - I adored Crystal Cave
KatBos - Mary Stewart is awesome!!
Rose! - @ Mary
Lea - YeaH i wanna do a time travel Ertoria with that era
melaniejaxn - Jannababe, I'd give it several weeks. And at this point, wait until after the new year.
Lea - after all it is said the ancient greeks were very kinky
melaniejaxn - I've heard rumors about your TBR, Mary
Hunt4Me2 - why is it when i hear no protocol i want to yell TOGA PARTY??
Rose! - Their armies were composed mainly of homosexual or bisexual males.
KatBos - Mary it can't be any heavier than mine. LOL
tami has timed out.
rcasteel - I think the word orgy came from the Greeks
Bewitched - That's cause all they wore were sheets
Rose! - It did Rod.
Cissy - lol, Hunt
gerri has timed out.
Lea - Most of my research books are on Scotand, the Celts, Ancient Greece and Roman as well as Reciance, Medevil, Templars, Crusades ete etec
Rose! - Hey Pamela!
Mary f - Hello Pamela
Patti O - Hi Pamela
Winnie Griggs - Hi Pamela
melaniejaxn - Hi Pamela!
Patti O - Hi Ann
Winnie Griggs - Hello Ann
Lea - they believe in like Rod said Orgys
KatBos - Hi Pamela and Ann.
Lea - Hi ann
AnnLawrence - Happy Holidays Folks!
Rose! - LOL..you will enjoy the Greeks then Lea...
Mary f - Hello Ann
melaniejaxn - Hi Ann
PamelaClare - Hi, Melanie, darling! How are you doing?
Jannababe - Does everybody here write? Published?
KatBos - Jannababe, I review.
Mac - Howdy to those coming in
O - I am a reader
AnnLawrence -
Rose! - Welcome and Happy holidays to you too Ann!
Lea - it was also encouraged for greek men to have sex
melaniejaxn - Pamela, I'm good but half blind. I've been working on another website-- goblins
AnnLawrence - I'm a reader and a writer
rcasteel - I have access to a large volume of medical books that I use frequently in my research
PamelaClare - Hi, KatBos! Good to see you here.
TriceCyn - back
Mac - Me, too, Rod.
PamelaClare - Sounds like a lot of work, Melanie. My sister is trying to do my website. I'm running out of time!
Bewitched - Since when do men need encouragement
TriceCyn - Hi all to those I missed
Mac - I write...almost done with my second MS, too.
Lea - I write but not published yet. My latest is entered in the Golden Heart
melaniejaxn - I think all of us readers as well as some of us being writers.
Cissy - Hi Ann! Glad you could make it we're not on protocol tonight - just chatting and enjoying ourselves. But feel free to grill Winnie about WHATEVER IT TAKES
rcasteel - Winnie, I was wondering, how difficult is it to write on the same book for a year with out getting burned out on it.
Mary f - Alas just a reader here!
Mac - LOL @ Bewitched
AnnLawrence - Good luck Lea on the GH
Rose! - WB Trice! the e-mail bounced back...
PamelaClare - Hi, Trice and everyone else. Fancy meeting you here.
melaniejaxn - Websites are a huge amount of work. I scanned and manipulated all the images we need-- but the actual html java stuff takes time
AnnLawrence - I'll be judging the GH as usual. What category?
PamelaClare - OK, Winnie. Give it up. Which man inspired you most when crafting your hero?
Jannababe - You can enter in the golden Heart before your published?
Lea - well back then If you were a man and if you weren't married or pro-creating you were fined
rcasteel - Ann and Pam
Cissy - that must be why I'm so tired all the time, Melanie!
Lea - Paranormal Ann
Winnie Griggs - Not difficult at all. The hard part is saying goodbye to the characters when the story is over
melaniejaxn - Don't say 'alas" or "just a reader". There is nothing to be upset about.
AnnLawrence - GH is for unpub Rita is for pubs
Lea - only unpublished authours can enter the golden heart
AnnLawrence - I usually don't do the categories I write in--which is paranormal and historical. Sorry.
Winnie Griggs - Pamela - for this last book i pictured a young Mel Gibson
Jannababe - Winnie, do you do sequels?
AnnLawrence - I agree Winnie. I always hate writing "the end" too
melaniejaxn - I believe it, Cissy. And the java stuff just doesn't make my tingle with excitement
Bewitched - Gotta love Mel
PamelaClare - Oooooh! A young Mel Gibson. Tastey. Can I have him in my stocking?
O - Good choice Winnie
Mary f - OH Ok Mel whatever you say! LOL
KatBos - Pamela, I'll fight you for him.
Winnie Griggs - Jannababe - I haven't done sequels yet. But I'm toying with an idea for the heroine's brother from SOMETHING MORE.
Jannababe - Hey, Mel gibson always works for me, or Seven Seagal mmm those eyes
Cissy - I don't use much java - it can so easily lock up people's browsers unless they have a good fast machine
dawnie - people
rcasteel - Hi dawnie
TriceCyn - Hi D
Patti O - Hi Dawnie
Winnie Griggs - And one of my WIPs is the first of a 4 book set (or at least I hope it will be )
Mary f - Hiya D
Lea - my ms is about a P{ictish Warrior that is turned to Stone and A 21st century woman who breaks the curse and goes back into 1st century Caledonia with him
Bewitched - He must keep his wife very happy, she is always pregnat
melaniejaxn - Hm-- Mel Gibson in my stocking... as a kid, I had one large enough to accomodate him. Mom learned after that and my brother had a MUCH small stocking
PamelaClare - I'm too worn out to fight! I've been fending people off Viggo for weeks! And I had an awful day at work (i.e, Mordor) today.
Cissy - Hi Dawnie! Welcome to the Leisure authors chat. we're not on protocol tonight - just chatting and enjoying ourselves. But feel free to grill Winnie about WHATEVER IT TAKES
melaniejaxn - Hi Dawnie
Mary f - AWESOME Winnie!
PamelaClare - Wow, Melanie! Say that again. I'm trying to picture Mel Gibson in your stocking.
melaniejaxn - Sorry to hear that Pam-- where is that wood chipper?
Jannababe - Pregnant is happy?? Oofda
Bewitched - mary, how's the weather? Please tell me it is going to be cold this weekend?
PamelaClare - Dunno. Time to dust it off and fill up the gas tank, that's for sure.
melaniejaxn - It was a really big stocking. I used to use it as a sleeping bag
O - We are getiting Snow on wednesday
dawnie - LOL Jannababe
Bewitched - Only if it is Mel's baby, Jannababe
Lea - hey if she can have mel gibson can I have adrian paul in mine?
Mary f - I'm shivering now does that tell ya anything?>
melaniejaxn - We are clear but very cold here. The snow is all gone now. We had it three days ago and it was gorgeous
PamelaClare - OK, that makes more sense. I think Mel Gibson and a few other choice men should be the foundation for our gene pool, don't you? The rest of the men can get out of the water.
Winnie Griggs - Adrian Paul was the hero in my first (unsold) book
Bewitched - Well I have money on the game this weekend. I am hoping the Bears can pull it off.
dawnie - LOL M its cold here too
Mary f - Funny was trying to picture him in just a stocking
Mac - lol
melaniejaxn - Well, some us don't really want them for their genes...
Bewitched - I heard that Pamela... all the good guys genes
dawnie - oooooooooooooooo he's so cute winnie!
Jannababe - I mustbe getting old. Oh yeah, I forgot. I am old.
PamelaClare - Winnie, how do you come up with titles? That's something I can't do to save my own life...
Lea - what was the title of that one winnie?
PamelaClare - I guess I want him for what's INSIDE his jeans.
Hunt4Me2 - I was watching "Love Potion #9" last night ....Adrain is such an italina hunk in that one
dawnie - who do they play bewitched?
Lea - that is the best part pamela lol
Bewitched - The Bucs
melaniejaxn - Titles are hard-- and once I get married to an idea it is very hard to divorce from it.
Winnie Griggs - The original title was BY HONOR BOUND. It's had at least 3 opthers since
dawnie - play off game or not?
gerri has timed out.
Jannababe - hey, Mel had a rear nudal (not noodle) in his first lethal Weapon,
PamelaClare - My jean pool would include Adrian Paul, Mel Gibson, Viggo Mortensen, Heath Legder... Who am I leaving out?
Bewitched - As long as it is under 40 degrees I will be ok
Bewitched - The man has a great butt
O - Johnny Depp
Mary f - How often are working titles used for the actual title?
Winnie Griggs - I'm not sure I can say where my titles come from. I just brainstorm until something 'feels' right
PamelaClare - Yes, Jannababe, and a fine rear nudal it was.
dawnie - Oded fehr
Lea - I know I have all 4 leathals
Bewitched - Sean Connery... love his James Bond
melaniejaxn - I've always liked Antonio Banderas. The dh says it is because I like dark, slimy guys... and he may be right
Winnie Griggs - So far I've gotten to keep all my titles as presented
Hunt4Me2 - Hugh Jackman
melaniejaxn - Well, my next book's working title is Viva Sin City and I KNOW I won't get that one
Lea - Jeanm Calude Van SDamme that man has got a nice hiney
Bewitched - Pierce Bronson's not so bad either
dawnie - I loved depp in the movie From Hell O
Hunt4Me2 - well if you add Oded wouldnt u add Brendan Fraser & Arnold Vosloo?
Jannababe - I liked him best with goldie Hawn...
KatBos - Whoo hoo, Mel!!
PamelaClare - Oooh, Hugh Jackman. Mmm. Sean Connery is pretty hot, so is Johnny Dep. Antonio is great, but he's about a foot shorter than me. Pierce Brosnan is a hotty. Oh, yes, and Brendan, Oded and Arnold Vosloo. Time to swim in the jean pool, ladies.
Cissy - did someone say Oded??
Mac - Sean Connery isn't a nice man, you wouldn't want his genes passed on to kids.
Hunt4Me2 - tho Hugh Jackman IN Kate & Leopold was a WOW
Mary f - Love it Mel *snicker* Why Not?
melaniejaxn - LOL, Kat. The first was Motor City Madness. That is now Traveler.
Hunt4Me2 - yes Dawn said Oded
Bewitched - Just like his voice Mac
Rose! -
Jannababe - How do we get Mel on this chat line?? Doesn't he read.
melaniejaxn - Oded does it for me too.
PamelaClare - Where the heck is Katie? She's usually here.
Lea - btw did youy all see maid in Manhattan. Ralph Fienses was hot in that one
melaniejaxn - brb
Bewitched - Jean Claude has some bad habits too
Rose! - And it promises to be GREAT Kat!!!
Mac - Yep, Jean Claude is a bad one, too.
Bewitched - Lea, was it as good as they are making it out to be
Mac - I'll stick with my Geek, thank you.
PamelaClare - Joseph Fiennes is hotter than his big brother, I think. He burned up the screen in Romeo & Juliet.
dawnie - not me Lea
KatBos - Rose, of that I have NO doubt!!
Lea - but jean claude has a nice body
AnnLawrence - I have to go. I'm doing the whole christmas thing since my sister passed away and my house is a MESS!! I still have cleaning to do and kids to force to clean. Have a happy holiday everyone. I hope your stockings are filled with lots of books and if you don't celebrate Christmas I wish you peace and love in the New Year!!
Bewitched - Richard Geere, loved him in Pretty Woman
dawnie - I like the guy who plays Grissom on CSI
O - Winne when do you know a book is done?
Hunt4Me2 - how many saw Arnold Vosloo as Peck in "Hard Target"?
Mary f - Night Ann
KatBos - Night Ann and Happy Holidays!
Bewitched - Happy Holidays
Cissy - Ann, have a wonderful Christmas {{hugs}}
AnnLawrence -
Lea - I did
melaniejaxn - Sorry-- dh had website question.
rcasteel - O thats easy, when you type THE END
Winnie Griggs - That's a hard question. Every time I go back and reread a draft I find things I want to change
O -
dawnie - ann
Hunt4Me2 - Ralph (Rafe) Fienes
Lea - btw I need to make a call brb
Jannababe - Winne, do you publish with Leisure/Lovespell?
Hunt4Me2 - Nite Ann
Winnie Griggs - But when those things are just tweaks and not material story changes I make myself let it loose
Winnie Griggs - Yep - Leisure
Mac - RONDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! es
O -
melaniejaxn - Hey Ronda
dawnie - Ronda
KatBos - Well, gang, I must go as well. I have to work tomorrow. Sigh. Night everybody and Happy Holidays to you all. See you next week!
Patti O - Hi Ronda
Mary f - Hiya Ronda
rcasteel - HI Rhonda
MidnightAngel - hiya ronda
Mary f - Night Katbos
Winnie Griggs - Hi Ronda
Winnie Griggs - Nite Kat - merry Christmas
Jannababe - Hi Rhonda Do you write???
Bewitched - Hi Ronda
Cissy - Everyone have a wonderful Christmas -- and don't forget to come back next week for our LAST December Leisure chat!!
Celeste - Happy Holidays, Kathy
melaniejaxn - Nite Kat
Hunt4Me2 - RONDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HELLO ...happy Holidays
Patti O - Good Night, Kathy Happy Holidays!
Celeste - Night everyone