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RONB : Hi shell!
Gruesome : :)
JMcilveen : He's quite friendly, with a good sense of humor
DarkEcho : he's super, JMc
Blackwood : ****** Drumroll *******
DarkEcho : da DAAA
Blackwood : Ladies and Gentledarklings
DarkEcho : Welcome to the Dark Fiction/Horror Workshop
Blackwood : HI AND WELCOME F. PAUL WILSON !!!!!!!!
DarkEcho : Hi Paul:)
Zipnicked : Clap! Clap! Clap!
LBleser : Welcome FPaul.
ShellCP : clap clap clap calp
ShellCP : oops-clap
DarkEcho : Darklings greet our guest:)
Blackwood : !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!
DarkEcho : Marc, glad yer here...
Gruesome : Hi Paul...welcome
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE DARK FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP **
MarEllG : Welcome Paul
BlakkSoul : Hello!
JMcilveen : Hello Mr. Wilson!
MBuhmann : I wouldn't miss it! :-)
Vampyre881 : welcome
FPAUL46 : Hello all. Please have patience with a chat room virgin.
MBuhmann : Hi Dr. Wilson
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE DARK FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP **
DarkEcho : We will be doing protocol tonight...
DarkEcho : type a ? for a question a ! for a comment.
FPAUL46 : Only my patients call me "Dr." It's Paul.
DarkEcho : I'll keep track and call on you. Remeber to indicate
the end of a question with a /GA
DarkEcho : We maybe SHOULd be patients Paul
John Bradt : can we sacrifice him since he's a vir?gin
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE DARK FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP **
JMcilveen : Paul NECON Wilson
DarkEcho : No John
ShellCP : No one told me we were having a sacrifice tonight!
DarkEcho : sheesh always with the plugs
JMcilveen : Sorry
DarkEcho : put the ritual tools of death away pleas
DarkEcho : let's get going
DarkEcho : *protoco;*
DarkEcho : Paul want to introduce yourself?
DarkEcho : Or do you need no introduction?
DarkEcho : WE all know who you are...
FPAUL46 : Okay. Not much to add to what you said in the newsletter.
That pretty much said it all.
DarkEcho : I usually do, thanks:)
DarkEcho : Okay, I have only ONE qustion...
DarkEcho : what does th F stand for? GA
DarkEcho : SOrry I HAD to ask!
FPAUL46 : The F. Stands for Francis.
DarkEcho : We see.
FPAUL46 : There was already a FRank in the house so I became Paul
JMcilveen : ?
Vampyre881 : ?
NightRiter : ?
John Bradt : ?
JBAXSC : ?
MarEllG : ?
DarkEcho : Okay -- Marc--You get first question:)
MBuhmann : Thank you Dark. Let me first say thanks for coming here! :-)
Okay... the question. Can you
DarkEcho : (MBuhmann first wrote to Paul Inviting him)
MBuhmann : tell us a little about "The Implant"? Why was it
released in Britian first?
BlakkSoul : ?
FPAUL46 : It's complicated. Has to do with the Common Market and
the UK's inability to keep US ...
FPAUL46 : editions out. So they rush novels from Americans into print.
DarkEcho : (line up on questions. . .JMc, Vamp, NightR, John B...)
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE DARK FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP **
DarkEcho : (we will get to you)
FPAUL46 : IMPLANT was part of a 2-book deal with Headline
FPAUL46 : I was only a year late delivering.
FPAUL46 : By the way...it's under my "Colin Andrews" psuedo.
DarkEcho : thanks. . .JMc
JMcilveen : Is VIRGIN your wife's novel or a collaboration by both
of you?
FPAUL46 : VIRGIN is a collab -- but issued under Mary Elizabeth Murphy...
FPAUL46 : It;s a "religious thriller" and I didn't want to mess up my
regular readers' heads. (end)
DarkEcho : Vamp?
Vampyre881 : What's your typical workday like? Also, do you plot out
characters/plots or just dive in? /ga
DarkEcho : Well first hewakes up. . .
FPAUL46 : I start at the keyboard at 7:30 a.m. -- right after morning coffee...
DarkEcho : smile :)
Vampyre881 : (before bed for me)
FPAUL46 : and keep going until lunch. Somethines I work out...
keep going till dinner...
FPAUL46 : sometimes after dinner...and YES I OUTLINE!!!!
FPAUL46 : Can't afford getting stuck 200 pages into a book and not
knowing how to end it (end)
DarkEcho : Night?
NightRiter : I first want to say what a thrill it is to have you
here...you're great!! Now, I've read...
NightRiter : ..most of the Adversary Cycle and was wondering how The
Tomb and The Touch figure...
FPAUL46 : You've read them ALL of course
DarkEcho : (of course)
NightRiter : into the Cycle...I haven't read NightWorld or The Touch...
DarkEcho : (and the rest of us are buying them tomorrow)
NightRiter : Sorry...but I have them and plan on it!!
NightRiter : Just finished Reprisal...great book!!!
FPAUL46 : Again, it's complicated. BUT I didn't start out with
the plan of linking them...
Blackwood : *** WELCOME TO HORROR WRITERS WORKSHOP *****
NightRiter : Sort of loosely linked then?
FPAUL46 : THE KEEP, THE TOMB, THE TOUCH we all considered
stand-alones at writing time...
FPAUL46 : BUT when I plotted out REBORN, I saw that the EVIL I needed
to fuel the plot...
FPAUL46 : already existed in THE KEEP...and somehow, they all fit together...
FPAUL46 : Maybe I'd been working on a link-up subconsciously all along...
FPAUL46 : But it was a thrill when I saw that they all meshed. A very
cool feeling to wow yourself.
FPAUL46 : NExt?
DarkEcho : Perhaps a higher, or lower power, Paul influenced you.
. .John your turn GA
John Bradt : New writers spend a lot of time writing short stories for
magazines and anthologies . . .
John Bradt : before they try and sell novels,
John Bradt : What do you feel is the most productive approach . . .John
Bradt : & BTW one of my favorite stories is "Lipidleggin. GA
FPAUL46 : I started writying shorts in the late 60s -- after many
rejections, started selling...
DarkEcho : (rejections. . .see darklings?)
FPAUL46 : to John W. Campbell. Expanded one of those stories into my
first novel, HEALER.
FPAUL46 : I think that's a good way for someone not comfortable with
his/her ability to sustain...
FPAUL46 : a narrative, which is no easy task. (end)
DarkEcho : James?
FPAUL46 : Matters what you're comfortable with...where your strengths lie...
FPAUL46 : If you're a Poppy Z., the short form was obviously the best
way to build a rep...
FPAUL46 : But if your strength is with a larger story arc and extended
scenes, go for the novel. (end)
JBAXSC : How often do you stray from your original outline. GA
FPAUL46 : Fairly often. A scene which works well in an outline
paragraph may not work at all when...
FPAUL46 : fleshed out. Plus, there's the house-of cards effect: You
change one element at the..
FPAUL46 : beginning of a story -- a little ripple, shall we say -- it can
become a Tsunami by..
JBAXSC : follow up ?
DarkEcho : Go on
FPAUL46 : story's end. OR -- you can come up with things you like
better. The ...
DelJ : ?
FPAUL46 : best thing it to use the outline as a road map, but
don't be afraid to take interesting ..
FPAUL46 : side trips (end)
Vampyre881 : ?
DarkEcho : follow up, JBax?
JBAXSC : nah. he answered it.
DarkEcho : Mary Ellen
MarEllG : I just read that you should go ahead and do multiple
submissions, even if publishers say no,
MarEllG : because your job as a writer is to sell your work. Your opinion?
FPAUL46 : I shouldn't answer that. My agent makes those
decisions. But I see nothing...
FPAUL46 : wrong with making multiple submissions. (end)
DarkEcho : Shell you had a question anda comment...
ShellCP : I just started The Keep - am halfway through it. Can't
put it down. I love new twists w/...
ShellCP : vampires...excellent..I'm sure the end is just as good.
ShellCP : Do you do tons of research?
FPAUL46 : Thanks. There are LOTs of twists in the KEEP..
ShellCP : Yes, I've noticed.
FPAUL46 : Yes. I have to believe I know..<
FPAUL46 : all about a subject/time/area before I write about it..
Delta Wire : ?
FPAUL46 : It's a matter of confidence. BLACK WIND took the most
research. (end)
DarkEcho : Blakk--
BlakkSoul : First of all, I must tell you that THE KEEP was one of the
first horror novels I ever read.
FPAUL46 : I'm sooooo old
BlakkSoul : I was at an impressionable age, and wanting to express myself.
I want to thank you
BlakkSoul : for keeping me out of my mother's Harlequin romances.
FPAUL46 : A creaky "You're very welcome."
DarkEcho : (he is tooooo young, Paul)
DarkEcho : Was there a question ther Junior?
BlakkSoul : In the keep, you build an antagonist who is open but at the
same time mysterious.
DarkEcho : These kids...
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE DARK FICTION WRITERS WORKSHOP**
BlakkSoul : Do you find that not expalining an antagonist makes
for a better story?
FPAUL46 : I've alway felt letting the reader fill in the blanks is
better than showing him everything.
FPAUL46 : My favorite example is the blood running under the door in
THE LEOPARD MAN (end)
BlakkSoul : Thank you.
DarkEcho : Marc--
MBuhmann : When did you decide to enter the world of multimedia
games? Did you approach Time Warner
MBuhmann : or did they approach you with the "Mirage" project? Also...
will the novel to it be put in
MBuhmann : book stores or will it be sold with the game?
FPAUL46 : I teamed up with MAtt Costello for our Sci-Fi Channel
gig in 1992...
FPAUL46 : In the interval, he wrote something called THE 7TH GUEST
which sold ...
DarkEcho : Sold a FEW copies. . .
FPAUL46 : a million plus copies on CD-ROM. Suddenly, everybody in
multimedia wanted to...
FPAUL46 : talk to MAtt. We work VERY well together -- do the work of
3 or 4 -- and he wanted us to
FPAUL46 : form a multimedia partnership. MIRAGE was our first project...
FPAUL46 : Actaully it's teamed with another called MIME. And
yes, the novel and CD-ROM will be...
MBuhmann : Follow up, Dark?
FPAUL46 : published toigether, marketed together, but sold as separate
units. (end)
DarkEcho : please quick follow
Blackwood : ***WELCOME TO THE HORROR WRITERS WORKSHOP****
MBuhmann : Quickly... So you're planning more projects for games,
or not yet?
FPAUL46 : Oh, yes. Many more in the pipeline. (end).
FPAUL46 : Which writers? Got an hour? Let me see...
DarkEcho : in chronological order by birthdate please, paul...
FPAUL46 : Lovecraft, of course. Not for his style, but his vision of
Cosmic Horoor...
FPAUL46 : (Love Dat Kozmik horr)...
FPAUL46 : And such diverse folks as Ludlum, Dickens, Niven, Poul
Anderson, CM Kornbluth,
FPAUL46 : (pant-pant) enough?
DarkEcho : OH i guess
DarkEcho : JMC GA
JMcilveen : Why do you use the Colin Andrews pseudo in UK, and keep
your name in America?
DarkEcho : 'Cause Colin is SUCH a Brit name...
FPAUL46 : I sold THE SELECT all over the world (incl. US) under the
Andrews pseudonym...
FPAUL46 : because it was a departure from my horror...
FPAUL46 : and I was so damn sick of being down on the bottom shelf...
DarkEcho : LOL
FPAUL46 : where nobody with a back problem ever sees your books...
JMcilveen : until they fall
FPAUL46 : THe Brits liked the name so much (obvious reasons) they
kept it. But get this:
FPAUL46 : They publish me as "F. Paul Wilson writing as COLIN
ANDREWS. (Go figure).
DarkEcho : Who can figure publishers...
DarkEcho : either side of Atlantic.
JMcilveen : at least they didn't spell it Colon, being a doctor and all.
FPAUL46 : HA!
DarkEcho : heheehehe
DarkEcho : Interjecting here . . .how do peers in medical
community take your literary work?
DarkEcho : or injecting....
Blackwood : *** VELCOME TO THE HORROR WRITERS VERKSHOP ****
FPAUL46 : They're very envious. There's not a Dr. out there today who
would quit in a minute...
FPAUL46 : if he thought he could make a living writing....
Gruesome : !
FPAUL46 : Plus there's a lot of writers who'd love to be Drs. (go
figure)
DarkEcho : that may be a good future topic, paul:
DarkEcho : Del, go ahead...
DelJ : Were you happy/satisfied with the film adaptation of
"The Keep"?
FPAUL46 : AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!
DelJ : ooops
MBuhmann : Take that as a big, "NO"
DarkEcho : oh Del...tsk tsk...
JMcilveen : Good going Del
Blackwood : heheheheh
DarkEcho : I think our guest has fainted...
John Bradt : Lock the door!
DelJ : Thanks...
DarkEcho : is there a doctor in the house?
FPAUL46 : No...just getting off the floor.
John Bradt : :)
Gruesome : <---Nurse
DarkEcho : Vamp--quick--GA
LBleser : He said he was a virgin, Del. Did you have to be so rough?
Vampyre881 : How did the idea for THE KEEP come about?
BlakkSoul : Sorry all of my medical equipment is for inflicting pain.
FPAUL46 : It came from two things:
JMcilveen : ???
DarkEcho : calm down you darklings. . .
FPAUL46 : Quinn Yarbro's HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA which I thought was
well done but
FPAUL46 : I couldn't get past the idea of a benevolent vampire...
FPAUL46 : The second thing was the idea of wondering how ...
FPAUL46 : the idea of a vampoire fearing a cross might strike someone
who's Jewish.
DarkEcho : (oy vey iz mir)
FPAUL46 : The two ideas collided, and so I had to thinkup
FPAUL46 : something that might =resemble= a cross that the evil being
would fear.
Vampyre881 : Thanks -- BTW, I'll start tripping people in the horror
aisles now... ;^)= /ga
FPAUL46 : The result was a midnight rush from bed to find a pen
and a pad. (end)
DarkEcho : Gruesome you had a comment?
Gruesome : pass
JMcilveen : the popcorn
DarkEcho : Delta?
Delta Wire : What do you feel is the most important element to
develop in your books? How do you go about ......
Delta Wire : creating it? GA
DarkEcho : (watch those midnight rushes...)
FPAUL46 : I insist on two things before I'll commit to writing a book:
LJ Bothell : hello
FPAUL46 : plot and character. If I've got a plot but no one I
care about in it,
DarkEcho : (-->Line for ?Shell, Marc, JMc--last question)
FPAUL46 : what's the use? And we've all read great character sketches
masquerading as novels.
FPAUL46 : You need both. (end)
DarkEcho : Sheel?
ShellCP : Did you have an agent before your first manuscript was
accepted? GA
DarkEcho : or Shell
FPAUL46 : I sold my first novel on my own. And this illustrates the
benefit of short story sales:
FPAUL46 : I sent HEALER to Sharon JARvis at DD as a partial based on an
ANALOG story.
FPAUL46 : This gave me credibility, even though she'd never heard of
me. After all,
FPAUL46 : John Campbell had bought the original story. I made some
mistakes with the contract...
FPAUL46 : and later wished I'd had an agent. If you sell a book,
have an agent settle the contract.
ShellCP : zanks
FPAUL46 : It'll be worth it in the long run, (end)
DarkEcho : MARC?
MBuhmann : Since the release of "Soft and Others", you have
released many new short stories and .......
MBuhmann : novelletes. I'm wondering if you're planning a second
collection of short stories? /ga
FPAUL46 : Yes I am. I'm gathering them now. I'm planning ...
DarkEcho : (McIlveen you will be the LAST questioner)
FPAUL46 : on calling it PELTS & OTHERES or
FPAUL46 : THE BARRENS H& OTHERS> Also planning
FPAUL46 : a separate Repairman Jack colection.
FPAUL46 : Just need one more story. (end)
DarkEcho : McIlveen?
MBuhmann : That'd be cool
JMcilveen : Many of your novels have religious tones (THE TERY, THE
KEEP, REBORN) are you religious...
JMcilveen : or rebellious?
DarkEcho : Does he cuss when he plays softball?
FPAUL46 : I'm a devout agnostic. I had a Jesuit..
JMcilveen : cool
FPAUL46 : education. They tought me to question. Consequently
FPAUL46 : I no longer go to church. But religion fascinates me.
Thus, the upcoming VIRGIN. (end)
DarkEcho : Darklings. . .I'd like to thank Paul Wilson for joining
us. . .you may do likewise:)
NightRiter : I think organized religion is out-dated anyway
DarkEcho : Paul -- anything you would like to add?
Gruesome : Thank You
DelJ : THANKS
Blackwood : *********** Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CoBost : Thanks Paul!!!!!!!!!!!!
LBleser : Thank you Paul.
MBuhmann : Thanks, Paul! It was great chatting with you! :-)
JMcilveen : Thanks, See you at NECON!
ShellCP : thank you thank you thank you thank you
NightRiter : Thanks, Paul
DarkEcho : We DO like to let our guests say what they want!
Vampyre881 : THANK YOU PAUL
FPAUL46 : YEs. This was fun, but weirdly grueling. I'm SWEATING!
Aenz : Thanks, Paul!!!!
DarkEcho : I TOLD you it was tiring, Paul. . .
MBuhmann : It was "The Keep" question... wasn't it? :-)
StrigoiVii : Thanks Paul!
BlakkSoul : Thanks Paul.
FPAUL46 : YEs. NECON. Everyone come to NECON
DarkEcho : Worse than writing:)
DarkEcho : <--going to NeCon.
LBleser : Now that you're "experienced," please come back.
NightRiter : I'm going to go to the bookstore and DEMAND they put
your books on top!!
JMcilveen : It's the best!
Delta Wire : Thank you Paul
Liven : I'll be there.
Delta Wire : Is Necon in RI?
Liven : yes
DarkEcho : Yup, Marie
JMcilveen : Yes, Roger Williams College
DarkEcho : IT IS AFTER 11:30
Delta Wire : Are you in New England, Paul?
CoBost : Paul, You were the best guest we've had in awhile.
FPAUL46 : NEW JOISEY
MBuhmann : I vouch with you on that one, CoBost!
JMcilveen : When will we se IMPLANT in US
FPAUL46 : Put all my books infront of Kings. He said it was all right.
StrigoiVii : <--- became reborn horror fan in 1982 after reading The Keep
DelJ : Did you mourn the Knicks loss today like I did?
Vampyre881 : groovy!
FPAUL46 : IMPLANT in OCT.
Blackwood : --------- What a great bunch of Darklings! -----
NightRiter : Cool!
Vampyre881 : Can I drink now?
DarkEcho : <--puts Del's book in front of Koontz...
FPAUL46 : AARRGGHH! The Knicks. Whatta shame
JMcilveen : I'm getting a proof, Are you Paul.
NightRiter : Go Magic!!!!!
DarkEcho : Not of our guest, Vamp
Vampyre881 : Rats!
DelJ : I's still stunned!
FPAUL46 : I hope so.
MBuhmann : Are you still a practicing physician, Paul?
DarkEcho : Paul you may stay and chat with this bunch of adoring darklings...
Gruesome : Paul, what is your medical specialty? Are you practicing, still?
DelJ : Figures a Vampyre would di those "redwings"
FPAUL46 : Gotta go, Folks. It's been fun, but I've got to be in
NYC early for an FTL shoot. Bye.
DelJ : dig
DarkEcho : Thanks again....
MBuhmann : Bye, Paul!
CoBost : Bye, Thanks again
MBuhmann : Thanks again
JMcilveen : BUY
ShellCP : bye and thanks
Vampyre881 : Yes, it is sort of symbolic, isn't it?...
BlakkSoul : Bye!
StrigoiVii : Bye Paul!
Gruesome : Wahhhh on the Red Wings. Rangers all the way!!
Blackwood : ----laters Paul!!!!!! and thanks ----
JMcilveen : BUY WILSON
DelJ : Uncanny even?
LBleser : Thanks Paul.
RONB : Bye!
Vampyre881 : Heh, heh, heh
DelJ : Devil you around?
Devilgal2 : yup.
ShellCP : <----going to tomorrow's Rockies game at Coors Field.
MBuhmann : Man... what a great guy he is
Blackwood : Colorado Rockies?
Vampyre881 : yeah, that was great
ShellCP : You bet!
Blackwood : Yup good guest huh MBuhmann!
DelJ : Sacrificed any small children lately?
NightRiter : Hiya Del!!
Blackwood : heheheheeh
RONB : So who's going to the HWA banquet next month?
DarkEcho : me
ShellCP : I thought about getting rid of mine...scared of prison.
MBuhmann : So... how much do these long conferences cost?
CoBost : not lately, Del
SHughes512 : You can have mine if you can catch them
RONB : It looks like it's just us DE!
JMcilveen : Not me, unfortunately
ShellCP : I know that feeling.
DarkEcho : NeCon is CHEAP
DarkEcho : Tell em McIlveen
DelJ : Went to Type O Negative last night. They rule and are very
cool people offstage
JMcilveen : $180 per person Approx.
ShellCP : why? (dare I ask)
StrigoiVii : Where will NECON be held?
Blackwood : Type O Neg....del they are great!
Vampyre881 : goodnight
DelJ : Yes they are!
ShellCP : bye vamp
JMcilveen : Roger Williams College, Warwick RI
Blackwood : Wonderfully unconcerned with what people think, huh?
StrigoiVii : Thanks JM.
DarkEcho : thr $180 covers room too
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