The Uber Abode : Talk with the Authors

Author #10: Midgit


sobbie: hi midgit
redbackredback : hey midgit
js82640 : hi, midgit
midgitbard : Hi
midgitbard : Just checking it's working
sobbie: yep you're working midgit
advocate8704 : hiya all
js82640 : hi, advocate
sobbie: hi advocate
midgitbard : Hi Addy
redbackredback : hey
advocate8704 : *G*
advocate8704 : i'm having computer probs so if i get bumped.. i'll always be in your hearts. just like Xena. Ha!
redbackredback :
js82640 : easy to say! *G*
midgitbard : We're all unfashionably early
sobbie: hehe
midgitbard : Hi Steph
advocate8704 : hello Steph
sobbie: well I apreciate ya being early
sobbie: I dont have to go searchin fer ya
solomonlopez : did this really work?
sobbie: did what work?
midgitbard : I've just been asleep, so I won't make much sense for a while
solomonlopez : do you ever make sense?
midgitbard : Steph's maching usually frezzes on yahoo
sobbie: I thought you had to work tonight
solomonlopez : oh sorry, the chat at yahoo groups usually doesnt work for me
midgitbard : I tried to get into Carrie Carr;s chat, the damn thing called me a silly idiot
redbackredback : lol
sobbie: hehe
sobbie: I havent ever had it call me that
js82640 : this one told me i had no friends earlier
midgitbard : it was 3am for me here
sobbie: sorry about the time thing
midgitbard : no, it's cool, now, as soon as I wake up*g*
advocate8704 : so Midgit. What's it like to be such a famous bard that chats are held in your honor? *G *
midgitbard : lol
midgitbard : I am becoming a writer of mush
advocate8704 : COLD mush at that
sobbie: yep cold 23 was pretty mushy
sobbie: ewww
midgitbard : wait til you see 24, it's half done
advocate8704 : how long is each chapter (typically)
midgitbard : 10 pages in size 12 font on Word
advocate8704 : wow.. you've got a major novel going then
midgitbard : so I've been told
sobbie: yep
solomonlopez : you'd know a bit about novels wouldn't you advocate
advocate8704 : a 'bit' my be stretching it
advocate8704 : oops my first typo! lets all take a drink!*G*
solomonlopez : lol
sobbie: lol
midgitbard : No-one actually knows this
solomonlopez : but you are really a man?
midgitbard : but I do have to re-write most of Advocates's work before posting
sobbie: lol
midgitbard : not last time I looked Steph
advocate8704 : yeah... You pretty much ghost write all my work.
advocate8704 : LOL
midgitbard : I need juice., brb
solomonlopez : the squirrels were ingenious midgit
advocate8704 : squirrel just joined? Oh, my.
sobbie: lol
solomonlopez : can't get away from the rodents can you?
squrl1298 : who's a rodent??
advocate8704 : Midgit is the basis for the female squirrel. she is my inspiration for all things rodent.
solomonlopez : be honest, midgit is just our inspiration period
squrl1298 : true
advocate8704 : true. but i didn't want to embarrass her
solomonlopez : ah yes, we have to worry about that
solomonlopez : she's so modest after all
midgitbard : hey!
advocate8704 : oooo.. it's 6:01
advocate8704 : time to get profound, Midgit
midgitbard : moi?
solomonlopez : it's 3:55 here, remember advocate, you moved your clock ahead
advocate8704 : oh yeah
midgitbard : you never told me I was the female squirrel
advocate8704 : to make me on time more often
advocate8704 : well, i didn't want you to get a big head
advocate8704 : bigger
advocate8704 : *G*
solomonlopez : if it got much bigger I think they would want to research it for science
advocate8704 : ROTFLMAO
midgitbard : So we're still on practice chat*g*
advocate8704 : BUAHHHHH!!!
solomonlopez : damn..I just woke the baby up laughing
advocate8704 : LOL
midgitbard : I am malogned
midgitbard : makigned
midgitbard : maligned
squrl1298 : squrls are cute, curious and have a keen intelligence--did i leave anything out?
solomonlopez : you are drunk again aren't you
midgitbard : no, not yet
advocate8704 : i'll have you kgoign to get a drink
midgitbard : wouldn't be Advocate without the typos
redbackredback : hey wonderwho.....
midgitbard : yep, hi everyone
wonderwho77 : hi everyone
solomonlopez : I think practice time is over now
midgitbard : right
midgitbard : be good now Steph
solomonlopez : of course, too many witnesses
sobbie: practice time was over when ya showed up
sobbie: weg
midgitbard : oooh
midgitbard : ok then, midgit is in the building
midgitbard : no, bash the midgit time is over*g*
sobbie: so is midgit self descriptive?
advocate8704 : and be nice about my typos
midgitbard : I think I may be a couple of inches off dwarfism, I'm 5 foot 1 and three wuarters
advocate8704 : is it still practice time? i have a question
midgitbard : we were never on partice time apparently*g*
midgitbard : oh dear
advocate8704 : ooooo
midgitbard : it is quite obvious all we bards desperately need beta readers
advocate8704 : so midgit, what is your favorite story? (from your own work(
solomonlopez : some more so than others
midgitbard : I think my first story, Everything, which isn't uber
advocate8704 : really? cool.
midgitbard : just becasue it's my first
advocate8704 : you always remember your first? *snicker*
midgitbard : but my favourite uber, to write, is Cold
solomonlopez : yes the first is always special isn't it
midgitbard : right
solomonlopez : is it because one of the characters is named for me?
midgitbard : and I refused to have an e-mail addy on it, becasue I thought folks would write and tell me it was rubbish
advocate8704 : what instincts
midgitbard : that must be it Steph
solomonlopez : what made you sit dwn and write 'everything?"
advocate8704 : i have a list of queliquor
advocate8704 : arghghhhhhghghghghgh
midgitbard : I'd started reading fanfiction, and wanted to write an adventure
advocate8704 : don't mind me. my machine is having a nervous breakdown.
midgitbard : wanted to put them in an awful situation
solomonlopez : had you written anything before that?
midgitbard : but wanted Gabby to be the one in trouble
midgitbard : nope, never
advocate8704 : what's the first FF you ever read? or the one that inspired you to write.
midgitbard : The first was All Through the Night, By Rebekkah
midgitbard : The first Alt. Was The Cabin
advocate8704 : oh my
advocate8704 : did your toes curl?
solomonlopez : good ones to start with
midgitbard : First uber,(which I resisted for a long time) Lucifer Rising
midgitbard : Couldn't believe alt, to start with, thought, Oh MY
midgitbard : neve thought I'd write it
advocate8704 : oh yeah. same here. i was like: Can they put that on the internet!?
midgitbard : right, I was such an innocent then
redbackredback : did Lucifer Rising inspire you to try your hand at writing uber???
midgitbard : nope., Dar and Kerry did that
sobbie: um advocate the internet was developed mostly for porn
solomonlopez : my very first story was the tavern, i could barely read it at the computer
midgitbard : but I wanted an uberX that would fail more
advocate8704 : did LOL.well, that's not where i was surfing.
advocate8704 : was it harder or easier to write alt than you thought it'd be, midgit?
midgitbard : surprisingly easy, once you got your mind round it
solomonlopez : was alpop your first uber?
midgitbard : actually, I started writing This Time, and gave up on it
midgitbard : soem stories just stall
midgitbard : and you just can't get it going again
advocate8704 : do you have a favorite all time classic and/or uber?
midgitbard : it's gotta be Lucifer, and just about anything Bel Wah writes
solomonlopez : other than the story of me naturally
advocate8704 : naturally
midgitbard : oh yeah,
gerda24 : did you write anything before fanfiction?
midgitbard : nope, always wanted to, but fanfic finally gave me the inspiration
midgitbard : never thought I'd write an uber though
advocate8704 : what do you think of the trend of bard's having their works published?
solomonlopez : do you find it difficult to try and change your proper english to something we Americans can understand?
midgitbard : it's not something I want to do, it's up to the author
midgitbard : sometimes I have to use Americanisms
midgitbard : just to make it easy for ya
solomonlopez : like bangs?
advocate8704 : like what, for instance?
midgitbard : but I do like to put the odd word in to confuse
midgitbard : bangs is a noise, I refuse to use that for hair*g*
midgitbard : I like to use rhyming slang sometimes
advocate8704 : fringe is what's around the end of Dolly Parton's dress. but we still read your stuff *G *
midgitbard : but no-one's called me on it, so I guess they just think it's an error
solomonlopez : high five advocate
advocate8704 : lol
midgitbard : d'oh!
midgitbard : so what do you think of Cold Addy and Streph?
solomonlopez : uh
solomonlopez : well
midgitbard : exactly
solomonlopez : you tell her advocate
advocate8704 : uh
midgitbard : my good friends refuse to read it until it's done
midgitbard : they think I won't finish it
midgitbard : but it just has two more parts
sobbie: I think it is great
midgitbard : thank you
midgitbard : someome with faith in my ability to finish something
solomonlopez : I've heard good things about it*G*
advocate8704 : steph do you see how cold she was to us?
midgitbard : Hi Jude
solomonlopez : hey judith
squrl1298 : i love the cliff hangers...these two characters have so much-character
advocate8704 : Judith!
meshuggepupcnz : Hello everyone!!
sobbie: btw you ever gonna finish heaven?
advocate8704 : yup. i truly have heard WONDERFUL things about Cold
midgitbard : I like cliffhangers too
midgitbard : darn, I don't know
midgitbard : I have no inspiration to
meshuggepupcnz : While you are writing cold do other plot thoughts pop into your head
sobbie: oh ok
midgitbard : I'll never attempt another sequel
squrl1298 : are going to continue the story of jo and rocky once Cold is complete?
meshuggepupcnz : Never say never Midgi
midgitbard : doubt it, this little episode in their life is the story
advocate8704 : fans love sequels
meshuggepupcnz : yes we do
midgitbard : why?
meshuggepupcnz : because one can never tell the whole story
squrl1298 : their story is only beginning
midgitbard : The whole story IMHO is the meeting and the growing love story
advocate8704 : personally... i love when stories move beyond that 'first time' stuff and delve deeper into the characters
sobbie: cause we cant get enough of the good characters
meshuggepupcnz : nah that is just the appetizer
midgitbard : that's what i like writing
meshuggepupcnz : Well as your devotees we want you to write only what you feel comfortable with of course
midgitbard : wel, we'll see
meshuggepupcnz : Is everyone here reading cold may I ask?
midgitbard : heh
squrl1298 : yes
wonderwho77 : yes
advocate8704 : God, not again.
sobbie: I am
js82640 : yes
solomonlopez : that is what I was thinking to addy
solomonlopez : too..sheesh
midgitbard : good job someone is
meshuggepupcnz : god not again what
solomonlopez : some people don't read stories in progress
meshuggepupcnz : ?
advocate8704 : Migit already publically spanked us for not reading it till it's done
meshuggepupcnz : oh yes THOSE people
midgitbard : right, my good chumlies
meshuggepupcnz : well I guess if you haved burned by a really good story it is understandable
advocate8704 : but look how loyal we are. we aren't even here to beg for updates!
midgitbard : right
advocate8704 : because we love Midgit. nuff said
sobbie: I want updates
meshuggepupcnz : mIDIGIT IS WHY
solomonlopez : we are here to support our tiny little friend
meshuggepupcnz : SHOOT why is everyhting caps I hate it when that happens
meshuggepupcnz : LOL
advocate8704 : i have a burning question i must ask midgit
midgitbard : oh boy
sobbie: that little button called cap lock maybe
advocate8704 : what's the most over indulgent thing you've ever eaten in a fit of depression?
midgitbard : I was going to say that
advocate8704 : like a whole pack of cookies.. or whatever.
midgitbard : I don't eat, I drink, as you know
advocate8704 : LOL
advocate8704 : no food? i find this a telling question about people's personalities
sobbie: acutally I was wondering about that
advocate8704 : i asked someone the other day and the reply was a pound of bacon@
advocate8704 : i was fascinated!
sobbie: most of your uber characters tend to over indulge
meshuggepupcnz : I can eat a pound of bacon:}
midgitbard : that's cool, Addy
midgitbard : my characters?
advocate8704 : your ALOP were borderline problem cases, weren't they?
meshuggepupcnz : they overindulge only in angnst
advocate8704 : LOL. Judith
midgitbard : oh yeah, but Eden couldn't take her drink
midgitbard : get getting lost in a small bush
midgitbard : shrubbery I mean
gerda24 : there is a lot of eating in uberstories, why is that you think?
advocate8704 : lol
solomonlopez : which of your characters...other than Xena of course, do you most relate to...who is most like you?
midgitbard : I don't know, I always forget to have them eat
midgitbard : Gosh, they
midgitbard : 're all pretty cool, so none of them are me
meshuggepupcnz : because food is sexy and very very social
midgitbard : I was Annie the bus driver in ALPOP
advocate8704 : why haven't we seen a Xena: Warrior Bus Driver?
sobbie: lol
midgitbard : I thought about that, too much carnage on the road
meshuggepupcnz : she can't sit behind the wheel with that sword
solomonlopez : it would have to be a chariot
meshuggepupcnz : and right now she can't see above the dash board
advocate8704 : "What! No exact change?!" Slash. Hack. Slash.
midgitbard : right
gerda24 : are you a busdriver in Bath
solomonlopez : think of the angst of not having a bus pass for the right day
midgitbard : unfrotunatley, yes
advocate8704 : or driving right by you when your standing at the stop. ANGST CITY!!@
midgitbard : I come up with the best plots driving around the city
advocate8704 : Midgit, if any one of your body parts could be bionic... which would you pick?
meshuggepupcnz : Ali any bizarre feedback on Cold?
midgitbard : yeah, some folks read more into it than I write., I'm not that clever
midgitbard : they seem to think I know what I'm talking about
midgitbard : I have no idea what will happen until I sit at the computer
meshuggepupcnz : read more of what into it?
solomonlopez : as long as they don't thnk you are using your stories to communicate with them...
midgitbard : um, the relationship
meshuggepupcnz : elaborate please?
midgitbard : and if there's a message behind the story, a moral
midgitbard : my brain Ad
advocate8704 : that doesn't count
midgitbard : oh
meshuggepupcnz : they dont make bionic parts that small
advocate8704 : LOL!
sobbie: lol
midgitbard : Cold came about when I imagined this phot of a homeless girl
midgitbard : it grew from there
meshuggepupcnz : are you saying that you are writing no moral ideas into the story conciously, no messages we should take away
midgitbard : I make it up as I go along
midgitbard : it's changed hugely from the simple love story it was going to be
meshuggepupcnz : do you ever write ideas for the story ahead of where you are in the story
midgitbard : nope, never
meshuggepupcnz : or is it a form of stream of conciouness
midgitbard : uh, yeah?
midgitbard : I guess
meshuggepupcnz : can anybody here spell conciouness?:}
squrl1298 : do the characters take you places you never thought of?
sobbie: not me
savmut : nope I can't
midgitbard : I think they do
js82640 : consciousness
squrl1298 : conciousness
meshuggepupcnz : Well ya know what Midgit. that form of writing works mighty well fer ya
midgitbard : thanks, Jude
advocate8704 : if the Xenaverse disappeared tomorrow and you lost your forum, would you still write only for yourself? Or would most of the fun be gone?
meshuggepupcnz : I mean it sincerely~~
meshuggepupcnz : oh good one Ad
midgitbard : it'll be interesting though, when folks read it all in one go to see if it flows well
midgitbard : oooh, I don;t know
meshuggepupcnz : Well remember I didn't come in till quite far along and I read thru it very enthusiastically
midgitbard : I love the feedback, don't think I could write to an empty room so to speak
advocate8704 : right
meshuggepupcnz : has feedback ever confused where you were going witha story
meshuggepupcnz : negative or positive
midgitbard : oh yeah, you know what happened to me with ALPOP when I got a negative mail
meshuggepupcnz : no expand
advocate8704 : what were folks moaning about?
midgitbard : threw me into a hissy fit
midgitbard : said the plot didn't work
meshuggepupcnz : and
midgitbard : said my uberX was wrong to run out on Eden
advocate8704 : well that was true, of course *G*
advocate8704 : but you still pulled it out. and besides.. it's your story to tell.
midgitbard : I know, but it was a part of her character
meshuggepupcnz : So your writing was stymied for a time?
advocate8704 : exactly
midgitbard : it was, and then i felt I had to write a piece to explain her thinking
midgitbard : whereas i like to let the reader do some thinking
advocate8704 : is that why you post in parts?
advocate8704 : to allow digestion?
midgitbard : nope. I just wouldn't have the patience to finish something and then post
meshuggepupcnz : plus back to the good feedback thing
meshuggepupcnz : Do all the readers here feed the bards regularly?
midgitbard : feedback is in short supply these days
wonderwho77 : I think Midgit loves angst and cliffhangers
midgitbard : I don't get that mich for cold
advocate8704 : i try to, Judith
meshuggepupcnz : anyone else?
sobbie: I am one of the worst for feedback
meshuggepupcnz : not giving it you mean
savmut : I try, but I never know what to actualy say.
sobbie: mostly because I dont read at the puter and by the time i get back I have forgotten what I want to say
midgitbard : know what you mean
js82640 : not as often as i should, guilty
meshuggepupcnz : do you expect the writer to write back
advocate8704 : i think folks need to remind themselves this is FAN fiction. they get it for free and it's not all going to be perfect. they should give back a little to the bad.
advocate8704 : bard.
midgitbard : right, I got nothing for Heaven, and thought no-one was interested
sobbie: yeah you are right advocate..... but the me toos and the good stories feel strange after a bit.
meshuggepupcnz : Well, I know some of my best experiences in the Xenaverse have been from writers replying to me
midgitbard : I remnember, I used to be writing Paradise, and the mails were coming in one after the other midgitbard : now, I just get the same folks writing after each part of cold
meshuggepupcnz : I have actually made people happy, delighted even just by stopping in to say hey I read it I liked it thanks
squrl1298 : not ever--sorry. i write for a living and i sometimes just want to read. Then all i want to say is good, keep going.
midgitbard : It's great to hear from them,. but nothing like it used to ve
sobbie: I think a huge part of the problem is the volume of fan fic now
squrl1298 : i will try to be more considerate in the future--cuz i do like what i am reading
sobbie: it is VERY hard to keep up... even for me who has no life beyond the stories
meshuggepupcnz : good fer you squirrel person:}
midgitbard : Of course, I've made some of myu best friends by replying to mails about muy stories
meshuggepupcnz : huazzah an Hallelujah!!!!
advocate8704 : yeah, way to go squrl!
gerda24 : Only saying I like the story is enough? I like Heaven
midgitbard : sure, I wasn't even getting that
meshuggepupcnz : Why wouldn't it be enuff? It is positive and to the point
midgitbard : It was very disporiting
advocate8704 : feedback has really dropped
midgitbard : urk
advocate8704 : for everyone
midgitbard : it has
meshuggepupcnz : I hate that!
advocate8704 : i think people got spoiled
sobbie: but do you really really want the good job keep it up with no substance behind the feedback?
meshuggepupcnz : The product keeps coming whether they *pay* for it or not?
advocate8704 : sobbie: i think even a 'nice job' is good feedback
midgitbard : It's good to know that folks are reading, but it's also good to know what they like or don't like advocate8704 : though many people can offer more
sobbie: ok
advocate8704 : Midgit have you ever considered co-writing something?
midgitbard : people have made me see things in my characters, that I didn't realise was there., and I'm writing it *g *
meshuggepupcnz : Okay so we are all agreed to feed and spread the word to feed the bards:}
midgitbard : you know I won't Addy
advocate8704 : because?
sobbie: my big problem is that I want to offer more but I am definately not any kind of writer so its hard to say what I mean
midgitbard : I can manage on my own
advocate8704 : ooo.. ouch!
meshuggepupcnz : oh brother!!!!!1
midgitbard : I've had the shyest folks write to me
solomonlopez : Like Judith?
midgitbard : and i write them back and try to get them to talk to me
midgitbard : it's very rewarding sometimes
meshuggepupcnz : sobbie I am not a writer but I just tell them what I felt when I read somehting. You would be surpreise deven some of the most accomplished bards need and appreciate and can use the simplest of feedback to improve or re-inspire
midgitbard : we've had feed the bard campaigns in the past
meshuggepupcnz : yes I am shy I admit it:}
midgitbard : this feedback drought has been going a while now
gerda24 : people from all over the world give feedback?
midgitbard : sure!!
solomonlopez : ok you have talked me into it..I'll see if we can start up another feed the bard campaign soon
gerda24 : also from non western countries?
sobbie: ok so what do you really want from the average shy reader who reads 5 stories or parts a day?
solomonlopez : Hey Carrie!
midgitbard : Carrie!!#
cbzeer : Sorry I'm late
meshuggepupcnz : Carrie!
advocate8704 : hi Carrie
sobbie: story of your life carrie
wonderwho77 : Hi Carrie
midgitbard : Just a note to say you're enjoying the story, and maybw why
cbzeer : what have I've missed?
solomonlopez : Carrie - we were just at the part when Midgit tells us what she wears..or in her case, doesn't..when she is sitting at the computer writing
meshuggepupcnz : We are talking about feeding the bards and how it seems as if readers just arent' into the feedback as much anymore
cbzeer : true...but I think a bit of it has to do with readers who wait until the story is finished
meshuggepupcnz : What as a writer Midgit likes to hear that helps or inspires her
cbzeer : oh, like how much we worship her?
meshuggepupcnz : yes that too
midgitbard : rtsk
midgitbard : tsk
midgitbard : darn
meshuggepupcnz : We adore you Mistress
cbzeer : *bowing* Oh, mighty Mistress!
meshuggepupcnz : we are not worthy of your diminuitiveness
cbzeer : *snicker*
midgitbard : Sometimes you know, I get a mail from someone who's going through a really bad time in their life, and they just say that it made them smile or something
meshuggepupcnz : I can't spell worth a frig tonight
midgitbard : nor me
meshuggepupcnz : That is cool!
midgitbard : it is,
cbzeer : do you allow readers to dictate what you're going to write next? (plotwise)
midgitbard : we touched on that earlier. And yes, sometimes I do listen to what folks want
meshuggepupcnz : Ali in looking at other bardsthe ones on this here chat > who do you think is the most unique talent
midgitbard : I was told, in no uncertain terms not to let rocky be abused by her uncle again
sobbie: but does that really help in the stories?
meshuggepupcnz : Bards on the list responavous to that one???
midgitbard : Well, Rocky was going to be abused again,. and she wasn;t. I wouldn't want to alienate my readers
midgitbard : apart from Missy,. Bel Wah
meshuggepupcnz : yes?
midgitbard : huh
midgitbard : huh?
meshuggepupcnz : apart from Missy and Belwah what? or were you done?
midgitbard : I think
meshuggepupcnz : you aren't sure?
meshuggepupcnz }
midgitbard : never
midgitbard : There are many wonderful bards in the Xenaverse, and some of the best ones are good chums of mine.
cbzeer : very diplomatic, Mistress *g*
gerda24 : do you have/take time to read other peoples stories?
meshuggepupcnz : ass kisser if you ask me:}
midgitbard : I read everything.
midgitbard : on the bus
cbzeer : that's why there's so many bus accidents over there, I hear
midgitbard : I jsut read Reds immortal series
midgitbard : this is true
meshuggepupcnz : what that your an ass kisser or the bus accidents:}
midgitbard : I was once reading Drag Kings stuck in a traffic jam
advocate8704 : and you're beta reading for me
midgitbard : I am
midgitbard : hard work
meshuggepupcnz : Sounds like an uber. I was once a drag king stuck in a traffic jam and then this petite blond with green eyes walked in front of my bus
midgitbard : cool
gerda24 : do not read at work warnings ignored
midgitbard : I see an uber in evetything
meshuggepupcnz : and she was so gorgeous my foot slipped off the brake and..the end
midgitbard : short and sweet
midgitbard : like me
meshuggepupcnz : just like you
meshuggepupcnz : ooh!!!
midgitbard : heh, great minds
meshuggepupcnz : scary
midgitbard : right
midgitbard : it's hard to come up with something original these days
meshuggepupcnz : My co writer is coming to spend the weekend next week and we are gonna polish up our story
midgitbard : Didn't know you were writing Jude
meshuggepupcnz : yep, unlike some others I NEED help
midgitbard : we all need help at some time
midgitbard : I talk my plots over with friends
cbzeer : sometimes a friendly ear helps
midgitbard : some of the best ideas in Cold are other folks
meshuggepupcnz : honest of you to say so:} COOL
cbzeer : has an idea ever made you change the story, maybe go in a different direction?
midgitbard : oh yeah, oh boy, yeah
midgitbard : like I said, Cold was just going to be a love story, and I decided to turn it into some kind of thriller
midgitbard : not sure i succeeded
cbzeer : I think you have
wonderwho77 : You sure did
midgitbard : cool
sobbie: well the past few chapters have been thrilling
meshuggepupcnz : and now I can't imagine it without the intrigue
squrl1298 : me either
midgitbard : I'm glad it worked out, it could have been a disaster
meshuggepupcnz : so there you have it:}
midgitbard : It's just about done now, and then I'll have to start thinking about the next one
cbzeer : what's next?
midgitbard : can't decide
meshuggepupcnz : so what do we have to look forward to how much more?
cbzeer : more angst?
midgitbard : I want to write the civil war one
midgitbard : I think two more parts of cold
squrl1298 : whose civil war?
meshuggepupcnz : I hear a lot of women were named Judith in that era
meshuggepupcnz : jk
midgitbard : it;s like an alternate universe
midgitbard : a country that's been split by a civil war
squrl1298 : please say that there will be some more of jo and rocky in the future
midgitbard : The country is never named
midgitbard : I'm not sure about Jo and Rocky, can't think of what else i could have them do
squrl1298 : perhaps something will come to you later
sobbie: yeah ya killed off all the bad guys
solomonlopez : jk....you kill me Jude *g*
midgitbard : right
midgitbard : exept Trixie
solomonlopez : haven't you started one already about a civil war?
midgitbard : yeah, it's started
sobbie: true but trixie was effectivly killed off
midgitbard : nope, she's not*g*
solomonlopez : if it's the one I am thinking about it's really good
sobbie: ooooohhhhhh the plot thickens
squrl1298 : good--there is still some back story to jo
midgitbard : thanks Sterph
midgitbard : Jo has a lot of history
midgitbard : bad history
cbzeer : oooh...tell us more!
squrl1298 : oooh--i look forward to this....
sobbie: more 10 winters ago stuff?
midgitbard : but she's trying
solomonlopez : Rocky on the other hand is perfect
squrl1298 : and what about rocky?
midgitbard : No, she was only 14 ten winters ago
midgitbard : Rocky isn't perfect, but she lost her teenage years. she didn't have a chance to be bad
midgitbard : Rocky has a guilt complex. she takes the blame for everything
sobbie: sorry I was thinking cannon series
solomonlopez : well I think Rocky is perfect...from what I have read anyway
sobbie: forgot you live in other places an may not have seen all the eps
squrl1298 : she's too perfect--she needs something ....
midgitbard : I've seen all the eps
solomonlopez : and usually before we in the US saw them..and would parade that fact too >
midgitbard : yep*g*
midgitbard : Rocky is still resisiting the urge to run
solomonlopez : What did you think of the ending of the series, in general terms of course, in case someone hasn't seen it yet
midgitbard : she's on an emotional overload at the mo
midgitbard : I thought it was cool, didn't like it but liked the snogging*g *
sobbie: oops sorry I thought you were xena deprived
solomonlopez : what does snogging mean?
midgitbard : noooo, I help the Xena deprived, just posting the last three seasons to Holland
midgitbard : kissing
meshuggepupcnz : kiss-scmiss? who cares now
midgitbard : ah well
solomonlopez : oh sorry Jude
midgitbard : but anyway,
solomonlopez : go look at a poster *G*
midgitbard : we're talking uber
solomonlopez : Do you think uber is going to continue or move more to original fiction?
midgitbard : I was thinking of a sad ending
midgitbard : even if I read original fiction, I see X&G
solomonlopez : ya, well good point, me too
midgitbard : jsut love the characters
advocate8704 : i force you to see rodents
squrl1298 : sad ending to cold?
midgitbard : maybe
solomonlopez : at least they aren't dead rodents
solomonlopez : oh wait, that's been done huh carrie?
advocate8704 : LOL
cbzeer : *snicker*
sobbie: lol
cbzeer : I saw a squirrel at the Discovery store and thought of you, Advocate *g *
midgitbard : I've always wanted to write a sad ending, but dom't think I'd suirvive long
sobbie: actually i love all the different uber characters and settings
squrl1298 : then you would HAVE to write a sequel--tooo many sad endings this month
midgitbard : like I said earlier, it's harsd to come up with something origina;
advocate8704 : tx, Carrie. it's the rodent association that i live for.
solomonlopez : do you ever dream about your characters?
midgitbard : but I've never killed a character off yet
advocate8704 : wuss
sobbie: um what about Ron?
midgitbard : I keep dreaming about shopping with Lucy
midgitbard : oh yeah, I mean either uberG or X
sobbie: ahh ok
midgitbard : you've never killed anyone, at the end at least Addy
advocate8704 : Midgit have you ever thought of doing a Gen story? Or is the subtext/maintext to ingrained for you to back away from it?
midgitbard : Are there still Gen stories, if so why?*g*
midgitbard : nope couldn't do it
meshuggepupcnz : okay I'm back I went and gazed at Gabby for awhile and got a Mt Dew I feel better now:}
solomonlopez : is that your way of saying the chat is over?
midgitbard : aha, you thought you'd got rid of me
cbzeer : never!
midgitbard : at least it only happened once
sobbie: does anyone read the gen stories?
midgitbard : I don;t
savmut : sometimes depends on the bard.
midgitbard : I looked at a Xena/Joxer story the other day
midgitbard : ew
meshuggepupcnz : I have read gen
sobbie: eeeeewwwwww
midgitbard : right
meshuggepupcnz : triple ewwwwww
savmut : lol.
midgitbard : it was painful
midgitbard : I used only to read Gen
midgitbard : thought it was awful these two rolling around at every opportunity
midgitbard : but my stories have got less explicit
sobbie: I couldnt stand the idea of uber.... fought it forever
midgitbard : me too
midgitbard : wouldn't read it
solomonlopez : me too
midgitbard : now that's just about all there is
sobbie: didnt think it was possible to get better than classic alt
midgitbard : someone needs to write a good old fashioned X&G
sobbie: the problem there as I see it is it is too limited
midgitbard : right
midgitbard : most story ideas were done
midgitbard : there was nothing original happening
sobbie: with ubers there is the entire history and world to work with
sobbie: yep
midgitbard : this is true
savmut : history, future, and thing you can think of can be done in uber. much more diverse
sobbie: so unless it is a bard I am very familiar with and truely enjoy I wont even look at it
midgitbard : but now I want to invent a world
sobbie: go for it
midgitbard : I will eventually
savmut : cool. Go ahead. i think it'd be cool.
midgitbard : it's going to be a depressing story though
sobbie: ummmmm like most of yours arent already?
solomonlopez : arent most of yours depressing?
midgitbard : yeah, but they have their nice moments,
midgitbard : I hope
midgitbard : this will just downright nasty
midgitbard : set somewhere similar to Serbia
midgitbard : lots of atrocities
sobbie: uber concorer?
midgitbard : And uberX and uberG are on opposite sides of a civil war
midgitbard : no, not really
midgitbard : uberX is a soldier
sobbie: k good
sobbie: sorry concorer stories all got to be the same too
midgitbard : UberG's army are more guerilla type fighters
midgitbard : I'm writing a conqueror
solomonlopez : you are???
midgitbard : yep
midgitbard : I like Conqueror stories, always wanted to do one
midgitbard : but it's like you say, hard to make it dofferent
solomonlopez : I've often wondered how to make it dofferent
cbzeer : there's a lot of Conqueror stories out there, that's for sure
sobbie: i am not trying to be negative honestly just hard to find a new idea
midgitbard : I've decided that Gabrielle was not the girl on the cross
midgitbard : she's also not an amazon
midgitbard : she's a fighter
midgitbard : as assassin
meshuggepupcnz : the girl on the cross Is not Gabby, not an amazon, but a fighter for whom and for what midgitbard : I dunno!! haven't thought about that yet
midgitbard : you know me
meshuggepupcnz : oh sorry
midgitbard : make it up as I go along
meshuggepupcnz : yes
meshuggepupcnz : right
meshuggepupcnz : quite
midgitbard : She's just going to lead resistance agains Xena
meshuggepupcnz : before or after the cross?
midgitbard : so it does soundf the same as any other
midgitbard : it starts with them rescuing the girl on the cross
meshuggepupcnz : yes but each and every talented bard would imbue the stroy with their indelible mark
meshuggepupcnz : Never the same
midgitbard : oh
midgitbard : it would probably end up a glorified PWP
meshuggepupcnz : The is only on story in the universe and it is told over and over
meshuggepupcnz : those are good
cbzeer : no shame in PWP *g*
meshuggepupcnz : none whatsoever:}
midgitbard : don;t think I have the imagination to do one though
sobbie: PWP has its good points
cbzeer : that's all I used to read
sobbie: but a diet of only that getts a bit much
meshuggepupcnz : yeah it wears a person out:}
solomonlopez : JUDE!!!!
sobbie: lol
meshuggepupcnz : what did I say?
midgitbard : I go through phases with my reading
midgitbard : sometimes I like uber, then classic
midgitbard : then pwp, then thrillers
meshuggepupcnz : I would hate to limit myself there is so much good stuff to be read
midgitbard : there is, but it's slowing fown
midgitbard : Addy's dozed off
sobbie: what's slowing down?
midgitbard : fanfictionm
midgitbard : I remember there used to be loads posted every day
meshuggepupcnz : Somewhat but the good ones keep popping up
midgitbard : too muich to read
sobbie: I havent found that to really be the case
midgitbard : really
meshuggepupcnz : but then again so do the truly bad ones
sobbie: too much to read now
cbzeer : too many unfinished ones, though
meshuggepupcnz : Amen Sister Carrie!
midgitbard : I remember going to Xenos everymorning, in 97/98
sobbie: well ya know carrie...... its been almost 2 months fer you
meshuggepupcnz : that is the atheeennnneenum of shadowfens now?
midgitbard : atheeenium
wonderwho77 : Where have you been sobbie?
midgitbard : I used to go there, and there would have been a huge list of new stories
sobbie: um i have been here the whole time
cbzeer : *looking other way*
cbzeer : Hmm???
wonderwho77 : Carrie just had quite a few updates
sobbie: lol
midgitbard : But now you have to sift through to find the good stuff
meshuggepupcnz : sifting is in order to be sure
midgitbard : there are folks who put out rubbish
sobbie: yeah sifting is part of the fun really
advocate8704 : not dozine
midgitbard : she's awake!!
advocate8704 : dozing
advocate8704 : absorbing this fascinating conversation in contemplative silence
sobbie: you never know if you are going to like it or not
sobbie: contemplating yer navel?
advocate8704 : wouldn't you like to know
midgitbard : Some folks badly need beta readers
midgitbard : I hate seeing bad spellings etc.
midgitbard : if you're going to post it, get it right first
sobbie: yeah but you spell funny no matter what
midgitbard : I spell correctly*g*
solomonlopez : I do too...it kills me to put up a story that uses shutter instead of shudder...that kinda thing
cbzeer : you write with an accent *g*
solomonlopez : I agree with Carrie, you *do* write with an accent
sobbie: oh and you dont carrie?
midgitbard : absolutely dahling
solomonlopez : Carrie doesn't have an accent *g*
cbzeer : I reckon I don't
solomonlopez : I told Lil that very thing when we were fixing to go yonder to the ice house
midgitbard : of course, to me Dar and kerry have English accents
sobbie: actually that really is part of the fun in fanfic
midgitbard : I hope folks give my characters English accents
sobbie: I live in a very remote part of the world..... fan fic and all the authors bring the rest of the world to me
midgitbard : yeah, i hear you
solomonlopez : Midgit, thank you for having this chat..I have a date to watch Castaway...the movie....in our tv room with the rest of my family. Thanks for all the hard work you put out. You rock!
sobbie: actually jo sounds like a NZer to me
midgitbard : cheers Steph
midgitbard : you';re just hearing Lucy
midgitbard : which is cool
sobbie: probably
midgitbard : after all, most of the uberX's are based on what we think she would be like
sobbie: it's hard to tell the difference between english and nz accents
advocate8704 : i'm vacating as well.
midgitbard : you think?
meshuggepupcnz : yes Midgit darlin' and I have a date with a stromboli sandwich:} Luv ya babe Night everyone
advocate8704 : thanks for the chat
midgitbard : ok, talk to you again Addy
advocate8704 : bye
midgitbard : tata
midgitbard : different
meshuggepupcnz : Night Sweet Xena and Gabrielle Dreams to you all
midgitbard : wow, we've been on two housr
midgitbard : hours
cbzeer : You're awesome, Mistress - keep writing!
savmut : Time flies when you're having fun
midgitbard : it's been good, don't know if it'll be interesting reading for folks who weren;t here though
midgitbard : didn't think anyone else would be there yet
sobbie: actually a lot of ppl read the transcripts
midgitbard : I've had probs with this in the past and can;t get on
midgitbard : thought it would be just my luck for thwt to happen tonight
sobbie: when I actually get around to getting them done that is
cbzeer : I think you folks do a great job at the Abode, Sobbie
midgitbard : well, then they'll see the total disrespect my "friends" have for me*g *
sobbie: um thank savmut and redback emma and rachel. I just play in the chats
midgitbard : yeah, it's one of the sites I go to every day
midgitbard : and thanks for posting my updates
cbzeer : Thanks, savmut & redback, & emma and rachel!
midgitbard : I see the numbers go up once it's on your site
js82640 : and thanks for setting it up
cbzeer : thanks Ali... I enjoyed it.
midgitbard : cool, Carrie
cbzeer : talk to you later, gator *g*
midgitbard : right
sobbie: thanks you very mcuh for coming
midgitbard : loved it*g*
midgitbard : nite everyone
wonderwho77 : bye
js82640 : night
sobbie: thank you all for coming tonight
sobbie: night all

 

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and especially the author who was willing to talk to us all ...Midgit ...
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