Chat with author Yvonne Navarro - October 4th, 2000
Original transcript kindly provided by John Freeman, former VZSciFi project manager who appears in this chat as Mr. Templeton.
[Entering Locale: Sci Fi Convention Room] [Welcome back! You are returning as a ghost.] Mr. Templeton: "greetings Mr Garak" *The URL has been set to http://www.vzscifi.co.uk* *Avatars: Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple Garak. Ghosts: Sorsessa.* Soressa: [Sorry, that avatar does not exist in this world.] Plain, simple Garak: "Hello!!" Plain, simple Garak: "How are you today???" Mr. Templeton: "I'm doing fine - you?" Plain, simple Garak: "Very well." Mr. Templeton: "Hiya" Plain, simple Garak: "Hello." Sorsessa: "howdy³" Mr. Templeton: "How's things? How is business?" Mr. Templeton: "Mr Garak, Sorsessa runs a RW shop" Sorsessa: "Business is picking up again after the kids are back in college here³" Plain, simple Garak: "What sort of shop?" Mr. Templeton: "Yes, our home town is getting busy too" Sorsessa: "Games and comics" Plain, simple Garak: "Really? Very cool. In the UK, US, or elsewhere??" Sorsessa: "US" Mr. Templeton: "Have yu talked to Robert about having a position in their new mall yet?" Mr. Templeton: "in here, in VZones I mean" Sorsessa: "I've gotta wait about doing anything until I find out what's going on with billing here." Mr. Templeton: "Yes, I gather there have been some problems?" Sarah M: "is this were the author event is??" Mr. Templeton: "yes it is" Sorsessa: "I have no idea what's going on around here." Mr. Templeton: "20 mins and counting" Sarah M: "lol" Sarah M: "cant wait" â GLÂDIÂTOR â â: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "If you want to read the transcript of Yvonne's last event, plese follow the links on our web site" Sarah M: "im changing my name by the way glad" Mr. Templeton: "The URL is linked on the wall, floor and table around here" Sarah M: "midnight angel" C. Candy: "mornin all·" Mr. Templeton: "Hi everyone" Mr. Templeton: "Event starts on the our" Sarah M: "10k for ur name!!!" Mr. Templeton: "hour, even :)" Mr. Templeton: "Has everyone entered the Storm Constantine competition? You can win one of her books." Sarah M: "im not american" Mr. Templeton: "The question to answer is on the vzscifi web site" â GLÂDIÂTOR â â: "nor me" Sarah M: "do u have 2 be american??" Mr. Templeton: "doesn't matter" Mr. Templeton: "Any member can enter" Mr. Templeton: "It will still be me running to the post office with the winners prize!" C. Candy: "lol" C. Candy: "just paying more postage" Mr. Templeton: "yep" Sarah M: "how do i enter???" Mr. Templeton: "But if it helps people enjoy this place then that's mainly what matters to me" Mr. Templeton: "Just click on me for the web site and e-mail your answer and address" â GLÂDIÂTOR â â: "brb all" Sarah M: "k" Mr. Templeton: "ooh taht tickles" C. Candy: "devoted partner¶" C. Candy: "i get to lost here....rofl" Mr. Templeton: "I have just changed the floors in the expressways..." C. Candy: "nice artwork tho" Mr. Templeton: "if you click on them it tells you which planet you have gone past and which one you are heading too" Mr. Templeton: "which might help you find your way better, if you use Skip's maps" C. Candy: "dumb bunny proof? lol" Sarah M: "which link do i click on" Mr. Templeton: "there is a mailing address" Sarah M: "where do i find the question??" Mr. Templeton: "just clck on it and it will open your email app" Mr. Templeton: "Right at the top under storm constantine books to be won" Sarah M: "k thanx" Mr. Templeton: "np" *Avatars: C. Candy, â GLÂDIÂTOR â â, Sarah M, Sorsessa, Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple Garak. Ghosts: * *~mi!!ie~, ambrosa ABB.* Mr. Templeton: "While we're waiting... if you click on Mr Garak there he has lots of info about member events in VZSciFi" Mr. Templeton: "He and Linsue run bingo and other games,such as trivia" Plain, simple Garak: "Yes, I do!" Plain, simple Garak: "TY, Mr. Templeton." C. Candy: "·" Sarah M: "hi millie" Mr. Templeton: "]I think between them they have tripled the events happening in this area :)" Mr. Templeton: "Hi Millie" ~mi!!ie~: "hiµ" Plain, simple Garak: "We're working on it. Hoping to hear back about a Sci-Fi event day, too!" C. Candy: "you should get as many as yah like" Mr. Templeton: "It's in my in tray!" C. Candy: "we tried to do 1 a month in xoom" Sarah M: "what actually happens in this event then. dso we discuss buffy books??" C. Candy: "was alot of work tho...lol" Mr. Templeton: "Yes you can, and ask Yvonne about her other work" Sarah M: "cool" Mr. Templeton: "tell me about it, C. Candy" Sarah M: "how long now??" C. Candy: "well this was a lil over a year ago" *Wed Oct 4 09:00:49 2000* *Total time online: 216 hr 3 min 57 sec, since Wed Nov 3 05:35:24 1999* C. Candy: "so things may have changed" Mr. Templeton: "Hmm, Just waiting for Yvonne" Sarah M: "k" *Avatars: ~mi!!ie~, C. Candy, â GLÂDIÂTOR â â, Sarah M, Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple Garak. Ghosts: * *ambrosa ABB.* C. Candy: "but we did all day or weekend events" Yvonne Navarro: [Sorry, that avatar is not currently in world.] C. Candy: "with prizes that we were able to pick out etc" C. Candy: "games unique to the event etc" C. Candy: "was alot of fun" Mr. Templeton: "That sounds good... I am sure Mr Garak and Linsue should get together with you and trade some ideas, " Mr. Templeton: "maybe?" C. Candy: "Ohhh well Id be happy to help out however possible...but Im a bit out of the loop these days" C. Candy: "lol" C. Candy: "Ive been offline fer a bit¸" Plain, simple Garak: "Yes, we would be interested in any insight you might have.... ³" C. Candy: "sure...esp me anytime" *Avatars: C. Candy, â GLÂDIÂTOR â â, Sarah M, Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple Garak. Ghosts: ambrosa * *ABB.* C. Candy: "³" Plain, simple Garak: "TY!!" C. Candy: "np" C. Candy: "I liked to think up new games" Mr. Templeton: "Ok, I'm summoning Yvonne now" C. Candy: "i found the same 3 or 4 to get a bit tiresome" Plain, simple Garak: "That's what we're trying to do, too." C. Candy: "well good luck¶" Plain, simple Garak: "TY ·" Sarah M: "hi yvonne" Sarah M: "µ" C. Candy: "G'Mornin·" Mr. Templeton: "Ladies and gentlemen, Yvonne Navarro!" Plain, simple Garak: "Hello!!" C. Candy: "<claps>" Yvonne Navarro: "Hello." Mr. Templeton: "Thanks for coming back to talk with our emembers again Yvonne" Yvonne Navarro: "Glad to be here." Mr. Templeton: "\members, even" C. Candy: "quiet morning" Mr. Templeton: "It'll warm up -- a few people have popped in and popped out again" Mr. Templeton: "Ok: This is a moderated event. To ask a question, please ESP me and I will ask you to ask it if you are an " Mr. Templeton: "avatar in the room, and voice it for you if you are a ghost. " Mr. Templeton: "Yvonne, I know you have talked about this inworld before, but perhaps you could tell us again how you " Mr. Templeton: "came to be an author?" Yvonne Navarro: "Well, it's pretty much all my mother's fault. :)" C. Candy: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "Actually, I always thought I'd be an artist." Mr. Templeton: "REally?" Yvonne Navarro: "I took a lot of art classes and planned on majoring in art in college." Yvonne Navarro: "Life kind of got in the way and that didn't happen, so..." Sarah M: "hi buffy µ" Yvonne Navarro: "along the line I gave my Mom a book to read that I admired." Yvonne Navarro: "Hi. :)" Sarah M: "sorry for interrupting" Yvonne Navarro: "She read it and gave it back and said, "You could do this."" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "hiwhat do u do here?" Sarah M: "listen" Sarah M: "then discuss" Yvonne Navarro: "So that's kind of what happened. Until then I'd just been writing a lot of complaint letters. <g>" <ESP to Buffy The Vampire Slayer: hi This is a moderated event. To ask a question, please ESP me and I will ask you to ask it if you are an avatar in the room, and voice it for you if you are a ghost. > Yvonne Navarro: "But they were =good= complaint letters. ha ha" C. Candy: "heehee" Mr. Templeton: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "do you still draw?" Yvonne Navarro: "I do, but very seldom." Yvonne Navarro: "The last thing I had published was in the 1992 or 1993" Yvonne Navarro: "World Fantasy Program Book. It was a graphite " Yvonne Navarro: "sketch of the Pumpkinhead monster." Mr. Templeton: "Collector's Item!" Yvonne Navarro: "You can see it and a bunch of other drawings on my site." Yvonne Navarro: "I wish I had time to draw more -- I miss it." Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "what's this got to do with books?" Mr. Templeton: "There's a link to Yvonne's site on her avatar, BTW folks" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "¸" Sarah M: "were discussing later buffy" Yvonne Navarro: "Roots." Sarah M: "be patient" <ESP from C. Candy: Do you have or have you thought about doing childrens books? maybe with your art as well?> Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "¸" Mr. Templeton: "Hi Buffy, we're talking to Yvonne about all the work she does, which includes her Buffy novels." Sarah M: "i want to be an author" Mr. Templeton: "C Candy, your question" Sarah M: "u write buffy novels!!" Sarah M: "cool" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "i want ot be a stunt woman" C. Candy: "Have you done childrens books...maybe with your art?" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "lol" Sarah M: "shhh lol" â GLÂDIÂTOR â â: "i want to be an RAF pilot" Yvonne Navarro: "No, no children's books, but wouldn't that be fun?" Yvonne Navarro: "The closest I've come are the two Young Adult novelizations about Willow." C. Candy: "yes very...maybe halloween themed" Sarah M: "willow my fav character" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "but i want to still keep up my job as slaying vamps" C. Candy: "what age do you recommend willow for?" <ESP from Sarah M: can i ask a question plz> Yvonne Navarro: "Well, that's hard to say. I really didn't write it that much " Yvonne Navarro: "differently than I do my adult novels. The publisher " Yvonne Navarro: "recommends it at about the 8th grade level, but I know " Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "waiting for laugh" Yvonne Navarro: "a lot of adults who have enjoyed it, too." <ESP to Sarah M: Sure, I'll ask you as soon as she finshes> <ESP from Sarah M: k tyvm ³> C. Candy: "great TY· Ill check it out" Mr. Templeton: "Sarah M, your question" Yvonne Navarro: "In general, the Buffy audience turned out to be older than " Yvonne Navarro: "the publisher expected." Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "god this is boring i'm off to go slay more vamps" Sarah M: "i would like to be an author" Sarah M: "preferbly a buffy one" [avatar: Buffy The Vampire Slayer system: buffythevampireslayer acct: DBA,193709] Sarah M: "is it hard when u have to keep to the buffy storyline??" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "yeah good idea write about me" Sarah M: "i write buffy fanfiction right now" <ESP to Buffy The Vampire Slayer: This is a moderated event. To ask a question, please ESP me and I will ask you to ask it if you are an avatar in the room, and voice it for you if you are a ghost. > Yvonne Navarro: "It is a bit restrictive when you write in a set universe," Yvonne Navarro: "especially if you're used to writing what you want. There are " <ESP to Buffy The Vampire Slayer: If you continue to interrupt you will spoil it for the others> Sarah M: "there r certain facts i have to keep remembering" Yvonne Navarro: "certain things they won't let you do, and they also give you " <ESP from Buffy The Vampire Slayer: oh shut up u boring old fart> Yvonne Navarro: "a specified timeline, and you have to stay in it. Buffy " Yvonne Navarro: "is a lot more... "picky" in that respect. They want her to " Yvonne Navarro: "act, speak and look a certain way, and they pay attention " Yvonne Navarro: "to all of the details. They're the same way with all the " Yvonne Navarro: "characters on the show." Mr. Templeton: "Were there things that you wanted to do that you couldn't with the Buffy books" Sarah M: "ty. i will look for some of ur books l" Sarah M: "³" Yvonne Navarro: "Yes, there were. I had figured out a way for Angel and " Yvonne Navarro: "Buffy to get together, totally. They didn't go for it -- thought " Sarah M: "ohh" Sarah M: "i would of like that" Yvonne Navarro: "it was too controversial. Still, maybe I can use the idea " Yvonne Navarro: "in some way in the future. Sometimes they'll reconsider " Yvonne Navarro: "an idea later." Mr. Templeton: "Does that depend on what is happening with the show's own arc?" C. Candy: "give angel a twin ¶ LOL" Yvonne Navarro: "Actually, the books are set in a sort of parallel universe, of " Yvonne Navarro: "necessity. You can't use characters in the books that will " Yvonne Navarro: "end up being taken OUT of the series, such as Faith, Mr. " Yvonne Navarro: "Trick, other people who've gotten killed or slain. So that's " Yvonne Navarro: "another limitation." Yvonne Navarro: "The Mayor is another character who could never appear in " Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "faith is in a comer" Buffy The Vampire Slayer: "duh" Sarah M: "buffy shh]" Yvonne Navarro: "a book or story, because they knew he would ultimately demonize." Sarah M: "nehave" Sarah M: "behave*" Yvonne Navarro: "The books are still set in the third season." Yvonne Navarro: "They're not ready to move into the 4th season yet " Yvonne Navarro: "because the editor herself doesn't know quite yet what's " Yvonne Navarro: "going to be happen. You have to keep up the continuity." Mr. Templeton: "Right... have you ever had the problem where a book has almost got to publication and had to change a " Mr. Templeton: "plotline because of events in the show?" Yvonne Navarro: "Angel is a little more open." Sarah M: "angel" Yvonne Navarro: "No, I haven't had that. I have, however, been given an " Sarah M: "he has so many sides" Yvonne Navarro: "incorrect timeline and had to take a character almost completely " Mr. Templeton: "ack" Yvonne Navarro: "out of a book at the last minute." C. Candy: "wow" Sarah M: "wow" Mr. Templeton: "Which character was that?" *Avatars: Yvonne Navarro, C. Candy, â GLÂDIÂTOR â â, Sarah M, Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple Garak. * *Ghosts: riz, Sorsessa.* Yvonne Navarro: "That was Cordelia, and the book was Paleo. The editor told " Yvonne Navarro: "me the wrong timeline, but then after the book was written in " Yvonne Navarro: "first draft realized that Xander and Cordelia had had their " Yvonne Navarro: "parting of the ways. If you recall, she pretty much opted out " Sarah M: "shes with angel now" Yvonne Navarro: "of the Scooby Gang after that and wouldn't have much to do with them." Yvonne Navarro: "Yes, but the books are still in third season, when they're still in high school." <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: I would like to ask how she made the transition from writing short stories > <and articles to writing books, and how much of a "challenge" that posed.> Sarah M: "oh sorry" Yvonne Navarro: "I'm hoping they'll change seasons soon, but again, the " Yvonne Navarro: "editor has to be able to figure out the direction they're going." Mr. Templeton: "Which way would you like Buffy to go?" Mr. Templeton: "If you were writing on the show?" <ESP from C. Candy: are you more frustrated or thrilled that you are restricted by the show?> Yvonne Navarro: "Well, that's hard to say. This is a whole different environment, " <ESP to Plain, simple Garak: actually she dived straight in to long form> Yvonne Navarro: "the college thing, etc. It's kind of like she's going to have to " <ESP from Sarah M: may i ask another question if it isnt to much bothe3r> Yvonne Navarro: "spend four years there. From a woman's point of view? I'd " Yvonne Navarro: "like to see her be a bit more intelligent. I didn't get to watch " <ESP to Sarah M: I have a couple racked up, then I'll ask you, OK?> <ESP from Sarah M: ty ³> Yvonne Navarro: "the show last night, or Angel (I had class and a rainstorm " Yvonne Navarro: "made me get home too late), but it seems like she's headed " Yvonne Navarro: "in that direction. There's a whole world of interesting ways " Yvonne Navarro: "for the story to go as she gets older." Mr. Templeton: "For instance?" Yvonne Navarro: "It'll be interesting to see what they give her as a "career"." Mr. Templeton: "Have you ever tried pitching to television shows, Yvonne?" Yvonne Navarro: "I haven't really thought about that much, because I keep getting told to remember to stay with the " Yvonne Navarro: ÿÁ Yvonne Navarro: "TV shows? " Yvonne Navarro: "No. I'm not a scriptwriter. I use way too much detail." Mr. Templeton: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "I have a friend who's a scriptwriter and a novelist, who " Yvonne Navarro: "got a degree in film school. Every one of his novels have " Yvonne Navarro: "been optioned because they have a basic structure that I " Yvonne Navarro: "just don't understand but which he does instinctively because " Yvonne Navarro: "of his schooling. He loved FINAL IMPACT and wanted me " Yvonne Navarro: "to do a film treatment for it that he would pitch to people " Yvonne Navarro: "he knows. I tried, based on his instructions, and got this " Yvonne Navarro: "email in return that said "Uh... we have to talk." <g> So " Yvonne Navarro: "we did, and I tried again, based on more instructions. And " Yvonne Navarro: "I ended up with the same "Uh.... we =really= have to talk." " Yvonne Navarro: "I ended up giving up on the idea. Let the scriptwriters write " C. Candy: "oppsie....lol" Yvonne Navarro: "scripts. :)" Mr. Templeton: "C. Candy, your question" C. Candy: "o well i was curious if its frustrating to be restricted by the show(s)" C. Candy: "or more thrilling because it causes popularity" Yvonne Navarro: "It can be frustrating, especially if you view the characters as " Yvonne Navarro: "heading in a different direction than the editor or the tv " Yvonne Navarro: "people. As the writer, you have to accept that you have the " Yvonne Navarro: "least say-so in the entire process. It's work-for-hire and " Yvonne Navarro: "you basically just have to do what you're told. I had to " Yvonne Navarro: "change a lot in Paleo, including the ending and move scenes " Yvonne Navarro: "around, all at the last minute. It was pretty daunting." <ESP from C. Candy: ever guest starred? <G>> C. Candy: "i cant imagine" Mr. Templeton: "Are you please with the final version of Paleo, which has just been released?" Yvonne Navarro: "Pretty well. Frankly, I would have liked to have left Cordelia " Yvonne Navarro: "in there more. I always liked her acidic wit, and I think I could " Yvonne Navarro: "have finnigled around with it to keep her in there even if she " Yvonne Navarro: "and Xander weren't together. But they made me take her almost " Yvonne Navarro: "completely out of the book." Mr. Templeton: "shame" Mr. Templeton: "Sarah M, your question" Sarah M: "Buffy is starting to grow now and her attitude is changing. is it hard to keep up with the changes and " Sarah M: "would u ever consider doing an angel novel????" Yvonne Navarro: "They also won't let me put in there a lot of stuff that people " Yvonne Navarro: "already know, such as past history or how the characters feel. " Yvonne Navarro: "Then I get complaints or remarks that say I don't "know" the characters. " Yvonne Navarro: "I do, but the publisher and tv people just think I'm being " Yvonne Navarro: "repetitive. Hold on -- let me go back and look at that ?." Yvonne Navarro: "Okay, got it." Sarah M: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "It's not so hard to keep up, as long as you watch the show. <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "I would consider doing an Angel novel, and have pitched a " Yvonne Navarro: "very basic shell of an idea to the editor for the bad guy character " Yvonne Navarro: "in it. She didn't go for it at first, then changed her mind (see, " Yvonne Navarro: "how they do that?). So I have to work on that now, although " <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: You know, on her site, it says that there was an 11-year span between her first short story sale and the publication of her first novel...> Yvonne Navarro: "I'm kind of swamped at the moment. But I think it's a good idea." <ESP to Plain, simple Garak: yeah, I think she only wrote maye one shortstory, still does some> Sarah M: "ty" Yvonne Navarro: "ty?" Sarah M: "thank you" C. Candy: "thank you" Sarah M: "sorry" C. Candy: "heehee" Yvonne Navarro: "Ah. hee hee " Mr. Templeton: "When you were here last you mentioned you had several projects on the go -- any news on those?" C. Candy: "lazy typers¶" Yvonne Navarro: "Ty -- don't they make Beanie Babies? ha ha" Sarah M: "lol" C. Candy: "·" Yvonne Navarro: "Well, let's see what's going on." Yvonne Navarro: "I'm still working on a novel called MIRROR ME, which is " Yvonne Navarro: "sort of supernatural horror suspense. I'm on about page 140" Yvonne Navarro: "now. I've got an intro to write for a friend's short story " Yvonne Navarro: "collection and a whole bunch of short story deadlines. " Yvonne Navarro: "And there's that Angel idea that has to be done. Expecting " Yvonne Navarro: "the proofs for Willow II at any time, because the publication" Yvonne Navarro: "date on that is January. I pitched a co-idea to that friend " Yvonne Navarro: "I talked about earlier, the one with the film history, and he " Yvonne Navarro: "kind of went for it, so that's something we might write " Yvonne Navarro: "together. I got, uh, 'convinced' by another friend to " Yvonne Navarro: "editor an anthology based on a universe that he created (he's " Yvonne Navarro: "an artist), and I still can't believe I agreed to that (big " *Avatars: Lestat, Yvonne Navarro, C. Candy, â GLÂDIÂTOR â â, Sarah M, Mr. Templeton, Plain, simple * *Garak. Ghosts: Çountess Diome, riz, Sorsessa.* Yvonne Navarro: "moment of weakness there). And someone else wants me to " Yvonne Navarro: "update their website. Plus there's the sequel to AfterAge, " Yvonne Navarro: "which I've been promising a small press publisher for years." C. Candy: "busy lady¶" Yvonne Navarro: "I'm tired. ha ha" Çountess Diome: "running late sorry <g>" Mr. Templeton: "np" C. Candy: "CD·" Mr. Templeton: "Phew! Sounds Are you keeping up with your martial arts (Yvonne is turning into a real world Buffy, folks)" Çountess Diome: "µ" C. Candy: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "I am keeping up with it! In fact, last night I got a " Yvonne Navarro: "promotion stripe on my belt! chop chop! <g>" Mr. Templeton: "lol" C. Candy: "Gongrats´" Yvonne Navarro: "Ty. (See, I'm learning.)" C. Candy: "lol quick study" Çountess Diome: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "But there's quite a ways to go." Mr. Templeton: "You have carved quite a niche for yourself in the horror genre... what type of horror really appeals to you " Mr. Templeton: "when it comes to writing?" Yvonne Navarro: "Still, it's fun and a great way to work out and learn to protect yourself." Yvonne Navarro: "Hmmm." Yvonne Navarro: "I like the stuff that you can't really see, that's really unpredictable." Yvonne Navarro: "Vampires are okay, but it's better when you do something " <ESP from C. Candy: What kind of books do you enjoy reading?> Yvonne Navarro: "different with them, the same with zombies. Psychological " <ESP to C. Candy: good question!> Yvonne Navarro: "horror-- when you mess with your mind-- gets really nasty, " Yvonne Navarro: "and I suppose that's what I like best. Then you really have " Yvonne Navarro: "to be strong to fight it, not just physically, but =inside= yourself." Yvonne Navarro: "Sometimes what you can only imagine is far scarier than " Yvonne Navarro: "what you can see right in front of you." Mr. Templeton: "I always find horror movies less scary once you've seen the monster" Yvonne Navarro: "Exactly. Which is why in most of them, if there's only one monster, you don't usually see it until the end." <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: I would like to ask what sort of 'steps' she goes through, or what kind of personal 'formula' she has, when she sits down to write a new novel.> Yvonne Navarro: "Or you get only glimpses of it." Mr. Templeton: "C.Candy, your question" C. Candy: "What type of books do you enjoy reading....if you get time..lol" Yvonne Navarro: "Oh, that time thing again!" C. Candy: "heh" Yvonne Navarro: "Actually, I like all kinds of books. Horror, suspense, even " Yvonne Navarro: "romances and westerns, mainstream. The best, I think, " <ESP to Plain, simple Garak: your question next!> Yvonne Navarro: "are books that manage to combine a little bit of everything " Yvonne Navarro: "in them -- action and adventure, suspense, and you need " Yvonne Navarro: "some romance in there, a couple of characters who care " Yvonne Navarro: "about each other and whom the reader cares about. Otherwise" Yvonne Navarro: "there isn't any reason to read the story." C. Candy: "any authors that influnced you?" Yvonne Navarro: "Oh definitely." Yvonne Navarro: "Robert McCammon was a huge influence on me. In fact, " Yvonne Navarro: "it was his work that made me want to try my hand at it. " Yvonne Navarro: "Also F. Paul Wilson. And of course, the standard for " Yvonne Navarro: "every budding horror writer, Stephen King. Way way back, " C. Candy: "all males...hmmm lol" Yvonne Navarro: "when I was ... uh, younger, my mother called me and " Yvonne Navarro: "said "I'm setting the type for this wonderful book!" The book " Yvonne Navarro: "was SALEM'S LOT by Stephen King." C. Candy: "<shiver>" Mr. Templeton: "Mr Garak, your question" Plain, simple Garak: "Ms. Navarro, when you first sit down to write a new novel, are there any specific 'steps' that you go " Plain, simple Garak: "through, or any personal 'formula' that you have for your creation process?" Yvonne Navarro: "I think the 'all males' thing is just because of my limited memory. :)" Mr. Templeton: "<g>" Yvonne Navarro: "There isn't any 'formula' but I do spend a LOT of time " Yvonne Navarro: "developing my characters. Sometimes I know how the book " Yvonne Navarro: "ends, a very basic idea, and sometimes not. However, I " <ESP from C. Candy: my last question would be.. What would you say to encourage aspiring writers?> Yvonne Navarro: "always work from an outline, so the story gets a basic " Yvonne Navarro: "development in that way first. I wrote FINAL IMPACT without " Yvonne Navarro: "one and kind of got in trouble about 2/3rds of the way " C. Candy: "eek poofers" Yvonne Navarro: "through it. I ended up in a big scene where something had " <ESP to C. Candy: what do you mean last question :) it's another good one! > Yvonne Navarro: "happened and I literally didn't know where to go from there. " Yvonne Navarro: "So now I always use an outline at least for a general " <ESP from C. Candy: lol...hogging all the time> Yvonne Navarro: "idea. I also filled out VERY detailed character 'charts' on " Yvonne Navarro: "all the main characters. You're much better off knowing " Yvonne Navarro: "more than you'll ever use." Plain, simple Garak: "I see. TY!" Mr. Templeton: "Do yu find characters can take over the storyline and take it in another direction?" Yvonne Navarro: ":)" C. Candy: "I'd love to see the room where you write ...prolly lovingly cluttered" C. Candy: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "Oh, definitely, especially when the characters are very developed." Yvonne Navarro: "As for where I write, I live in the lower level of my " Yvonne Navarro: "Dad's townhouse, so it's pretty crowded. " Yvonne Navarro: "Uh, hold on one sec -- got an emergency with the car here. Be right back." C. Candy: "yikes" Mr. Templeton: "If she reads Stephen King its probably eating next door's Chevrolet" C. Candy: "rofl!" C. Candy: "that movie scared me sooo bad as a kid" Mr. Templeton: "Me too" C. Candy: "Christine..." C. Candy: "i wouldnt stay alone in any car...lol" Çountess Diome: "LOL" C. Candy: "alotho i did like how she fixed herself" C. Candy: "i wish mine did that¸" C. Candy: "aq·" angelqueen: "hehe i loved that movie hi all " Mr. Templeton: "lol Quick reminder here folks and many ghosts... we're talking today to Yvonne Navarro, acclaimed horror " Mr. Templeton: "author who's car has just takenj on a life of its own" Çountess Diome: "hiya#" Lestat: "Greeetings·" Mr. Templeton: "she'll be back in a sec" C. Candy: "lol" C. Candy: "call whitley striber" C. Candy: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "I'm Mr Templeton and I am your host. This is a moderated event. To ask a question, please ESP me and I " Mr. Templeton: "will ask you to ask it if you are an avatar in the room, and voice it for you if you are a ghost. " Çountess Diome: "ooooo want him back¶" C. Candy: "no clue how to spell his name" Çountess Diome: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "while we're waiting you can click on me and enter our storm constnatine competition :)" Yvonne Navarro: "Hi. I'm back. I apologize." Lestat: "w/b·" Mr. Templeton: "WB" Yvonne Navarro: "There's something horrible going on with the alarm " C. Candy: "yikes" Yvonne Navarro: "system in my car and we can't get it to shut off. " Mr. Templeton: "We were just thinking your car had turned into Christine" Yvonne Navarro: "Unfortunately I parked it in the middle of the driveway " Çountess Diome: "not a good sign lol" Yvonne Navarro: "last night because it was pouring and so now we can't " Yvonne Navarro: "move it so my Dad can get his car out of the garage. Guess " Yvonne Navarro: "who's not really pleased with me right now. agh." Mr. Templeton: "ack" C. Candy: "uh oh" Yvonne Navarro: "Anyway, until I get evicted because of this truck thing, I " Yvonne Navarro: "live in the lower level of Dad's townhouse. ha ha" C. Candy: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "C. Candy, your question.." Yvonne Navarro: "It's kind of L-shaped and the desk, credenza, a bunch of filing " Yvonne Navarro: "cabinets are in the alcove." Yvonne Navarro: "I do stay organized though -- I had it when I can't find " C. Candy: "I was wondering what you would say to aspiring authors..." Yvonne Navarro: "stuff." Yvonne Navarro: "Ah. My biggest piece of advice for them is to read their " Yvonne Navarro: "stuff out loud. Really READ it, like you were acting it." Yvonne Navarro: "So you can't do it in front of other people (unless you're a ham)." Mr. Templeton: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "That way you find all the mistakes and bad punctuation, " C. Candy: "wow great advice....." Yvonne Navarro: "sentences that are too long, bad grammar, etc. " Yvonne Navarro: "There's a FAQs page on my site that recommends a book or " Yvonne Navarro: "two, etc." <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: Very good advice about that on her web site....> Mr. Templeton: "Does that help you create a different "voice' for your characters? Reading out loud?" Yvonne Navarro: "Oh, definitely. But the character chart is really what creates " Yvonne Navarro: "your character -- it's like 'building' a person from scratch." Yvonne Navarro: "Cover everything in it -- " Yvonne Navarro: "address, favorite color, family background, past and future " Yvonne Navarro: "problems, in addition to the basics like what they look like." Yvonne Navarro: "That way you don't end up with cardboard people." Mr. Templeton: "And you told us last time that you do a lot of reasearch, not just on your characters?" Yvonne Navarro: "Yes, I will do research if a book requires it. For instance, " Yvonne Navarro: "if it's set in a hospital or about a disease, I'll research that. " Yvonne Navarro: "If it's set somewhere I'm not familiar with, I'll research that. " Yvonne Navarro: "Sometimes I end up researching little things that I never use, " <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: Have you taken a screenshot yet? I can, if you would like for me to, for VZSciFi....> Yvonne Navarro: "or that turn out to only get a line or two. But that little line " Yvonne Navarro: "is correct, and that's what counts." <ESP to Plain, simple Garak: yep done, but ty> <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: yw.> Yvonne Navarro: "For a lot of people, to read something in a book that they " Yvonne Navarro: "know is just flat wrong-- it ruins the entire book for them. So " Yvonne Navarro: "take no chances!" Mr. Templeton: "Do you use the Internet a lot for research these days?" Yvonne Navarro: "I do, yes. But I also still love good old-fashioned books. It's " Yvonne Navarro: "hard to put a Post-It note or a plastic paperclip on a website, " Yvonne Navarro: "ha ha. I like to have a bunch of books open on my desk, photos " Yvonne Navarro: "that I can look at and text to refer to back and forth. It's also " Yvonne Navarro: "easier to find a clipped page in a book three years later than " Yvonne Navarro: "it is to sort through bookmarks on Netscape or any other " Yvonne Navarro: "browser." Yvonne Navarro: "Frankly, I don't ever think books will be obsolete." Mr. Templeton: "Good news for you then <g>" C. Candy: "i hope not" <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: What about Internet books, like Steven King's recent offering?> C. Candy: "nothing like the smell of a new book¶" C. Candy: "lol" angelqueen: "lol " Yvonne Navarro: "True. There are other reasons, too." Mr. Templeton: "Have you explored the possibilities of online publishing yet?" Yvonne Navarro: "I have, and I'm just not convinced. For one thing, I had a " <ESP to Plain, simple Garak: sorry Garak> Yvonne Navarro: "story up at Mightwords.com and finally pulled it down after " <ESP from Plain, simple Garak: NP!! ³> Yvonne Navarro: "a couple of months. It's so "easy" to publish online that the " Yvonne Navarro: "so-called publishers don't promote it. Since they don't " Yvonne Navarro: "promote, the 'royalties' they claim they're going to pay never " Yvonne Navarro: "materialize because, frankly, they don't "sell" any copies. " Yvonne Navarro: "People don't want to read off a screen if they can help it." Yvonne Navarro: "They want to read a book -- take it in the bathroom, in the " Yvonne Navarro: "car, to the beach, to a deli at lunch. If you have a Rocket " Yvonne Navarro: "Reader, well that's great... until you drop it. Then you're " Yvonne Navarro: "out $300 or so. If you drop a book, just pick it back up." Mr. Templeton: "I agree with you, personally. There has been a lot of problems with work being lifted and appearing on " Mr. Templeton: "other sites and even printed in foreign magazines" C. Candy: "unless you drop it in the bathroom <g> lol" Mr. Templeton: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "This is true. That's why when I put AfterAge on a computer " Çountess Diome: "i normally drop em in the bath <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "disk I disabled the abiilty to print. This also, unfortunately, " Yvonne Navarro: "killed the project -- people don't want to read off a screen." Yvonne Navarro: "(They dry off from bathtub drops, but they dry bigger.)" Çountess Diome: "uhuh <g>" C. Candy: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "A Rocket Reader isn't going to dry out." Çountess Diome: "i hve a collection of 6 like that now <g>" Mr. Templeton: "of the novels you've written, do you have a personal favourite?" Yvonne Navarro: "That's hard, because I love each one like a child. Still, I " Yvonne Navarro: "really had a tendency toward Final Impact... but I love AfterAge, too." Yvonne Navarro: "See, it's the characters in each that draw me. So that means " Yvonne Navarro: "that Red Shadows, the follow-up to Final Impact, pulls at me " Yvonne Navarro: "too. :)" Mr. Templeton: "All of which you can buy from Yvonne's web site BTW folks" Yvonne Navarro: "I really think my most favorite character in any of my boooks " Yvonne Navarro: "is Lily, who started in Final Impact and then continued on " Yvonne Navarro: "in Red Shadows. She started as a "disposable" character, " Yvonne Navarro: "someone I created just to be killed off. But she took on " Yvonne Navarro: "such a life of her own, and she was so crazy and strong, " Yvonne Navarro: "that she just wouldn't let that happen." C. Candy: "Do your books read better in order?" Çountess Diome: (was just reading chapters) Yvonne Navarro: "They don't have to be read in order, although I think you'll " Yvonne Navarro: "have more fun if you read Final Impact before Red Shadows. " Yvonne Navarro: "Those are the only two that are connected. " C. Candy: "ok great TY" Yvonne Navarro: "But you can read Red Shadows without reading Final Impact." Yvonne Navarro: "I had to make sure the history was there -- you always do " Yvonne Navarro: "in a follow-up or a sequel, in case the first one isn't " Yvonne Navarro: "available anymore." C. Candy: "Im gonna own stock in my local bookstore...lol" Yvonne Navarro: "Bookstores are wonderful. Now can you imagine a store with" Çountess Diome: (me too <g>) Yvonne Navarro: "only Rocket Readers or the equivalent, and just lists of the " Yvonne Navarro: "books you can put on them? Bleh." C. Candy: "bleh indeed" Mr. Templeton: "No there is a horror story." Mr. Templeton: "Yvonne, thank you so much for talking with us today , I'm sure you've made a few converts today!" Çountess Diome: (um whats a rocket reader? lol) C. Candy: "lol palm pilot kinda reader dealie" Çountess Diome: "ahhhh" Yvonne Navarro: "A Rocket Reader is a hand-held mini computer, like a palm thing." Çountess Diome: "i like paper better<g>" Yvonne Navarro: "Paper, and the beautiful covers." Çountess Diome: "yes <S>" C. Candy: "me too...I highlight really good parts" Yvonne Navarro: "Exactly." C. Candy: "colorfull metephors etc" Çountess Diome: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "I would like to wish you every success with your upcoming projects. If folks have further questions, " Mr. Templeton: "please go ahead, if you have time Yvonne" Çountess Diome: "i just remember the stupid quotes i find funny <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "Sure, I have time. Ask away." C. Candy: "how do you cure writers block?" Yvonne Navarro: "I don't hear any truck alarm going off in the driveway. ha ha" Çountess Diome: "LOL" Mr. Templeton: "lol" Yvonne Navarro: "Well, I've never had a full 'block', as it were. I've hit " Yvonne Navarro: "some stumbling stones in a story now and then, but I " C. Candy: "show off...LOL j/k" Yvonne Navarro: "usually just take a break from it and let it turn over in my " Yvonne Navarro: "mind. I guess a real writer's block is when you can't " Yvonne Navarro: "think of anything to write about, and I have so many ideas " Linsue: "Hello everyone sorry I am late" Yvonne Navarro: "for stuff that I'll never live long enough to do them all." C. Candy: "µ" Mr. Templeton: "It sounds like to me, you could always switch to other projects :)" Mr. Templeton: "when you get a block" Yvonne Navarro: "Exactly. And sometimes that gives you the break you need " Yvonne Navarro: "to let your subconscious work out the problem with the other " Yvonne Navarro: "project you're dealing with. Or sometimes just let the story " Yvonne Navarro: "take over -- don't think so much ahead of time. "What am I " Yvonne Navarro: "going to do about such-and-such?" Just sit down and start " Yvonne Navarro: "writing, and let the story dictate what happens." Mr. Templeton: "Would you say you were a disciplined writer? Do you assign yourslef a set time to write each day?" Yvonne Navarro: "Gosh, I really need to buy a new pack of discipline! Actually, " Yvonne Navarro: "it's harder working at it full time, at home, than people " Yvonne Navarro: "realize. There are constant interruptions. People think " Yvonne Navarro: "that because you're home you're not 'working' and they call " Yvonne Navarro: "at any time and want to yap for hours. Or they just come by " C. Candy: "like us? lolol" Yvonne Navarro: "or expect you to stop what you're doing instantaneously." Yvonne Navarro: "No no. This is a planned event. And speaking of planned, " Yvonne Navarro: "I specifically told my Dad about it this morning. But did it " Yvonne Navarro: "stop him from coming down here, even before the truck " Yvonne Navarro: "emergency? Oh nooooo. <g>" Mr. Templeton: "lol" C. Candy: "lol" Plain, simple Garak: "LOL." angelqueen: "what is the one thing for a beginer writer should know ?well the most important thing?" Mr. Templeton: "write, write and write again" angelqueen: "lol " Yvonne Navarro: "Even more than that, I'd still stick by that READ YOUR WORK " Yvonne Navarro: "OUT LOUD thing. Had I done that earlier in my career, I " Yvonne Navarro: "think I would have gotten things going -- i.e., sold a few " Yvonne Navarro: "stories -- a lot quicker than I did. I had no idea of some of " Yvonne Navarro: "the mistakes I kept making, the same ones over and over." angelqueen: "how did you finaly figure out your errors " Yvonne Navarro: "Well, editors are so busy that you seldom get a personal " Yvonne Navarro: "rejection. But one young woman in California by the name " Yvonne Navarro: "of Jay Scheckley was editing a tiny magazine. I submitted " Yvonne Navarro: "a story to her (this was back in the days of snailmail and " Yvonne Navarro: "self-addresed stamped envelopes as opposed to email " Yvonne Navarro: "replies). Copies were expensive, so you sent a big " Yvonne Navarro: "enough envelope and enough postage to get your story " Yvonne Navarro: "back. She rejected the story, but she took the time to " Yvonne Navarro: "edit a couple of pages, to actuall SHOW me what I was " Yvonne Navarro: "doing wrong. Redundancy, bad grammer, bad punctuation, " Yvonne Navarro: "etc. Things like describing something small as "that little " angelqueen: "punctuation my down fall " Yvonne Navarro: "tiny whatever" instead of just saying "that little whatever"." C. Candy: "have you done poetry as well?" Yvonne Navarro: "Sentence structure. I looked at the page and thought " Yvonne Navarro: ""Well, DUH. No wonder no one will buy this stuff."" Yvonne Navarro: "She really did me a huge favor." C. Candy: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "That's what I call a proper editor... I grew up reading about Asimov's editor, John Campbell. Thought " Mr. Templeton: "they would all be like that" Yvonne Navarro: "I've only done one poem so far." Yvonne Navarro: "They probably would be, if they had the time. But they " Yvonne Navarro: "get so many submissions that it's become impossible." Yvonne Navarro: "As for poetry, I like stuff to rhyme AND tell a story, a whole " angelqueen: "how hard is it to find a edtior ?where do you start ?" Yvonne Navarro: "one. So I'm not fond of a lot of what's out there today." C. Candy: "lol thats how i write" Yvonne Navarro: "Well, there's an 'editor' for every magazine or book. So " Yvonne Navarro: "every time you submit something, the editor for that project " Yvonne Navarro: "or whatever reads it." Yvonne Navarro: "The editor is the person who reads and decides what stories, " Yvonne Navarro: "etc. go into a magazine. In a publishing house, the editor " Yvonne Navarro: "is the one who decides which books get published and " Yvonne Navarro: "what, if anything, in that book has to be revised." Mr. Templeton: "These days though they also have to help maret the books, cost them etc... which used to done by a slew " Mr. Templeton: "of other people before effeiciency became a buzz word" Yvonne Navarro: "True, although that's moreso in the smaller houses. The " Yvonne Navarro: "big houses, like Bantam, Pocket, etc., still have other " Yvonne Navarro: "departments for that. The problem is that each department " Yvonne Navarro: "doesn't always get involved with the other department that " Yvonne Navarro: "much, and so sometimes you get some confusion. Or you " Yvonne Navarro: "might have an editor who wants her book project to be " Yvonne Navarro: "promoted but the marketing people either don't agree or " Yvonne Navarro: "don't have the budget for it." C. Candy: "its a small miracle anything gets published" Yvonne Navarro: "Promotion can make or break an author's career." Plain, simple Garak: "Since you have more than 15 years of writing "history", do you find that you get edited less today than " Plain, simple Garak: "you used to?" Yvonne Navarro: "In the book market, yes it is." Yvonne Navarro: "Generally speaking, yes. Willow Files 2 surprised the " Yvonne Navarro: "beans out of me by getting through the editor at Pocket AND " Yvonne Navarro: "the people at Fox TV without a single revision request." Plain, simple Garak: "Wow. Congrats! ³" Yvonne Navarro: "Still, you have to deal with copy editors, and if you get an " Linsue: "WTG³" Yvonne Navarro: "inept one, you can have a hard time. I had a real problem " Yvonne Navarro: "on THAT'S NOT MY NAME. Thanks. :)" Yvonne Navarro: "Hey, someone with my face!" Guide NiteKat: "here you go ³" angelqueen: "lol " C. Candy: "lol" Çountess Diome: "Twins <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "But she doesn't have my hat. hee hee" Mr. Templeton: "Can you tell us more about that?" Yvonne Navarro: "A copy editor goes through and brings the manuscript up to " Yvonne Navarro: "the 'style' of the publishing house, polishing up the " Yvonne Navarro: "punctuation, capitalization, etc. Hopefully picking up any " Yvonne Navarro: "typos, any... what would you call them. Dangling ends or " Yvonne Navarro: "mismatched facts. Like you say "Tom has blue eyes" on " Yvonne Navarro: "page 37, but you forget (and this is where a character chart " Yvonne Navarro: "would have saved your buns) and on page 238 you say he " Yvonne Navarro: "has brown eyes." C. Candy: "lol" Çountess Diome: "Hi Storm <S>" Yvonne Navarro: "Unfortunately, on THAT'S NOT MY NAME I got a seriously " Yvonne Navarro: "over-zealous copy editor, what authors generally think of " Yvonne Navarro: "as someone who wants to be a writer but who, because they " Yvonne Navarro: "have never gotten around to writing their OWN stuff, can't " Yvonne Navarro: "resist the urge to change someone else's. THAT'S NOT MY " Yvonne Navarro: "NAME didn't need any special help -- RED SHADOWS was " Yvonne Navarro: "barely touched at all (I had a wonderful copy editor on that, " Yvonne Navarro: "who asked questions before changing anything). The guy on " Yvonne Navarro: "THAT'S NOT MY NAME literally tried to rewrite my work, " Yvonne Navarro: "crossing out entire paragraphs and putting in his own " C. Candy: "o geez" angelqueen: "can they just change with out asking ??" Yvonne Navarro: "words, filling the manuscript with terrible cliches. I was " Yvonne Navarro: "furious, plus it took me nearly two weeks to fix it and of " Yvonne Navarro: "course they needed it back 'right away'." Yvonne Navarro: "Well, that's why you get the manuscript back from the copy " Yvonne Navarro: "editor, so you can go over what they did to it. Ostensibly " Yvonne Navarro: "they're supposed to HELP you, but this guy did a terrific " Yvonne Navarro: "amount of damage. My editor's assistant actually wrote " Yvonne Navarro: "a complaint letter to the copy edit department (they had " Yvonne Navarro: "contracted out the job to this person) so that they would be " Yvonne Navarro: "sure not to ever use him again." Mr. Templeton: "Sounds like you need an iron will to be a novelist!" Yvonne Navarro: "Which didn't help me any." C. Candy: "hes in the mailroom now¶" Yvonne Navarro: "You do need a thick skin -- you have to be able to take " Yvonne Navarro: "rejection and consider revision requests rather than just " angelqueen: "lol taken out the trash cans now " Çountess Diome: "opppppps" Yvonne Navarro: "automatically say no. I've gotten some wonderful suggestions " Yvonne Navarro: "from editor about changing books to make them better." Yvonne Navarro: "My editor at Bantam is really, REALLY good at pinpointing " C. Candy: "not sure id handle critism well" Yvonne Navarro: "something in a book that would improve it." Yvonne Navarro: "Ah, but you must learn if you're going to be a writer!" C. Candy: "true" Yvonne Navarro: "The thing to do is to read it, then step back and think about it." angelqueen: "depends how it was said too " Plain, simple Garak: "How do you know if you have a 'good' editor or a 'poor' editor?" Yvonne Navarro: "Just give it the benefit of the doubt, and ask 'Well, is there " Yvonne Navarro: "ANY chance there might be something to what this person " Yvonne Navarro: "said?'" Yvonne Navarro: "By the suggestions, and literally whether they make sense. " Yvonne Navarro: "This isn't the same as whether you disagree with them." Yvonne Navarro: "For instance, I sold DeadTimes first to a small press " Yvonne Navarro: "publisher, a different one than DarkTales. The editor there " Yvonne Navarro: "wanted to change EVERYthing about it. The character's " Yvonne Navarro: "sense of self and purpose, what happened in each chapter. " Yvonne Navarro: "He also wanted to change the events, and one of the most " Yvonne Navarro: "telling thing was in the Salem Witch Trial chapter. There, he " C. Candy: "wb" Çountess Diome: "w/b storm" Yvonne Navarro: "said 'we need to burn a witch at the stake.' Well, in the " Yvonne Navarro: "States no witch was ever burned at the stake, and the story " Yvonne Navarro: "was heavily researched and grounded in fact. Over here, " Yvonne Navarro: "they hung witches. I didn't want to change it but he wanted to---" Yvonne Navarro: "he literally didn't CARE that it would be factually wrong. I " Storm Constantine: "Hi, sorry about that. Lost connection" Yvonne Navarro: "ended up asking him why he'd wanted to buy the book to begin " angelqueen: "who won the battle ?" Yvonne Navarro: "with because he didn't seem to like anything about it, and " Çountess Diome: "happens all the time <S> you get used to it <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "I killed the deal." Mr. Templeton: "Good for you... brave move" angelqueen: "yes realy " Plain, simple Garak: "That sounds pretty flagrent." Mr. Templeton: "Yvonne, thanks so mucyh for talking with us today..." Yvonne Navarro: "So it's published now, by a publisher who changed hardly " Plain, simple Garak: "...on their part, that is." Yvonne Navarro: "anything in the book." Yvonne Navarro: "It's fun. :)" Yvonne Navarro: "Any other questions?" Mr. Templeton: "I think we'd all like to wish you all the best with your projects" Yvonne Navarro: "Ty. hee hee" angelqueen: "yes the best " Plain, simple Garak: "TYVM, Yvonne!! ³" Mr. Templeton: "This has been a great time chatting with you again" Çountess Diome: "i gonna finish reading my chapters" Çountess Diome: "<g>" Mr. Templeton: "Please click on Yvonne for her own web site" angelqueen: "thanks for giving up you time too " Yvonne Navarro: "Come and visit my web site. (promo ha ha)" Çountess Diome: "least i can't drop em in the bath <g>" Linsue: "Thanks Yvonne sorry I missed so much" angelqueen: "i am there already " Çountess Diome: "me too lol" Mr. Templeton: "and we will post a transcript of this event on the vzscifi site soon, once Yvonne has edited it" Yvonne Navarro: "I try to keep it up to date." Mr. Templeton: ":)" Linsue: "³" Çountess Diome: "have a lil Vamp <g>" angelqueen: "awww " C. Candy: "heehee¶" Yvonne Navarro: "Thanks everyone for listening to me yammer on for so long." Plain, simple Garak: "Enjoyed it very much...." angelqueen: "i loved it 1st time i ever came ot one of these events " C. Candy: "I did as well TYVM·" Yvonne Navarro: "Anyone else have any more questions?" Yvonne Navarro: "Hey, what's this little thingy in my lap! :)" Çountess Diome: "its a lil Vamp <g>" angelqueen: "doll " Yvonne Navarro: "Cool! Thank you!" Çountess Diome: "offspring <g>" C. Candy: "Im gonna see if my 9 year old can read the Willow books" angelqueen: "lol " Çountess Diome: "can have my 8yr old too if you want him <g>" Yvonne Navarro: "Oh, I think she can. They're very 'gentle' in that respect." angelqueen: "pixel vamp offspring " C. Candy: "lol" Mr. Templeton: "Thanks Yvoone, do you need directions back to your own turf now?" Yvonne Navarro: "Well, thanks for the offer of the 8 year old but my Dad won't even let me have a puppy." Çountess Diome: "LOL" Mr. Templeton: "lol" Linsue: "lol" C. Candy: "She can get thro Potters pretty well ...and they are loooong" C. Candy: "lol" Çountess Diome: "he's quiet now <g> he's watching angel lmao" Yvonne Navarro: "She'll do great then. I wish I'd written the Harry Potter books! ha ha" C. Candy: "yah me too" C. Candy: "lol" Storm Constantine: "Don't we all!" Çountess Diome: "prefer the Discworld books <g>" C. Candy: "Im going to use your advice on her as well...she really loves writing" angelqueen: "wish my son liked to read " angelqueen: "its like cutting his arm off to get him to read " C. Candy: "Shell get a kick out of knowing I spoke to you¶" Yvonne Navarro: "Try to get her to read out loud. As she gets older and more " Yvonne Navarro: "confident, she'll start =wanting= to read her stories to other " Yvonne Navarro: "people. " Mr. Templeton: "brb back folks" Çountess Diome: "kk " Yvonne Navarro: "Maybe he just hasn't found the right books?"