KK Chat - Feb. 23, 2003

[RainbowDragon]

KK Chat - Feb. 23, 2003

[17:10] * KK has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:10] <DeryniBot>  Glad you could join us KK
[17:10] <kirienne> bye Kendal
[17:10] <Mistyck> hi KK
[17:11] * Barticus has a bunch of stories
[17:11] * Kendall Quit (Quit: Khadassa! Another portal to nowhere but
Rhemuth! Isn't there anywhere else to go?)
[17:11] * Kendall has left IRC
[17:11] <Shiral> Helllo Katherine!
[17:11] <JM> Hi KK
[17:11] <Shiral> Huggles
[17:11] <RainbowDragon> Hi, Katherine
[17:11] <TerryOBrien> Hello Katherine!
[17:11] <Barticus> howdy kk
[17:11] <RainTurtle> good evening, Katherine
[17:11] <kirienne> Hi  Katherine :-)
[17:11] <uoo> Greets, Katherine
[17:11] <bynw> hiyas Katherine!!
[17:11] <KK> Hi, just a quick check-in.
[17:11] <Mistyck> ooh, and Kendall just left!
[17:11] <wrengl> hi katherine
[17:11] <Shiral> Thank you for joining us, for however long
[17:11] <JastaElf> Hi Katherine!!
[17:11] <wrengl> how goes the writing?
[17:11] <Mistyck> yep, KK!  thanks for stopping by
[17:11] <the_Bee> any good news, KK?
[17:11] <uoo> Yeah, Kendall chose the wrong moment for tucker
[17:11] <RainbowDragon> What's the quickie scoop, KK?
[17:11] <KK> Yay, Sharon!  New job starts tomorrow, eh?
[17:11] <Shiral> Or even the slow scoop?
[17:12] <RainTurtle> ALways an honour to "see" you
[17:12] <Mistyck> we'll take either one, we're not greedy
[17:12] <JastaElf> Yes, it does!  Bright and early!
[17:12] <KK> Dress code?
[17:12] <JastaElf> Yup.
[17:12] <JastaElf> Govt standard
[17:12] <uoo> I'm greedy...
[17:12] <Mistyck> Jeans and Tee Shirt, Jasta?  that's what it's for me
[17:12] <Barticus> oh boy govt standard
[17:12] <KK> LOL, but at least you get to buy a new wardrobe soon, for
your new bod.  :-)
[17:12] <Mistyck> yeppers
[17:12] <JastaElf> gonna wear a blue blazer, striped shirt, and grey
slacks--and pretend I'm Republican.
[17:12] <Barticus> do you blend ion with the trees
[17:12] <Mistyck> lol, Jasta
[17:13] <JastaElf> Well, not til I get paid March 14...  ;-)  But yeah
[17:13] * kirienne is glad she can wear jeans to work, the dress code
is relaxed, but we have to look presentable, even in jeans and
sneakers
[17:13] <KK> Sounds good to me.
[17:13] <Shiral> There's always the hook
[17:13] <Mistyck> no, Bart, I'm the one who does that
[17:13] <JastaElf> yup!
[17:13] <KK> Anyway, quick update.
[17:13] <Barticus> me too
[17:13] <Shiral> We're listening...
[17:13] <Barticus> sometimes
[17:13] <bynw> whoo whoo the update
[17:13] <TerryOBrien> All ears ...
[17:13] <JM> Yes.....
[17:13] <KK> After yet another shift in focus--hello, Terry, good to
see you here!
[17:13] <KK> I've resurrected Marie.
[17:13] <Mistyck> wow!
[17:14] <Shiral> Oh my!
[17:14] <wrengl> oh?!
[17:14] <JM> Uhoh
[17:14] <TerryOBrien> Glad to finally make it. Schedule conflicts have
kept from stopping by for some time.
[17:14] <Harvey> That's a tricky spell.
[17:14] <KK> There was just too much neat stuff I'd already written
about her.
[17:14] <JM> Wouldn't stay dead?
[17:14] <KK> So we've still got Zoe, but also Marie.
[17:14] <TerryOBrien> Someone wouldn't let her stay dead?'
[17:14] <Shiral> She was pounding on her coffin lid, I guess
[17:14] <Mistyck> yep, Shiral
[17:14] <Shiral> =o)
[17:14] <wrengl> sounds like it shiral
[17:14] <Shiral> "No I  want to be in the book too!"
[17:14] <KK> And I've written the scene where Marie dies, where Ahern
dies, wheren Krispin dies--where Zoe marries Ahern on his deathbed....
[17:15] <Mistyck> "I'm NOT dead YET!
[17:15] <TerryOBrien> (Still waiting for someone to start with the
Monty Python jokes.)
[17:15] <KK> It's getting really interesting.
[17:15] <Harvey> Sounds like a bloodbath.
[17:15] <Shiral> Good lord, Katherine!
[17:15] <wrengl> sounds it
[17:15] <kirienne> that will be so fun to read Kk
[17:15] <Mistyck> there's your Monty Python, Terry
[17:15] <KK> Well, they die in a variety of ways.  This week, Ahern
went via appendicitis.
[17:15] <JM> We have to remember who is writing here- Mistress of
Deaths
[17:15] <Shiral> ANd we thought Kelson had a tough and short first
marriage!
[17:16] <Mistyck> KK:  appendicitis is definitely inventive
[17:16] <KK> Zoe's lasts about an hour--better than Kelson's first, at
least.
[17:16] <KK> Neither pair gets to consummate the union, alas.
[17:16] <Shiral> But hardly festive even son
[17:16] <Shiral> so
[17:16] * bynw knows all about an appendicitis
[17:16] <KK> (I have a Gus on my lap.)
[17:16] <Mistyck> hi Gus Kitty
[17:17] <KK> Krispin's death scene worked out particularly well.
[17:17] <Harvey> Freak chicken bone.  Slipped on banana peel.  Bad
sushi.  Bodycount=3
[17:17] <Shiral> He's obviously got some literary ambition, KK <G>
[17:17] <uoo> not as short as Bronwyn and Kevin.
[17:17] * kirienne waves to gus kitty
[17:17] <the_Bee> scritches to Guscat
[17:17] <Shiral> Hopefully nobody eats bad Sushi in Gwynedd, Harvey
<G>
[17:17] <Mistyck> KK:  did you get a huge groan from your publishers?
[17:18] <JastaElf> poor Krispin....  :-(
[17:18] <KK> On another track entirely, I heard from one of Andre
Norton's friends, that she's now pretty  much recovered and doing
well.
[17:18] <wrengl> hi gus kitty
[17:18] <JastaElf> Thanks be to God....
[17:18] <Mistyck> oh good for her!
[17:18] <Ghostgames> I hope you've been able to spend some time on
/happy/ scenes as well.... :-)
[17:18] <Shiral> Glad to hear tha
[17:18] <JM> Good!
[17:18] <RainbowDragon> How close are you running to the deadline,
Katherine?
[17:18] <kirienne> that is good news
[17:18] <TerryOBrien> Glad to hear it about Andre.
[17:18] <Barticus> for some reason Krispin(the name ) reminds me of
Rice Krispies
[17:18] <Ghostgames> good news!
[17:18] <KK> My editor says it will be worth the wait, after my
groveling e-mail.
[17:18] <Shiral> Happy scenes, Ann?? But this is a DERYNI novel!
[17:18] <wrengl> good for andre
[17:18] <Mistyck> cool, KK!
[17:18] <Ghostgames> oh, yeah, I forgot, "happy" is few and far
between. :-/
[17:18] <TerryOBrien> Was just reading ( and then immediately
re-reading) one of her short stories .
[17:19] <KK> You'll like the ending, though.
[17:19] <Mistyck> :-D
[17:19] <Shiral> Good!
[17:19] <kirienne> :-)
[17:19] <KK> And you'll all love the cover.
[17:19] <JM> Happy is an elusive thing in the Deryni World
[17:19] <wrengl> good
[17:19] <Harvey> Good cover is good.
[17:19] <Ghostgames> (I'm re-reading the series right now, starting in
chronological order rather than publication order -- which is what I
followed last time I read them. I'm smack dab in the  middle of the
Camber trilogy. Very few happy bits in there!)
[17:19] <Shiral> Well you know we're really not that impatient for
this book, KK <G>
[17:19] <Harvey> Who is doing the cover art?
[17:19] <Mistyck> KK:  we'll devour the book and then bug you for more
updates on the next one
[17:20] <wrengl> indeed
[17:20] <KK> Stawecki, or something like that?  Can't quite read it.
[17:20] <uoo> I'm reading 'em in publication order for the first time
:->
[17:20] <JM> No we probably will be bugging for updates on the next
one before this one comes out
[17:20] <Harvey> Matt Stawicki?
[17:20] <Harvey> I think that's his name.
[17:20] <Shiral> Especially once you get into CTH
[17:20] <Harvey> He's good.
[17:20] <RainbowDragon> Whats the cover gonna look like?
[17:20] <bynw> you are right about that Ann ... very few happy bits
[17:20] <Shiral> Don't recognize the name, but will look forward to
seeing it
[17:20] <wrengl> don't know that name harvey
[17:20] <KK> Sound like that might be him.
[17:21] <KK> It's the betrothal scene, where Donal gives Alyce's hand
to a gorgeous Kenneth Morgan.
[17:21] <Mistyck> cool!
[17:21] <uoo> mmmm gorgeous
[17:21] <RainbowDragon> ahhh
[17:21] <JM> Ohh neat
[17:21] <Barticus> awww
[17:21] <Shiral> ooh, We love to hear about "Gorgeous" <G>
[17:21] <Barticus> can't wait
[17:21] <Mistyck> yep
[17:21] * kirienne will ask the book store to call  her when it comes
out, they can put it on the shelves after she gets her copy first :-)
[17:21] <KK> Alyce is gorgeous, too--very like the description of her
tomb effigy.
[17:21] <wrengl> oooooooooooooooooo sounds yummy katherine
[17:22] * Shiral rubs her little paws with anticipation
[17:22] <kirienne> ooooooo, can't wait to see that cover
[17:22] <the_Bee> do the characters look like they're supposed to
look?
[17:22] <JM> And is Donal the dirty old man?
[17:22] <KK> Her gown is too late, and there are bananas in with the
other fruit on the feast table, but those are very minor quibbles.
[17:22] <uoo> quibbler
[17:22] <KK> Donal looks--devious and just a little lecherous.
[17:22] <kirienne> LOL
[17:22] <Shiral> Hey Harvey, I guess you were right about the freak
banana peel death <G>
[17:22] <wrengl> lol
[17:22] * Barticus snickers
[17:23] <Harvey> I told you.  Banana peels are deadly!  With
Katherine, they're probably worth a body count of about 7.
[17:23] <bynw> not king donal
[17:23] <Shiral> LOL
[17:23] <JastaElf> LOL!
[17:23] <KK> But there are no bananas in Gwynedd.
[17:23] <wrengl> lol
[17:23] <bynw> bananas and plumbs? *grins*
[17:23] * Mistyck thinks King Donal is a dirty old man!
[17:23] <Shiral> And there they are in the fruitbowl RIGHT at the
feast <G>
[17:23] <KK> Yes, he is.
[17:23] <Barticus> they could have come from the anvil of the lord
[17:23] <uoo> They were hacked down in the old days as a deadly
menace?
[17:23] <Shiral> Oh I'm sure they have plums, Bynw <EG>
[17:23] <bynw> it's good to be the king
[17:24] <the_Bee> imported bananas from far overseas
[17:24] <KK> Yes, he looks like he's enjoying being king.
[17:24] <Shiral> A rarity and a luxury ONLY seen in Rhemuth
[17:24] <JM> That's it special gift for the wedding
[17:24] <TerryOBrien> Maybe someone brought them through a Portal.
Portal Shipping, Ltd? When it absolutely have to get there this
second!
[17:24] <Mistyck> yep from faraway lands
[17:24] <JM> Just from what we know of him, Donal definitely liked
being king
[17:24] <kirienne> one of a kind wedding gift
[17:24] <Shiral> The Fedex of Gwynedd, Terry?
[17:24] <Harvey> Good thing there aren't bananas in Gwynned, the whole
realm would be dying tragically comic deaths.
[17:24] <KK> LOL, Terry.
[17:25] <wrengl> lol jarvey
[17:25] <uoo> Cucumbers with a spell to make 'em look like bananas?
[17:25] <Shiral> I think you're right, Harvey. Death by Pratfall
[17:25] <KK> LOL, Shiral.
[17:25] <TerryOBrien> Sounds like a murder mystery novel title to me,
Shiral.
[17:25] * Emma has joined #Deryni_Destinations
[17:25] <DeryniBot>  Glad you could join us Emma
[17:25] <Barticus> is that how rhys really died?
[17:25] <Mistyck> hi Emma
[17:25] <RainTurtle> hi, Emma
[17:25] <the_Bee> hi emma
[17:25] <kirienne> hi Emma
[17:25] <Shiral> Hmmmm, murder mysteries of Gwynedd
[17:25] <Emma> Hi all
[17:25] <Shiral> Hi Emma
[17:26] <wrengl> hi emma
[17:26] <Barticus> howdy emma
[17:26] <Shiral> LOL, Bart
[17:26] <JM> Yes there was a hidden banana peel in the cathedral
[17:26] <KK> Banana peel in the cathedral?
[17:26] <uoo> 'allo emma
[17:26] <Shiral> It was a terrible senseless way to go
[17:26] <Mistyck> yep
[17:26] <wrengl> indeed
[17:26] <uoo> Colonel Alaric, in the great room, with a banana!
[17:26] <Mistyck> but life is like that
[17:26] <JM> Some of the Bishop's got hungry
[17:26] <wrengl> lol uoo
[17:26] * Barticus snickers
[17:26] <KK> Appendicitis is pretty senseless, too.
[17:26] * Shiral giggles at uoo
[17:26] <wrengl> true
[17:26] <Mistyck> yep, but imaginative
[17:26] <Shiral> yes, and it hurts a lot more
[17:27] <KK> My GP was thrilled when I rang him to pick his brain.
[17:27] <JM> True
[17:27] <KK> I'd already gleaned info from the internet.
[17:27] <Mistyck> you could always use tonsilitis next time
[17:27] <wrengl> depends on where you land after the banana peel
shiral
[17:27] <Harvey> Scurvy!
[17:27] <Harvey> Death by scurvy.
[17:27] <KK> Nah, not gruesome enough.
[17:27] <RainbowDragon> Your "GP"?
[17:27] <KK> General Practitioner--common term here.
[17:27] <RainbowDragon> oh
[17:27] <Shiral> Will he get thanks in the acknowledgements? <G>
[17:27] <Harvey> But, they could become edentulous.
[17:27] <wrengl> old term here
[17:27] <Mistyck> yep
[17:28] <KK> I'll definitely give him a copy of the book.
[17:28] <Shiral> Pat, re banana peels, I suppose so
[17:28] <uoo> Better edentulous than scrofulous!
[17:28] <KK> Anyway, gotta get back to it.  I sent the first 15
chapters to my editor Friday, and must send more as they're done.
[17:28] <Shiral> Do they KNOW what kills Ahern? Or is it some
terrible, mysterious ailment, KK?
[17:28] <KK> Now on about 28, with about 3 to go, I think.
[17:29] <RainbowDragon> How many chapters are there total?
[17:29] <Shiral> GOod writing, Katherine!
[17:29] <TerryOBrien> I don't suppose they did autopsies?
[17:29] <Barticus> go write please
[17:29] <JM> Good writing Katherine
[17:29] <Mistyck> cool, Katherine!
[17:29] <Shiral> Let the book MARCH forth!
[17:29] <Ghostgames> Good luck, Katherine!
[17:29] <KK> They know that sometimes the gut ruptures, and it's
really painful, and takes a while to die.
[17:29] <the_Bee> 28 what? deaths or chapters?
[17:29] <RainbowDragon> Great!
[17:29] <Mistyck> good writing!
[17:29] <Barticus> thanks for the update KK
[17:29] <Temprus> thx for coming
[17:29] <wrengl> good writing katherine
[17:29] <TerryOBrien> Thanks Katherine!
[17:29] <Shiral> Thanks for joining us and have a GREAT week
[17:29] <bynw> that is GREAT news Katherine
[17:29] <kirienne> thanks for coming KK, and for the update
[17:29] <JM> Both bee
[17:29] <JastaElf> Night KK, I'll drop you a note to let you know how
the First Day went.
[17:29] <Shiral> Write lots!
[17:29] <uoo> Always glad to hear from you Katherine, whether you're
dishing gossip or just hanging out
[17:29] <kirienne> huggles and nighters KK, have a good week
[17:29] <KK> Chapters, Bee--will be around 32 when it's done, I think.
[17:29] <RainTurtle> be well, Kathering
[17:29] <RainbowDragon> Thank you for stopping by, Katherine
[17:30] <KK> Thanks, Jasta.
[17:30] <RainTurtle> thanks for being here
[17:30] <JM> Have a great week Katherine
[17:30] <wrengl> have a good night katherine
[17:30] <Shiral> Be well and be fruitful, even if with bananas!
[17:30] <Harvey> Thanks Katherine.
[17:30] <the_Bee> very good week
[17:30] <Mistyck> g'nite Katherine
[17:30] * KK steps onto her Portal and waves good night, disappearing
in a cloud of green sparkles.
[17:30] <JastaElf> Night KK!
[17:30] <wrengl> night kk
[17:30] <TerryOBrien> Nice exit effect!
[17:30] <Mistyck> sweet dreams
[17:30] <KK> Nighters, all!
[17:30] <Shiral> Word Woodgies flowing toward Ireland!
[17:30] * KK Quit
[17:30] * KK has left IRC