Continue from part 1.

<guest 1> NEW: "Is your style of writing a variation of a favorite
author of yours?" I'd think that means, how might your writing be
influenced by other authors' works you've liked?

<_danakate_> I think I'm probably influenced by everything I've ever
read. Hopefully not *too* influenced though.

<_danakate_> I definitely don't consciously try to write like someone
else, except once when I attempted to write like Anna, which was
interesting.

<_danakate_> But I think my own bad habits come through
no matter what--the floating pronouns, the double adjectives, the
missing commas...

<Guest 7> the lovely metaphors

<guest 16> Who's work do you admire?

<_danakate_> In fanfic or published fiction?

<Guest 4> are the short silly stories easier to write than the long
angsty ones? quite a style difference

<guest 16> Either/both :)

<Guest 5> the *stunning* metaphors

<Guest 21> I wanna know in published fiction..anyone u try to
'imitate'?

<_danakate_> The short silly stories would be easier to
write if I didn't put smut in them. <g>

* Guest 21 whispers..who is Anna? a fanfic writer?

<_danakate_> Yes, Anna is a fanfic writer and I adore her. .-)

<_danakate_> I like a lot of different stuff, but it's hard to come up
with a list. (This is why I keep a recommendations page.)

<_danakate_> Detouring past Guest 4's q again, I usually write the
short silly stories as a break from the long angsty ones.

<Guest 15> any published authors that have influenced you?

<_danakate_> IN published fic I admire Jeanette Winterson, Pat
Barker, Lois McMaster Bujold, Neil Gaiman, A. S. Byatt, Emma Bull, and
about fifty other people. <g>

<Guest 4> ah, gotcha. wasn't sure if they were meant to be a break or
to make you stretch your wings and write something completely
different than what came easiest for you

<_danakate_> Whenever I try to write something completely different I
always end up feeling that I'm repeating myself somehow.

<_danakate_> Except, again, with Midwinter--but since that doesn't
seem to have surprised anyone except me, I'm probably wrong. <g>

<Guest 12> Hmmm... to me it seemed different, but only because your
character torture took a somewhat less internal route.

<Guest 5> Forgive me if this is a newbie
question, but in what way did you expect Midwinter to be surprising?

<_danakate_> I don't usually write violence, so yes, guest 12, that
was part of it. Also I've never thought of any of my other stuff as
being bleak and hopeless...

<guest 1> New question soon, torch?

<Guest 12> There was a kind of hope in Midwinter.

<_danakate_> You think so? I thought I sort of killed them both,
really.

<guest 1> Q:"Does your past work influence what you chose to write in
the future ? I.e. Do you ever think: 'I've done this before, so I
won't write it. or, 'I didn't do this as well the last time, so I
think that I'll revisit the idea with a new slant' ?

<_danakate_> Definitely. "Damn, I've done spanking scenes... oh okay,
one more, then."

<_danakate_> Seriously, yes, it does--there are only so many
plot ideas, but I try not to recycle my own takes on them too much.
Otoh, I *do* recycle things that I'm determined to get right.

<Guest 4> can you give us an example?

<_danakate_> I think all slash writers
have this "let's not repeat the sex scenes" thing, so that the guys
get to do different things the whole time, which is a little sad when
they've already made it clear what their favorite position is. <g> *
Guest 13 chuckles at torch's familiarity with M&K's sex life

<guest20> Let's face it, human sexual ingenuity aside, there are only
so many combinations of positions available.

<guest 20> We are, after all, bipedal humanoids.

<guest 20> With a limited number of orifices.

<Guest 5> And god forbid we should stop writing just because we run
out of positions!

<_danakate_> Yeah, and when you've got them
swinging from the chandeliers you know it's time to wrap up the
story...

<_danakate_> Well, you can start a new story then. :-)

<Guest 13> Beginning with what happens when the chandelier falls, and
the 911 paramedics show up to administer first aid, for example ?

<_danakate_> Other than that the main thing is that I try to make each
Alex's past slightly different.

<_danakate_> Yup. Really *hunky* paramedics, too. (More people, more
possibilities for variety!)

<Guest 13> That's interesting, torch - you're saying that, to some
degree, you continually re-invent Alex ?

<_danakate_> Yes, I do. Krycek is such a multifaceted character, and
depending on which episode you start with, you can end up with
something quite different and still recognizable.

<_danakate_> I guess I have a basic concept
of who he is and then I put that basic concept through a lot of
variations.

<_danakate_> "If K had been through *this* and ended up *here*--" etc.


* Guest 13 nods his understanding

<Guest 2> Q: "How much background research do you do, I mean about the
places where your stories take place, about the phenomena described in
them etc.?"

<Guest 5> Of course, the hard part (IMO) is getting the Kryceks of the
different eps to make some coherent sense...razza frazza CC...

<_danakate_> Ooo, I am not good at research. I am terribly bad at
research.

<_danakate_> I prefer to set my stories in places I've
visited myself, it makes it easier to avoid mistakes and to get the
background and ambience right. (That was really difficult when I wrote
Voyager. <g>) And I try to tweak the plots so I don't have to write
reams of stuff about things I know nothing about. I'm very lazy that
way.

<_danakate_> Otoh, I'm obsessive about getting canon
details right--or at least knowing which canon facts I'm deliberately
not getting right.

* _Guest 3_ thinks that torch is underestimating herself on the last
point

<_danakate_> Guest 3, are you saying you've seen me do research? <g>

<_Guest 3_> I have seen you get consultants:)

<_danakate_> True. It's always good to hand the problems over to
professionals.

<_danakate_> I'm getting to know forensics people, nurses...

<Guest 7> students at universities....

<_Guest 3_> ... people in the geographic situations .....

<_danakate_> Who probably still haven't forgiven me--"can I turn left
there and drive through here? is this paper still being published? can
you give me the name of a really cheesy bar?"

<guest 1> Okay, hopefully it's time for something NEW: "May we hear a
few of your favorite lines from your own works?"

<_danakate_> Favorite lines? Hmmm... Krycek's "I'm cute, I'm fluffy,
I'm harmless."

<_danakate_> Scully saying "cocksucker."

<_danakate_> Someone told me once that I let Krycek get all the good
lines.

<_danakate_> The _Princess Bride_line out of Ghosts--but since I wrote
it, I can't remember how it goes. <g>

<Guest 7> and all the best thoughts

<Guest 5> Krycek deserves the good lines for all the hell you put him
through <g>.


<_danakate_> Stop looking at me like you're about to say your name is
Inigo Montoya?

<Guest 5> I keep waiting for you to say you're Inigo Montoya?

<_danakate_> Something like that. <g>

<Guest 7> In 'Russian Roulette': "I've always wanted a six foot
walking sex toy, and just
think of all the money I'll save not having to buy batteries."

<_danakate_> I'm really bad at remembering what I've written,
exactly--I go back and reread and find whole paragraphs that I don't
have any memory of at all.

<Guest 2> Q: "Torch, why do u think women read slashfic ?? And why
write about it? Why is

<Guest 2> homosexual sex/relationship so intriguing to them?"

<_danakate_> Eek! It's That Question.

<_danakate_> I don't know.

<_danakate_> I've read a lot of
discussions about this, and some of it made a lot of sense. I'm a
little too feeble minded to remember the arguments though. <g>
Personally I've always liked the "two guys together are hot, okay?"
explanation.

<_danakate_> I'm sorry, I think this question is just
too serious for me right now. <g>

<guest 16> And I'd buy that Torch,
if your stories had a lot of sex in them. But your stories are more
about the emotional relationship than the hot sex.

<guest 1> NEW question for torch: "You wanted to know which stories we
disliked... well, I don't dislike any of them, but I found the Legends
of the fall series hard to read. It felt out of focus for some reason.
What are your thoughts on that series?"

<Guest 5> They're hot even if they're not boffing, guest 16?

<guest 16> Most definitely :)

<_danakate_> But the idea of two guys being hot together doesn't
necessarily include the physical relationship. The emotional side is
just as... appealing?

<_danakate_> How about, Two guys suffering together are hot... <g>

<guest 16> <g> You'll get no disagreement from me.

<Guest 9> I like this attitude.. this "for the fun of it".
Could you say that all slash writers do like sex, and angst, and UST??


<_danakate_> Legends of the fall? Oh my, long time ago. <g> I
enjoyed writing that-- liked writing something that didn't have a
happy ending. (This was in my young days as a slasher.)

<Guest 7> When you were first learning how much fun it was to torture
your readers.

<_danakate_> Probably, Guest 9. Non-humorous slash seems to
'require' a certain amount of emotional intensity, angst, what have
you--tension, buildup, explosion...

<_danakate_> I think slash readers are looking for an emotional kick,
or at least I am. :-) There's a thrill to reading about emotions that
intense--hell in real life, but fascinating when it happens to other
people.

<Guest 2> Q: "Torch, this one is about your "In Heavenly Peace" story.
In the story, Alex has died

<Guest 2> and Mulder is dying. It sounded like
they had AIDs but you didn't spell that out."

<_danakate_> Especially really gorgeous guys with psychological
problems... <g>

<_danakate_> Was that the question?

<_danakate_> Yes, it's AIDS.

<_danakate_> Which I guess ties back to the safe sex discussion...

<guest 16> Torch, that was my question. I found that such an
emotionally wrenching story. I kept asking myself if the illness was
AIDS and wondered if you didn't speel it out because it would distract
from the other aspects of the story.

<_danakate_> Yes, that was pretty much why, guest 16. The whole story
has more of a, I dunno, fairy tale feel to it than anything else and I
didn't want to go into detail there.

<Guest 5> I "knew" it was AIDS from the first glimpse
of Mulder...don't think spelling it out was needed. But that's just
me.

<Guest 2> Q: "What do you consider a good slash story (aside
from being fun to read)? Does it need certain elements or a certain
style in writing?"

<_danakate_> That's such a weird story, anyway.
It's got so many things I don't like in it. <g>

<guest 16> Like what?

* Guest 9 will definitely read that story, putting other still unread
ones on a waiting list

<_danakate_> Oh, god... I am a really picky reader. <g> I mean, I know
I said I read everything, and I do, but when it comes to really
*liking* something...

<_danakate_> There's good writing, and then there's good slash
writing--the two overlap but are not identical. Slash is usually very
emotionally charged, or at least tries to be, and I love that.

<_danakate_> Then again I love the funny stories too, and the ones
that combine humor and angst are my favorites. :-)

<_danakate_> guest16, normally I don't like baby stories, and I try
really hard not to give in to my sentimental side.

<_danakate_> A good slash story for me is one that's believable for
its type .

<_danakate_> I was going to say just one that's
believable, but there are somany different types of stories--as long
as there's internal consistency and logic, I'm happy.

<_danakate_> What's perfectly all right in a funny story would not
hold up as a plot device in a more seriously intended story...

<_danakate_> I'm blathering. Somebody say something.

<Guest 5> We're hear to listen to you blather.

<Guest 5> oops, here.

* Guest 9 likes to listen to torch

<Guest 23> I think I understand what you mean, torch

<guest 1> NEW question: "Which comes first, your desire to write the
character in a new way/take him in a new direction or the main plot
idea?"

<Guest 7> a story needs to have the courage of its convictions
<g>

<_danakate_> yes, exactly, guest 7 :-)

<Guest 13> Mmmm... you mean that an author sets the framework of
"realism" (however real- life, or absurd that may be) and then the
characters are simply free to play within that framework?

<_danakate_> Yes, guest 13, that's just what I
mean--in a gritty realistic universe, a character's reactions to a
certain situation will be different from in a light comedy. In some
stories I am perfectly willing to believe that Skinner's going to join
Mulder and Krycek in bed, in others I won't believe anything except
that he'd have a heart attack...

<_danakate_> What comes first is usually a certain... mood, tone,
whatever--a *feeling*, an emotional state that one of the characters
is in, accompanied by a line of dialogue or interior monologue.

<_danakate_> Occasionally I get nifty plot ideas, but without a
character-state-of-mind to back them up they just wither up and die
again.

<_danakate_> "So here's Krycek and this happened to him and he
feels... like that, yes, that's right so what does he do... okay, he
kills that guy and now..."

<_danakate_> And so on. <g>

<Guest 7> You say you try to give Krycek a different
background each time -- that's one of the things I admire most about
your stories -- each Krycek is so different, from 'Ghosts/Lovers' to
'Russian Roulette' to 'Hard as Hell'

<_danakate_> He's very... adaptable. Adjustable. Flexible. <g>

<Guest 13> Supple, even ?

<_danakate_> Oh, *very* supple.

<guest 24> versatile, maybe?

<Guest 7> Limber?

<guest 24> agile?

<_danakate_> Let's face it, he's a slut.

<Guest 5> Pliant.

<Guest 9> Cute but dangerous?

<Guest 7>Double-jointed?

* Guest 12 really, *really* loves slash sometimes

<Guest 7> Fluffy!

<Guest 5> And ::snif:: easily bruised.

<Guest 15> but not hairy..smooth and sleek

<Guest 7> such delicate skin, it shows every mark

<_danakate_> Well, I try to handle him with care. Really.

<Guest 7> you could probably dust him for prints....

<guest 1> NEW question ... "How do you think your writing has
developed since going online, and discovering slash?"

<_danakate_> Well, I've learned not to blush when I write sex scenes,
for one thing. :-)

<Guest 9> LOL, Guest 7!! "Hey, boys, send Alex to the lab!"

<_danakate_> No, don't send him to the lab, Pendrell will never
let him out again.

<_danakate_> I think (I hope <g>) I'm a better
writer now. And having a forum where people are so enthusiastic about
analyzing your work in detail has certainly helped.

<Guest 7> Enthusiastic? That's one way to put it. <snort>

<guest 16> Do you get much constructive criticism Torch?

<Guest 4> do you get a lot of detailed feedback/critique in LOCs?

<_danakate_> I get some feedback that amazes and delights me. :-)
Fortunately most people don't write detailed LOC's, I'd be too
embarrassed and confused--sometimes I get feedback that's so much more
intelligent than the stories themselves!

<_danakate_> I've met some wonderful people through LOCs, who have
very patiently taught me a lot of things.

<Guest 2> But you are the initiator of those intelligent feedbacks :)

<_danakate_> Well, Guest2, I get people saying "I love how you did
this" and I say "That wasn't me, it was my subconscious."

<guest 1> Folks, torch has to leave soon, and she said
she's willing to try writing a quick on-line story....

<guest 1> so I'd like to throw out three sets of words for her to
choose from to include in a little story...

<_danakate_> oh my--let me go get some Coke, I think I'll need it--

<guest 1> CHOICE I: a woodcock, a stamp, to smoulder

<guest 1> CHOICE 2: nail polish, stirrups, to pounce

<Guest 4> what is a woodcock?

<Guest 171_> woodcock = a bird

<Guest 7> 'not entirely cheerful' -- one of my favorite torch
understatements about a story

<guest 1> CHOICE 3: Buick, cowboy hat, to chase

<Guest 7> that's an evocative option

<guest 1> So let's let torch choose one of those three, and try to fit
them into a snippet. ;^)

<Guest 13> I suspect that the choice of verb elements was... not
entirely random, guest 1<eg>

<_danakate_> Do I have to pick one set, or can I pick from between the
sets...? Oh, I guess not.

<_danakate_> I was kinda hoping someone would stick me with
the characters in advance, too. <g>

<guest 1> and while she's thinking, I want to thank everyone for
coming and being so great with this.

<Guest 5> M/K. <guest 1> Oh, choose your characters!! * guest 1
thinks it oughta be M/Sk, though! ;^)

<Guest 7> M/K (then there's always M/M.... <g>)

<Guest 9> You want character? How about Mulder,
Krycek, Skinner??? No heart-attacks, please:-)))

<Guest 13> For that matter, guest 1, and guest 2 - I'd like to throw
out a public thank-you for the moderating work that the two of you
have done, today. I think that your work's been a factor in the
success of the chat

* _danakate_ hugs guest 1 and guest 2 gratefully, and ponders...

<_danakate_> Okay, I've picked a set, do I have to tell you in advance
or can you just wait for them to appear? :-)

<guest 1> [oh, think we can wait for them to appear!]

<guest 16> Surprise us.

<Guest 4> make us wait :)

<Guest 13> Surprise us!

<Guest 21> oops..is the 'convention' over?

<Guest 13> We know that you like being a tease,
torch ;)

<_danakate_> It was too hot for this--for anything really. The air
hung in heat-shimmers over the road. He was sticking to the car seat
in a way that would have been uncomfortable if he'd had time to think
about it.

<_danakate_> The road was perfectly straight. It stretched ahead, no
shadows, no turn-offs, no shelter.

<_danakate_> He glanced in the rearview mirror again. Nothing had
changed. There was still another car behind him.

<_danakate_> And no matter how much he speeded up, it stayed there.

<_danakate_> He wished for a gas station, a state
trooper, something, anything-- anything other than the turkey vulture
circling high up in the sky. This was ridiculous. This kind of thing
didn't happen to him.

<_danakate_> In a defiant gesture he turned on the radio and was
assaulted by a burst of static. Then, slowly, an entirely too cheerful
voice came through... "...one of these days these boots are gonna walk
all over you!"

<_danakate_> He was driving fast. Very very fast. This wasn't the kind
of thing he did; he'd never pushed his car over 100 just because,
never tried to test his reflexes taking a curve at top speed, never,
basically, seen his car as an extension of himself or of his manhood.

<_danakate_> Now he clung to the wheel and wanted to become one
with the Buick, a metal centaur.

<_danakate_> He glanced back again. No change. The other car
still maintained the same distance. It still didn't have a license
plate. He was out of cell phone range. Sweat trickled down his
forehead, stung his eyes.

<_danakate_> [somebody say something, I feel like I'm all alone
here...]

<Guest 5> We're rapt.

<Guest 21> we are?

<Guest 21> I thought we weren't suppose to interrupt?

<_danakate_> [giggle]

<guest 1> this is great!

* Guest 9 leans on desk, mesmerized...

* Guest 171_ is speechless

* Guest 7 is being good

* guest 1 is blown away

<Guest 21> I was stunned by ur 'extension of his manhood metaphor'

<Guest 21> and metal centaur..

<Guest 15> I didn't think we were supposed to say anything...but I
have this image of skinner in a convertible Buick, wearing a cowboy
hat, blue jeans, and cowboy boots....yummm

<_danakate_> On the radio, another burst of static gave way to _Stand

by your man_. *Great*, he thought to himself. *All I need is a cowboy
hat.*

<_danakate_> *And someone to stand by.*

<_danakate_> He couldn't see the driver of the other car. The windows
were darkened. Of course. It was just the finishing touch to this
surreal experience. The emptiness all around was beginning to feel
disturbingly natural. He'd always driven along this road, frantically,
had always been looking back at a black car with dark windows, feeling
sweat trickle down his spine.

<_danakate_> It was unendurable. And besides, his hands were
starting to cramp from holding on so hard to the steering wheel. He
glanced up in the rearview mirror again, drew a deep breath, and hit
the brakes.

<_danakate_> Both cars came to a screeching halt, his
pursuer missing the rear fender of his Buick by about a quarter of an
inch.

<_danakate_> He opened the door with jerky, angry, frightened
motions, got out and peered through the strong sunlight at the other
car, too confused to even remember to take his gun out. "Who the hell
are you?" he yelled. "What do you *want*?"

<_danakate_> The car door opened; a man got out and leaned back
against the car, smiling a little. "Maybe this isn't the right moment
to tell you, but I want my REM CD's back."


* Guest 5 quivers in anticipation of a good slapfight

* Guest 9 hits desk hard, laughing

<_danakate_> His mood changed from bewildered and angry to just
plain angry. A few quick steps took him to the other man, up close,
close enough to rip his sunglasses off and throw them on the ground.
"You *bastard*."

<_danakate_> "At least you didn't call me a bitch." Alex Krycek's
green eyes hadn't changed.

<_danakate_> He drew breath for another verbal attack, then paused,
wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand, and took a
second look. "What are you doing here, really?"

<_danakate_> "I told you--"

<_danakate_> "You walked out on me without a word. The next thing I
hear is you're not just out of my life, you're out of the Bureau,
Scully is missing, Skinner looks like he's been chewing glass and
Mulder turns into the poster child for Prozac. And you think you can
show up again and, and--"

<_danakate_> "I missed you," Krycek said softly. "I missed you a lot."

<_danakate_> "So you decided to chase me down and give me a heart
attack. Thanks."

<_danakate_> "I missed those CD's too, of course," Krycek went on.

<guest 16> Never expect the expected from Torch :)

<Guest 4> Pendrell perhaps? :)

<_danakate_> "Well, you're not getting them back," he said,
aware that it came out more petulant than anything else.

<guest 24> my guess too, Guest 4

<Guest 15> it's Pendrell, isn't it!!!???

<Guest 5> Three cheers for Socks!

* Guest 7 knows we shoulda expected this....we told her to
surprise us

<Guest 21> yikes..Pendrell
<Guest 12> Yum... Pendrell...

<_danakate_> "And I'm not getting you back, am I..." There was a
rather wistful look on Krycek's face. He looked different--scruffier,
more hard-edged. But his eyes were as beautiful as they had always
been. And his mouth. Yes, his mouth too...

<_danakate_> "You're crazy." He thought about fumbling for his gun,
decided against it. He'd never be able to convince Krycek that he was
serious. He'd never be able to convince *himself*.

<_danakate_> Krycek laughed, and it rang out clear and painful in the
emptiness all around them. "Oh, yes. Yes." Reached out, curving one
hand around his neck, pulling him closer. "But you knew that from the
start."

<_danakate_> "I thought I could--"

<_danakate_> "Help me? Understand me?" Krycek's smile was
cutting him to ribbons. "Tame me?"

<_danakate_> He didn't want to think about it. He didn't know what he
had thought would happen. Strange enough that someone like Alex had
ever looked at him in the first place. Stranger, that they had been
lovers. Had been so close.

<_danakate_> Instead of a sharply worded denial, what came out of his
mouth was, "I missed you too, Alex. I still miss you."

* Guest 7 gets more nervous the longer she goes without revealing
'him'

* Guest 23 suggests Spender as the him :-) </me ducks>

<Guest 21> omg..Alex was lover to Bill Mulder!

* Guest 7 mentions three words: 'Rough and Ready'

<_danakate_> The hand around his neck tugged at him. Closer. Closer
still. He drew a breath, looked at Alex, looked away again and dug his
heels in.

<_danakate_> "Just one kiss," Krycek said. "For old times'
sake."

<_danakate_> He couldn't help it, he had to smile. "You know it
wouldn't stop there," he said. Fire was racing through him from the
touch of Alex's hand on his neck, and just the thought of those lips
against his own made moans crowd each other in his throat, jostling to
get out.

<_danakate_> "There's no reason it has to." Krycek's voice
had dropped to its huskiest seduction tone, every word an invitation.
"We could..."

<Guest 15> it's deep throat

* Guest 7 grabs the tuna and aims at Guest 15

<Guest 21> its WMM

* Guest 12 has her heart set on a certain Lab Boy

<Guest 5> Damn Skippy!

<_danakate_> "No, Alex." He closed his eyes. He *wanted*. God,
how he wanted. Lust burned him more wickedly than the sun.

<_danakate_> "No?" The softest brush of lips against the corner
of his mouth, a familiar caress between them, Krycek's favorite way of
initiating lovemaking.

<_danakate_> "No." He reached up and pulled his
lover's hand away. His ex-lover's. Stepped back, looked again into
bright green eyes. "I don't know exactly what you're up to now, Alex.
But you know I'll find out. Just leave now, please. Just--go."

<_danakate_> Krycek looked around, laughed a little wildly. "Go
where?" He flung out a hand. "We're already on the road to nowhere."
Deep breath. "All right." Krycek bent to pick up the sunglasses, put
them on again, said from behind their dark protection, "You were a
lousy lay, anyway."

<guest 27> Oh! Slap him!

<Guest 7> oooooh! nameless-protaganisttorture!

<_danakate_> Krycek got back in the car, slammed the door and
started the engine. He reversed with screeching tires, close enough to
threaten toes, and took off.

<_danakate_> Silence fell as the sound of the car engine eventually
died away. The sky was still blue. That damn turkey vulture was up
there, hopeful, ready to swoop down. *C'mere, come and get it. Fresh
roadkill. It was only my heart, nothing important.*

* Guest 5 wails.

<Guest 12> C'mon torch, make it hurt so *good*

<Guest 7> like she needs the encouragement, Guest 12

<_danakate_> He turned around and went back to his own car, got
in, sat staring for a moment before he remembered that he ought to
close the door, turn the key, put on the damn seatbelt.

<_danakate_> Nothing had happened, really. Nothing had changed.

<_danakate_> John F. Byers started the car and drove away without
looking back.

<_danakate_> [the end]

<Guest 7> !

<Guest 5> SHRIEK!!!

<Guest 23> Yay!

<_Guest 3_> !

<Guest 171_> Oh My god!

* Guest 23 grins

<Guest 9> ROFLMBO!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

* Guest 2

<Guest 7> Good. I can eat again

<Guest 12> Let the geeks get *laid*!

* _danakate_ demands a drink

<guest 16> Soooooooo good.

<guest 27> I KNEW it was Byers. <smirk>

<Guest 21> Byers?

<Guest 7> At least it was the *cute* geek (with good hygiene) <g>

<Guest 21> yucck

<Guest 9> Torch, that was GORGEOUS!!!!

<Guest 5>Thank you, torch, now I can throw away my nascent K/Byers
with a clear conscience!

<Guest 2> OMG....

<_danakate_> Only the cleanest of geeks in torch

<_danakate_> in torch's smut factory!

<Guest 7> ooh, baby! Was it good for you, too?

<Guest 4> thanks torch! you're evil... but so good at it <g>

<Guest 9> You should change your nick a little... to tortch, as in
torture...

<_danakate_> Torchure. :-)

<Guest 5> *whine* couldn't they have at least kissed? I think those
chains need to be shortened.

<_danakate_> No smut tonight, sorry about that. It just takes so long.
;-)&127;

<Guest 15> my only question is: did you know who
you were going to make it be before you reached the end?

* _danakate_ blushes, hides under the couch
<_danakate_> *giggle* I'm not going totell you that!

* Guest 7 voices the real question: Was it Byers from the start?

<_danakate_> I contemplated ending it without identifying
him at all, but I didn't want to get lynched.

<guest 1> Now, did you have some questions you wanted to give to the
readers here, torch?

<_danakate_> Questions... apart from the "what do
you like and what don't you like" enquiry, not really. (Maybe I did,
but my mind is melting. <g>)

* Guest 12 will always love "Too Dear For My Possessing," as it was
the first slash I read

* Guest 5 can't think of anything she *didn't* like, but guiltily
admits she rereads the tragedies more than the comedies.

<Guest 2> Thank you, torch, we had a splendid time "grilling you" -
you made a grand opening for our series "Slash Author Chat". - Thank
you for being frank and elaborate with us; we love you!

<_danakate_> It was great to be here... *grin*

<guest 1> I think torch was very brave to agree to be our *first*
special guest!!

<_danakate_> I had a lot of fun, and I hope to be here and terrorize
whoever is up next. :-)

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