Session Start: Sun Jun 27 17:36:12 1999
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[19:52] <DawnCapp> well... try to finish soon! :-)
<inyx> Hi Carol!
[19:52] <DawnCapp> Hey all
[19:52] <CarolROI> Hi all! I was afraid I wouldn't
make it.
[19:52] <Gypsy199> Hi
<inyx> #2 should be up (with fingers crossed) this
week - TAE and Mpala are beta in parts 1-3 and
Bonnie and I are putting the finishing touches on
part 4.
<inyx> Hi Gypsy
[19:53] <Gypsy199> Hi!! Whatz up?
<inyx> Just waiting for the chat to officially
start!
[19:54] <DawnCapp> not much - just hanging around
waiting for 5 pm and a certain someone to show
up :-)
[19:54] <Gypsy199> lol! That's why I'm here!! :)
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<inyx> hallo!
[19:54] <Gypsy199> Hi Storm!
[19:54] <Stormwolf2000> Made it
[19:55] <Stormwolf2000> Hi
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[19:55] <DawnCapp> Gypsy - are you saying you're
here for the chat or that you are, in your real
life, LRH Balzer *grin*
[19:55] <DawnCapp> Hey, Iris!
[19:55] <Gypsy199> LOL!! Here for the chat!!
[19:55] <IrisWilde> Hey there! I actually figured
it out.
<inyx> Hi Iris!
[19:56] <DawnCapp> whew!
[19:56] <Gypsy199> Hi Iris!!
[19:56] <Stormwolf2000> Figured what out
[19:56] <DawnCapp> way to go Iris!
[19:56] <Stormwolf2000> Hi Iris
[19:56] <IrisWilde> How to get here.<g> I'm
techno. challenged
[19:56] <DawnCapp> I think that definitely
qualifies you for MENSA. TalkCity sure can be a
challenge
[19:56] <IrisWilde> LOL
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[19:57] <Gypsy199> Hi Lisarose!!
[19:57] <Stormwolf2000> I lucked out I saved the
direct link Dawn sent over the mailing lists
[19:57] <IrisWilde> Hi inyx, Gypsy, Stormwolf...et
al. <g>
[19:57] <Lisarose10> that's how I got here too.
Hello!
[19:57] <Stormwolf2000> <sits down on haunches>
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[19:57] <Stormwolf2000> Hi Lisa
[19:57] <Gypsy199> Hi read it at CL and had a
TalkCity account so here I am!!
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[19:58] <Stormwolf2000> I am so glad I am finally
off a Sunday so I can be here
[19:58] <sirizzy> Hi, everyone It's Izzy.
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[19:58] <Stormwolf2000> :hates RL
[19:58] <Stormwolf2000> Hi Izzy
[19:58] <sirizzy> Hi, backatcha!
[19:59] <Gypsy199> I gots homework to do I still
didn't mow the lawn. <g>
[19:59] <Stormwolf2000> LOL
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[19:59] <Stormwolf2000> Homework! Ive forgotten
what that's like
[19:59] <Stormwolf2000> I hire someone to mow my
lawn
<inyx> I haven't I've got a Saturday morning class
- and I've got 3 chapters to read!
[20:00] <sirizzy> Homework I could do. Housework I
wanna forget forever!
[20:00] <Stormwolf2000> wants to go back to college
but doesn't have the time
[20:00] <DawnCapp> Housework? What's that? <g>
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[20:00] <Stormwolf2000> Here here Izzy!
[20:00] <DawnCapp> Lois!
[20:00] <guest-lrhb> Hi!
<inyx> hello
[20:00] <Gypsy199> Hi!
[20:00] <DawnCapp> Whew. You made it :-)
[20:00] <Stormwolf2000> After I get out of here Im
going to go read Wellspring
[20:01] <sirizzy> Hi, Lois!
[20:01] <IrisWilde> Welcome Lois!
[20:01] <guest-lrhb> Sorry I'm late! Just got home!
[20:01] <DawnCapp> No problem :-)
[20:01] <sirizzy> Right on time by my watch. Do I
have to reset it?
[20:01] <DawnCapp> So now we can "officially" start
our chat - LRH Balzer is the guest (like you
didn't know that)
[20:01] <Stormwolf2000> lol
[20:02] <guest-lrhb> Just one request -- can we
keep the questions to my fanfic, stories, etc.
[20:02] <DawnCapp> Sure thing.
[20:02] <DawnCapp> Author makes rules 100% :-)
[20:02] <guest-lrhb> Thanks
[20:02] <IrisWilde> Lois, first let me say that I
admire and enjoy your work! Where do you get
your ideas from?
[20:03] <guest-lrhb> Life, the universe, etc. Good
sermons, chats with friends, news broadcasts...
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[20:04] <guest-lrhb> That's a big question, Iris!
[20:04] <IrisWilde> In other words....from
everywhere. <g>
<inyx> What is your favourite story?
[20:04] <guest-lrhb> Of mine or someone elses?
[20:04] <kimheggen> hey, gang! sorry I'm late!
<inyx> both if you'll answer it
[20:04] <Stormwolf2000> What are you working on
right now. Anything montrously good?
[20:04] <sirizzy> 'No Center Line" was a complete
departure from the other things you've written
that I've read, both as to length and content.
Was it that major a change in your writing for
you, or have I missed other works that are not
on the net?
[20:04] <DawnCapp> Hi Kim
[20:05] <guest-lrhb> Give me a sec to answer
these...
[20:05] <DawnCapp> Okay (jeopardy theme song) LOL
[20:05] <guest-lrhb> First, my favorite story of
mine... the one I'm working on <G>
[20:05] <sirizzy> Oh, Dawn, I thought you were
going to do the "tick-tick-tick" thing! LOL.
[20:05] <guest-lrhb> My favorite story of someone
else's... Hmmm There's so many to choose.
I
like
[20:06] <guest-lrhb> Martha's stories, as evidenced
by inclusion in my Knitted Souls zines. I also
like
[20:07] <guest-lrhb> Holly Lyn's "Companion to our
Demons". I honestly don't get to read many of
the
[20:07] <guest-lrhb> stories out there. I have a
stack about four feet high of printed Sentinel
stories I haven't
[20:07] <guest-lrhb> read yet!!!
<inyx> ;-) That I can understand
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[20:07] <imbrillig> Hi. First time chatter here.
Interesting process. So, will TS by BS
influence your writing?
[20:07] <Myrna1_2_3> How wonderful to have a bunch
of undiscovered fic though!
[20:08] <Stormwolf2000> Yeah, really!
[20:08] <sirizzy> Sorta like Christmas every day of
the year!
[20:08] <anonymeek> Hi Lois! A little late, but I
made it. Give me a sec and I'll think up a few
awkward questions....
[20:08] <kimheggen> how wonderful to have the
self-control not to spend all of your time
reading TS fanfic
[20:08] <Stormwolf2000> Hi anomymeek
[20:08] <guest-lrhb> Will TS by BS influence my
writing? Well, I'm still in the process of <hi,
Claire> writing
[20:08] <DawnCapp> LOL. For the newcomers all
questions should stick to LRH's fanfic, stories,
etc
[20:09] <guest-lrhb> stories in between Sentinel,
Too and Murder 101. I'll get to the end of
season four eventually.
[20:11] <guest-lrhb> Sorry about this... This is
only my second chat (the first was last week!!)
[20:11] <Stormwolf2000> This is my first
[20:11] <kimheggen> I love the whole "15 minutes"
concept. How'd you come up with that? or do you
remember?
[20:11] <imbrillig> Gee. I hope not. Your Jim is a
much more emotionally secure individual that the
4th season end Jim.
[20:12] <kimheggen> yeah, but Lois'll *fix* the 4th
season Jim!
[20:12] <guest-lrhb> 15 Minutes? Oh, yes, it's a
long story that I put in my interview on Cascade
Library. It is something that was done to *me*
that helped, and I knew it would help Blair.
[20:12] <Stormwolf2000> If anyone can it will be
Lois
[20:12] <kimheggen> ah, personal experience strikes
again.
[20:12] <guest-lrhb> Thanks for the pressure,
guys...
<inyx> I look forward to reading those stories....
[20:13] <IrisWilde> If you could choose one of your
stories to be made into an episode/TS-movie,
which would you choose...and why?
[20:13] <Stormwolf2000> What are you working on
right now? Or did you already answer that?
[20:13] <Myrna1_2_3> Speaking of pressure, or maybe
just breathless anticipation, any idea when we
can expect And Dream that I am Home Again? ;-)
[20:14] <guest-lrhb> The stories I'm doing now are
written for fanfic. I've done a TS script which
has a totally different feel about it.
[20:14] <debbield> Lois, the first story I read by
you was River's Edge, and I quickly devoured the
rest of them. I love the way you tie them
together in little ways, like the 15 minutes
thing. And I loved the way Double Room tied
together two of your stories while also bringing
in Prisoner X. Is that difficult for you to do?
[20:14] <guest-lrhb> When I'm done here, I'll put
up the first wee bit of "And Dream" for you.
Offer ends at midnight, then I'm taking it down
again.
[20:14] <Myrna1_2_3> Wheeee!!!
[20:14] <DawnCapp> Is that midnight pacific or
eastern :-)
[20:15] <anonymeek> You tease, you!
<inyx> need the url....
[20:15] <imbrillig> A script??!! Where???
[20:15] <kimheggen> ooh, a sneak preview! goody!
[20:15] <Stormwolf2000> Cool!
[20:15] <sirizzy> What an inducement to let her go
early!
[20:15] <Gypsy199> Hi Lois, I really enjoyed
reading 'No Center Line' and I was wondering if
there are going to be anymore x-overs?
[20:15] <guest-lrhb> No, I write in one universe,
so all my stories are interconnected with the
episodes. I worry sometimes that people will
read a story like NCL and not "get" what's
happening if they haven
[20:15] <guest-lrhb> haven't read the others. Has
anyone read them out of order? Did you have a
problem?
[20:15] <debbield> It's a good thing you are
waiting until after the chat to do that or you
would lose most of us who would leave to read!
[20:16] <Stormwolf2000> Is guilty of reading them
out of order...so sue me
[20:16] <guest-lrhb> Hi Gypsy. Crossovers... Uh,
"And Dream..." has Evan and Harvey. That's the
only one I have right now.
[20:16] <CarolROI> I am guilty of that too.
[20:16] <sirizzy> Nope, I read everything in order.
No problem. But as I said, it seemed a major
change to me.
[20:17] <guest-lrhb> So, did you have a problem
with the 15 Minutes thing if you didn't read
"River's Edge" where the concept was introduced?
[20:17] <debbield> I read River's Edge first, but
then found the rest of your stories and read
them in order.
[20:17] <Stormwolf2000> I read NCL first
[20:18] <guest-lrhb> As for a change in writing for
NCL, what did you notice? Just curious. I
hope
it's just because I'm growing as a writer!
[20:18] <sirizzy> Length first of all. I think in
novel-length terms myself, and it's a totally
different mindset for me from short work.
[20:19] <sirizzy> The tension has to be kept up in
a different way, the pacing has to stand the
test of reading over and over again, if you're
posting in segments.
[20:19] <guest-lrhb> Ah, length. Well, I *usually*
do novels in other fandoms, as they are
published in stand-alone zines. Sentinel
writing is my first "on-line" writing, and I
wrote short stories because of the "Challenges."
[20:19] <sirizzy> As to subject, the NCL topic was
as dark as anything I've ever seen you write.
[20:20] <Stormwolf2000> Too true, if you post in
sections you had better keep it interesting
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[20:20] <guest-lrhb> Dark? You haven't read my
UNCLE stuff <g> or my ST:Tos novels... <g>
[20:20] <Stormwolf2000> Loves dark stories...which
is why I loved CEnter Line even though Im not
into Blair owies
[20:20] <guest-lrhb> Sentinel is my "light" writing!
[20:21] <Lori_S^^> hi everyone, hi lois!
[20:21] <Stormwolf2000> LOL
[20:21] <sirizzy> No, I barely have time for TS. I
have to clone myself to read in any other
universes!
[20:21] <guest-lrhb> I honestly write more than I
read. I write professionally as well, so trying
to have time to do everything and keep a
fulltime job, can be draining.
[20:22] <Stormwolf2000> Im with Izzy
[20:22] <imbrillig> Are all your TS stories online
or are there more OUT THERE somewhere?
[20:22] <guest-lrhb> All my current TS stories are
out there... Well except for the sequel to
"Roasting By the Fire".
[20:22] <sirizzy> Yes, the "lightness" of the
Sentinel stuff comes through, not that the
topics are less meaningful, but that the essence
of the work is filled with light.
[20:23] <anonymeek> I know you've done research to
set you're Man From Uncle stories in the North
and other worldly places. Any plans to send the
Sentinel guys to exotic places in the future?
[20:23] <DawnCapp> Shelley is having problems
getting in but wants to ask the following
questions....
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[20:23] <DawnCapp> Why did you decide to use the
"fifteen minutes" with Blair and if she plans to
use it in future stories?
[20:23] <DawnCapp> Do you plan to continue you
Christmas story from last year?
[20:24] <guest-lrhb> Good question, anonymeek... I
have no idea <g> At this point, I've got
them
in Cascade. WHo knows what the future holds?
<only the shadow knows...>
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[20:24] <imbrillig> OK. Where's the sequel to
roasting by the fire? Manic fanfic reader
apologizes for intensity.
[20:24] <sirizzy> One thing that I wondered about
when I saw Waiting Room was the tossed off bit
about Blair feeding Jim a mixture with
hallucinogenic properties. How did it strike
you, Lois? It seemed extraordinarily out of
character to me.
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[20:24] <guest-lrhb> Fifteen Minutes... It's shown
up in "River's Edge" and several other stories
like "Silver and Gold" and "Double Room"
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[20:25] <guest-lrhb> A reverse of 15 minutes is in
"And Dream..."
[20:26] <guest-lrhb> Sequel to Roasting by the Fire
is "Toasting in the Hot Tub". I wrote it out of
order and realized that other stories needed to
be finished first.
[20:26] <Stormwolf2000> +Jeez, I guess I m going to
have to go back and read your again. I read too
many stories and they all start to blend
together!
[20:26] <kimheggen> A reverse! OOOHH! (wipes drool)
[20:26] <debbield> I've been hoping for that!
[20:26] <imbrillig> Ooops. Where can I find
Toasting in the Hot Tub?
[20:26] <sirizzy> Blair holds Jim through a
meltdown? Works for me! Is that what you're
putting up tonight? (Hint, hint!)
[20:27] <guest-lrhb> About Waiting Room, I haven't
thought of that yet. "And Dream" has to do with
the emotional baggage of NCL and Sentinel, Too,
especially the jaguar/wolf merge.
[20:27] <Stormwolf2000> Loves H/C were Jim is on
the hurt end, and being comforted by Blair
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[20:28] <sirizzy> What's your take on the
jaguar/wolf merge? Or should we wait until
you've put the story out?
[20:28] <Stormwolf2000> Sounds good can't wait to
read your snippet
[20:28] <SKnepley> I amde !!!
[20:28] <guest-lrhb> Sorry, "Toasting" won't be up
until probably *this* Christmas... I have about
5 stories before that... :-(
[20:28] <SKnepley> What did I miss
[20:28] <Stormwolf2000> Lalalalalalalala(Missed the
first half hour of Sentinel Too part 2)
[20:28] <DawnCapp> Hey you made it!
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[20:29] <anonymeek> Did you find writing in script
format expanded your understanding of story
structure in general?
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[20:29] <guest-lrhb> As for the jaguar/wolf merge,
I have come up with my idea of what that
signified, and acted it out in NCL... Now I have
to have the guys figure it out. (and the
readers, too, I guess). When I finish the
story, you can let me know if you got what I was
trying to say, okay?)
[20:29] <SKnepley> OK now what have I missed?
[20:29] <DawnCapp> LOL. You made it again, Shelley
:-)
[20:29] <SKnepley> I made it finally!
[20:30] <sirizzy> Sure, of course. Now I have to
go back and read NCL for the twenty-fourth time,
of course . . .
[20:30] <Stormwolf2000> Richard BUrgi doing a strip
tease. You missed it!
<inyx> I look forward to reading it
<inyx> now that would be a tease....
[20:30] <SKnepley> Man, he always does that when I
'm not around
[20:30] <kimheggen> Stormwolf, stop teasing Shelley!
[20:30] <Stormwolf2000> <whine pathetically,
placing muzzle on paws)
[20:31] <guest-lrhb> Scripts? A total different
way of writing ... and for a totally different
audience. A script is fashioned for a broad
spectrum of viewers, so there's something for
everyone. I enjoyed the scripts I worked on.
[20:31] <SKnepley> It's OK <give Stormwolf some
s'mores>
[20:31] <sirizzy> Do you admit to the scripts for
TS by name? Or do you prefer anonymity there?
[20:31] <Stormwolf2000> <wags tail at offer)
[20:32] <guest-lrhb> I write under a different name
and with a co-writer. It shows as one name.
[20:32] <anonymeek> Have you ever collaborated with
other writers? Did you find these experiences
enlightening or frustrating?
[20:32] <kimheggen> Do you have a way of dealing
with writer's block?
[20:33] <sirizzy> But script-writing is different
also because you expect the physical nuances to
be added by the actors. You don't write that
stuff yourself.
[20:33] <Stormwolf2000> Found agreat way to get rid
of writer's block...get a little alcohol, but
don't get drunk. LoL
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[20:34] <sirizzy> I'd be willing to bet that
writer's block is one of the last problem's you
have to face. Lack of time to tell the stories
cramming your brain has to be the first.
[20:34] <Stormwolf2000> What kind of research do
you do? What kind of research material do you
use(besides the eps)
[20:35] <guest-lrhb> Back to scripts... Okay, I am
doing a pilot script now, and I notice the
difference between being able to picture what RB
and GM would do or say or how the feeling would
be interpretted, but with a pilot (as yet
uncast) I have to be very clear what I'm saying
and how I envision it appearing.
[20:35] <kimheggen> alcohol doesn't help. Caffeine,
though...and sleep deprivation.
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[20:36] <sirizzy> Oh, yeah. The characterization
is entirely yours to create. Scary or
stupendously satisfying?
[20:36] <Stormwolf2000> Alcohol helped me get past
a bit of writer's block. Go figure, I usually
don't drink
[20:36] <SKnepley> Do your stories come fully
formed in your mind, or are you as surprised
where a story gos as your readers?
[20:37] <guest-lrhb> Cramming my brain... good way
of putting it. I find I get almost "dazed"
after a while if I haven't had time to get the
stories out of my brain. They just jangle
around and cause problems. I admit to feeling
guilty often for writing fanfic when I am
supposed to be getting other writing done. But
I just *have* to! (Much to the confusion of my
male co-writer.)
[20:37] <sirizzy> Do you have a director lined up
for your pilot? Do you know what s/he is
looking for in the characters?
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[20:38] <guest-lrhb> Research.... Well, I'm a
stickler for research. Every story has
research, from me physically driving to
Bainbridge Island for NCL, the internet snuff
film trade, selling humans to the highest
bidder, treatment of rape victims, etc.
[20:39] <sirizzy> Heavy duty stuff. Very draining
emotionally.
[20:39] <guest-lrhb> Stories come fully formed. I
usually write the ending first, so I know where
I'm heading. I also usually write "all over"
and then join the bits. Doing NCL from "front
to back" was a new experience for me.
[20:40] <SKnepley> I think my favorite story by you
is Some are Silver. . . Where did this story
come from? Anything in particular?
[20:40] <guest-lrhb> As for surprises in stories...
Yes, they'll often take off on their own, or
something unusual will pop up that makes you
look at the screen and say "where did that come
from???"
[20:41] <anonymeek> "Where did that come from???"
Wonderful brain. Wonderful brain.
[20:41] <sirizzy> So in your other long work do you
plot till you drop? Chapterize everything, find
your points of crisis for cliff-hanger endings
on segments, etc.? Which was of writing
succeeds better for you?
[20:41] <guest-lrhb> Silver and Gold... Well, I
lived in a government Safe House for two years
(as a worker) and I tangled pieces of a
situation with one of our clients with Blair....
[20:41] <sirizzy> Sorry, that was "way".
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[20:42] <kimheggen> too sleep deprived to follow
this...gotta go.
[20:42] <Stormwolf2000> bye kim
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[20:43] <SKnepley> bye KIm
[20:43] <sirizzy> Bye, Kim. sorry to see you go.
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[20:45] <Stormwolf2000> I gotta go too. Gotta hunt
up something for dinner before I starve. Haven't
eaten all day/
[20:45] <DawnCapp> goodness, woman, go eat!
[20:45] <IrisWilde> Lois, if we should be blessed
enough with a 5th season from Sci-Fi, in what
direction do ou think the show will head?
[20:45] <guest-lrhb> Bye! Thanks for dropping in!
[20:45] <SKnepley> what cyber s'mores aren't
filling :) Good Night!
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[20:45] <sirizzy> Bye, Stormwolf!
[20:45] <Stormwolf2000> bye
<inyx> night
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[20:46] <guest-lrhb> Season 5... What direction
*would* it go, or what direction would I *like*
it to go?
[20:46] <imbrillig84459> yes. both.
[20:46] <SKnepley> And to follow that one up, Will
you have Blair be a police officer in your
universe?
[20:46] <IrisWilde> Both <g>
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[20:47] <guest-lrhb> I read one story lately called
"The More things Change" and I liked how the
author handled it. In my fiction, I'd probably
follow the same idea. Blair is now Jim's
partner, his friend, and his shaman. A piece of
paper or a badge won't change anything.
[20:47] <SKnepley> oh, good!
[20:47] <SKnepley> I think I read that one, too
[20:48] <imbrillig84459> Perhaps. But it does limit
the character. And - how does a fraud become a
police officer?
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[20:48] <sirizzy> It may not change the relationship
, except to strengthen it by reassuring Jim, but
it does have RL implications for whether Blair
can ever accompany Jim in the field again.
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[20:49] <guest-lrhb> Let's get back to fanfic,
okay? I don't want to say anything I'm not
supposed to. <sheepish shrug>
[20:49] <imbrillig84459> I thought we were talking
fanfic?? How would you handle the fraud aspects?
[20:50] <DawnCapp> Lois, what do you like best
about writing a story - the beginning idea, the
actual writing, or finishing it?
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[20:51] <guest-lrhb> How will *I* handle it in my
fanfic.... Okay, that's different than how PF
would do it. I admit to not having planned any
post Season Four stories at this time. I'm
still working my way through Season four
stories. I hope to be able to write enough
*within* season four stories, to explain/whatever
what happened in the last episode (which I
loved).
[20:52] <sirizzy> Is it because of the depth of
research some of your work calls for that you
have found yourself writing in sections here and
there in NCL?
[20:52] <guest-lrhb> What i like best about
writing? Finishing the first complete draft,
(the bones) and then expanding on it. Adding
the fun touches, the jokes, etc.
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[20:52] <imbrillig84459> I think I harp on this
point because I don't see how it can be solved.
I can't suspend disbelief that much. sob.
[20:53] <SKnepley> see how what can be resolved?
[20:53] <SKnepley> Blair lying?
[20:54] <imbrillig84459> A high-profile admitted
fraud taking the stand in a court of law.
[20:54] <sirizzy> Um, the dissonance between the
end of TSbBS and what some of us know to be RL,
I think.
[20:54] <SKnepley> oh OK
[20:54] <imbrillig84459> Getting through the
background checks for police employment.
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[20:55] <CarolROI> Man, I kicked myself out
[20:55] <SKnepley> I hate it when that happens :)
[20:55] <sirizzy> ROTFLOL! I think I do that every
week, but I never know how to get back in!
[20:55] <guest-lrhb> I think something would have
to be worked out within the PD for Blair to
remain. In that he was issued a badge
(dependant on him getting his weapon certificatio
n), that meant that someone had spoken to the
upper levels of PD and something had been
arranged. More research, I suppose, is in
order, but this is a special situation that
would no doubt receive special consideration.
[20:56] <BSgal> Hi everyone! I just remembered
about the chat. <thumping myself in the head>
[20:56] <SKnepley> hey BSgal!
[20:56] <IrisWilde> Oh, good point!!
[20:56] <guest-lrhb> Hello...
[20:56] <sirizzy> Hi!
<inyx> especially in the light of his past
experience within the time of his association
with Major Crime....
[20:56] <sirizzy> So then the question is, who
knows what about whom?
[20:56] <guest-lrhb> I mean, how many Sentinels are
there? The PD would bend over backwards (sorry
slash fans...) to have one in their department.
[20:57] <SKnepley> That's what fanfic is for!
[20:57] <imbrillig84459> Nice. But public
perception is the real issue. And if Simon st al
had to do any more talking...well. You know the
old saying "three people can keep a secret if
two are dead.
<inyx> and if it's a package deal...
[20:57] <sirizzy> IOW: the PD knows Jim is a
Sentinel.
[20:57] <guest-lrhb> Yup.
<inyx> I could see them closing ranks to protect
him, and let him do his job
[20:58] <imbrillig84459> SO the whole issue of
Blair lying becomes moot because "the truth is
out there". snicker.
[20:58] <guest-lrhb> On a 'need to know' basis....
[20:58] <SKnepley> Wait, I think Mulder just got a
ticket to Washington!
[20:58] <sirizzy> Now consider this: if the public
doesn't know what the PD does, but they see
Blair become a cop, what is the public going to
think then? Read the National Enquirer lately?
LOLOLOL>
[20:59] <imbrillig84459> You got a point there
Sirizzy.
[20:59] <guest-lrhb> I think it will be a delight
tangle for season five to work on...
[20:59] <BSgal> Forgive me if I ask anything thats
already been covered. If the higher up's
(commish,etc) know about Jim aren't they going
to want to have more control in what he does and
when he does it?
[20:59] <guest-lrhb> Are you asking me? <g>
[20:59] <sirizzy> Oh, please, I'm just Izzy. The
fool chatroom won't let me in under that name
tho'.
[21:00] <CarolROI> But Jim has the upper hand. If
they don't play ball with him, he takes the ball
and goes home
[21:00] <SKnepley> I'd think he would get more of
the harder caes to crack, just from his solve
rate if nothing else
[21:00] <Gypsy199> Yeah, and what happens if
someone finds out(like another Brackett type)
and uses this knowlege for their own, personal
gain?
[21:00] <anonymeek> Just another day in the life...
[21:00] <guest-lrhb> So, does anyone what to know
what shampoo Blair uses now? Or why I don't
write slash? Or any other
[21:00] <imbrillig84459> Sour grapes I know. But I
like an anthropoligist in the PD. I think some
stories showing what Blair makes of the closed
society would be fascinating.
<inyx> at the same time - what he has done in the
past has worked - better than anything they could
come up with without him - if it ain't broke -
don't fix it
[21:00] <SKnepley> And how many criminals are going
to be out there seeing if they can beat the
might super-cop?
[21:00] <guest-lrhb> easy questions but not season
five?
[21:01] <BSgal> Yes Lois. I assume you'll go into
TSbyBS eventually in your story line?
[21:01] <sirizzy> Aren't Jim and Blair already
getting the toughest cases to crack? What's
tougher that Cascade's Major Crimes Dept.
doesn't handle?
[21:01] <imbrillig84459> yeah. Why don't you write
slash...thank you for not writing slash we don't
have enough gen fiction as is!!
[21:01] <guest-lrhb> I'm taking my time writing. I
haven't begun to deal with S2...
[21:02] <guest-lrhb> I write what i want to write.
This is how I see them. I believe these two
honestly, completely love each other. Sex is
not the only way to show love. That's often the
easy way out. I see the sentinel/guide
relationship as becoming more than that.
[21:02] <sirizzy> So what's keeping you? LOL
[21:03] <imbrillig84459> I think what I like most
about your writing is that you depict a
realistic emotional relationship between two men
that has a physical component that doesn't
descend into sex.
[21:03] <guest-lrhb> Hey, can I use that?
[21:04] <SKnepley> I loved the way you described
their relationship in River Edge. That's really
says it all.
[21:04] <sirizzy> Shoot, Lois, do you need quotes
for your presskit? We'll supply them on demand!
[21:04] <imbrillig84459> Be my guest> You showed it
first.
[21:04] <guest-lrhb> Did anyone see the cover of
NCL in zine form? I think that is Warren's way
of saying what I write about them.
[21:04] <imbrillig84459> Zine? Where? How to order?
[21:05] <guest-lrhb> The zine is at: http://home.is
tar.ca/~lrbalzer/obmzines.html
[21:05] <imbrillig84459> And how come I suddenly
have 84459 behind by addy?
[21:06] <guest-lrhb> Any last questions before I go? I have
6:30
dinner date. :-)
[21:06] <BSgal> Have you talked at all yet about your next story
after NCL? I'm wondering about the emotional aftermath.
Especially form Rafe's POW and maybe Henri's too. Could
be a
great Rafe and H story.
<inyx> Lois - is that site going to be where your sneak peak will
be offered tonight? (not the exact url though)
[21:06] <CarolROI> How come you're here twice imbrillig?
[21:07] <anonymeek> Have a good evening!
[21:07] <imbrillig84459> No idea.
[21:07] <SKnepley> she got kicked probably. I was listed three
different ways one week
[21:07] <IrisWilde> Lois, thanks for chatting. Also, I found
your
comments about the "bathtub" scenes very insightful!
[21:07] <Lisarose10> bye Lois!
[21:07] <guest-lrhb> Oh. THe site for tonight. http://home.istar.
ca/~lrbalzer/chat.html
<inyx> great!
[21:08] <DawnCapp> bye bye! Thanks lois!
[21:08] <Gypsy199> thanks Lois!!
[21:08] <guest-lrhb> Give me about ten minutes to put it up, okay?
[21:08] <sirizzy> Bye, Lois. Thanks for the time and the insight.
[21:08] <SKnepley> bye! Thaks for chatting Lois!
<inyx> Dawn - the log will be on it's way in a few minutes....
[21:08] <BSgal> bye lois
[21:08] <Emannep> Thank you, Lois!
<inyx> Thanks Lois!
[21:08] <guest-lrhb> Thanks for the questions and your patience!!!
[21:08] <DawnCapp> okay, graywulf
[21:08] <Gypsy199> Have fun tonight Lois!!
[21:08] <guest-lrhb> We will ;-)
[21:08] <anonymeek> G'night.
[21:08] <imbrillig84459> Agggh. Bathtub scenes? That's what
happened when my screen went dark and I gained a number?
Somebody tell me this will be posted somewhere?
[21:09] <DawnCapp> yes, there will be a transcript accessible off
the chat page
[21:09] <IrisWilde> LOL! No, that was on the Senfic list.
<inyx> it will - once I leave - the transcript will be sent to
Dawn - she'll post it!
[21:09] <imbrillig84459> Muchos gracias.
[21:09] <IrisWilde> Bye all! Have a good evening!
<inyx> night Iris
[21:10] <SKnepley> bye Iris
[21:10] <sirizzy> Bye, Iris.
[21:10] <Gypsy199> night iris!!
[21:10] <DawnCapp> bye
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[21:10] <imbrillig84459> Ciao, all.
<inyx> Night imbirllig
[21:10] <SKnepley> Dawn, next week is the Fourth. Are we having
a
chat that night?
[21:10] <sirizzy> Godd night!
[21:10] <DawnCapp> no, no chat on the 4th of July
[21:11] <debbield> Thanks, Lois! Bye everyone!
[21:11] <SKnepley> bye imbrillig! Don'y forget your twin <g>
<inyx> (thanks - I'd forgotten that - and I'm at Nightowl's
Relaxacon then....
[21:11] <DawnCapp> Yes, Lois, you've been great tonight! Thanks!
[21:11] <sirizzy> Is it my imagination or is everyone clearing out
fast so they can get to Lois' preview?
[21:11] <DawnCapp> LOL.
[21:11] <guest-lrhb> Okay, I'm back. It'll go up in a few
minutes. No archiving please!!! THis is like *such*
a rough
draft...
[21:11] <BSgal> Where's the preview?
[21:11] <SKnepley> where is this preview, and what is it a preview
of?
[21:11] <DawnCapp> I can't wait to read it myself...
[21:12] <debbield> Me neither!
[21:12] <SKnepley> thi is what happens when we're late BSgal!
[21:12] <sirizzy> Lois, if you have too many hits in too short a
time, do we crash your computer?
[21:12] <DawnCapp> http://home.istar.ca/~lrbalzer/chat.html
[21:12] <BSgal> I guess <grin>
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[21:12] <DawnCapp> that will be the sneak preview URL
<inyx> I'm going to get going - and I'll see you in two weeks then!
[21:13] <SKnepley> bye inyx
[21:13] <sirizzy> Bye, Graywulf!
Session Close: Sun Jun 27 21:13:33 1999