Chat mit Christopher Golden - 25.1.2003
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WeirdArchives Hot dog! Da Man enters!
HorrorWench and there he is... hi Christopher!!
Christopher_Golden Hello there. :)
hw-igor Hi Christopher!
Christopher_Golden Took me a minute, but I'm here.
slayerfan1975 Welcome!
Christopher_Golden Hi Igor.
WeirdArchives Hello, Mr. Golden.
Christopher_Golden Hello all.
hw-igor And Hello HellsmouthGuardian
Christopher_Golden Kacie!!!
Christopher_Golden :)
Kaciegirl Hi Chris -- how's the little Goldens?
Christopher_Golden Great thanks. :)
HellmouthsGaurdian hi all
Kaciegirl And such a reception -- can you come follow me around and
say "Kacie!!!" wherever I go?
Christopher_Golden Sure. :)
WeirdArchives Greetings.
Christopher_Golden I'll sing your theme music.
Kaciegirl ROCK ON.
WeirdArchives Double check for that Simon guy. ;)
hw-igor Hello JFM
_JFM howdy
WeirdArchives Greetings.
_JFM hiya Chris
Christopher_Golden Hey JFM.
Christopher_Golden So . . . questions anyone?
Kaciegirl LW tells me she is on the way -- her bookshelves evidently
just tried to kill her
Christopher_Golden LOL Kacie.
Christopher_Golden Those pesky bookshelves.
WeirdArchives First one: Why does horror attract you?
_JFM Chris, how is Four Dark Nights doing?
hw-igor People will be lagging in here as well, I guess there is this
thing called HST (Horror Standard Time)
HorrorWench hey little willow =) glad you could make it
Kaciegirl And there's LW.
hw-igor Hi Little Willow! :)
WeirdArchives No such animal!
WeirdArchives Oh, and Hello, Little Willow. Glad you could crash the
gig.
Little_Willow So sorry that I was not here beforehand, Chris...
Christopher_Golden Weird Archives . . . it isn't horror so much as just
spooky stuff. I guess if I can believe in demons, I can believe in angels, at
least for a little while.
Christopher_Golden Hey LW!! My bodyguard. :)
WeirdArchives Okay.
Little_Willow Shelves just went boom.
Little_Willow Bad, very bad.
Christopher_Golden Four Dark Nights is doing all right I guess.
Little_Willow Hey hey Chris!
hw-igor that is never good LW!
WeirdArchives Big boom or little boom?
Christopher_Golden Kenickie . . . I'm gonna kick your ass!
Little_Willow Big boom.
kenickie naaaaaaaah
kenickie i can take you
hw-igor Hellow Kenickie
kenickie just thought i'd pop in to say hi :)
Little_Willow LOL Hi Kenix. I've been passing BLUE MONDAY around work.
Christopher_Golden You? Skinny little Wesley lookin' guy? I think not!
WeirdArchives Ouch! Hope you're okay, camper.
Little_Willow LOL. Quote that.
Kaciegirl And it ROCKS. Otters.
Christopher_Golden :)
kenickie god work!! blue monday is great
kenickie good work even
_JFM good song too, heh heh
Little_Willow :) Giant otters rule all.
Christopher_Golden Kenickie . . . up late?
kenickie yeah, we had a gig tonight, chris. i noticed the chat was on
and thought i'd pop in for a while
Little_Willow *throwing the focus on Chris while she goes back to picking
up pieces of her life...err, room*
hw-igor Hey Spikdpunch, Welcome
WeirdArchives Which is the more fun for you: writing novels or doing
scripts for television and comic books?
spikdpunch hi *G*
hw-igor Hi mooseonski let me take your coat :)
WeirdArchives Yikes! Growing crowd. I best be careful.
Christopher_Golden WeirdArchives . .. definitely doing original novels.
Much more personal work. However, comics let me be a kid all over again.
Little_Willow Emily, it frightens me that you appear as I hit 'send'
on your email.
Christopher_Golden I'm currently writing Doctor Fate for DC.
mooseonski Hello all. :)
WeirdArchives All right.
spikdpunch I like that book
kenickie how do you write your scripts chris? marvel style or more description?
spikdpunch or I used to read it
Kaciegirl Hey Emily!
Kessie hi all :)
WeirdArchives Golden Age Fate or New Version?
mooseonski Hey Kacie. :) Your e-mail reminded me (yet again) about this
chat - gracias!
Christopher_Golden Kenix, definitely full script if they'll let me.
kenickie yeah, it's better that way, i think
Christopher_Golden WA, the Hector Hall Fate. But he'll have come a long
way by the time the mini begins.
kenickie although i did a two pager for someone once where the script
was like "yeah, he does this for a bit. then that."
Christopher_Golden It's sort of . . . if you were going to make a movie
of Dr. Fate, what would it be? That was the approach.
Little_Willow Christopher, what's the plot of your upcoming book LITTLE
WHITE LIES and when can we expect it?
Little_Willow (This is not scripted. I swear. CRBA, Kacie.)
Christopher_Golden Well, Kenix, if you can get away with that. :)
HorrorWench LOL... now should little willow be asking questions =)
Kaciegirl Sure sure. :) I think I'll be all rotten and evil (Chris --
feel free not to answer this). How do you feel about the current BtVS arc mirroring
your ORIGINAL story from Spike & Dru Pretty Maids all in a Row? LW: Liar.
WeirdArchives What is your opinion about the present state of American
Horror on Film?
HorrorWench then again, she IS the inside scoop... so ask away and let
us all in on it
Christopher_Golden Kacie . . . mimickry is the highest form of flattery.
Princess_of_Darkness Hey Guys! Hey Little Willow and hey Chris Golden!
;) Found my way to the chat too! *g* I am a good girl huh?
Little_Willow There are multiple questions on the table...I'll be quiet
now.
spikdpunch hi princess
Christopher_Golden WA . .. actually, I think there have been more great
Hollywood horror films in teh past five years than any five year period for
decades.
Christopher_Golden Haven't forgotten you LW. :)
Kaciegirl If I were you I'd feel pretty damn flattered. Being quiet with
Little Willow now.
HorrorWench yes if you ever want them to calm down just say stop christopher
=)
WeirdArchives Well, feel free to ask a question, Little Willow. I don't
want to hog Mr. Golden.
Christopher_Golden Little White Lies is based upon a real experience
I had in college dealing with a pathological liar. It'll be out sometime next
year.
spikdpunch sounds interesting.
WeirdArchives What about foreign films like Britian's 28 DAYS LATER and
DOG SOLDIERS and Japan's RINGU Trilogy?
kenickie ringu rocks
Christopher_Golden Believe it or not, LW doesn't actually have all the
answers. :)
_JFM I loved Dog Soldiers
Kaciegirl She makes em up as she goes.
HorrorWench lol
WeirdArchives No she doesn't. ;)
Christopher_Golden WA, haven't seen DOG SOLDIERS yet but have the DVD
right here next to me. :) Loved Ginger Snaps, though.
Christopher_Golden Sixth Sense, The Others, The Ring, Signs, Below .
. .
WeirdArchives What about the RING American remake? Did you enjoy it?
Little_Willow I don't have Chris' answers. I have my own answers. :)
Christopher_Golden Loved it.
kenickie i think i prefered the american remake, too
Christopher_Golden btw, hello Nicole!
WeirdArchives Do you sometimes wish filmmakers would research the films
they're working on, such as how the crew of THE RING did?
Christopher_Golden Everyone say hi to Ashleigh, who's here with me. :)
WeirdArchives Hi, Ashleigh.
_JFM Hi Ashleigh
HorrorWench hi ashleigh
Kaciegirl Hi Ashleigh! :)
hw-igor Hi Ashleigh!!!!!!
WeirdArchives Stay out of trouble.
slayerfan1975 What got you started in writing the buffy stories Christopher?
kenickie hey ashleigh
Little_Willow Hey Ashleigh!
spikdpunch hi Ashleigh
Little_Willow And here I thought this was a book chat... ;-)
hw-igor nice to meet ya
Christopher_Golden Slayerfan . . . LOVED the pilot, found out who had
the rights, asked if I could write one . . . and there we go.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: Do you guys in usa have anatomie (the movie).
its a german one. and its really disgusting lol.
slayerfan1975 Wonderful!
WeirdArchives Ah, it's a lovefest, LW. Just enjoy the good mojo.
hw-igor Yeah what happened LW? hehehe Someone
let the hounds loose!
Princess_of_Darkness And hey Ashleigh!
Christopher_Golden It's funny, because of Buffy I get asked to do A LOT
of different media tie in things, but I'll only do the things I'm really passionate
about.
HorrorWench not me
Little_Willow Ah, but the question is, who let the dogs out, Igor?
Christopher_Golden PoD, nope. NOt yet.
mooseonski Chris, do you have any screenplays in the works and/or any
film opportunities on the table? Give the opportunity, would you be interested
in turning any of your original novels into films?
hw-igor not I
Little_Willow What other shows would you write books for, if approached?
WeirdArchives Have you ever thought of doing an Alternate Reality BUFFY,
similar to 'The Wish', as a novel or comic book?
Kaciegirl Like The Lost Slayer, WeirdArchives?\
Little_Willow Took the words right out of my mouth...
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: so i think you guys wont get it then. we
already get the second part. its with Franka Potente. *g* lol
WeirdArchives No, I mean something beyond that.
Christopher_Golden Moose . .. OH YEAH. I'd love to. I've had about half
a dozen close brushes with HOllywood the past three years, but I don't want
to bore anyone with those stories. Tom Sniegoski and I have a spec pilot script
called TALENT that we wrote that we hope to sell someday. Also, Amber Benson
and I did an original drama for BBC Online that will be animated and online
in March.
kenickie i always thought they should have brought the wish buffy into
the normal reality after buffy died in season 5
Little_Willow ScarBuffy rocks. Scar, Hero's journey, all that goodness.
Christopher_Golden WA . . . probably won't have much time for Buffy these
days.
WeirdArchives Such as one that has the basis from an episode, but drawn
differently. I always heard rumors of a WILLOW THE VAMPIRE SLAYER with her accidently
taking Faith's powers.
hw-igor So lets talk Books christopher - Tell us about what your doingnow
Little_Willow Chris, I can pay you and Tom five whole dollars each for
that script. How's that?
Little_Willow ;-)
mooseonski Chris, I would love to see a film from the mind of Tom and
you someday!!
Christopher_Golden I did MONSTER ISLAND with Tom, which comes out in
March. I'm currently writing a novella called VOODOO LOUNGE which is a sort
of sequel to the Spike & Dru novel, only without SPike & Dru.
Kaciegirl Which is unfortunate for the Buffy-verse, since you were/are
one of the best writers to grace it.
Kaciegirl And ScarBuffy. I still want Scar Jonathan.
Christopher_Golden LW, you can read it for free.
Little_Willow *whimper* Jonathan.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: how do you like Firefly? and how about a
Book about Faith history? that would rock! ;)
WeirdArchives What's your opinion about some mystery writers investigating
old cases such as Jack The Ripper? Do you think they're doing it as a public
service or hype?
Little_Willow Chris: You are very keen.
HorrorWench i just saw an interview in the buffy mag regarding monster
island, sounds interesting
Christopher_Golden I pitched a book about Faith and they wouldn't let
us do it.
hw-igor great Question Weird Archives!
Little_Willow Which is a SHAME.
WeirdArchives Thanks, Igor.
Little_Willow I'll pay you five and a HALF dollars for that one.
Christopher_Golden WA, possibly both. I know there are things that fascinate
me, that I'm passionate about . . . but hype never hurts.
WeirdArchives Well, I mean, do you think they're doing it for their own
book sells?
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: really? damn, that would have been amazing
to find out anything about Faith history.
Christopher_Golden WA . . . Moliere said "writing is like prostitution.
First you do it for yourself, then you do it for a few friends, and finally,
you do it for the money.
mooseonski Certainly! Especially if you're able to talk at length about
it. If you can justify what you say, you have MORE than every right to say it!
Little_Willow *cracking up*
WeirdArchives Okay. Good neutral answer.
Little_Willow (Such as Faith's last name.)
Kaciegirl LMAO... I'm going to die from laughter now.
HorrorWench hey Eeriebblum!!
Little_Willow Christopher, stay off the streets...
WeirdArchives Do you think vampirism has been overused as a subject matter,
or is there more to explore about the mythos?
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: lol thats too. I am right now in the state
of writing for friends ...lol hey when does the money part comes lol
hw-igor Christopher - I have a question from one of our memebers that
was unable to attend tonight due to freezing pipes and jacks forsts fury -
Kaciegirl LW -- can you hear me laughing across town?
hw-igor From Troll King - !. for such a young guy you have a ton of stuff
in your portfolio. More than most vetern writers...what's you motivation, how
do you stay focused and do you sleep?
Eeriebblum Hiya, Horrorwench. Just got the email notification about the
chat just now and decided to venture on over
Christopher_Golden Anyway . . . working on THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
now.
Little_Willow And gee, Chris...
Little_Willow What is that about?
Little_Willow :)
Christopher_Golden Igor . . . bills are a great motivator. :) LOL. but
it's also that I just have a lot of ideas, a lot of things I'm passionate about.
hw-igor Question 2 from TrollKing - Is writing for comics similar to
writing for televison or the big screen? The mediums are visual and the comics
do read like tv episodes.
mooseonski Pursuing what you're actually passionate about has got to
be most rewarding as well.
ummagumma1 hi
Kaciegirl So... the BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. Tell me it's not Backstreet
Boys.
HorrorWench hey ummagumma1
WeirdArchives Greetings, Umma
HorrorWench lol Kaciegirl!!
spikdpunch hi ummagumma!
spikdpunch with a 1 *G*
Christopher_Golden WA, vampirism is VERY overused, but that doesn't mean
it can't be done well. It just needs to be ABOUT something besides teh fact
that the guy or woman is a vampire.
ummagumma1 typo
WeirdArchives No bubblegum pop jokes. I'll be eating soon.
Christopher_Golden Igor, comics and TV are similar, but also very different
in that they're structured very differently.
mooseonski Like sexual identity on BtVS.
WeirdArchives Oh, so you hope for some more werewolf stories like DOG
SOLDIERS?
RaveTSN Mr. Golden: Who has been your favorite Comic book character to
write for?
hw-igor Question 3 From Troll King - Your comic format written for the
aritist...did you write it panel by panel and handle the pacing yourself...or
did you do a page synopsis and let the penciller do their thing?
Christopher_Golden WA . .. I wrote a quartet of novels called PROWLERS
which are my attempt to inject something a little different into the werewolf
sub-genre.
Christopher_Golden Rave . . . Dr. Fate. Also, Spider-Man.
Kaciegirl PROWLERS. Rocks all.
WeirdArchives Okay.
Christopher_Golden Igor, full script, panel by panel.
WeirdArchives Have you considering doing a novel for a comic book character,
similar to KINGDOM COME?
spikdpunch doesn't that differ from writer to writer?
spikdpunch some put more in that others?
Christopher_Golden WA, I've written numerous novels using comic book
characters, including X-Men, Gen13, Daredevil, and Justice League.
hw-igor Question 4 from Troll King - Is there a different mental preparation
for writing a novel as to say writing a comic treatment?
Christopher_Golden Spikd, sure. That's why some of the books are good,
and some aren't. :)
WeirdArchives Anything for DC, such as Jonah Hex or Doctor Fate?
spikdpunch ah *G
WeirdArchives I would like to see you do a western novel. :)
Princess_of_Darkness lol chris: lol maybe you should give us an advice
how to do it good lol
RaveTSN Mr. Golden: Have you considered writing any more Star Wars since
the prequals are being released?
spikdpunch I wanted to make a comic once, but then I remembered that
I can't draw and I had no ideas. *G
Christopher_Golden Igor . . . writing an original novel is a COMPLETELY
different set of skills, etc. It's much more persoal, much more difficult, much
more a process of creating from the heart rather than the mind. At least for
me.
Kaciegirl Gak. Please no... I don't want to have to buy a western novel.
slayerfan1975 Hello hvnly!
hvnly_angel sorry I'm late
Christopher_Golden Rave, nope. :)
spikdpunch hi hvnly.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: you should really write a Buffy Epi! ;)
hvnly_angel hi
hw-igor And last question from our Troll King - What's the one thing
you've always wanted to do but haven't had the chance to do and what one thing
would you like to do but haven't had the nerve to do it?
Christopher_Golden Kacie, don't knock westerns. You just haven't read
the right ones.
Kaciegirl In the "any of them" sense of the word?
Little_Willow I'm not a western fan either. Still love me?
Christopher_Golden LW . . .read LONESOME DOVE, then we'll talk. No, I'ms
erious. Read it. Seriously. Yes. I'm Serious.
mooseonski Chris, have you been able to have most of the creative input
when it comes to the visual part aspect of your comics - or should I say, has
working with the artists been a challenge or a pleasure overall?
Little_Willow Chris, okay, I will, someday. I have heard that is good
but haven't read any of the novels nor seen any episodes/shows.
HorrorWench chris...
HorrorWench an email from someone with webtv that can't get into chat:
chris, i love the willow/tara comics you penned with amber benson and am looking
forward to your 'ghost of alvion' on the bbc. can you tell us more about 'ghosts'
and will you be doing any other projects with ms benson?
HorrorWench any chance of a book or xbox game that will feature a story
bringing tara and willow back together? tara/amber is very much missed, the
show isn't the same without her --chris811
Eeriebblum Mr. Golden: I noticed "The Ferryman" got a decent review from
Clive Barker. Was getting his approval to review your book a difficult task?
WeirdArchives Which writer do you enjoy and which of his/her works do
you wish to endorse?
mooseonski Perhaps Firefly would have had more appeal if it had focused
more on one genre - western, sci-fi, melodrama. Less of a Riley influx that
way? ;-)
hw-igor Ohhhhhhh Excellen Q Erie!
WeirdArchives More like FIREFLY needed better promos and writers who
know more tech.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: do you have a time of day where you can write
better? or prefer writing?
Princess_of_Darkness hey tralf!
tralf hi PoD :)
WeirdArchives FOX didn't give the show much of a chance...but then again,
neither did Joss.
Kessie hi tralf
mooseonski That too, WA. But if the concept had required less tech, then
it may have been a different case.
HellmouthsGaurdian What inspired you to create the Lost Slayer series?
WeirdArchives I don't know. MEN IN SPACE was good.
HorrorWench ruh roh, got bumped, give him a minute to return
_JFM whoops
WeirdArchives Oh, uh. Who scared him off?
kenickie hey tralf
hvnly_angel hi horrorwench
Princess_of_Darkness WeirdArchives. why do you think show didnt give
the show a chance. THere are a lot of people that love the show. And the writers
are just great!
HorrorWench meanwhile let's reign in the horses... if possible start
at the top of the 'name' list over there on the right and go down in order with
your questions rather than bombarding him - not sure he's even seeing them all
tralf hi everyone who said hi :)
Kaciegirl Tralf! :)
tralf kacie!
RaveTSN do I get points for being 1st?
RaveTSN :-)
tralf kacie, i followed your AIM to here
WeirdArchives I thought FOX had it in for the series from the start,
plus Joss hasn't had much luck with sci fi.
Kaciegirl Yay! Awesome.
mooseonski Hey there tralf. I spy a new chatter. (Terrible pun. Excuse
me.)
WeirdArchives Waffling over DARK ANGEL kinda screwed things up as well.
HorrorWench =) RaveTSN
Little_Willow Yay for the flattery Kacie
RaveTSN I'm always late! I was 20 mins early tonight
RaveTSN go me!
Eeriebblum thanks, Igor. Being a horror novelist myself, I'm always interested
in hearing how others get their running starts. At least I did manage to send
my book to Piers Anthony, so I guess we'll wait and see what he thinks of it.
_JFM well while Chris is out, let me share a funny story: we did a group
signing up here in Massachusetts and one of his fans came up and hugged him
and said "I love you!" The rest of us were jealous!
mooseonski Way to be on time, Rave! :) I was late *sigh*
_JFM lucky dude
_JFM heh heh
hw-igor heheh
kenickie i don't love him. every time i see him he hits me.
tralf Today at the mall there was a little kit that said "Serenity in
a box" and I had to go away and not look. It was sad.
mooseonski I need to find a time to attend one of Chris' MA signings!
Princess_of_Darkness WA: lol well dark angel. i was a fan myself but
i also love firefly. its more that fox didnt give the show a chance. Joss loves
the show and still he tries everything to get the show back on air. ;) but ya
know everybody like other stuff, right ? ;)
WeirdArchives Ah, Piers Anthony. I met him once. Nice fellow.
_JFM hopefully we'll do more in October
_JFM we're planning some big ones
mooseonski Yay!
RaveTSN need to get CG a little further south...
spikdpunch ooh. piers anthony
RaveTSN say to the Texas area?!?
mooseonski No, no, keep in new New England for a while! :)
spikdpunch I used to read him all the time
kenickie oh, LW, in LA this february?
HellmouthsGaurdian I love Piers Anthony's Geodessy series
WeirdArchives True, true...but I did wish FOX would have given the show
a better shot.
HorrorWench bouncy igor
Eeriebblum oh yes, he's definitely good to his fans and friends. He gave
me some positive feedback in getting my start in publication. I dedicated "The
Outer Realm" to him for helping me.
mooseonski Or, for that matter, a better time slot.
spikdpunch it's been some time since I read any
hw-igor just checkin server
WeirdArchives Where's Mr. Golden? Has he been...abducted? ;)
spikdpunch yeah. he always had notes in the back and such
HorrorWench he got bumped...and there he is
hw-igor WB Christopher@
RaveTSN WA: Yes, I'm hiding him
WeirdArchives Ah, welcome back, old friend.
Christopher_Golden Hello there! :)
HorrorWench now don't attack this time...everyone breathe =)
hvnly_angel wb Christopher
spikdpunch hi, again
mooseonski Welcome back!
WeirdArchives Swell.
Kessie wb chris golden
RaveTSN ugh! He got out
hw-igor Thought we scared you off there for a minute
JonFMerz lol
Christopher_Golden Rave, you just stop that.
Christopher_Golden :)
WeirdArchives The man's slippery.
RaveTSN ;-)
Christopher_Golden Jon Merz!
HorrorWench starting at the top...
JonFMerz yessir!
Princess_of_Darkness WA: yeah Fox sucks. They cancelled Dark Angel and
now Firelfy. but is it a wonder if they put the shows on Friday evenings?
Christopher_Golden How's it going, comrade?
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: welcome back ;)
JonFMerz just came out to lend support to the NE HWA
JonFMerz lol
WeirdArchives The Test Pattern Show. ;)
HorrorWench hehehe the cat's outta the bag...he got rid of his anonymous
initials while you were gone
Little_Willow WB Chris
Eeriebblum Chris, did you manage to get my question before you were bumped
off?
Christopher_Golden Everyone go read Jon F. Merz's novels!
Little_Willow Kenickie, yes, see you there
HorrorWench so i have an email quesiton for you chris...
HorrorWench
HorrorWench
HorrorWench
Christopher_Golden Whoa.
JonFMerz I was just telling them about the hugs and I love you's at october's
signing!
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: will do that lol
HorrorWench hehehe i cheat - copy/paste from before you were bumped...
hvnly_angel lol
slayerfan1975 smart move there :)
Princess_of_Darkness JonFMerz: I am sure i would have told you I luv
you too *g*
JonFMerz aw shucks
HorrorWench and i TRIED to read merz's... but the bookstore dipped em
in water before they were put on the shelf and they're all nasty - they're returning
to the publisher...
Christopher_Golden Ghosts of Albion is a supernatural PERIOD drama (but
it's funny too) that will be animated. It's an hour long. Amber directed it,
we wrote it together. Spent a week in London last month working on it.
HorrorWench thank you - mr webtv will be very happy =)
HorrorWench next question!
JonFMerz okay I'm out of here. ya'll take care. Chris - good talking
to you - hope to see ya soon
JonFMerz gnite all
hw-igor 4Eerie spot light is on you
HorrorWench see ya march 1st
Christopher_Golden See ya Jon. Take care!
Eeriebblum Mr. Golden: I noticed "The Ferryman" got a decent review from
Clive Barker. Was getting his approval to review your book a difficult task?
WeirdArchives Have you ever thought of doing nonfiction?
Christopher_Golden Eeerie . . . I've known Clive for a lot of years.
I was very fortunate that he was willing to make the time, and that he liked
it.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: do you like London? you really have to come
over to germany some time. *g* i living right on the coast *g*
Christopher_Golden WA . . I've done quite a bit of non-fiction, even
won the Bram Stoker Award in 1993 for my first book, which was non fiction.
hw-igor 4Famer - Do you have a question for Mr. Golden
famer Ummm pass? I was going to ask about your work with Amber Benson but chris
beat me to the punch
Kessie POD: defintely he must lol
Christopher_Golden LOVE London.
Christopher_Golden PoD, I'd love to come to Germany. Where on the coast.
hw-igor 4 Hellsmouths - Gotta Q? Its your turn :)
HellmouthsGaurdian What inspired you to do the Lost Slayer Series?
Christopher_Golden PoD, get some convention to invite me! :)
WeirdArchives Have you and Amber Benson thought of other writing projects
beyond BUFFY?
Christopher_Golden Hellmouths . . . I wanted to do something like BATMAN:
THE DARK KNIGHTS RETURNS with Buffy. That's what came out of it. :)
hw-igor 4 Hvnly - Question
Christopher_Golden WA . . . well, we wrote GHOSTS OF ALBION together.
Also, we have a comics project we're shopping called TERRA NOVAA
Eeriebblum ah, that's nice. Clive Barker and I are both members of the
HWA, and I found that rather interesting. I was just mentioning earlier that
Piers Anthony has the first copy of my book "The Outer Realm." I dedicated the
book to him in return for his guideance and support.
hvnly_angel Where do you get the inspiration for your novels?
Christopher_Golden Eerie, congrats! :)
HellmouthsGaurdian Well I'm glad you thought of it. Its my favorite among
the Buffy novels.
WeirdArchives Okay. I'll stand down on the questions for the moment.
Biscuits are burning. ;)
Christopher_Golden hvnly, from everywhere. Sometimes they literally are
like bolts of lightning.
Princess_of_Darkness lol northsea. i dont think you will know Wilhelmshaven,
do you? Convention: ya know we tried to get a convention together here BUT its
so hard. too hard...as long as we havent some one in the team that has experience
with it
HorrorWench aftr he answers you hvnly_angel we need to sneak our winning
trivia question in here, before it's too late
hvnly_angel k
WeirdArchives Ah, prize time!
HorrorWench hehehe... soon grasshopper =)
spikdpunch heh
Christopher_Golden Oh crap, was I suppposed to come up with a question?
Christopher_Golden :)
Kaciegirl LOL.
subhuman Chris: Is there a new Watcher's Guide coming out for the 5th
and 6th seasons of BtVS? If so, when could this be expected?
WeirdArchives Call me Jimmy Cicket. ;)
spikdpunch what's in my pockets? that will do it...
Christopher_Golden subhuman, yes, for 5,6 and 7, but I'm not invovled.
HorrorWench we did =) i have it here...ready everyone???
WeirdArchives Ah, nuts. Mispelled.
Princess_of_Darkness yup
WeirdArchives Yeah!
Christopher_Golden Can I answer?
Princess_of_Darkness lol
WeirdArchives No, that would be cheating.
Little_Willow If I can't, you can't.
hw-igor hehehe silly boy!
Christopher_Golden Or can Ashleigh? I promise I won't tell her. :)
Kaciegirl Wait. What;'t the deal with this. How do we answer.
Kessie lol
HorrorWench WHAT WAS CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN'S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK, AND WHAT
YEAR DID IT FIRST APPEAR??
spikdpunch *blink blink **G
Little_Willow :)
Eeriebblum thanks, Chris. :) and as most horror fanatics know already,
"The Outer Realm" was just released a couple weeks ago. From the people I've
shown the story to, I've received quite a positive feedback, but what I need
even more is to hear from reviewers. *HorrorWench will be one of the few that
will be reviewing it in the early stage of its release.*
Kaciegirl Cut Horror Writers on Horror Fiction...
mooseonski 1993?
HorrorWench woohoo!! i'm one of few =)
Little_Willow Go Kacie go...
tralf There's a quiz? I didn't know there was going to be a quiz. I didn't
bring my number 2 pencils.
RaveTSN Of Saints and Shadows 1994
HorrorWench close...
Little_Willow Go Emily...
HorrorWench kacie close...
mooseonski (Sorry for interrupting, Kacie)
Little_Willow Hint...
Little_Willow It says it at his site.
HorrorWench no hints!!
HorrorWench makes it suffer, bwahahahhaha
Little_Willow Ah!
Christopher_Golden Can't we tell the person who's warm?
RaveTSN Of Saints and Shadows 1994?
Little_Willow Everyone and their dog just IMed me asking for the year!
Little_Willow *hiding*
HorrorWench kacie was close...book right - not year
WeirdArchives Not me. I'm off the IM.
mooseonski My dogs haven't asked you yet, LW ;)
Kaciegirl 92
Eeriebblum HorrorWench: Yep, that you are. Only seven lucky reviewers
will be getting the book.
WeirdArchives Besides, I know not to bother the website master. Wouldn't
be kosher.
tralf little willow, i seeeee you :-p
Christopher_Golden YAY KACIE!!! :)
HorrorWench cool!!
mooseonski Go Kacie!
WeirdArchives Congrats, camper.
Little_Willow *hums quietly*
HorrorWench kacie wins a hardcover 'the ferryman'
Kaciegirl LOL... I had to run upstairs and grab it. HOLY SHIT. Thanks
Little_Willow Shiny!
HorrorWench *hmmm note from christ says 1991...hmmm
Kessie congrats kacie
HellmouthsGaurdian Congrats
tralf yahoo for kacie!
Christopher_Golden Kacie, just a note . . . the FERRYMAN limited isn't
out yet. A few more weeks.
HorrorWench whew, now back to the questions... Kaciegirl, your turn
WeirdArchives And the waiting is the hardest part. ;0
Kaciegirl Wow. Shiny. I am so happy. Thanks. :) Oh. I'm all flustered.
Little_Willow Good job Kacie.
Christopher_Golden So no one asked about the cast of GHOSTS OF ALBION,
which I'm not supposed to talk about yet. :)
HorrorWench oh well then...do talk!!
Kessie well then tell
Kaciegirl Is that a hint? Tell me about the cast of GoA?
Little_Willow Keep lips zipped then :)
Christopher_Golden How about hints? :)
tweeetygrl Hints are good
kenickie hints are good
HorrorWench quick someone hold little willow down while we get the goods
outta christopher
Kessie hints are good lol
kenickie ahaha, jinx
hvnly_angel lol
HellmouthsGaurdian lol
Christopher_Golden How about if I mentioned we got someone from STAR
WARS? :)
Little_Willow No one holds me down!
HorrorWench old or new star wars?
hw-igor LOL
Christopher_Golden All of them. :)
HorrorWench and we're just talking voices right? it's animated?
mooseonski Ooh.
hw-igor Come with me Wilow I'll protect you heheheh
RaveTSN c3po?
HorrorWench harrison ford
Little_Willow Star Warts? Commander Toad books by Jane Yolen? :)
kenickie does he run a theatre company? ;)
Kaciegirl YODA?! awesome.
HorrorWench lol!
HorrorWench samual jackson?
HorrorWench young darth? older darth? really old darth? hehehe...
Little_Willow Read, you will.
hw-igor Obi Wan
Christopher_Golden Mwa hah ah ha.
Little_Willow Oh no... It's the evil laugh.
kenickie if it's jar jar binks there'll be hell to pay
Princess_of_Darkness hehehe
hw-igor oh did I get it did I get it?
mooseonski Sounds like a Ghost.
WeirdArchives Have you ever thought of doing a different genre, such
as alternate history? I would like to see you something along the lines of Harry
Turtledove's THE GREAT WAR.
spikdpunch jar jar binks...Evil
Eeriebblum darth vader's mother's sister's second cousin twice removed?
HorrorWench lol
WeirdArchives Oh, uh. Jabba laugh.
Christopher_Golden And a very beautiful actress who played the same character
in two American soaps.
Little_Willow La la la.
WeirdArchives Fiona Hughes?
Eeriebblum "Me-sa Jar Jar Binks. Me-sa ruin movie."
Christopher_Golden WA . . . I'd love to do something like that. I have
a historical suspense novel I've been trying to sell.
spikdpunch hi zed
Christopher_Golden Not Fiona Hughes.
WeirdArchives What's the setting?
WeirdArchives Nuts.
Christopher_Golden WA . . . not ready to talk about that just yet.
WeirdArchives Okay. I can wait.
Zed mr. golden- just wanted to thank you for some of the best Willow
and Tara moments on paper! THANKS! Any chance you and Amber might pen something
that brings Tara back? We love Amber and miss Tara. Also- congrats on the BBC!
Christopher_Golden Zed, I also love Amber and miss Tara. But Amber and
I have other projects we want to work on.
HorrorWench such as...?
WeirdArchives How good are we with time?
hw-igor Some things just have to come to an end... its the way it goes
Zed mr. golden, I will gladly support anything by you OR Amber, and the
two combined? whoo and hoo!
Princess_of_Darkness lol Chris i think you should tell Amber that we
all luv her *g*
tweeetygrl I love your Buffy books. They are the best ones out there.
Christopher_Golden Well, we've got great hope for Ghosts of Albion, but
also are working on this Terra Nova comics pitch.
Christopher_Golden Thanks Zed. :)
RaveTSN Mr. Golden: Have you considered doing any comic adaptations of
your novels? Also, what are your thoughts on the upcoming DareDevil release?
WeirdArchives Ah, closing time.
Christopher_Golden Also, has anyone read any of the Body of Evidence
books?
hw-igor No butI wanna get my hands on them suckers!
Little_Willow Yes.
WeirdArchives Can't seem to find them, sorry.
Little_Willow Oh, wait, I'm supposed to be quiet.
Little_Willow :)
Christopher_Golden LW :)
HorrorWench lol
mooseonski I am shocked. ;-)
RaveTSN yes
Little_Willow They are available to order online and in any major bookstore,
WA.
WeirdArchives Oh, you go, girl.
Little_Willow Aren't you Emily?
mooseonski So very.
WeirdArchives Okay. Thanks.
Zed mr golden, those are your young adult books, right? sadly I have
not. what age are they geared to...I have kids 16 and 6
Kaciegirl Body of Evidence. Beautiful. What's going on with the one that's
out of print right now?
Christopher_Golden Well, looks like there are going to be more of them
after all.
Little_Willow They actually sell just as many if not MORE to Adults.
Princess_of_Darkness *blushing* nope not yet. its going to be the next
i will get! ;)
Kaciegirl GOD BLESS!
Christopher_Golden And Zed, anyone can read them. :)
Little_Willow Cha ching.
RaveTSN Outstanding news CG
Zed little willow- thanks! I'll pick them up. ;-)
Little_Willow If you like CSI, if you like Forensic Files, if you like
Patricia Cornwell books, you will LOVE Body of Evidence.
Kaciegirl More more more more more more more more.
Kaciegirl Yay.
mooseonski I need to read them...among other things.
WeirdArchives I just wonder when the RPG for BODY OF EVIDENCE will come
out.
Christopher_Golden If all goes as plan, the whole series will be repackaged
and rereleased.
Little_Willow Make sure you read them in the right order...
Little_Willow Start with BODY BAGS.
Christopher_Golden WA . . that'd be cool. :)
Eeriebblum (I hope I don't get pummeled with hate messages for this,
but...) with all the writing I partake of, I haven't had much time to devote
to reading, I'm afraid. :-/ however, if requested, I'll read over something.
WeirdArchives It works for BUFFY.
Christopher_Golden Anyway, Amber and I have talked about her someday
writing one with me. She loves Jenna.
Princess_of_Darkness Thanks LW! Need to get them on amazon lol
RaveTSN Mr. Golden: Have you considered doing any comic adaptations of
your novels? Also, what are your thoughts on the upcoming DareDevil release?
WeirdArchives Have you thought about doing an original comic book character?
Christopher_Golden Rave, I've talked to a few comics publishers over
the years about doing comics based on THE SHADOW SAGA, but nothing has gelled.
Christopher_Golden As for Daredevil, we'll see.
WeirdArchives Oops. I overstepped it again. Sorry.
mooseonski Who is next in line? :)
RaveTSN WA: 10 lashes with a wet noodle!
Kaciegirl Go for it Em.
Zed mr golden, I may have the chance- no pun- to she Amber's movie chance
in a few months. I can hardly wait. EverythingI have heard tells me you will
be lucky to work with her in any capacity. I wish I lived overseas so I could
get ghosts at BBC
WeirdArchives Only 10? I deserve more than that.
hw-igor 4Slayerfan Have you had the chance to ask a ?
Christopher_Golden WA . .. as for original comics characters, I've got
a new creator owned series coming from Image in late summer that I'm writing
and Michael Avon Oeming is drawing. It's called NEVERMORE.
WeirdArchives Okay.
kenickie oooooooh
kenickie mike's stuff rocks
kenickie and he;s one of the nicest guys in comics
tweeetygrl Mr. Golden: I just read Buffy Origin last night. I loved it.
Christopher_Golden Zed, you'll be able to download it from the net from
anywhere in the world.
Christopher_Golden Tweety, thanks ! :) That was fun to do.
Zed downlaod? awesome! I will gladly fill my hard drive with your stories/work
tweeetygrl I always wondered what the movie was supposed to be.
Christopher_Golden Also, Sniegoski and I have a new original series called
THE SISTERHOOD that'll be out later this year from Avatar.
hw-igor Christopher - Do you find that you have to think about what you
write or does it just flow?
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: do i remember right that you are also working
on a new buffy game? if i am wrong bap me lol
hw-igor wb slayerfan
Christopher_Golden And on that note, I gotta get outta here in a minute.
Just a couple more.
hvnly_angel wb slayerfan
Eeriebblum Here's an interesting question, Chris...when hit with a tremendous
writer's block, what is the best technique for getting through it?
slayerfan1975 thanks u
Christopher_Golden Igor . . . sometimes it does, and sometimes it hurts.
Zed Mr. Golden-how is the BBC/European system different from the US/hollywood/publiching
world? are our lovely friends over the pond treating you well?
hw-igor Gotcha
HorrorWench christopher... do your buffy/angel characters ever accidentally
show up in your other works - or parts of them?
Kaciegirl Chris -- any plans for visiting the West Coast this summer?
*Evil Grin*
mooseonski Without meaning to bombard you, Chris (feel free to ignore!)...
Have you been able to have most of the creative input when it comes to the visual
aspect of your comics - or, should I say, has working with the artists been
an added challenge or a pleasure and/or inspiration overall?
HorrorWench is keeping them seperate difficult or quite easy...
Zed west coast! yes... come by and I'll send chocolate!
Christopher_Golden PoD, I'm not supposed to talk about that. :) If there
WERE a new game, thogh, it'd proably be coming out in, oh, I don't know, summertime.
And If there were, I'd probably be at E3 in LA in May to promote it.
mooseonski Stay here! (Better yet, get me out west.)
Little_Willow AHA!
Little_Willow If Emily can come West, so can Chris.
Zed LA in may in lovely ;-)
WeirdArchives Well, all my questions have been answered. Besides, it's
dinner at the Casa del WeirdArchives.
mooseonski The other way around, it should be, LW. ;)
Christopher_Golden OVERLOAD!!!! :)
HorrorWench hehehe
Kaciegirl There you are Em -- get you out here.
Kaciegirl LW -- we need a trip to FOX, no? :)
Eeriebblum see ya, WA. Keep it eerie. :-)
WeirdArchives I won't touch that LA quote.
Zed mr golden, thank you coming by, chatting, and most of all... for
sharing your gift
Little_Willow Kacie: Indeed.
Princess_of_Darkness Chris: *g* okay lol got it! hehehe so no bap for
me huh? in mAy in LA huh? need to think about it if i will come over...if i
win the lottery *g*
spikdpunch *G* and my friends due to come on soon
mooseonski *whimper* Kacie
Little_Willow Emily, don't you go taking Chris' side now...
Christopher_Golden My pleasure everyone. :)
tweeetygrl Thanks Mr. Golden
WeirdArchives Thanks for the most entertaining chat, Mr. Golden. Hope
to see ya soon.
Little_Willow Kacie, yes, we do.
mooseonski When was I on the other side?
kenickie see ya chris :)
Kaciegirl Everyone should come to CA. Chris -- lovely to talk at you!
:o)
Christopher_Golden Also, if all goes well, I may have to go sign at LW's
bookstore this summer.
Kessie have got night
spikdpunch take care
jerry-the-vampire Chris, you are thebet.
HorrorWench thanks for coming - will post the transcript in horrorweb
Kaciegirl LW & Kacie's
Kaciegirl bookstore.
Little_Willow We now have it in print.
Little_Willow * beams *
Christopher_Golden Oops. Sorry Kacie.
Kaciegirl Yay. back at you. No prob.
Little_Willow "May have to" ?
Little_Willow Sounds like punishment ;-)
Christopher_Golden Adios, muchachos and muchachas. Good night!
WeirdArchives Crazy people.
Christopher_Golden LW, you know I love you.
HorrorWench night!!
mooseonski Thank you for coming, Chris!
slayerfan1975 G'nite
hvnly_angel good night
Kaciegirl Bye! Thank you.
hvnly_angel thanks for coming
tweeetygrl Bye Thanks
WeirdArchives Just don't let the wife know. ;)
HellmouthsGaurdian Good Night Chris. Thanks for chatting with us!
Little_Willow Back atcha, Boston boy.
Kessie thanks for chatting with us , chris
Christopher_Golden See ya!
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