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Sara-Moderator - I see we have the authors starting to come in! So, I guess that means...uh, time to party?
dee2 -   
Cissy-moderator - Hi Bertrice! 
TriceCyn - Hi Bertrice  My name is almost the same too  it's Beatrice.
BERTRICE SMALL - Kathy!
Cissy-moderator - Time to party!
linlee - I haven't been chatting lately either. I am early. It's 4:54 on the West Coast.  worm
O - Us too in Rhode Island Sunny
BERTRICE SMALL - Hi to Everyone!
dee2 - hi beatrice
Hunt4Me2 - YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA can i have either Julian or Kyrian>>>like the Kelt
Sherrilyn - Hi Bertrice. My best friend lives in JErsey been waiting along with her and the massive blizzard warning you guys are under -- brrrr
KatBos - Just rain here, Bertrice but LOTS of it!!
DianeWhiteside - Howdy, Sara! How much snow has your daughter seen?
Mac - Howdy, Bertrice
BERTRICE SMALL - My neighbor's son announced at 4:15 that he was going to New Hampshire!
Mel Jay - Hello Beatrice
Sara-Moderator - Welcome to our Valentine Soiree!! We're partying with authors tonight to celebrate the Valentine weekend. Be sure you signed up as guest to be eligible for prizes. Go to http://www.writerspace.com/valentine/register.html and register! We'll be giving out the prizes all during the chat PLUS door prizes so watch for special announcements!
Ace - Anybody else excited about tonight?
dee2 - 
BERTRICE SMALL - I wish we had rain, Kathy.
Sara-Moderator - ah, poor Gwen!! She is SO tired of snow!
mittens - Hello Beatrice
Sherrilyn - LOL HUnt--sure 
Cissy-moderator - I am, Ace!
Sara-Moderator - I wish I could be sympathetic with her,but I can't
BERTRICE SMALL - I am not a snow person at all, and we have had an icy winter so far.
DianeWhiteside - Hi, Sara! How much snow has your daughter seen?
gaylelynn - this is going to be a great night
Cissy-moderator - Sara, shall we announce Bertrice's winner
TriceCyn - Sara...did I register??? I can't remember if i did ... OY!!!!
dee2 - very xcited thx for askin ace 
Cissy-moderator - Hi Diane/Karla!
Ace - Yeah Cissy!
Sara-Moderator - I've got my  and my  so Ithink we can begin
BERTRICE SMALL - Over in IReland Morgan Llywelyn tells me it's spring, and her bulbs are coming out, and the birds are singing, and nesting in her hedges!
SharonB - Me neither Bertrice!
dee2 - hi cynthia
Mac - Of course we are excited  been here for hours already...
Kathleen - Hi BERTRICE....I'm in the middle of the Island....this snow is gonna be the most we've seen so far I think
linlee - We're supposed to have a thunderstorm. I am excited about tonight.
GlenArden - I'm excited. Had emergencies for the past 2 big chat events
Cissy-moderator - We're going to start off the evening with a SURPRISE giveaway! The first 5 chatters (in the main chatroom OR the auditorium) to email cissy@writerspace.com with your snail mail address and "Bookbag" in the subject line, will win one our REALLY COOL, REALLY ROOMY Writerspace canvas bookbags!
Cynthia - Howdy all! How are you doing tonight?
mittens - Too much snow this year, right Mel
TriceCyn - WOW another Cynthia in the room
Cynthia - Hi Dee2...how are you...
__sonya__ - ya annoce the winners!!!
dee2 - Irv
Cissy-moderator - We'll be giving away more doorprizes as the evening goes on, so watch for announcements!
Mac - Trice, do it again, it won't hurt.
BERTRICE SMALL - Hey, Cissy!
DianeWhiteside - Hi, Cissy!
BERTRICE SMALL - And Sara
dee2 - gooth thx for askin cynthia
KatBos - Ohhh, I can attest to the nice bookbags and VERY roomy for lots of books!!!
dee2 - how are u?
Mel Jay - yes Carol!
linlee - Should I mention we haven't had any snow?
BERTRICE SMALL - Hi Catherine!
Mel Jay - Hello Catherine
KatBos - Hi Catherine!
gaylelynn - hi crissy
homemaker72 - Hi, Catherine!
CatherineAnderson - Hi, Bertrice!
Ace - Duece!
Sara-Moderator - ready?
Sara-Moderator - Diane Whiteside is giving two autographed copies of CAPTIVE DREAMS, a finalist for RT Reviewers Choice Best Small Press Paranormal.
Sherrilyn - No fair linlee!!
Cynthia - It's me trice...LOL...Cynomin..
mittens - linlee, i wish i could send you some LOL
Cissy-moderator - We're going to start off the evening with a SURPRISE giveaway! The first 5 chatters (in the main chatroom OR the auditorium) to email cissy@writerspace.com with your snail mail address and "Bookbag" in the subject line, will win one our REALLY COOL, REALLY ROOMY Writerspace canvas bookbags! We'll be giving away more doorprizes as the evening goes on, so watch for announcements!
lrveard - Hi Catherine
gaylelynn - Hello Catherine
Cynthia - Figured I needed to come out of hiding..hehehehe
SharonB - oops...forgot to do the bookbag part
Sara-Moderator - hi, Catherine
Cissy-moderator - Diane Whiteside’s lucky winners are Joan M. Coco from Reading, MA and Joanne Mumma from DuBois, PA!
homemaker72 - I'm so excited about being here, but my kids aren't very happy right now.
CatherineAnderson - Hi, Everyone.
homemaker72 - Hi Lrveard!
lrveard - Hi homemaker-good to see you
Hunt4Me2 - can i have TAlon instead??? please please please
Mac - Me, too, Sharon..had to do it twice...LOL
KatieD - well, i'm just glad the snow stopped here so i could dig out my car this morning...well, i'm more glad that the wind stopped
O - Beatrice did you son get his job
Cissy-moderator - Hi Catherine!!
__sonya__ - hi Catherine!
witchyone - Good Evening Everyone
lrveard - How are you feeling, Catherine??
gaylelynn - Hi witchyone
BERTRICE SMALL - Dear Homemaker, even mother's need some time off, and the computer!
SharonB - Neither is mine homemaker...one wants to read Junie B Jones as we speak...a reader in the making|!
Sara-Moderator - Bertrice Small is giving away a signed copy of THE DUCHESS.
Sherrilyn - LOL Sure Hunt4Me
PatriciaJean - Catherine ..hello
__sonya__ - lol i just discovered you as an author like a week ago
Cynthia - woah it's busy in here...
CatherineAnderson - Hi, Homemaker. Hi, Lynda. I knew I could count on you two!
Cissy-moderator - Bertrice Small’s lucky winner is Carol Gross from Craigsville, WV!
BERTRICE SMALL - No, he's still unemployed with a new baby coming!
DianeWhiteside - Congrats, Joan and Joanne! What a pair of names to be winners!
__sonya__ - I read your short story in 3 weedings and a kiss and i loved it!
Cynthia - ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that would be good...Sara
Ace - kicked out! whew, got stuck there! hello again!
BERTRICE SMALL - Congratulations, Carol!
KatBos - Hi Hope!
dee2 - Is this the main room?
mittens - Hello Hope
Hunt4Me2 - woohoo Talone is all mine...now what am i gonna do with him <VEG>
Sara-Moderator - Catherine Anderson is giving away to THREE lucky winners -- a signed copy of her bestseller ALWAYS IN MY HEART!
O - //congrtas Carol
TriceCyn - hmmmm Sara did you see my  ???
Ace - Welcome Dee!
romanticbkwrm - Hello everyone ~!
Cynthia - Yes it is Dee 2
Mel Jay - Hello Hope!!
Cissy-moderator - Authors, don't worry about remembering your winners - we'll be sending you their information via email
O - You should just ask it Trice
Cissy-moderator - Catherine Anderson’s lucky winners are Zackery Kuehn from Jackson, MO, Paula Klug from Winter Haven, FL and Robbie Wilson from Goose Creek, SC!
Hunt4Me2 - cant spell Talon either
keesue - hi bkwrm
BERTRICE SMALL - Dahlings, if we are here it is the MAIN room!
dee2 - thx cynthia
Sherrilyn - LOL Hunt be noce to him?
Sara-Moderator - THREE winners for Hope Tarr!! One signed copy of TEMPTING, one signed copy of MY LORD JACK, and one signed copy of A ROGUE'S PLEASURE to go to MULTIPLE winners.
Sara-Moderator - no, I didn't tri
linlee - I am sorry about mentioning that we haven't had snow.
romanticbkwrm - Bertrice I absolutely love Skye's legacy , just picked up Vixens and will be reading it soon
witchyone - Hi Sonya
keesue - too many people i know i have missed some
Hope_Tarr - Hello all and Happy Valentine's Day. I'm Hope Tarr, waving to you from snowy Fredericksburg, VA. My latest release, TEMPTING, is nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for Best Innovative Historical Romance.
O - Hey who is the perosn from Floridia i am so jealson
Cissy-moderator - Hope Tarr’s lucky winners are Jan Mardis from Meridian, MS; Brenda K. East from Victor, MT; and Karen Ruedebusch from Seattle, WA!
BERTRICE SMALL - Hope you enjoy it. VIXENS was great fun to write
Ace - Hi Hope!
PatLewin - Hello, Everyone. Pat Lewin here.
CatherineAnderson - Wow, I've got winners from all over the place. I'm with you, Lynda, it's hard to keep up.
Cissy-moderator - Hi Hope!!
Hope_Tarr - Ace
__sonya__ - hey Laurel!
Hope_Tarr - Cissy
TriceCyn - Sara MY was did I areleay register??? I can't remember if i did nor not
__sonya__ - this screen goes way too fast
CatherineAnderson - Hi, Pat!
Nike - lots of people
keesue - hi pat
Cynthia - Ohhhhhhhh, sounds good Hope...is that your first book?
Mel Jay - Hello Pat!!
mittens - hello, pat
dee2 - hi pat
Cissy-moderator - Trice, there's no way for us to check at this point if you've registerd - sorry!
Sara-Moderator - no idea, trice
lrveard - How do you get to be a winner??
Mel Jay - i agree sonya
Hunt4Me2 - oh im DEFINATELY gonna be nice...being 1/2 Irish i KNOW what an irish tempter looks like ....but i also know what fun loving guys they can be too
Ace - HOw is everyone?
Cissy-moderator - Hi Pat!!
Sara-Moderator - go register again, we eliminate dupes
lrveard - It is just nice being here.
KatBos - Hi Pat.
GlenArden - It is fast. If my registration didn't take I'm going to die
BERTRICE SMALL - The screen also goes upside down for me. LOL!
Ace - HOw is everyone?
Mel Jay - yea, how do you win?
KatieD - this is where you need a 21" monitor
scrapbkjcn - who is the other Lynda with a "y"..That is how I spell my name
TriceCyn - ok Sara!!! thanks
Cynthia - I agree Hunt4Me2
mittens - this is hard melissa, so confusing
CatherineAnderson - Lynda, did you get my message on the BB?
Ace -  - from 152.163.204.186 on 2/16 at 7:36pm EST
DianeWhiteside - Hello, I’m Diane Whiteside dropping in for a break from wintry Northern Virginia! I’ve shoveled thirteen inches so far and there’s more coming. <groan> Makes a girl want to curl up with a sexy king in a hot tub in Torhtremer, just like my heroine Corinne did in CAPTIVE DREAMS. 
Sara-Moderator - Welcome to our Valentine Soiree!! We're partying with authors tonight to celebrate the Valentine weekend. Be sure you signed up as guest to be eligible for prizes. Go to http://www.writerspace.com/valentine/register.html and register! We'll be giving out the prizes all during the chat PLUS door prizes so watch for special announcements!
keesue - hi susan
keesue - hi beverly
KatBos - Hi Beverly and Susan.
Hope_Tarr - Boy, that was fast with the winners
O - You have to reagistar and Sara draws the name
Sherrilyn - It's true Hunt, I was raised with a bunch of them Irish tempers
dee2 - hi diane
Cissy-moderator - Hi Susan Sizemore and Beverly Brandt!!
Mel Jay - LOL Diane
Sara-Moderator - Patricia Lewin will be giving a signed ARC (Advanced Reading Copy) of her debut hardcover release -- BLIND RUN, or, a signed copy of published book when available in April 2003.
a_llison25 - hi
SusanSizemore - Hello.
dee2 - wb ace
Beverly Brandt - Hi all!
gaylelynn - Hi Hope,beverly and Susan
dee2 - hi susan
Ace - Hi Diana!
linlee - Hi Beverly!
linlee - Hi Beverly!
witchyone - Hi Sonya
Mel Jay - Hello Susan and Beverly
TriceCyn - ok Sara I registered Thanks
Cissy-moderator - Patricia Lewin’s lucky winner is Avis Asbell from Chiefland, FL!
dee2 - hi catman
DianeWhiteside - Hi, dee2!
a_llison25 - hi bb
Ace - hello again Dee2
TriceCyn - HI BB
lrveard - yes, I did and thanks - our email is still down but sites starting to come up.
__sonya__ - Laurel are we also having our own chat in the reader's lounge...i think that's what Lisa had posted
catmandoo - hi there
SusanSizemore - - from 204.31.40.43 on 2/16 at 7:37pm EST
Mac - Howdy to those coming in
PatLewin - Wow, CIssy, that was quick. Is Avis here?
BadBarb - hi everyone
Sara-Moderator - hi susan
BadBarb - hi diane
MCKENZIESMOMMY - HI, Happy Valentines to all the authors joining us.
Sara-Moderator - Susan Sizemore is giving away TWO special prizes. For Prize ONE: The winner gets one autographed copy each of TOO WICKED TO MARRY and CAPTURED INNOCENCE. Prize Two - One winner will receive a galley of her first vampire romance novel, I BURN FOR YOU.
Hunt4Me2 - my Gran didnt yell she gave everyone the silent treatment...i'd rather yell and get it over with... Oh to have a Keltish b/f again......hey i can dream cant i?
Lisa D - Hi SOnya
witchyone - ok
lrveard - I has been almost nice not having email for a few days - got rid of alot of junk!!
Hope_Tarr - Bad Barb. Nice to see you again
Ace - How is the weather for everyone?
Cissy-moderator - Not in the main room, Pat, but she might be in the auditorium
catmandoo - SNOWING HERE!
Cynthia - this is like a swiveling door..lol
mittens - Hello bad barb
catmandoo - in california mountains
homemaker72 - Can't wait for your new book, Catherine!
Cissy-moderator - Susan Sizemore’s lucky winners are Deborah Anderson from Friendship, TN and Tina Phillips from Baytown, TX!
lrveard - Well, Cahterine, all that is missing is that case of wine
BadBarb - Hi hope are you still going to use my name in a book?
O - We are getting a storm tommow
BERTRICE SMALL - Where, Catmandoo?
__sonya__ - hi Lisa!
gaylelynn - cold cold!!!
NicoleByrd - Hi, everyone
Cynthia - Hi Bad Barb...how are you?
Sara-Moderator - yeah!!! 
mittens - too mujch snow
linlee - Rainy here. But that's not unusual for Washington state. :-_
Sara-Moderator - to the winners
BadBarb - hi mittens
Beverly Brandt - I just moved from Seattle to Florida, and it's been raining like crazy!
Sara-Moderator - hi, Beverly!
GlenArden - send Mississippi some snow
Sara-Moderator - Beverly Brandt is giving away a signed copy of RECORD TIME to FIVE winners
Mac - Howdy, Mary
catmandoo - mammoth lakes
Cynthia - Hello Nicole
dee2 - cool but no rain here in sunny california
mittens - much LOL
KatBos - Congrats to all the winners!!!
Sherrilyn - Very true Hunt it's why I married one too That and the curly black hair and gorgeous eyes
BadBarb - Beverly did you bring the rain with you?
Beverly Brandt - Hey linlee, where in WA?
Hope_Tarr - You bet, Barb. I just have to find the right story to do you justice //grin
Cynthia - Hello Mac..
Ace - windy in Idaho
Beverly Brandt - I just moved from Bellevue.
NicoleByrd - Hi, Cynthia
catmandoo - bertrice, how exciting! i've read so many of your books!
Sara-Moderator - hi, Nicole Byrd!!
__sonya__ - I'll be back in a bit.....
PattiF - Poor Barb..everyone calls her Bad Barb. I wonder if her mother does too. <G>
Cissy-moderator - Beverly Brandt’s lucky winners are Cindy Robertson from Bradford, ON, Debbie Hughes from Santa Ana, CA, Joy Formy-Duval from Boiling Spring Lakes, NC, Stacy Pritchard from London, ON, and mary beth bourgeois from cranston, RI!
linlee - Hi Beverly: I'm in Tacoma.
dee2 - hi nicole
Beverly Brandt - I didn't WANT to bring the rain with me!
Tiana - i hope it stays warm here
Cissy-moderator - Hi Nicole Byrd!!
dee2 - wtg winners
BadBarb - she is starting too, I even have Bad Barb on my celphone
lrveard - Hey, are any of Catherine's Aussie fans here??
Mel Jay - Hello Nicole
Mac - Howdy, Cynthia
keesue - i live in seattle
Sara-Moderator - wooo a Rhode Island winner!!
Sherrilyn - Hey Nicole -- is it Michelle or Cheryl or are you 2 together tonight?
BadBarb - hi patt didn see yu hi mary
Hunt4Me2 - Hiya Barb
Beverly Brandt - Congratulations to Cindy, Debbie, Joy, Stacy and Mary Beth.
SharonB - Hi Mary!
PatLewin - Hi, Nicole.
Sara-Moderator - hi, Roz!!
Mary f - Hello Everyone
Sara-Moderator - Cheryl and Michelle are giving a signed copy of LADY IN WAITING, by Nicole Byrd
Ace - quick start on the contests huh?
Cynthia - Hi Mac, I'm Cynomin.. what's been going on?
KatBos - Hi Roz!
mittens - hello rozdfox
Hunt4Me2 - hiya Mary
NicoleByrd - Hope no one is snowed in; 6 inches of rain here and we're watching the rivers
Nike - hello
Cynthia - Lady in Waiting.........yummmmmmmmmmm
BadBarb - hi hunt
dee2 - hi mary f
Mac - Did someone ask if there is a chat going on in the lounge? If so, the answer is yes.
CatherineAnderson - I guess I should introduce myself so everyone knows who I am. Catherine Anderson here from gorgeous Central Oregon. I’ve been looking forward to the Valentine’s Day Soiree for weeks! My latest release, ALWAYS IN MY HEART, from NAL, is already available in bookstores, and my next release, ONLY BY YOUR TOUCH, also from NAL, will be out in April, just a few weeks from now! You’re going to adore the hero, Ben Longtree, who’s the epitome of tall, dark, and dangerous. Also in the line up for December 2003 is the long-awaited Hank Coulter book, BLUE SKIES. All you ladies who’ve been clamoring to see that sexy, to-die-for Hank Coulter in his own book can rest assured that he’s coming your way soon! Brace yourself for dynamite in faded denim!”
dee2 - hi nike
Ace - Hi Roz!
PattiF - Hi Barb! And everyone else. Nice weather here. Rain stopped.
Mac - Nothing much, still awaiting word from EC.
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