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Steve Lazarowitz's Home Page

[Cybling] Okay folks...allow me to present a man who needs absolutely no introduction because he's been here for the past hour, lolol.
[Matthew] sure
[Cybling] Steve!!!
[baryon] o tay
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO!
[Ellen1]
[thunderous applause] lol
* Cybling applauds
* Robert_Marcom applauds
* Kammy golf claps
[Steve_Lazarowitz] hi all, I'm back.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] okay....where were we? I'm in Chicago!
[Cybling] I was just giving them a little Green Room color Steve.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] You've gotta love the Green Room.
[Ellen1] The windy city...is it? ok, I'll be quiet now....
[Kammy] I love it from here
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's a great place to just sit and talk to people.
* Robert_Marcom turns color
[baryon] always a fun spot to be
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think I've spent half the Con here.
[Cybling] folks...this is the part of the evening when we get to interrogate Steve. So are there any deep intimate questions you've always wanted to ask him?
[Cybling] I have him duct taped to the chair.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Ut oh!
[Ellen1] lol
[baryon] steve, how successful have your ebooks been?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Jan must be tired she's laughing at my jokes.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Define successful?
[Cybling] Steve...I saw your e-book. On a 3.5 floppy. Wonderful "cover" best female legs we've all seen.
* Ryan chuckles.
[Matthew] were those yours
[Ellen1] lol
[Cybling] Steve's?
[baryon] have they met your expectations in sales
[Steve_Lazarowitz] My ebooks have sold in a quantity of about a hundred or so. Maybe a bit more.
[Cybling] I don't think I'm allowed to check.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] They haven't met my expectation in sales....yet.
[Cybling] Steve...how much are your ebooks going for currently?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] However, I have a lot of confidence that things are picking up already.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I've seen steady increase in every month since June
[Matthew] what will it take for ebooks to increase in sales
[Ellen1] What do you think it'll take for that to happen Steve? That is, meet your expectations in sales.
[Cybling] hold on the questions.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Downloads are in the $4 range.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] CDs are in the $8 range.
* Cybling gets out cast-iron skillet
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I also recently pulled an e-book from Dark Star Publications.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] So now I only have two.
[Cybling] Okay...questions now.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I see Ellen had one.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's going to take a lot of promotion. That's the key.
[baryon] Which got pulled?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Shameless, self promotion.
[Ellen1] self promo Steve?
[Matthew] will adobes announcement have an impact on ebook sales
[Ellen1] ok, answered that, lol
[Steve_Lazarowitz] A Creative Edge, Barry
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It might. The fact is, I'm very leery of the Microsoft, adobe, ebook formate
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think that, like all things MS will try to corner the market.
[Ellen1] how true....
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Make it hard for the small, independent e-pub houses to do business
[Steve_Lazarowitz] What we need is...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] a new method of distribution, and to have it in place, before the big pubs come to the net.
[Ellen1] What do you have in mind Steve, for a new method, if anything?
[baryon] Any chance of putting it back out, it's a marvelous book!?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] This will be the KEY to working things out.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's coming back out, Barry.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's being re-edited in a new edition
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It will have a new story in it as well.
[baryon] Great
[Steve_Lazarowitz] A really cute story, where all the characters from the book, come to life, track me down and take their revenge on me.
[Cybling] lol
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's written by one of my characters!
[Ellen1] lol
[Kimmo] Steve_Lazarowitz: Baen are going to supply their webscriptions in the MS Reader format... and so will Michael McCollums Scifi Arizona
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I become a character in my own books!
[Ellen1] sounds interesting!
[Spinner] Crossroads will have the MS Reader format in two days.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's bound to happen. MS is just too strong. But I still think that the epub houses out now, will be the small presses of the future.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes???
[Matthew] you said the KEY is ...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] This is very good news Spinner.
[Spinner] yep
[Ryan] yeah
[Steve_Lazarowitz] We need a way to distribute ebooks to compete with things like Ingram and such,
[Ryan] and when microsoft splits that means we'll have two monopolies.
[Cybling] LOL
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Frankly, there are two things epubs NEED to do, to survive.
[Ryan] Well, it's true :P
[Ellen1] listening....
[Steve_Lazarowitz] They need to up their standards and they need to promote their existence.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Because if someone tries an epub and the first book they buy is filled with typos and cliches...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's the last one they'll buy.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That's one of the biggest problems now.
[Ellen1] not enough quality control, so to speak...
[Matthew] and make the readers cost effective and a tool the teens want to have
[Steve_Lazarowitz] There are so many "vanity" epubs that don't edit at all, people are confusing epubs based on the more...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] traditional model with them.
[Cybling] Okay...folks...let's slow it down a bit.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That will happen anyway Matthew.
[Cybling] We're wearing Steve's fingers off here.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'm tough!
[Ellen1] lol
[MToney] LOL! Gotta save Steve's fingers for eBooks. :)
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I even talk to much with my hands!
[Cybling] lol
[Robert_Marcom] Do you think there is a future for freelance e-editors now? Do authors begin to employ them instead of publishers?
[Robert_Marcom] (I've employed my own btw.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think that the whole system has to be changed.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] We need to stop telling people what they can and can't read.
[Matthew] how can one control copyright on the net
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Books need to be quality, but they need to be open to innovation as well.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That doesn't happen often.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] You can't Matthew.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Any more than you can in print.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's a law and that's it.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] How can you stop people from copying movies?
[Cybling] Some folks will respect it and some won't.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Right.
[Ellen1] or tearing the tags off of pillows?
[Cybling] I think education is a big part of that.
[Ellen1] sorry...
[Cybling] Before I met a lot of writers, it wouldn't have occurred to me...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LOL Ellen!!!
[MToney] More expensive to prosecute and less likely to win fair royalties, I'd think.
[Cybling] that buying something "hot" was wrong.
[Cybling] Now that I know I'm taking food out of their mouths...it's different.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I don't think prosecution will really be an option, unless.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] the person doing it, does it on a scale to make money
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Ebooks are cheap enough where it might not happen.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] At least, the independent epubs are.
[Ellen1] Steve, you mentioned earlier that the "whole system" needs to be changed...What exactly do you mean?
[MToney] I'd think so, but e-currency is still a squirrelly issue.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] The system at the moment, works like this..
[baryon] King has shown that most folks are honest and will pay, but there will always be those who don't!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I attended a panel yesterday, moderated by Joe Haldeman and taken over by Gene Wolfe
[G]
[Steve_Lazarowitz] They both said, the best way to get published...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] in print...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] is to look at what the other authors are writing, hence what the publishing houses are buying and give them more of the same...
* Kammy hug DLee
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Joe H. said as long as people keep buying the same stuff...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] publishers will keep printing it.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That's what makes epublishing so great.n
[Matthew] we need an ebook into a blockbuster movie...perhaps Steven Speilber will make one of your books into a movie
[Steve_Lazarowitz] You can have a niche market and still make a living, publish and writing books.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] But it's not happening yet....
[Ellen1] That's completely "squashing" out creativity!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Not until the hand held readers come down in price.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] But that's realism, Ellen.
[Ellen1] ok.......(always hated realism)
[Steve_Lazarowitz] You're not allowed to be creative, because everything has to fit the cookie cutter mold.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think the real issue here....
[baryon] Did Haldeman relate how hard it was to get FOREVER PEACE published?E
[Guest] Hi Steve. I've read a lot of ebooks in the past month and I'm impressed
[Kimmo] Personally I doubt hand readers ever will be a hit, unless they can do more. LIke a PDA with book reading as an accessory.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] is that publishing companies are not being owned by big entertainment conglomarates and want fast and easy money.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] THere's no time for an author to build a following.
[Ellen1] yep, money talks
[Steve_Lazarowitz] NOw, Barry, he didn't.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] The thing that will make the new readers a "hit"..
[Steve_Lazarowitz] is their ability to play MP3s, which many will have.
[MToney] But, but...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That'ps going to change the market more than anyone can guess.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes, MToney?
[Cybling] Hmm...you know if the theory about publishers putting out stuff that the people keep buying holds true...it would be like us buying cold oatmeal because that's all there is to buy.
[MToney] If I can't put it on the shelf to admire later and pick up again and again...
[MToney] I'm not going to be inclined to buy it!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] If you have no time to build an audience....
[Ellen1] good point cybling
[MToney] Is that going to leave me totally out of the loop?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] The only way to go, is to use an already existing audience. Epic fantasy anyone?
[Spinner] Um, i'll send you 19 boxes of books you can admire.
[Cybling] LOLOL
[Cybling] Thank you Spinner.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO Spinner.
[MToney] Merci!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'm interested in the ideas in the books.
[MToney] Please... different titles?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] The books themselves are a medium.
[Guest] The CD's in their jeweled cases are nice to look at....
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I want to be challenged by a book, as well as entertained.
[Ellen1] Can we address this.....What about people's unquenchable desire for technology? I think e readers will be the way to keep up with the Jones'....
[Robert_Marcom] Steve: won't we have a decent handheld computer before we have an affordable readr?
[Spinner] i've moved ten times in seven years. i carry 100 books on my Rocket and have about 400 on my computer. and my computer will hold LOTS more.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes, Ellen, that will be true in some places.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Robert...that's not true, because an ereaders needs neither a floppy, a hard drive or a keyboard.
[Guest] I personally will like the day when I can pack a library into a backpack and take it off into the wilderness somewhere and spend a long time reading without interruption
[Steve_Lazarowitz] And those are the only things in a pc that take up room. And a screen of course.
[baryon] True, but what about us old fogies who havce 30,000+ books in the collection
[Cybling] Speaking of e-books...what's the title of yours again Steve?
[Ellen1] I think that people "need" to have the latest......especially youth. (And Yuppies)
[Cybling] Folks...hold for a minute while Steve catches up.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] They can still read those Books Barry.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I have 200 laserdiscs, but still bought a DVD player.
[Spinner] let's talk practicality. anyone here live in the Pacific Northwest?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] And I still watch the laserdiscs, but I don't buy them much anymore.
[Kammy] I do
[Kammy] kinda
[Cybling] What are you saying Spinner...mold, mildew and damp rot?
[Ellen1] Not I spinner
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I have three books now, Jan
[MToney] (Got any you wanna sell, Steve? There's your market)
[Spinner] Kammy, have you ever flown across the clearcut areas up there?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Alaric Swifhand, Dream Sequence and A Creative Edge, which is waiting to be rereleased.
[Kammy] Yeah Spinner
[Cybling] Thanks Steve.
[Guest] my mother has a bunch of old books - the poor things collect dust like mad
[Kammy] It's surpriseing the enviromentalists haven't jumped on this bandwagon
[Cybling] So...ebooks may be the wave of the future.
[Ellen1] good point kammy
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Save a tree, read an ebooks!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes, they are.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] A lot of people will say no, but that fact is...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] it has to happen. That and POD.
[Cybling] Not just because it's technology, but because we may run out of oxygen otherwise.
[Ryan] Some people can't stand reading a monitor though, so books will always live.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Print on demand..
[baryon] can keep 200 disks in a shoebox
[Steve_Lazarowitz] walk into a book store, order your book and they'll be readery
[Steve_Lazarowitz] ready for you
[Steve_Lazarowitz] in half an hour
[Cybling] Great for the Tokyo or Manhattan apartment dweller.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Or less.
[Ellen1] People today are fast paced and in a hurry. They want convenience, they want it easy, and they want it now.
[baryon] started getting review copis of that also
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Right. And I'm carrying a rocket e-reader with me now with Eleven books on it.
[MToney] I think there are 2, possibly 3, sticking points before e-readers become popular.
[Kammy] Steve what do you have in the works now?
[MToney] 1) Battery life
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I have three things I'm working on.
[Kimmo] Since I dished out an Amazon url for the last two authors in here, may as well do so for Steve ;)
[Kimmo] http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/Author=Lazarowitz%2C%20Steve/002-7045831-3339216
[MToney] 2) Screens aren't flexible (non-foldable)
[Ellen1] My point Steve....the Eleven book thing.....less space, a book for everyone, all on one reader.
[Spinner] &0% of the forest clear-cut permits expired in the last three years and were not renewed. 60% of paper pulp mills closed down rather than upgrade to meet EPA standards. every time you put your hands on a book, you absord dioxin.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I wouldn't buy from Amazon.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's cheaper to buy directly from Crossroadspub.com and faster.
[Spinner] 70%
[Cybling] Folks...I'm going to put moderation on now for just a second...we're going way to fast here.
[Cybling] Okay...folks...if there's a question you have for steve...send it to me in a private message.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'm working on my third anthology and a novel called A Leaf in the Wind.
[Cybling] And I'll set it in a queue.
[Cybling] Folks...we're under moderation...send your questions for Steve to me.
[Cybling] Kammy] ask him about the anthology
[Cybling] You have an anthology we should know about?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Actually the new one is called Dream Warriors and other Rites of Passage, but it probably won't be out until sometime next year.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's got some of my best stories in it to date.
[Cybling] Thanks Steve. Questions, please send me your questions.
[Cybling] Kammy] How many stories in the anthology?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] So far, twenty, but they're shorter than my older work for the most part.
[Cybling] Spinner] PLEASE ASK HIM HOW a lEAF IN THE wIND DIFFERS
[Cybling] Alaric Swifthand and Recovering servant.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Reflections of a Recovering Servant and Alaric Swifthand, both started as well based fantasy serials.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] A Leaf in the Wind started as a novel.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Both Reflections and Alaric are from a single characters point of view, while Leaf used third person omniscient POV.
[Cybling] Doranna] Question for Steve--Do you have any excerpts up on your home page anywhere? I'm peeking, but not seeing anything obvious.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Which page, Doranna. I have two.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] http://www.sff.net/people/nagennif has some, but....
[Steve_Lazarowitz] you can read entire stories on http://www.dream-sequence.net
[Steve_Lazarowitz] And poems and articles as well.
[Cybling] Guest0] Who influenced you most, would you say?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Roger Zelazny, hands down, though I've read many, many authors.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] There was just something about Zelazny's work that called to me, for lack of a better word.
[Cybling] Guest] I just got through reading a bunch of Steve's short stories --- they were very entertaining -- some in a twilight zone sort of way --- and all very cool
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Many of my stories have been compared to the Twilight Zone and that makes me very happy. I loved that show!
[Cybling] Robert_Marcom] Steve: it seems your emphasisi is on serials for now. Are you planning anything novel-length as well?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Actually, most of my new stuff is novel length. I don't have a serial in the works at the moment.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'm even a third of the way through my first SF novel, called Confronting the Void.
[Cybling] Folks...if you have a question for Steve, send it to me and I'll present it for you.
[Cybling] Spinner] this probably isn't the place to ask him when he's going to give in and send me Leaf in the Wind, but i'd love to put him on the spot.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO! I've signed a two year contract with an Agent for A Leaf in the Wind.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] That is my oldest and fondest novel. I started it twenty years ago, in high school...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] And I've written it going on about twelve times from scratch. I've also...
[Steve_Lazarowitz] finished the sequel and about half the third book of the trilogy.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think Samandi read the whole first book.
[Cybling] baryon] ASk Steve if he is still editing as well as writing
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Not for Darkstar anymore, but I've been hired by Crossroads to help with the editing backlog.
[Cybling] Doranna] Steve--And when do you find time to sleep?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Sleep. Hold on, let me look that up. I think I've heard the word once, but can't recall its meaning.
[Cybling] Kammy wants to know if Leaf in the Wind is not going to be an e-book then
[Cybling] ?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Actually, since it's in the hands of an agent, I can't say. She'll be submitting it to the major publishing houses first, I would think....
[Steve_Lazarowitz] however it is all part of a master plan.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Once I get my book seen in print, it will be much easier for me to dispel the rumors that only people that can't print publish, e-publish.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'll use that popularity to sell my other e-pubbed work.
[Cybling] Samandi] Yep! Sure did... it's wonderful!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Thanks Samandi!
[Cybling] Steve...are those little nubs that used to be your fingers there?
[Cybling] folks...do we have more questions for Steve?
[Cybling] Otherwise, if you don't expect an answer or an immediate answer...
[Cybling] I'll turn off moderation and we'll go to open chat for about 10 minutes.
[Cybling] going once.
[Cybling] going twice.
[Cybling] okay.
[Cybling] Moderation off.
[Cybling] Spinner] is he going to make me wait two year to read that book, or let the boos have a sneak preview, before she forgets he's 'tenured' *grin*
[Cybling] lol
[Steve_Lazarowitz] If you want to see it, Spinner, all you have to do is ask, but I can't submit it, because of the agent contract I signed for it.
[Cybling] Folks, you can speak now...please pop back into chat with us.
[Cybling] .
* Cybling pokes Doranna
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO!
[Doranna] yeow!
[Cybling] See!
[Samandi] Spinner, you'll LOVE it!
[Robert_Marcom] Are you doing any writing seminars now, Steve?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's one of the.....most detailed books I"ve written to date.
[Doranna] I was actually just going to suggest that Steve send me that second URL and I'll put it on the SFWA members links with the first.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I'm not doing them now...but.....
[baryon] if you need an unbiased review, you know where to send it
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I think I might be doing a weekly writing seminar on Cybling, starting....rather soon.
[Spinner] Ooh, samandi, i am jealous. Uh, i can schedule about four hours reading in a couple months, maybe.
* Cybling jumps for joy
[Doranna] What does that mean, "the...most detailed"?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] www.dream-sequence.net
[Ryan] Excellent idea, Steve.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I've been involved in "mentoring" writers for some time now.
[DLee] Can vouch for that.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] I started back in my old Romance Foretold days and then started doing it for Crossroads.
* Joni smiles
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Even fairly experienced authors seek me out for advice, which is quite a thrill.
[Sheryl] He's my mentor...
[Joni] Mine too
[Sheryl] I'm THRILLED with the things he's taught me
[Doranna] Gee, I feel left out.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] The most detailed, because it's more in depth. I have more characters and as such, have to give more about each. Each character has to...fit into the plot. It's like a giant jigsaw puzzle.
[Spinner] Um, i rewrote the end of chapter four and beginning of chapter five of Destiny's consort 'cause he said to.
[baryon] Doranna, you've done ok
[Doranna] ;]
[Steve_Lazarowitz] LMAO Doaranna
[Doranna] How many POV characters does it have? I have trouble if I get over five or six...
[Doranna] I have to put little post-it tags of different colors on the MS to keep track.
[Doranna] It's very sad
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It has a number, but you'll never get confused with this book. It's designed in such a way where it's hard to get confused.
[Doranna]
[g] I meant in the writing, not the reading!
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Ah....LOL!
[Doranna] You know... "whose turn is it now?"
[Steve_Lazarowitz] It's written from MANY points of view. Almost like a soap opera. In fact the protagonist isn't introduced until chapter three!
[Cybling] Okay...Steve's forehead just hit the keyboard.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] lmao!
[Doranna] Did it leave little marks?
[Steve_Lazarowitz] In my head?
[Doranna] yeah
[Cybling] Folks. LOL...little ps and qs, yes.
[Spinner] doranna, I've had flow charts covering every wall of a room to keep track of things in a work before.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] You'd never be able to tell.
[Doranna] Spinner, you should see my door right now!
[baryon] "qwertyuiop[]" across the forehead
[Cybling] Folks...I'm sorry...but it's time for me to shut this chat down for this evening.
[Doranna] phhbbbt
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes, but Paradox Equation is demented Spinner
[G]
[Cybling] Please...before you sign off this evening...
[Kammy] Bye everyone
[baryon] bah humbug
[Cybling] go to http://www.cybling.com/chicon/SCHEDULE.html
[Steve_Lazarowitz] G'night all!
[Cybling] I want to see you all at the wonderful chats we're having tomorrow from the greenroom.
[Doranna] Good night!
[Spinner] G'night
[Cybling] This log will be the first to go up, as soon as I get home.
[Sheryl] See ya later Steve!
[baryon] Night Steve
[Doranna]
[coming back to razz Jim Frenkel tomorrow, no fears!]
[Samandi] Thanx Steve! I was great. G'nite
[Cybling] And remember you'll have Steve all to yourself weekly, very soon.
[Spinner] ooh, with my terrible typing...
[Cybling] You were great Steve.
[baryon] be sure and sign my book
[Cybling] Let's give him a hand everyone!
[Cybling] Or two.
[Schoen] Greetings from Philadelphia
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Right Barry!
* Cybling applauds
* Doranna applauds wildly
* Kammy golf claps again
[Sheryl] golf clap
[Rhonna] -hands :-)
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Night all :)
* Joni claps
* Doranna wonders what golf clapping is
[Cybling] Schoen...join us again tomorrow for more chats!
[baryon] baryon ACTION claps
[Spinner] *wink*
[Rhonna] Night
[Cybling] LOLOL...the one you do with little lace gloves on Doranna.
* Kimmo is away: Guess I'm sort of inactive right now... [vx%(lp)]
[Schoen] 5oh? did I get here just in time to see the room end?
[Samandi] *big grin*
[Cybling] Afraid so Schoen...but see...
[Doranna] Darn, lost those lace gloves somewhere
[Cybling] http://www.cybling.com/chicon/SCHEDULE.html
[Cybling] you'll find our complete schedule for tomorrow there.
[Spinner] Where is the Hugo chat, please?
[Doranna] Quick--what time is it there?
[Cybling] Steve and I will not be covering the Hugos....
[Cybling] but we will be there.
[Spinner] uh.... Oh.
[Cybling] You can count on hearing our opinions in writing.
[baryon] 942 Chicago time
[Doranna] thank you!
[Cybling] And the hugo winners will be posted on the onsite.chicon.org site...
[Cybling] as soon as the hugo award ceremonies are over.
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Yes, Sam, I need you to e-mail the lists and say that there will be no live hugo coverage.
[Cybling] bookmark http://onsite.chicon.org
[Steve_Lazarowitz] There'll be a followup report instead.
[Samandi] Got it.
[baryon] Charlotte in 2004
[Steve_Lazarowitz] Thanks :)