Transcript for July 24, 2010 – Definitions & Downside

We had a great first chat! It was very busy and the question/answer portions are a little tough to follow but it’s all there. (If I have time I will attempt to put just the direct questions to Stacia and answers by her in a separate post.) Without further ado, here is the transcript from our 1st chat today.
TOPIC: How do YOU define UF (in 140 characs or less)?
Including a special Q&A with Stacia Kane (@StaciaKane), author of the Downside Ghosts books being released back-to-back-to-back for June, July & August 2010. (Unholy Ghosts, Unholy Magic, City of Ghosts)

Note: I’m not sure why the times shown are wrong but the start time was 3pm PST/6pm EST.

Note the 2nd: Yes – I exercised Moderator’s privilege and edited some of the non-UF focused comments toward the end. 🙂 – Gypsy

9:15 pm UF_Chat: Downside bks = Ghostbusters meets Escape From New York +punk rock s/track, black magic, drugs & a black 1969 Chevelle. Come discuss! #UFchat

9:30 pm inkgypsy: Going to go prep for #UFchat – very nervous and excited. Come say hi if you can. 🙂

9:31 pm AuthorWilliam: RT @UF_Chat: Urban fantasy writers & readers: The very 1st #UFchat starts in 30 mins! Topic: What’s YOUR definition of UF? + kick ass Q&A w @StaciaKane!

9:37 pm leapetra: looks like I will be at #ufchat

9:45 pm tadbo: RT @UF_Chat: Grab your coffee, your UF definitions & your Questions on Chess Putnam & Downside for @StaciaKane. #UFchat starts in 15 mins!

9:48 pm AuthorWilliam: @GargoylePhan 15 minutes still, I believe. #UFchat

9:49 pm jflamingo2: RT @UF_Chat: Urban fantasy writers & readers: The very 1st #UFchat starts in 30 mins! Topic: What’s YOUR definition of UF? + kick ass Q&A w @StaciaKane!

9:49 pm thedragongem: RT @UF_Chat: Go grab your coffee, your UF definitions & your Questions on Chess Putnam & Downside for @StaciaKane. #UFchat starts in 15 mins

9:49 pm leapetra: warning tweet stream about to be inundated with #ufchat

9:56 pm snowppl: RT @inkgypsy: Going to go prep for #UFchat – very nervous and excited. Come say hi if you can. 🙂

9:58 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @UF_Chat: Urban fantasy writers & readers: The very 1st #UFchat starts in 30 mins! Topic: What’s YOUR definition of UF? + kick ass Q&A w @StaciaKane!

9:59 pm HC_Palmquist: @inkgypsy Are we using regular Twitter or TweetChat for #UFchat? http://tweetchat.com/

9:59 pm DEcharacters: Looking forward to the different discussions on Urban Fantasy *counting down the seconds* lol #UFchat

10:00 pm jimnduncan: I’m sensing that it’s #ufchat time

10:01 pm UF_Chat: Aaand the 1st #UFchat is now open! Come join in! Use Tweetchat or whatever works for you. 🙂 #UFchat – why don’t we start by saying hi?

10:01 pm inkgypsy: Aaand the 1st #UFchat is now open! Come join in! Use Tweetchat or whatever works for you. 🙂 #UFchat – why don’t we start by saying hi?

10:02 pm LaylaMessner: Back from the lake. Just in time for #UFChat

10:02 pm tasmin21: Hello there! #UFChat

10:02 pm UF_Chat: Welcome everyone! I’m Gypsy – the moderator for #UFchat – don’t be shy. Chime in & let us know you’re here. 🙂 #UFchat

10:02 pm rixshep: @inkgypsy The1st #UFchat now open! Come join in! #UFchat – why don’t we start by saying hi? // Howdy!

10:03 pm GargoylePhan: Hi, I’m Nikki, writer of strange things, reader of same #UFchat

10:03 pm CameronHaleyUF: Hello, #UFchat

10:03 pm theworldamongus: @UF_Chat Hi hi 🙂 I’m Beth, and I’m an Urban Fantasy writer. #UFChat Looking forward to a great chat

10:03 pm UF_Chat: Welcome! We’ll jump into definitions in a minute or so. Everyone have coffee? #UFchat

10:03 pm HC_Palmquist: Hi, Gypsy. Thanks for setting all this up. #UFchat

10:03 pm snowppl: Are we all ready for #ufchat?

10:03 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @inkgypsy: Aaand the 1st #UFchat is now open! Come join in! Use Tweetchat or whatever works for you. 🙂 #UFchat – why don’t we start by saying hi?

10:03 pm UF_Chat: @CameronHaleyUF Welcome! #UFchat

10:03 pm AuthorWilliam: How exciting! the first #UFchat. Glad to be here and join the discussion. William, published indie author of epic fantasy adventure #ufchat

10:03 pm UF_Chat: @HC_Palmquist Welcome no worries! #UFchat

10:03 pm DEcharacters: Hello. I’m Dawn Embers (using my extra account for the chat). Usually have glbt main characters. new to UF #UFchat

10:03 pm valerievaldes: @UF_Chat Hello, Valerie here, forgot the hashtag… #UFchat

10:03 pm JordanDrew: Hey #UFchat ! 🙂

10:04 pm UF_Chat: @theworldamongus Hi! #UFchat

10:04 pm jimnduncan: no coffee. I have a slushie though. #ufchat

10:04 pm tadbo: Lurking in #ufchat, like I do everywhere else. Greetings.

10:04 pm UF_Chat: Gosh! So many people! Hi to you all! Let’s get started. #UFchat

10:04 pm UF_Chat: #UFchat TOPIC: How do YOU define UF (in 140 characs or less)? No ?right? answers but it will give an idea of how we all perceive the genre.

10:04 pm thedragongem: Funny leapetra I read about vampires and minstrels. #UFchat

10:04 pm CameronHaleyUF: Rum and diet…what’s coffee? #UFchat

10:04 pm StaciaKane: My fucking cable/internet just went out due to severe thunderstorms #UFChat

10:05 pm RindaElliott: @UF_Chat Hi! I write UF & am represented by Miriam Kriss . Can only hang here a few minutes. Glad to see my fav genre in a chat! #UFchat

10:05 pm LaylaMessner: Hi, Layla here – veteran reader and budding author of YA UF #UFChat #UFChat

10:05 pm jflamingo2: Hi, I’ll be lurking around #UFchat to see what they’ll be saying since I’m curious.

10:05 pm deborahblake: Hi! I’m Deborah. I write all sorts of things (5 pubbed NF with Llewellyn) but my agent is currently shopping my UF series #UFchat

10:05 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Oh no! Don’t worry – we got lots of discussing happening. Chime in when you can. #UFchat

10:05 pm StaciaKane: Am trying to see what I can do. Will update shortly. May go to free wi-fi place #UFChat

10:06 pm Jinxie_G: Hello all! #UFchat

10:06 pm UF_Chat: So what are people’s definitions of UF? In 140 characs or less. 😉 #UFchat

10:06 pm theworldamongus: @UF_Chat OOps meant to add #UFChat to my last tweet. And that its a paranormal story taking place mostly in rural areas. there much better

10:06 pm HoodedMan: I write fiction about the deeper reality, no genre, all or none #ufchat http://bit.ly/bgunkS

10:06 pm LaylaMessner: Fantasy story set in the modern world. #UFChat

10:07 pm UF_Chat: @jimnduncan Absolutely – regular day Sat – regular time 3pm PST/6pm EST – every week. This is the historic 1st one. 🙂 #UFchat

10:07 pm leapetra: Wondering if that is an orc working in Starbucks? my def. #ufchat

10:07 pm StaciaKane: Am on my way to BN, be on shortly. Sorry! #UFChat

10:07 pm rixshep: #UFchat – A1: To me, #UF is the intersection of fantasy worlds with our “real world” (tm/patent pending?). They can crossover & interact.

10:07 pm HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

10:07 pm UF_Chat: @leapetra He he – love it! #UFchat

10:07 pm GargoylePhan: I write crime/thrillers, sci-fi, & horror, but a UF gargoyles novel is marinating in my head, right now just images, someday words #UFchat

10:07 pm CarolynCrane: Hey! Happy to see this #UFChat @StaciaKane and Downside rocks! Look! she’s brought down the internetz.

10:07 pm tasmin21: A story set in a modern setting, with supernatural/paranormal elements. #UFChat

10:08 pm valerievaldes: @UF_Chat What Layla said… fantasy set in the modern world. A step into fantasy from magical realism, say. #UFchat

10:08 pm UF_Chat: Our guest author is locating some wi-fi & will be on for Q&A shortly. In meantime keep the definitions coming! #UFchat

10:08 pm UF_Chat: RT @CarolynCrane: Hey! Happy to see this #UFChat @StaciaKane and Downside rocks! Look! shes brought down the internetz. #UFchat

10:08 pm GargoylePhan: I guess it’s obvious from my name that I’m a big fan of gargoyles ;-] #UFchat

10:08 pm InvasiveNotes: RT @HoodedMan: I write fiction about the deeper reality, no genre, all or none #ufchat http://bit.ly/bgunkS

10:08 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: The intersection between the fantastic and the contemporary – ish. #UFchat

10:09 pm theworldamongus: I should also mention I write fantasy novels revolving around gods falling in love with demons. #ufchat

10:09 pm HoodedMan: @deborahblake I like that definition, since it’s exactly what I’m writing about. But what does UF stands for? Urban… ? #UFchat

10:09 pm leapetra: Looking around the city and noticing that no one looks up, and that gargoyle moved. Or is that me? #ufchat

10:09 pm jimnduncan: Curious how urban has translated to any modern setting. Would think it meant city. #ufchat

10:09 pm JordanDrew: I like this definition. 😉 RT @Ben_Aaronovitch: The intersection between the fantastic and the contemporary – ish. #UFchat

10:09 pm deborahblake: @HoodedMan urban fantasy #UFchat

10:10 pm CarolynCrane: So many great definitions! Ditto @rixshep @CameronHaleyUF, others. #UFchat

10:10 pm MarieIvarsson: RT @UF_Chat: Downside bks = Ghostbusters meets Escape From New York +punk rock s/track, black magic, drugs & a black 1969 Chevelle. Come discuss! #UFchat

10:10 pm GargoylePhan: My definition of UF … Supernatural and/or strange creatures in our modern world, I guess #UFchat

10:10 pm deborahblake: @jimnduncan Urban does mean city, but IMHO this definition now encompasses more & urban means “darker” #UFchat

10:10 pm tasmin21: Anymore, I think people see “urban” as a challenge. Like, what, you mean I can’t set it in some sleepy little town? #UFChat

10:10 pm snowppl: For me Urban Fantasy is fantasy in the presnt day setting. Magical realism is more ‘literary’ than UF #ufchat

10:11 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: @jimnduncan Not me, none of that rural stuff me. #ufchat

10:11 pm leapetra: City fantasy is different from country. having lived in both. City paranormal is more interesting. #ufchat

10:11 pm UF_Chat: @HoodedMan Urban fantasy. Primarily spec fiction set in urban location, usually modern day. #UFchat

10:11 pm JSterlingS: Urban Fantasy is this era’s answwer to Epic Fantasy. The world is smaller and more local, so we want our fantasy to be as well. #ufchat

10:11 pm AuthorWilliam: When I think of UF I think of the grit and vibration of the modern urban landscape crossed with the ancient feel of the fantastic #UFchat

10:11 pm deborahblake: @leapetra I live in the country and I beg to differ *bwah ha ha* #UFchat

10:11 pm leapetra: Any one can see a fairy ring in the country, but to find one in a city park? #ufchat

10:11 pm UF_Chat: @leapetra I think the city is to do with denser population – hiding is easier. #UFchat

10:12 pm jimnduncan: And how modern is modern? You set a paranormal story in 1950’s NYC, is it UF? #ufchat

10:12 pm UF_Chat: @AuthorWilliam Kind of modern mythic then? #UFchat

10:12 pm tasmin21: @jimnduncan Good question. At what point do you slip into “alternate history” instead? #UFChat

10:12 pm UF_Chat: @jimnduncan Do we then have to call it historical UF? This is where we start getting fuzzy… #UFchat

10:12 pm StaciaKane: @CarolynCrane Thass right. I crashed the internets with mah badass powerz. #UFChat

10:13 pm CarolynCrane: I’d add that UF is a vibrant, heavily evolving genre. A vortex of creativity. Psyched to be part of it. #UFchat

10:13 pm HoodedMan: @UF_Chat @deborahblake Of course, where is my mind today… thank you #UFchat

10:13 pm deborahblake: @jimnduncan I don’t think so. If it is set in 1950’s, it is something else. #UFchat

10:13 pm LaylaMessner: @AuthorWilliam I like that def. @JSterlingS Not sure I agree about the world being smaller. #UFChat

10:13 pm leapetra: Russian movie Night Watch and the books it’s based on are great examples of UF #ufchat

10:13 pm UF_Chat: @deborahblake Would love to hear the take on that! Altho rural fantasy doesn’t have as contemporary a ring.. #UFchat

10:13 pm AuthorWilliam: @UF_Chat For me, yes. Its the juxtaposition of the ancient and the now slammed so close together that pops for me. #UFchat

10:14 pm valerievaldes: @tasmin21 I’d say there can be alternate world urban fantasy, some of Kim Harrison’s books for example. #UFchat

10:14 pm HC_Palmquist: @StaciaKane That and the 1969 black Chevelle….*drools* #UFchat

10:14 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Is you here? Wee have a few minutes so you can catch your breath. Definitions all over! #UFchat

10:14 pm HoodedMan: I’ wouldn’t define my stories as anything, or any genre, but this is the closest I’ve come #UFchat

10:14 pm JSterlingS: @tasmin21 Alternate History is when you begin messing with the normal human timeline. #UFChat

10:14 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @AuthorWilliam: @UF_Chat For me, yes. Its the juxtaposition of the ancient and the now slammed so close together that pops for me. #UFchat

10:14 pm snowppl: Most of the US pop is urban, so even small towns can be considered for UF #ufchat

10:15 pm tasmin21: @valerievaldes That was one of the things I was thinking of. Ilona Andrews’ series, too. #UFChat

10:15 pm LaylaMessner: I think UF says, “what if there’s magic in the world?” Whereas ‘classic’ epic fantasy says, “what if there were a magical world?” #UFChat

10:15 pm deborahblake: @valerievaldes Kim Harrison’s books are still considered UF. Doesn’t have to be “exactly” our world. #UFchat

10:15 pm UF_Chat: . @JSterlingS stacia’s books (being discussed today) start changing history in the 1990’s. #UFchat

10:15 pm tadbo: RT @HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

10:15 pm JSterlingS: @LaylaMessner Twitter proves this world is smaller. The fact that all of us can easily talk is evidence. #UFChat

10:15 pm theworldamongus: RT@AuthorWilliam: @UF_Chat For me, yes. Its the juxtaposition of the ancient and the now slammed so close together that pops for me. #UFchat

10:15 pm UF_Chat: RT @LaylaMessner: think UF says, “what if magic in world?” Whereas classic epic fantasy says, “what if there were a magical world?” #UFchat

10:16 pm AuthorWilliam: RT @LaylaMessner: I think UF says, “what if there’s magic in the world?” Whereas ‘classic’ epic fantasy says, “what if there were a magical world?” #UFChat

10:16 pm CarolynCrane: @LaylaMessner Oh, right! Though, Illona Andrews screws that up a little. Hmm. #UFchat

10:16 pm deborahblake: My UF is set in a world mostly like ours, but with obvious differences and a few years ahead #UFchat

10:16 pm UF_Chat: @jimnduncan Agree – altho specifically so when not hidden. Who’s to say they’re just not known now? 😉 #UFchat

10:16 pm LaylaMessner: @JSterlingS Hmm, interesting point. Not sure I agree exactly, but won’t get off topic :). #UFChat

10:17 pm HoodedMan: I write about what i see as the real world, quite frankly, & what’s currently perceived as paranormal IS an integral part of that #UFchat

10:17 pm inkgypsy: RT @tadbo: RT @HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

10:17 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: The other question is whether the mascarade is intact #UFChat

10:17 pm rixshep: rt @LaylaMessner UF says, “what if magic in real world?” ‘Classic’ fantasy says, “what if there were a magical world?” #UFChat / Good pnt!

10:17 pm tasmin21: The thing is, no matter what definition you settle on, you’re gonna find popular exceptions to every rule. We’re a dynamic genre. #UFChat

10:18 pm leapetra: You don’t have to be hidden. Humans by nature are going to ignore things they don’t comprehend. #ufchat

10:18 pm salvationdancin: RT @LaylaMessner: I think UF says, “what if there’s magic in the world?” Whereas ‘classic’ epic fantasy says, “what if there were a magical world?” #UFChat

10:18 pm LaylaMessner: @AuthorWilliam I like that #UFChat

10:18 pm leapetra: Most humans anyway 🙂 #ufchat

10:19 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @tasmin21: The thing is, no matter what definition you settle on, you’re gonna find popular exceptions to every rule. We’re a dynamic genre. #UFChat

10:19 pm deborahblake: RT @tasmin21: The thing is, no matter what definition you settle on, youre gonna find exceptions to every rule. a dynamic genre. #UFchat

10:19 pm rixshep: #UFchat – Saberhagen’s “Empire of East/Swords” fantasy takes place in OUR world in far future, w/scientific explanation. So, does it count?

10:19 pm UF_Chat: RT @leaptra You don’t have to be hidden. Humans by nature are going to ignore things they don’t comprehend.– Good point! #UFchat

10:19 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: Also whether magic follows the laws of thermodynamics. #UFChat

10:20 pm UF_Chat: I love that UF is so flexible in this way – room for all tastes & variants while still obviously UF. #UFchat

10:20 pm LaylaMessner: I think UF also has the potential to be modern myth – bringing our “gods” (and other mythic creatures) home, as it were #UFChat

10:20 pm HoodedMan: @leapetra Humans today are ignoring a lot of the world, the Magick & the perceived paranormal. I just write about what i experience #UFchat

10:20 pm leapetra: @rixshep I think most UF now is considered to be “modern time” like 20 years past or present from now (my observation) #ufchat

10:20 pm UF_Chat: @Ben_Aaronovitch That’s a slightly difficult area – gets into alt history. #UFchat

10:20 pm deborahblake: @jimnduncan Most novels cross genres…thriller, fantasy, romance–which is the driving force for the plot and the characters? #UFchat

10:20 pm rixshep: rt @deborahblake @tasmin21: Thing is, no matter what def. you settle on, youre gonna find exceptions to every rule. a dynamic genre. #UFchat

10:20 pm CameronHaleyUF: It’s like porn — maybe you can’t define it, but you know it when you see it! #UFchat

10:20 pm JSterlingS: @rixshep Sounds almost like Sci-fan. #UFchat

10:21 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Be on momentarily. Arriving at BN. #UFChat

10:21 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: @LaylaMessner Good point. #UFChat

10:21 pm HC_Palmquist: @UF_Chat @NLGervasio & I were just discussing how UF really has no limits except for the amounts of graphic sex. #UFchat

10:21 pm tasmin21: *snerk* RT @CameronHaleyUF: Its like porn — maybe you cant define it, but you know it when you see it! #UFChat

10:21 pm LaylaMessner: Haha! RT @CameronHaleyUF: Its like porn — maybe you cant define it, but you know it when you see it! #UFChat

10:21 pm UF_Chat: @CameronHaleyUF LOL! Kind of yes! #UFchat

10:22 pm leapetra: @HoodedMan I understand. Grew up in a haunted house. most ppl will never understand what that is really like #ufchat

10:22 pm UF_Chat: We are in countdown till our Q&A with Stacia. Let me explain how it will work so we can start when she’s ready. #UFchat

10:22 pm marirandomities: Just saw the #ufchat on the stream and squeaked! Does this chat happen every Sunday? What’s today’s topic? Hope I’m not too late… #ufchat

10:22 pm UF_Chat: I?ll ask Stacia questions by # (to help track – I have a lot) but feel free to add own if relates! Open/random Q&A at end. ? #UFchat

10:23 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: @leapetra Damn those quantums. #ufchat

10:23 pm UF_Chat: @marirandomities Just started 20 mins ago. : Yes every week now. #UFchat

10:23 pm snowppl: Wow! Sex already? Lol #ufchat

10:23 pm HC_Palmquist: @marirandomities This is the first one! Welcome. We’re discussing the definition of UF and having Q&A with @StaciaKane! #UFchat

10:23 pm leapetra: @marirandomities What is UF and Q&A with an author; #ufchat

10:23 pm HoodedMan: Defining art in genres is inherently wrong. It’s just labeling again #UFchat

10:23 pm GargoylePhan: I’m not a big rule-follower, so I like kinda hazy genres where pretty much anything goes #UFchat

10:23 pm tasmin21: @JSterlingS And dear gods, if we try to decide if it’s PN or UF, we’ll be here till next doomsday. #UFChat

10:23 pm NLGervasio: @JSterlingS That’s exactly what we were saying. lol @HC_Palmquist #UFchat

10:24 pm deborahblake: @JSterlingS Actually, there is UF with graphic sex, too. Depends on whether or not the sex & romance are the “reason” for the story. #UFchat

10:24 pm UF_Chat: Absentee RT @Twilight2000 Teen (only reads UF) describes as “someone I can walk down the street & run into” -but with magic. #UFchat

10:24 pm jenn_benn: Re: urban vs. rural, maybe reviewer @paulgoatallen‘s use of “paranormal fantasy” is a more appropriate blanket term for the genre #UFChat

10:24 pm UF_Chat: @snowppl You knew it was going to happen. LOL #UFchat

10:24 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: If we’re having sex can I introduce nazis now cf: the Atrocity Archive. #UFChat

10:24 pm leapetra: @JSterlingS And dear gods, if we try to decide if its PN or UF, well be here till next doomsday. > Look at the book covers. 🙂 #ufchat

10:25 pm RedBalloonBooks: okay, so maybe it’s because it’s the end of the day at the end of the week, but I can’t figure out: what is #ufchat about?

10:25 pm UF_Chat: @deborahblake I think UF allows for graphic sex – not always a given but some ‘grit’ is expected. #UFchat

10:25 pm turnfeel33: Sorry, a little late. Questions ready to fire #UFchat

10:25 pm deborahblake: @UF_Chat Good definition, except she could run into me, and I’m *magic* 🙂 #UFchat

10:25 pm HC_Palmquist: @deborahblake Really? I didn’t know that. So @Jeaniene_Frost would be UF instead of Paranormal Romance? #UFchat

10:25 pm marirandomities: @HC_Palmquist Thanks for the welcome and info! Nice to meet you. 🙂 #ufchat

10:25 pm UF_Chat: @leapetra Hence why we need a weekly chat – so much variation & possibility. Don’t get started on YA versions! #UFchat

10:26 pm deborahblake: @HC_Palmquist I’m not sure–haven’t read her. But I think she’s usually located with either one. #UFchat

10:26 pm rixshep: @JSterlingS: @rixshep Sounds almost like Sci-fan. #UFchat / Is there distinct diff between urban and scifi fantasy? Blurry lines? #UFchat

10:26 pm yobyh: RT @editorialdept: re: far future w/ scientific explanation – “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – Arthur C Clarke #ufchat

10:26 pm LaylaMessner: Great discussion re: UF vs Paranormal Romance here – http://community.livejournal.com/fangs_fur_fey/476174.html #UFChat

10:27 pm InvasiveNotes: RT @HoodedMan: Defining art in genres is inherently wrong. It’s just labeling again #UFchat

10:27 pm HC_Palmquist: @UF_Chat Awesome idea!!! Thanks! #UFchat

10:27 pm StaciaKane: Okay, I’m here! Sheesh! Stupid weather! #UFChat

10:27 pm UF_Chat: @turnfeel33 Jump in. We’re waiting for our guest to be ready & definitions of UF rule. #UFchat

10:27 pm deborahblake: Truth is, much of the time UF and PR are very similar. Depends on who is doing the defining! #UFchat

10:27 pm HoodedMan: I write stories, not genres #UFchat

10:27 pm StaciaKane: Sorry everyone. #UFChat

10:27 pm snowppl: @UF_Chat I was warned! Haha sex should not be necessary for a story. If it doesn’t fit, bye bye! #ufchat

10:27 pm LaylaMessner: Yay, Stacia’s here! #UFChat

10:27 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: Isn’t it PNR=woman has back to camera. UF=woman faces camera on cover. #UFChat

10:27 pm HillaryJacques: Nature cannot stop @StaciaKane #UFchat

10:28 pm deborahblake: @StaciaKane Such dedication! Catch your breath 🙂 #UFchat

10:28 pm jimnduncan: I agree. Focus of the plot is likely what counts the most when determining genre/sub-genre. #ufchat

10:28 pm UF_Chat: @HoodedMan Agree – best to write stories not genres. But once written good to know where falls to help potential readers find you. #UFchat

10:28 pm editorialdept: HA! Sadly, accurate RT @Ben_Aaronovitch: Isnt it PNR=woman has back to camera. UF=woman faces camera on cover. #ufchat

10:29 pm StaciaKane: @tasmin21 Ha! Totally. The worst part is the storm had actually ended, then one last lightning/thunder right overhead fried the net. #UFChat

10:29 pm AuthorWilliam: RT @UF_Chat: @HoodedMan Agree – best to write stories not genres. But once written good to know where falls to help potential readers find you. #UFchat

10:29 pm UF_Chat: @jimnduncan Agree – that’s the whole F (‘fantasy’) part coming last thing. The spec part is most important. Place is 2ndary. #UFchat

10:29 pm JSterlingS: @rixshep Sci-fan tends to have high tech (laser rifles) along with magic (fireballs, demon summoners). While UF uses current tech. #UFchat

10:29 pm HillaryJacques: @Ben_Aaronovitch *haha* Isn’t it PNR=woman has back to camera. UF=woman faces camera on cover #UFChat

10:29 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Are you ready for questions? #UFchat

10:29 pm turnfeel33: Stacia good thing we all love you here *wink* #UFchat

10:30 pm JSterlingS: RT @HoodedMan: I write stories, not genres #UFchat

10:30 pm marirandomities: Oh yes. RT @editorialdept: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – Arthur C Clarke #ufchat

10:30 pm stevenwriter: RT @UF_Chat: @HoodedMan Agree – best to write stories not genres. But once written good to know where falls to help potential readers find you. #UFchat

10:31 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @Ben_Aaronovitch: Isn’t it PNR=woman has back to camera. UF=woman faces camera on cover. #UFChat

10:31 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat I am indeed ready! Finally caught my breath. 🙂 #UFChat

10:31 pm UF_Chat: Time to welcome our special guest author @StaciaKane! Please hold definition discussion till after now. ? #UFchat

10:31 pm deborahblake: We ALL write stories, not genres. But agents, editors & booksellers will classify anyway. #UFchat

10:32 pm UF_Chat: I?m delighted to welcome @StaciaKane, author of Downside series, as special guest for Q&A! Thx for taking questions today Stacia! #UFchat

10:32 pm UF_Chat: I?ll ask Stacia questions by # (to help track) but feel free to add own if relates! Open/random Q&A at end. ? #UFchat

10:32 pm HoodedMan: @UF_Chat Nah, that’s just the retailers with their “filing” problem… #UFchat

10:33 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @UF_Chat: I?m delighted to welcome @StaciaKane, author of Downside series, as special guest for Q&A! Thx for taking questions today Stacia! #UFchat

10:33 pm rixshep: @editorialdept In DnD rp, my char, a sorceror inventor says “Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguisable from technology!” #UFchat

10:33 pm GargoylePhan: Be back in a minute. Cat wants FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD #UFchat

10:33 pm theworldamongus: @uf_chat now youre talkin lol #ufchat

10:34 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Do you need me to put the @ to you at the head of the questions? or are you OK following #UFchat? #UFchat

10:34 pm marirandomities: @StaciaKane Hi there! Thanks for being here. 🙂 #ufchat

10:35 pm marirandomities: RT @UF_Chat: @HoodedMan Agree – best to write stories not genres. But once written good to know where falls #ufchat

10:35 pm UF_Chat: We may be waiting for stormy weather to cooperate here… #UFchat

10:36 pm marirandomities: RT @UF_Chat: I?m delighted to welcome @StaciaKane, author of Downside series, as special guest for Q&A! #ufchat

10:36 pm shilohwalker: @StaciaKane there’s a short story coming out, right? When? 🙂 #UFChat

10:36 pm UF_Chat: They’re currently being released back-to-back-to-back (June, July, Aug) – 3rd coming out in just a few days! #UFchat

10:36 pm CameronHaleyUF: Am I the only one who *likes* writing genre stories? I enjoy working with and twisting the conventions. *shrug* #UFchat

10:36 pm yobyh: RT @tadbo: RT @HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

10:37 pm StaciaKane: Sorry forgot the tag! Interview re UF/PNR differences:http://bit.ly/aqVz1E #UFChat

10:37 pm DEcharacters: @CameronHaleyUF I enjoy discovering genres, and doing the writing knowing where the stories fit #UFchat

10:37 pm yobyh: RT @snowppl: Most of the US pop is urban, so even small towns can be considered for UF #ufchat

10:37 pm rixshep: rt @marirandomities @StaciaKane Hi there! Thanks for being here. 🙂 #ufchat // Indeed! Welcome!

10:38 pm yobyh: RT @snowppl: For me Urban Fantasy is fantasy in the presnt day setting. Magical realism is more ‘literary’ than UF #ufchat

10:38 pm UF_Chat: . @StaciaKane‘s book features addict ghost debunker Chess Putnam & the trouble she’s pulled into by Downside (& real ghosts too). #UFchat

10:38 pm marirandomities: Urban fantasy vs. paranormal romance: RT @StaciaKane: Interview re UF/PNR differences:http://bit.ly/aqVz1E #ufchat

10:38 pm ellejohara: I’ve always liked the idea of magic in stories but I never liked the idea that it always had to be in a “Dungeons and Dragons” world #ufchat

10:38 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane You OK using the tag? The 1st question is up. I can re-? if you like – -do you need the @ to you? #UFchat

10:38 pm rixshep: rt @CameronHaleyUF Am I only one who *likes* writing genre stories? Enjoy working w/and twisting conventions. #UFchat / You are NOT alone!

10:39 pm UF_Chat: RT @StaciaKane: Sorry forgot the tag! Interview re UF/PNR differences:http://bit.ly/aqVz1E #UFchat

10:39 pm Maria_Savva: RT @deborahblake: We ALL write stories, not genres. But agents, editors & booksellers will classify anyway. #UFchat

10:39 pm yobyh: RT @snowppl: Are we all ready for #ufchat?

10:39 pm jimnduncan: What’s the groundbreaking reference about regarding the Downside books? (curious, not saying they aren’t) #ufchat

10:39 pm StaciaKane: @shilohwalker 🙂 There is a Downside short story coming out, yes, but I don’t have a release date for the antho yet. #UFChat

10:40 pm deborahblake: @jimnduncan I was going to ask the same thing! #UFchat

10:40 pm StaciaKane: @CameronHaleyUF No, you’re not. I like to write genre stories; it gives me conventions to play with/ignore/pervert. #UFChat

10:40 pm ellejohara: And when I read @neilhimself‘s “Neverwhere”, I knew that magic and the gritty urban world were compatible. #ufchat

10:40 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q1: What draws you to UF as a writer? #UFchat

10:40 pm psynde: @StaciaKane how did music play a part in the Downside Series? #UFchat

10:41 pm StaciaKane: I *want* to write urban fantasy. Ijust want to write it in my own style, my own way, with the things I think are awesome & whatever. #UFChat

10:41 pm UF_Chat: @jimnduncan The premise has been called audacious – getting rid of religion, having drug addict as MC, use of unique vernacular. #UFchat

10:41 pm AlizaMannAuthor: PNR means the girl gets the Guy. UF means couple may end apart. Romance has 2b happily ever after. #UFCHAT

10:41 pm MindyRuiz: Attn UF writers –> RT @HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

10:41 pm ellejohara: Now I write and draw a web comic that I consider to be urban fantasy. #ufchat

10:42 pm yobyh: RT @leapetra: RT @HoodedMan: I write stories, not genres #ufchat

10:42 pm HoodedMan: @deborahblake I use the term “general fiction” for my books just to avoid classifying them. Let the retailers suffer… #UFchat

10:42 pm yobyh: RT @StaciaKane: I *want* to write urban fantasy. Ijust want to write it in my own style, my own way, with the things I think are awesome & whatever. #UFChat

10:42 pm marirandomities: @leapetra Sorry you have to go! Glad to have met you here. 🙂 #ufchat

10:42 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q2: You said ghosts are ur preferred UF ‘creatures’ & series has plenty. Why ghosts and why ?dark? ghosts in particular? #UFchat

10:42 pm LaylaMessner: RT @StaciaKane: I *want* to write UF. I just want to write it in my own style, my own way, with the things I think are awesome… #UFChat

10:42 pm StaciaKane: @deborahblake @jimnduncan That’s a question you’d have to ask people who’ve read them I guess. #UFChat

10:43 pm shilohwalker: #UFChat genre tags aren’t a bad thing- they help readers find books. We want that. I wouldn’t look upon it as a constraint

10:43 pm buffysquirrel: RT @StaciaKane: I *want* to write urban fantasy. Ijust want to write it in my own style, my own way, with the things I think are awesome & whatever. #UFChat

10:43 pm deborahblake: RT @shilohwalker: genre tags arent a bad thing- they help readers find books. We want that. I wouldnt look upon it as a constraint #UFchat

10:44 pm shilohwalker: @StaciaKane well shoot. #UFChat

10:44 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @shilohwalker: #UFChat genre tags aren’t a bad thing- they help readers find books. We want that. I wouldn’t look upon it as a constraint

10:44 pm StaciaKane: @AlizaMannAuthor PNR the book is *about* the romance, & plot spins from it. UF plot is *about* whatever, & romance may come from it. #UFChat

10:44 pm yobyh: RT @AlizaMannAuthor: PNR means the girl gets the Guy. UF means couple may end apart. Romance has 2b happily ever after. #UFCHAT

10:44 pm marirandomities: I was inspired by it too. 🙂 RT @ellejohara: when I read @neilhimself‘s “Neverwhere” I knew magic &gritty urb world were compatible #ufchat

10:44 pm jimnduncan: @StaciaKane Yes, I am buying the book soon. I swear! #ufchat

10:44 pm snowppl: @StaciaKane thank you for joining us today! #ufchat

10:44 pm Sandy_Wills: Are urban fantasies always sold as a series? #UFchat

10:45 pm LaylaMessner: RT @UF_Chat: @LaylaMessner Definitely modern myth. UF also often mentioned as the modern fairy tale (old type – not Disney) #UFchat

10:45 pm ellejohara: @UF_Chat If you’re curious: http://lesbiandrama.com/ It has alternate universe/urban fantasy going for it. #ufchat

10:45 pm jimnduncan: @Sandy_Wills No, but it’s pretty common for them to come that way these days. #ufchat

10:45 pm UF_Chat: @Sandy_Wills Not always but it is often the norm. UF seems to lend itself to series and series arcs. #UFchat

10:46 pm HoodedMan: @sandy_wills certainly not, you may always write single books, and many, like myself do #UFchat

10:46 pm ConsiderThis1: RT @HoodedMan: My series The Janus Clan deals with the total re-emergence of Magick, not just to the world, but to human general consciousness #UFchat

10:46 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: @Sandy_Wills Only if you can get a 3 book deal. #UFchat

10:46 pm StaciaKane: @sandy_wills Not always, but usually. You sell the first & say it “is planned as a series.” They buy the 1st + X# more. #UFChat

10:47 pm AuthorWilliam: Genre is on of those things that you wield or it wields you. You choose. #UFchat

10:47 pm AuthorWilliam: I’ll learn to spell eventually. #UFchat

10:47 pm LaylaMessner: RT @AuthorWilliam: Genre is on of those things that you wield or it wields you. You choose. #UFChat

10:48 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane 2: You said ghosts are ur preferred UF ‘creatures’ & series has plenty. Why ghosts and why ?dark? ghosts? #UFchat

10:48 pm shilohwalker: RT @AuthorWilliam: Genre one of those things that you wield it wields you. You choose. #UFchat ( heh- good way to view it)

10:48 pm deborahblake: RT @AuthorWilliam: Genre is on of those things that you wield or it wields you. You choose. *Absolutely!* #UFchat

10:49 pm inkgypsy: @HoodedMan It’s recommended you write stand alones – esp to start. A multi contract is a different kind of writing. #UFchat

10:49 pm AuthorWilliam: @ManyKindRegards That’s fair. The goal is a compelling final result. Writers are best to know themselves. 🙂 #UFchat

10:50 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Oh, I just love ghost stories, always have. They have so many possibilities, have unique backstories, they can be anything. #UFChat

10:50 pm vautrin: RT @LaylaMessner Haha! RT @CameronHaleyUF: Its like porn — maybe you cant define it, but you know it when you see it! #UFChat

10:51 pm UF_Chat: We’re in our 1st #UFchat right now – Q&A with @StaciaKane – come join us!

10:51 pm inkgypsy: We’re in our 1st #UFchat right now – Q&A with @StaciaKane – come join us!

10:51 pm rixshep: #UFchat Re: Series in #UF stories. Consider since it is escapist #lit, if one enjoys it, they want to return to it again, so want a series.

10:51 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q3: What are some of your favorite ghost stories/legends/tales? #UFchat

10:51 pm shilohwalker: @StaciaKane I know I’ve mentioned this but I love the downside books.;) #UFChat

10:51 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat And “dark” ghosts because those are scary! Something that’s a real threat. Unkillable. Unstoppable. Can be anywhere. FUN! #UFChat

10:51 pm JordanDrew: RT @UF_Chat: Were in our 1st #UFchat right now – Q&A with @StaciaKane – come join us! #UFchat

10:52 pm StaciaKane: @shilohwalker Thanks Shiloh! 🙂 #UFChat

10:52 pm rixshep: #UFchat Would most consider the “Harry Potter” series to be urban fantasy?

10:52 pm UF_Chat: @rixshep At least one of the books is – the one that takes place mostly in the human world & not at Hogwarts – yes. #UFchat

10:52 pm marirandomities: Good Q. RT @rixshep: #UFchat Would most consider the “Harry Potter” series to be urban fantsy? #ufchat

10:52 pm HC_Palmquist: @rixshep No, those are distinctly YA. #UFchat

10:52 pm CameronHaleyUF: @StaciaKane Ghosts are the most human monsters, and that makes them both compelling and frightening. I get that vibe in Downside. #UFchat

10:53 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Hmm. I like the one w/the hitchhiker who is actually dead. The one where the driver stays at the inn,wakes up in ruins #UFChat

10:53 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q4: Has Haunted Week replaced Halloween in Chess? world? Are there other ?bogeymen? people/kids fear? #UFchat

10:53 pm vautrin: Looks like vry interesting TwitChat going on now about urban fantasy under tag #UFchat

10:53 pm snowppl: RT @StaciaKane: @UF_Chat And “dark” ghosts because those are scary! Something that’s a real threat. Unkillable. Unstoppable. Can be anywhere. FUN! #UFChat

10:54 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Ooh yes – hitchhiker ones are so creepy! #UFchat

10:54 pm StaciaKane: @UFChat Any kind of ghost dog or black dog. Any kind of white lady. The ghosts of the Tower of London. You name it I love it! #UFChat

10:54 pm NLGervasio: @AuthorWilliam Blood and Chocolate could be UF and YA. #UFchat

10:54 pm deborahblake: @AuthorWilliam There is plenty of YA UF–but I think we’re talking about that on another week. #UFchat

10:54 pm UF_Chat: @AuthorWilliam YA isn’t a genre – it’s a marketing bracket. There is YA UF, YA chicklit, YA action/adventure etc #UFchat

10:54 pm HC_Palmquist: @AuthorWilliam While there are obvious elements at times, as far as genre goes, it is usually qualified as Paranormal YA. #UFchat

10:55 pm ManyKindRegards: @AuthorWilliam I just have to write…period. The rest always seems to work itself out. (Of course I don’t write fiction either) #UFchat

10:55 pm rixshep: rt @ellejohara Another film inspired my interest in UF called “Cast a Deadly Spell”. Hard boiled detective in a HP Lovecraft world. #ufchat

10:55 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane You have an important role for a dog in the books – Can you explain for those yet to read? #UFchat

10:56 pm deborahblake: @rixshep Sounds neat. When did it come out and who was in it? #UFchat

10:56 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Hee, yeah, it has. Haunted Week actually takes place over Halloween; Oct 28-Nov 3 every year. So H-ween was part the cause #UFChat

10:56 pm UF_Chat: Everybody OK to go over time a bit here? We got a late connect to @StaciaKane & I’m good to hang around for a bit if all are. #UFchat

10:57 pm AuthorWilliam: @UF_Chat That was my thinking. #UFchat

10:57 pm StaciaKane: @UFChat of Haunted Week to begin with, when the veil between the world thinned. Kids still have bogeymen. The Cryin Man in Downside. #UFChat

10:57 pm HoodedMan: @inkgypsy Perhaps, but I self publish & don’t need to bother with redundant things like contracts… I publish exactly what i desire #UFchat

10:57 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Drug use is intimately tied to story (cause/effect) ? not ever conveniently forgotten. Was that tough to write? #UFchat

10:57 pm deborahblake: Have to go get some writing done! (Chat is lovely, but it doesn’t get the book done!) Thanks for doing the chat. #UFchat

10:57 pm turnfeel33: I think we might all be just obsessed enough to say ‘Hell Yeah’ #UFchat

10:57 pm KM_Ruiz: @StaciaKane With the books being released so close together, was it hard to write them? #UFchat

10:57 pm HC_Palmquist: @UF_Chat Go for it! We just got to the good part…and I’m hoping there’s a question about the Chevelle. @StaciaKane #UFchat

10:57 pm GargoylePhan: … deliberately choose it. It basically wrote itself, my sub-conscience didn’t ask my permission ;-] But the villain is ghosty #UFchat

10:57 pm rixshep: #UFchat Seems like most here prefer or consider UF to have strong horror elements. Personally, my fav UF has little to no horror.

10:58 pm marirandomities: RT @UF_Chat: @AuthorWilliam YA isnt a genre – its a marketing bracket. There is YA UF, YA chicklit, YA action/adventure etc #ufchat

10:58 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Dogs are psychopomps. They have been in legends for centuries, the ancient Greeks etc. In this world dogs r literally used #UFChat

10:58 pm AuthorWilliam: @snowppl Agreed. #Ufchat

10:59 pm StaciaKane: to take ghosts back to the City of Etrnity under the earth. Chruch employees summon them from dog skulls during ritual. #UFChat

10:59 pm CameronHaleyUF: @rixshep Horror is just one influence in UF…doesn’t have to have horror elements any more than it has to have romance elements. #UFchat

10:59 pm JSterlingS: @marirandomities Yes, @dduane ‘s books are both UF and YA, but published as YA. #ufchat

10:59 pm HoodedMan: One should discard as much as possible of the old, redundant publishing system, of course #UFchat

11:00 pm Ben_Aaronovitch: @rixshep I found horror creeping into my work even though I’m not really a horror person. #UFchat

11:00 pm leatherzebra: @StaciaKane is #UFchat still going?

11:00 pm LaylaMessner: @StaciaKane Love that about your use of the dog = psychopomp myth #UFChat

11:00 pm GraylinFox: RT @MindyRuiz: Attn UF writers –> RT @HC_Palmquist: To me, Urban Fantasy is a paranormal or fantastical story set in modern day, urban society. #UFchat

11:00 pm UF_Chat: @marirandomities YA is not ‘genre’ – it’s marketing bracket – write to an age group. Within YA is YA UF, YA horror, YA chicklit etc #UFchat

11:00 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Um…no. I always feel like I should say it was so people won’t think I’m an addict, but no. It’s such a huge part of Chess #UFChat

11:01 pm StaciaKane: and it appealed as a writer *because* it marked time & structured it, added constant urgency. #UFChat

11:01 pm GargoylePhan: My ghost isn’t the traditional dark mansion type — he haunts a vehicle, actually. Or is obsessed with it, anyway #UFchat

11:01 pm rixshep: @deborahblake Actually, I was going to ask original poster > @ellejohara It caught my interest since I DO like Lovecraft horror. #UFchat

11:01 pm marirandomities: @JSterlingS @valerievaldes Thanks! I thought so. Must check out @dduane ‘s books. 🙂 #ufchat

11:01 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Chess is a functioning addict though, yes? Able to contribute to society despite addiction. #UFchat

11:02 pm StaciaKane: @LaylaMessner Thank you! It was tons of fun. I got to use a bunch of British Traditional Witchcraft research I’d done & more! #UFChat

11:02 pm HoodedMan: True artistic freedom & independence http://bit.ly/190XgU #UFchat

11:02 pm GargoylePhan: I consider my ghost story Horror, not UF, even tho I supposed it could qualify as either. But he’s more monstrous than ghostly #UFchat

11:02 pm marirandomities: @UF_Chat Curiously enough, agents, publishers etc. treat YA as a genre. Why do you disagree? #ufchat

11:02 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q7: Lot of dichotomies in series: magic/tech, truth/lies, control/addiction etc (love that). Did you plan that way? #UFchat

11:03 pm marirandomities: Cool! RT @Ben_Aaronovitch: @rixshep I found horror creeping into my work even though Im not really a horror person. #ufchat

11:03 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Yes. I did a ton of research; there are actually millions of functioning addicts in the world, people you’d never know #UFChat

11:03 pm mark_henry: Peeking in to slather some Downside love on @staciakane! When’s 4 due and more importantly when do I get it? Noms. #UFChat

11:03 pm GargoylePhan: Or not. They do overlap, don’t they? ;-} #UFchat

11:04 pm StaciaKane: @HoodedMan I had true artistic freedom and independence too, just FYI. Nobody told me I couldn’t do something in my books. #UFChat

11:05 pm UF_Chat: @marirandomities Because within YA are all the other genres – just like children’s lit. All genres within that target too. #UFchat

11:05 pm StaciaKane: A7: Some of it I did, yeah. Some of it just happened & I realized it later. I planned control/addiction, but not truth/lies #UFChat

11:06 pm HC_Palmquist: RT @StaciaKane: @HoodedMan I had true artistic freedom and independence too, just FYI. Nobody told me I couldn’t do something in my books. #UFChat

11:06 pm StaciaKane: @mark_henry *slobber* Thanks Mark! No release date yet, but I think they’re thinking of Fall 2011. Probably. #UFChat

11:06 pm marirandomities: @UF_Chat Hmm, makes sense. I wish the market were as clear as your reasoning. #ufchat

11:06 pm rixshep: @ManyKindRegardsTry the “Wiz Biz” series by Rick Cook. Nerdy programmer meets “real” fantasy world. #UFchat 1st book is “Wizard’s Bane”.

11:07 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q8: Covers for UK & German releases very diff to US. What R strengths of each (in your opinion) regarding Chess? #UFchat

11:07 pm UF_Chat: Here are the covers we’re talking about. #UFchat http://twitpic.com/28clf3

11:07 pm GargoylePhan: @deborahblake Have you read @ce_murphy‘s Old Races novels? Gargoyle character rocks … No, will def check ’em out :-} #UFchat

11:07 pm tasmin21: @StaciaKane Aw, no release date buddies next year? #UFChat

11:09 pm psynde: @Stacia Kane your world building was really hypnotizing! Especially loved the different patois .. Want more… #UFCHAT

11:09 pm StaciaKane: Plus the smoky ghost-stuff (lol) on the UK covers is so cool. They look dark & sexy I think. The German is also very cool, love the #UFChat

11:09 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Q9: Re ‘quotes’ fr Church texts & others give xtra dimension. Did you create them then choose lines or write as needed? #UFchat

11:10 pm StaciaKane: blue background on it. No bangs, & not sure where the sword came from, ha, but I do really, really like it. #UFChat

11:10 pm ManyKindRegards: Urban Fiction, go check out the chat #UFchat RT @jlandonw: @ManyKindRegards UF?

11:10 pm rixshep: @marirandomities @Ben_Aaronovitch: #ufchat Certainly horror & fantasy, especially urban fantasy, have a lot of overlap & common elements!

11:10 pm StaciaKane: Incidentally, the German title is GEISTERFLUT–Ghost Flood–rather than UNHOLY GHOSTS. They thought it sounded better in German. #UFChat

11:11 pm HoodedMan: @StaciaKane Since I know nothing about your personal circumstances it’s difficult 2 comment on that, but generally speaking? No way! #UFChat

11:11 pm UF_Chat: We are running over a bit today due to our late connection but #UFchat is still happening! Come join the Q&A with @StaciaKane #UFchat

11:11 pm AuthorWilliam: @UF_Chat What time does this chat officially end? I need to run and want to know what times I can pop back in. #UFchat

11:11 pm StaciaKane: @tasmin21 I guess not, no. Sigh. 😦 @Psynde I’m going to try to post snippets as I write them. 🙂 #UFChat

11:12 pm ellejohara: I’m loving the chat, but I have to get back to drawing my comic. Thanks @AuthorWilliam for pointing me toward #ufchat!

11:13 pm AuthorWilliam: @ellejohara Was awesome that you jumped in! Happy drawing! #UFchat

11:14 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Events scale of Haunted Week =big affect on pop culture. (eg Vietnam & comics) What stories/forms would be popular? #UFchat

11:14 pm LaylaMessner: Thanks for the great chat, @StaciaKane @UF_Chat and everyone! #UFChat

11:14 pm UF_Chat: @ellejohara Link us to your UF comic sometime! Thanks for dropping by. We’re on again next week. 🙂 #UFchat

11:15 pm rixshep: rt @CameronHaleyUF Horror is just 1 influence in UF…doesn’t have to have horror elements any more romance elements. #UFchat / Agreed!

11:15 pm AuthorWilliam: @LaylaMessner Take care, great chatting with you #UFchat

11:16 pm psynde: @StaciaKane gotta run back to work now.. YOU ROCK!! 🙂 #UFCHAT

11:16 pm rixshep: rt @ellejohara @deborahblake @rixshep Here’s the IMDB for the film: http://imdb.to/12dmde #UFchat // Thanks!

11:16 pm LaylaMessner: @AuthorWilliam Thanks. Likewise 🙂 #UFChat

11:17 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Last Q: Chess & Terrible are both very smart in different ways and both read. What would you find on their bookshelves? #UFchat

11:17 pm StaciaKane: @HoodedMan I don’t know a single pro writer ever asked to compromise integrity/censor. #UFChat

11:18 pm tasmin21: @StaciaKane @HoodedMan In fact, I was just asked to STOP self-censoring. Go figure. 😉 #UFChat

11:18 pm Madison_Woods: I hope I’m in time to catch some of the #UFChat – just getting home.

11:19 pm StaciaKane: Q9 They’re written when book is done and tailored to each chapter. #UFChat

11:19 pm shilohwalker: RT @StaciaKane: @HoodedMan I don’t know a single pro writer ever asked to compromise integrity/censor. #UFChat (me neither)

11:19 pm UF_Chat: @Madison_Woods Just the tail end. Plenty of reading in the transcript to come. On last Q’s and wrap up now. 🙂 #UFchat

11:20 pm Madison_Woods: @UF_Chat I’m reading back through now, will definitely be interested in transcript 🙂 #ufchat

11:21 pm rixshep: @UF_Chat Congratulations on a great first #UFchat! And thank you to @StaciaKane for being the first guest author!

11:22 pm thedragongem: I have found so many UF writers by using Twitter. Makes me happy! #UFchat

11:22 pm tasmin21: @thedragongem Makes the writers happy too! #UFChat

11:22 pm UF_Chat: @rixshep Thanks for participating & making it fun! #UFchat

11:23 pm MarieIvarsson: @UF_Chat and @StaciaKane Thanks for this chat! I’m a bit slow to participate, but I’m looking forward to more discussion in future! #UFChat

11:23 pm jimnduncan: Thanks for taking the time to chat, Stacia! #ufchat

11:23 pm thedragongem: @tasmin21 Just started following you and will have to go pick up your book. #UFchat

11:23 pm UF_Chat: Transcript 4 today?s chat on Definitions & Downside will be on #UFchat blog within 24hrs (apocalypses excepted). Follow @UF_Chat 4 updates!

11:24 pm miranda00writes: Thanks for answering questions Stacia! #UFchat

11:24 pm UF_Chat: LINKS on/about Stacia?s series: #UFchat Stacia?s website including info on how to be a part of the Downside Army: http://bit.ly/cM002Y

11:24 pm inkgypsy: LINKS on/about Stacia?s series: #UFchat Stacia?s website including info on how to be a part of the Downside Army: http://bit.ly/cM002Y

11:24 pm StaciaKane: Q10: Chess reads lots of fiction. Mostly literary, really. & mysteries etc. Terrible reads non-fiction, military histories & stuff. #UFChat

11:24 pm turnfeel33: See you next week… same Bat Time same Bat Channel #UFchat

11:24 pm HoodedMan: @tasmin21 as long as you don’t go outside society’s accepted parameters, i guess #UFChat

11:24 pm RindaElliott: Have friends coming, so have to go. Looking forward to the books, Stacia! Thanks! Also glad to see my fav genre represented. #ufchat

11:25 pm jimnduncan: And thanks to @Uf_Chat for kicking this off. Looking forward to future chats. #ufchat

11:25 pm inkgypsy: The Big Idea ? Downside & Chess Putnam http://bit.ly/aPVp5Z – see how it started #UFchat

11:26 pm tasmin21: All right, back to editing Book 2. People are gonna be upset if I don’t get it done. 😉 #UFChat

11:26 pm StaciaKane: Thanks for the great questions, everyone. I’m glad it seems like so many of you found something new to read during the discussion #UFChat

11:26 pm inkgypsy: #UFchat Some insightful interviews I enjoyed:All Things Urban Fantasy: http://bit.ly/cutLV4 Vampire Book Club: http://bit.ly/cOmQ91

11:27 pm turnfeel33: @StaciaKane love your answers. #UFchat

11:27 pm StaciaKane: I just wish I hadn’t had internet troubles! Ugh. Chess & I have the same luck. But we have almost everything the same. 🙂 #UFChat

11:28 pm DebNemeth: RT @shilohwalker: #UFChat genre tags aren’t a bad thing- they help readers find books. We want that. I wouldn’t look upon it as a constraint

11:28 pm StaciaKane: @turnfeel33 Thanks! 🙂 #UFChat

11:29 pm inkgypsy: @StaciaKane (edit) We truly appreciate your wit & wisdom today! Cannot wait for bk 3 in few days! #UFchat

11:29 pm StaciaKane: My damn laptop battery is dying now! I cannot believe this day, sigh. But I didn’t want to miss this chance to chat w/everyone. #UFChat

11:29 pm StaciaKane: Talking to readers is the best part of being a writer. & I’m a reader too, first and foremost. 🙂 #UFChat

11:30 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Thank you again – have a well deserved drink! *clinks glass* Thanks for your help in a hugely successful 1st #UFchat!

11:32 pm StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Thank you! I hope it was successful. 🙂 It seems everyone’s gone quiet! #UFChat

11:32 pm UF_Chat: Reminder: Transcript going up in 24 hrs – be sure to read all the great input we had today! Thanks for coming. See you next Sat! #UFchat

11:32 pm JordanDrew: RT @UF_Chat: Transcript going up in 24 hrs – be sure to read all the great input we had today! Thanks for coming. See you next Sat! #UFchat

11:33 pm CameronHaleyUF: Very successful. Coherent, even, for a twitter chat! #UFchat

11:33 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane We went almost 1/2 hr over – think people had to run back to things. 🙂 Was awesome! #UFchat

11:33 pm turnfeel33: RT @inkgypsy: @StaciaKane (edit) We truly appreciate your wit & wisdom today! Cannot wait for bk 3 in few days! #UFchat

11:36 pm inkgypsy: @StaciaKane This was the big historic 1st one. Every week now but not a Q&A every week – you were the ‘special’ today. 🙂 #UFchat

11:37 pm Madison_Woods: @NLGervasio I saw lots of new writers on #UFchat– was pleasantly surprised.

11:37 pm wulfshado: @NLGervasio @HC_Palmquist That was pretty cool. #UFchat

11:38 pm StaciaKane: @Madison_Woods Yeah, it was cool! I didn’t know so many of us would be here! 🙂 #UFChat

11:38 pm HC_Palmquist: @turnfeel33 Thank you!!! #UFchat

11:39 pm Madison_Woods: @StaciaKane I didn’t know there were still so many more hiding in the woodworks, LOL 🙂 #ufchat

11:39 pm thedragongem: I’m excited…new people to read! #UFchat

11:40 pm NLGervasio: @StaciaKane Yep, just like me! lol Seriously, though, I like your writing. Must read more. =) #UFChat

11:40 pm StaciaKane: @turnfeel33 (edit) It was great to chat with everyone. #UFChat

11:41 pm StaciaKane: @NLGervasio Thanks, please do! 🙂 #UFChat

11:41 pm StaciaKane: Has everyone read @tasmin21‘s DEVIL IN THE DETAILS? Awesome UF, male POV, married guy. Really cool. #UFChat

11:42 pm turnfeel33: @StaciaKane Thanks again for taking some time out for us fans. Have a good weekend! #UFChat

11:42 pm UF_Chat: Love what read! RT @StaciaKane Has everyone read @tasmin21‘s DEVIL IN THE DETAILS? Awesome UF, male POV, married guy. Really cool. #UFChat

11:42 pm inkgypsy: Love what read! RT @StaciaKane Has everyone read @tasmin21‘s DEVIL IN THE DETAILS? Awesome UF, male POV, married guy. Really cool. #UFChat

11:43 pm StaciaKane: @turnfeel33 You’re welcome, thanks for coming! And you too! #UFChat

11:43 pm UF_Chat: I am now signing off #UFchat but please feel free to add links, recommendations etc. I will add them to the transcript!

11:44 pm timeofthefaerie: RT @StaciaKane Has everyone read @tasmin21‘s DEVIL IN THE DETAILS? Awesome UF, male POV, married guy. Really cool. #UFChat

11:46 pm inkgypsy: @GargoylePhan I missed a lot too! Difficult to keep up but is a good problem to have. #UFchat

11:46 pm StaciaKane: My laptop battery is about to die, so it’s time for me to go too. Thanks again everyone! You can always talk to me on Twitter #UFChat

11:47 pm StaciaKane: Or email or whatever. 🙂 I love getting emails from readers! #UFChat

11:48 pm StaciaKane: @MarieIvarsson Thanks hon! #UFChat

11:48 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Do you have a fan email we can add to the transcript? #UFchat

11:48 pm StaciaKane: Okay, I’m out! Later everyone! Thanks again! #UFChat

11:48 pm joannaterrero: RT @StaciaKane: I *want* to write urban fantasy. Ijust want to write it in my own style, my own way, with the things I think are awesome & whatever. #UFChat

11:50 pm UF_Chat: @StaciaKane Thanks again! Have a great rest of the weekend. Release day looms! Again! Woot! #UFchat

11:50 pm inkgypsy: @StaciaKane Thanks again! Have a great rest of the weekend. Release day looms! Again! Woot! #UFchat

11:52 pm Madison_Woods: I enjoyed the tail end of this chat and will try my best to be on time for the next one…which is when? #ufchat

11:52 pm UF_Chat: Want to email Stacia? Here’s the deets! #UFchat RT @StaciaKane: @UF_Chat Contact form on site or staciakane AT gmail. 🙂

11:53 pm UF_Chat: Over and out. #UFchat – Happy weekend all!

11:53 pm jaymgates: RT @Madison_Woods: I enjoyed the tail end of this chat and will try my best to be on time for the next one…which is when? #ufchat

11:54 pm rixshep: @Madison_Woods #UFchat is going to be Saturdays, 3pm pst, 6pm est.

11:55 pm inkgypsy:@jaymgates Every Saturday 3pm PST/ 6pm EST. 🙂 Hope to see you next week. #UFchat

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END OF TRANSCRIPT FOR JULY 24, 2010

An enormous thank you once again to the lovely Stacia Kane for answering questions about her writing and Downside series. We wish her every success (more! more!). Don’t forget to go grab book three this week!

Great first chat everyone! Heaps to think about and expand on in the future. Stay tuned to @UF_Chat on Twitter for next Saturday’s topic.

See you next week!

Gypsy (@inkgypsy)