chatting with brad

how goes the wangster?

getting your writing on? i saw the other day you were starting a blog

7:32pmMe
u mean gabe ;) ?

yep yep. writing about writing. fascinating stuff, let me tell ya

7:33pmBrad
i saw a book today at the library....and now the title is gone out of my head...but the catchline was something about "the president's guardian vampire" and i thought of you and can't wait till i see your book at the library :)

7:33pmMe
haha thanks. you may be waiting a while.

7:34pmBrad
no problem...i think its cool though that you are trying to do it

7:34pmMe
yeah, well, it's probably a pipe dream or whatevs. i guess when i stop writing i'll start looking for agents & editors. know any?

7:34pmBrad
i get little thoughts in my head sometimes about little stories i could write, but then "poof" they are gone and i don't think about it again for a while

ummmmm, i bet there are tons of agents here in nashville....and i do know one editor, she mostly does science editing, but i'm sure she could edit a book

7:35pmMe
u should write short stories. apparently that's the foot in the door u need. but i never have ideas for short stories. i have ideas for four and five novel series.

7:37pmBrad
yeah, but i have no idea how to get started...i guess i could google it :) anyway, i can edit for you too! i have been reviwing manuscripts for some journals for science stuff....

plus then i get a first draft look at it

and know the story beore anyone else

and can blackmail you not to sell secrets

7:39pmMe
well you just start writing. that's all i can say. most writers throw away the first few paragrapsh or even pages or chapters in a book. you always sound stiff at first but once you get going in your natural voice, that's when it gets good.

7:40pmBrad
yeah....i was reading this book called "girls, drums, and dangerous pie" and in the back they had an interview with the author, and he gave alot of tips on how to start writing books and stuff, it was pretty interesting

7:40pmMe
i encourage all attempts, even if they dont pan out. i mean, what do you have to lose? a few hours that would have been spent watching tv, that's about all. and you're being creative instead. come on brad, be my writing buddy!

7:40pmBrad
where he gets his insperation for charachter traits, and lines, etc.....

7:40pmMe
OOOOH, totally have read that book and the interview! i really liked what he said about taking a walk b/c i totally do some of my best thinking while i walk.

7:41pmBrad
ok, but i can't write about vampires, cuz they suck..you know...vampires suck :D ..... and that was a good book, but SO SAD!

7:42pmBrad
and now i am reading the most violent, gruesome book ever!

7:43pmMe
oooh, fun. what book?

7:44pmBrad
its called "battle royal"....richard lent it to me to read....

7:44pmMe
and vampires do suck...i just watched that movie the other day!

Richard is my other writing buddy. he's also gonna write about vampires.

7:44pmBrad
its a japanese book about a jr. high class that get put on an island by the goverment and they have to kill each other tll one is left

i bet richard has quite the imagination

7:45pmMe
oh, so kinda like "Lord of the Flies" meets "Survivor"?

7:45pmBrad
meets "texas chainsaw massacare"

7:45pmMe
LOL. nice.

did you finish the Nancy Farmer book?

House of the Scorpion (?)

7:47pmBrad
yeah...its just VERY descriptive in the death.........oh, no i didn't get that one yet, i'm trying to get it on CD, but so far the CDs are all checked out, and they have it on playway, but i can't listen to that in my car....its all very frustrating :D

but i got Raven's Gate today on CD, via Anna's suggestion

7:48pmMe
DEFINITELY listen to it. the guy who reads it is really good--so good i looked him up to see if he read anything else. never heard of raven's gate...what's that?

7:48pmBrad
dunno, Anna said i would like it

i didn't start it yet

7:50pmMe
i'm still trying to get her to read The Great Gatsby.

7:50pmBrad
i never read that....good? i know its like a classic or whatever

7:51pmMe
So good. esp. on audio. that guy reads just perfect for the book.

7:53pmBrad
i might have to try that one....it takes me a while to get through an audio book though b/c my work is only 3 miles from home :)

7:53pmMe
it's only 5 disks, i think. and so worth every second. plus, i quote it in one of my books :)

7:54pmBrad
nice!

7:54pmMe
i'm posting this convo in my blog. do i have your expressed written consent?

7:54pmBrad
and you quote me, of course

haha....sure, but don't make me out to be a bad guy or anything ;) i know how you writers like to use quotes :P

7:55pmMe
i haven't quoted you in my book yet. it would be hard, seeing as how it's 200yrs in the future. but i was thinking about working Angry Muffins into one of my other books. :)

7:56pmBrad
haha! do it!

oh, you know though, i could make a camio (sp?) in one of your books...i could be the "rock star" vampire....with spikey hair and eye makeup


7:59pmMe
lol, more likely one of my other books.

7:59pmBrad
one of your trashy romance novels? :P i could be the bad guy

8:01pmMe
hey, my romance novels arent trashy, lol...tho i think actually the one i quoted Fitzgerald in is the one that will never see the light of day because it is trashy. too bad :(

8:02pmBrad
you could be a multi-gene author...just use a ghost pen name for the trashy stuff

genre

nto gene

hmmm, i'm having issues with typing

8:03pmMe
well, i think i'll be going. nice talking to u. read my blog if you ever feel totally bored or really need to fall asleep, lol! or maybe if u need some writing advice. (in future blogs)

8:03pmBrad
sounds good...stay golden ponyboy