Friday, December 31, 2010

10 Things I've Done That You Probably Haven't

Since Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake and John Scalzi did it, I thought, why not.  My life may not have been as interesting, but we'll see.

1. Served as on set assistant to Kenny Rogers for a day
2. Rode an elevator with Carl Reiner and told a joke that made him laugh
3. Sat in a traditional African mud hut right out of National Geographic and had a snack
4. Written a theme song for a high school summer church camp
5. Had a national single on Christian radio. (I know of a couple of my friends who can say this, but there it is)
6. Bought the same used book three times while forgetting I already had it and never read it yet.
7. Petted a live shark.
8. Worked full time and went to graduate school full time and still pulled a B average.
9. Been engaged to women from two different continents (not at the same time I swear)
10. Walked unescorted around a maximum security prison amphitheatre full of inmates and survived. (I was not an inmate, I was a performer)

There they are.  What are yours?

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Links Of The Week Issue 2

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Explorations-The-BN-SciFi-and/The-Best-Science-Fiction-Releases-of-2010/ba-p/778696 - Paul Goat Allen's ongoing series in best of Science Fiction books for 2010.

http://www.redgage.com/blogs/darkbow/four-indie-fantasy-authors-youve-probably-never-heard-of.html - Fantasy authors you haven't heard of but should look for, includes my World Fantasy Con roomie Moses Siregar.

http://www.atfmb.com/2010/12/30/conversations-with-my-cat-51/ -- Funny post about a conversation Patrick Hester had with his cat which all cat owners can relate to.

http://ht.ly/3dkvp -- 100 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Plot (good writing stimulation)

http://io9.com/5719944/ -- I09's Power People in Science Fiction & Fantasy for 2010

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Transcript: Science Fiction Fantasy Writer's Chat with the Functional Nerds, 12/29/2010

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Writer’s Chat w/ writers, editors, & more abt the craft of writing speculative fiction #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
Tonight come follow #sffwrtcht where @johnanealio & I will be answering questions about podcasting :)

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Our format is round table discussion but please restrict questions to writing craft, business of writing & the work of the guest #sffwrtcht

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Tonight, our guests are Patrick Hester @atfmb and @JohnAnealioof Functional Nerds, SF Signal and more. To talk about podcasting#sffwrtcht

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Please wait until your question gets answered to ask another & use the hashtag #sffwrtcht for all questions and comments.

sfsignal SF Signal (John D.) 
Right now! #sffwrtcht with the Funcational Nerds -- a round table discussion on podcasting: how it works, how it can benefit you

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Next week, we have SF author/editor @Jaleta_Clegg on at 9EST 1/5. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Welcome John & Patrick. Thanks for joining us. Pls tell us a little abt how Functional nerds came about. You were bloggers first?#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I was doing a blog & a podcast called 'all things from my brain'. I thought I needed a 2nd voice. John was listening & doing his-#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
-his own podcast & thought he needed a 2nd voice too. He contacted me & we started chatting. Thus was born The Functional Nerds #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Why the name Functional Nerds? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
When @JohnAnealio contacted me about partnering up, he said it needed to be called 'Functional Nerds' based on something i'd-#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
-mentioned once or twice. I had a boss tell me that I was a nerd, but 'functional'-as in, I function in society. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
That's cool. Okay, so podcasting is still new to a lot of us. Can you tell us how you go about putting a show together? Briefly. #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@atfmb @JohnAnealio lol I like the name. makes you sound like normall joes, well with rocket science brains #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio #sffwrtcht I was wondering if combining forces caused any change to the topics you'd cover. Great answer.

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I do the recording, editing, I put the post up, @JohnAnealio books all the guests & handles the scheduling #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Well, on the technical side, I know he does. But you do music and interviewing. Who books guests? #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@atfmb @johnAnealio do you have a pre-show chat with the guest? what happens there? @sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
RT @charlesatan: @atfmb @johnAnealio do you have a pre-show chat with the guest? what happens there? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
LOL Great minds. Do you coordinate a prepared list of questions in advance? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I used to do all this show prep, I'd write out scripts for us (you can tell in the early shows), but we don't do that now. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I think that @JohnAnealio prepares cogent questions & then I mess him all up by going all over the place #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio I assume you research that guest, their various projects, background, etc. before hand tho #sffwrtcht

jasonsanford Jason Sanford 
I'm curious about which podcasts you listen to on a regular basis (besides the ones you work on or produce). #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
we used to do a lot of chatting with the guests before and after but we're much tighter now that we have the hang of things. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Has it been a challenge to book guests? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
And relatedly, how do you get in touch with people? #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@aftmb @johnanealio how do you decide which guests to book? how can authors be part of the show? #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@JohnAnealio @atfmb Do you do phone interviews or do you always want them in person? Which is better for your show?#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
you know, @JohnAnealio listens to way more podcasts than I do (I think). #sffwrtcht gimme a sec to do something clever...

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Related to what @charlesatan asked, do people ask to be on the show? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
podcasts I listen to: Slice of scifi, Beware the Hairy Mango, I should be Writing, Seattle Geekly, Geek dads #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Pretty much how I've done this chat. LOL #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
For the @sfsignal podcast, I have a list of contacts from SF Signal, plus I troll websites for contact info (I book that show). #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@Jaleta_Clegg most of our interviews are via Skype. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb @JohnAnealio How far in advance do you book guests?#sffwrtcht

jasonsanford Jason Sanford 
@charlesatan @atfmb @johnanealio I guess podcasting is truly a small, small world. :-) #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
what other programs beside skype do you use for the podcasts?#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I recently have had publicists contact me to get their people on @sfsignal, which is different and welcomed (sometimes) #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb's written a great article on how he does the technical stuffhttp://bit.ly/atizmJ #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@BryanThomasS I book the @sfsignal podcast a little over a month out. John is better about the nerds. #sffwrtcht

marissamutascio Marissa Mutascio 
#scriptchat friends interested in the craft of writing speculative fiction might want 2 pop in to #sffwrtcht or connect w/ @BryanThomasS

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio How long did it take for that to start happening? How long have you been doing the show? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
quick app list for podcasting: skype, wiretap, garageband, amadeus pro, levelator #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 

atfmb Patrick Hester 
we just recorded what, John? Episode 38? so - 30 weeks.#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Ok, so you get the guest on skype and record a show, how much editing will then be involved? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
er - 38 weeks. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I can also call any number in the US via Skype if the person doesn't want to mess with computers. I pay extra for that. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
I assume you've seen your audience grow a lot over those 38 weeks. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
In the beginning, there was a lot of editing involved. Today, very little. I timestamp everything so it's maybe 30 mins tops. #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
Where do you guys see Functional Nerds going in the next year?#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I try to spend some time getting links to all the authors stuff for the post, that way they have maximum chance for clickage. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb That touches on another question, I assume this enterprise is entirely self-funded? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Isn't that in part because podcasting is so new and interest is developing? #sffwrtcht

jeannevb Jeanne V Bowerman 
*waves* RT @marissamutascio#scriptchat interested in writing speculative fiction might want 2 pop in #sffwrtcht or connect w @BryanThomasS

atfmb Patrick Hester 
yes, this thing is self funded. there is a donation button on the website, functionalnerds.com, that no one has ever clicked :)#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb LOL Well, some of us will have to click it when we can.#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Is podcasting expensive? Beyond equipment and software, is the only expense occasional phone time & your time itself?#sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
RT @atfmb: yes, this is self funded.there is a donation button on functionalnerds.com, that no one has ever clicked :) #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
"Where do you see it going?" Easy - with the subliminal messages hidden in @JohnAnealio's music, we intend to rule the world...#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
"Is it expensive?" It can be, sure. You have web hosting for the site, your time involved, software & bandwidth. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio They interact with you via email, twitter, at cons?#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Ah yeah, sorry. Forgot about webhosting. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
a thing to keep in mind is that your regular old cheap webhosting that most people use will collapse under large traffic #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb What kind of traffic do your see? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
you pay for only so much bandwidth per month - one massive download like, oh, say, George R R Martin is not your bitch, will-#sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@atfmb so how much larger should the bandwidth be? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
-crash your webhost or max out your bandwidth quota in a heartbeat. #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@atfmb @johnanealio any significant diff. bet. live recording (con) vs Skype? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
What response do you get from guests about how the podcasts impacts them? Does it bring readers? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I originally used podbean for bandwidth but after a series of horrible experience, I flipped em the bird and moved on. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio I haven't heard that song. I'll have to track it down.#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
"so how much larger should the bandwidth be?" you need to be aware of your hosting agreement - most people aren't. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio oops. Can we still download it? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
as for guest responses - I think they are genuinely happy. They refer us to others & love to come back. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@charlesatan It's always cool to connect with someone face to face, but manoman do I hate editing the background noise of live!#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb The podcast lasts about an hour right? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 

atfmb Patrick Hester 
on length - we have done really long episodes & really short ones. for 2011, we're shooting for tighter episodes around 30 min#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
I know that @JohnAnealio does the music. I am assuming he wrote a theme you recycle each week and not for each show? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
we were a little nervous about live interviews. "Hey, will you come back to our room?" could sound creepy... #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb LOL Well, yeah, it does. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
You guys mention nothing but positives. Are they any negatives to doing these types of shows then? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
oh - the music, yeah - that's John's instrumental song 'sundog' on Functional Nerds. I made him write something new for @sfsignal#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Or shall I say, any that you'd admit? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
Uh-it can get rough doing a podcast every week. Luckily John & I get along well & we can say, "Let's take a break!" or something.#sffwrtcht

eruditeogre John Ginsberg-Steven 
Hi everyone. I am late to the chat, but I wanted to thank @atfmb & @JohnAnealio for Functional Nerds. It's very enjoyable! @sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Ah yes, technical issues. We at #sffwrtcht are quite familiar with those

atfmb Patrick Hester 
Skype on Mac needs more love from the developer. It doe NOT like being on a wifi connection. I ran 50 ft of cat 5 to make it work#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@atfmb @johnanealio how important in your opinion is a "regular" schedule? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
My goal is to make @JohnAnealio laugh. I spend hours thinking about how to crack him up... #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb OH, so you have goals and everything. Always a good thing. LOL j/k #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@atfmb so I assume he is a serious kind of guy then? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
"Why haven't you been published yet, Patrick?" "Because I spend all my free time dreaming up one liners for @JohnAnealio ..."#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
If you guys have @jasonsanford on, you can just talk about his Interzone which was a great issue. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@charlesatan I don't know that I understand the question.#sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
do you guys do written transcripts of the shows? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Well, u did tell me you guys have a regular night to make the show. What about posting? Is it a regularly schedule?#sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@JohnAnealio @JohnAnealio What types of books do you like to showcase on your podcast? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
we don't do transcripts-I take notes & write 'key words' from of the chat with whoever we're interviewing. that becomes the post#sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@JohnAnealio Hey, nothing wrong with it :D #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Do you have any dream guests you have yet to book and are trying?#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
we record on Tuesday nights (wed for @sfsignal), I edit everything sunday (including I should be writing) for the following week#sffwrtcht

eruditeogre John Ginsberg-Steven 
You're very welcome, @atfmb! I echo @shadowflame1974's query, mostly 'cause I would LOVE a transcript of the Charlton/Enge show!#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
So @sfsignal hits every monday, functional nerds on tuesday, and Mur chooses when the 2 ISBW eps hit each week #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Speaking of which, Patrick @atfmb has to go record SFSignal right after so get your questions in. We have 15 minutes left. #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@eruditeogre @shadowflame1974 too much time to make a transcript; for me 1 min. = 10 min. of transcribing #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@charlesatan oh my goodness! that long? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@Jaleta_Clegg science fiction, fantasy, epic fantasy, urban fantasy etc and so on. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Definitely. I love to hear about creative processes. As anyone who's read my blog would see #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@eruditeogre @shadowflame1974 I know of exactly one podcast that does transcripts, & they're funded & come out 2 weeks later#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
Dream Guests: L.E. Modesitt was one of mine - had him on :) Uh, Jim Butcher would be nice, Brandon Sanderson, Tad Williams#sffwrtcht

sfsignal SF Signal (John D.) 
Here^2! [RT @BryanThomasS] If you guys have @jasonsanford on, you can just talk about his Interzone which was a great issue.#sffwrtcht #fb

shadowflame1974 Shadow 

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@charlesatan I used to transcribe for a living for History Channel TV shows. Have to have a fast typist & a good dict machine #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@shaunduke science fiction fantsy writers chat dear sir. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
actually, there is no @sfsignal recording tonight. so we're good :)#sffwrtcht

eruditeogre John Ginsberg-Steven 
@charlesatan Got it. Yeah, several hundred minutes of transcription does not sound like fun. Help us, technology! #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Oh, ok. Cool. #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@atfmb Come to Utah the end of May-Conduit sees LE Modesitt and Brandon Sanderson almost every year. #sffwrtcht

jolantru Joyce Chng (JDamask) 
Since I am more or less home, am reading #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
That transcript issue is one reason I did twitter chat instead of podcast, though I'm considering both #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
@Jaleta_Clegg I got to meet Modesitt here in Denver at a book singing & again at World Fantasy. Wonderful man. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Well, you guys do a great job. And you make it easy for them. #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@atfmb He's a complete gentleman. I love his vests. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio Martin is busy but a nice man. I imagine you could work that out #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I've sent emails to cory doctorow, neil gaiman & john scalzi trying to get them on the podcasts - no go! #sffwrtcht

Mjfrig Mike Frighetto 
@JohnAnealio @atfmb Have you guys had any TV type people on Functional Nerds? Is that something you'd like to do in 2011?#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@atfmb Surprises me about Scalzi. Hmmm #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
@atfmb I'm sure it is a time issue. :( #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
@Jaleta_Clegg I just talked with Gail Carriger about Lee's vests! :D like a uniform for him! #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@atfmb His trademark. He says all authors need something to wear at cons as a trademark. Larry Niven wears weird sweaters.#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
.@Mjfrig we haven't had tv people on functional nerds, but we did get Joseph Mallozzi from Stargate on @sfsignal #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
We're having Javier Grillo-Marxuach creator of middleman, former writer for LOST and more on the chat in Feb. #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
RT @BryanThomasS: We're having Javier Grillo-Marxuach creator of middleman, former writer for LOST and more on the chat in Feb.#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio I do. Let's talk later. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
@JohnAnealio we should ask Jeff about tv people sometime.#sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@atfmb @JohnAnealio Do you attend many cons? Are they good or bad for your podcast? #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Ok, so what do you guys see as the advantages of podcasting for both yourselves and your guests? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I think people like our podcast because @JohnAnealio & I have fun with it & we're fans of the folks we have on & that comes thru#sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
advantages are the friendships we have formed, the connections we have made - the community that has embraced us #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio I'm new to cons as well. I second that. #sffwrtcht

Merc_hyn_di A. Merc Rustad 
Enjoying tonight's #sffwrtcht, but alas, now off to bed.

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Do you think podcasting reaches a different audience chunk than say blogging or other formats? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I used to go to scifi cons years ago, but haven't recently. World Fantasy 2010 was my 1st in a decade & it was fantastic #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
RT @atfmb: I used to go to scifi cons years ago... World Fantasy 2010 was my 1st in a decade & it was fantastic #sffwrtcht It was!

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@JohnAnealio That's awesome. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
I think there is something about an interview that helps people connect with the author in a different, good way. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
oh - I hear constantly that both of our podcasts have the effect of ballooning out peoples to read lists. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
That's really great. And you guys are not only good hosts but great guests. Any final questions for the guys? #sffwrtcht

charlesatan Charles Tan 
@BryanThomasS @johnanealio @atfmb Also diff. experience (both interviewer/patron) hearing an interview vs. reading one #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@JohnAnealio @atfmb Thanks! Great to meet you guys. I'm an author and I'd love to be on your show sometime. #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
In case anyone doesn't know, give us the link to where to find you guys. #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@JohnAnealio Do you have a link to your podcast site? Can we subscribe through iTunes? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
@ohthatashley we're doing an interview! click the #sffwrtchthashtag and catch up! :)

eruditeogre John Ginsberg-Steven 
@atfmb Indeed! After I heard @BlakeCharlton on the podcast, & chatted with him a bit here on #sffwrtcht, I went & got SPELLWRIGHT right away

atfmb Patrick Hester 
linkage: www.functionalnerds.com there's an iTunes link there where you can subscribe. also, sfsignal.com for the other#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@eruditeogre Did you enjoy it? It's a great bok #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
And your blogs and John's music links? #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
linkage: also, I have a blog at www.atfmb.com where I talk about all things from my brain. #sffwrtcht

Jaleta_Clegg Jaleta Clegg 
@atfmb Thanks! Signing up now... #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@charlesatan @atfmb @JohnAnealio Definitely unique types of experiences. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
linkage 3: facebookcom/atfmb - dont spend loads of time there, but you're welcome to friend me.#sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
Thanks @atfmb and @JohnAnealio for joining us on #sffwrtcht. We appreciate it. Thanks to all the lurkers/participants as well! :)

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
@Jaleta_Clegg 's on next week to talk about her space opera novel, editing an anthology and more. #sffwrtcht

atfmb Patrick Hester 
thanks for hosting us @BryanThomasS & @shadowflame1974 - this was a lot of fun! #sffwrtcht

BryanThomasS Bryan Thomas Schmidt 
1/12 we have a book publicist, 1/19 Mike Resnick and 1/26 the editors of Ray Gun Revival #sffwrtcht

shadowflame1974 Shadow 
Thanks @atfmb @JohnAnealio for chatting with us tonight !#sffwrtcht

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
The #sffwrtcht transcript for tonight will be posted soon on @BryanThomasS blog

sffwrtcht SFF Writer Chat 
Great chat everyone! Have a great week! #sffwrtcht

Links are:

www.functionalnerds.com
www.atfmb.com
http://johnanealio.bandcamp.com/
www.sfsignal.com/

January on SFFWRTCHT
1/5 Author/Editor Jaleta Clegg
1/12 Publicist/Social Media Expert Marian Schembari
1/19 Mike Resnick, Author, editor, award winner
1/26 Editorial staff of Ray Gun Revival Ezine