Thanks to our auction host, Majik’s World of Fanfic, we have the opportunity for authors to schedule 30-60 minute chats in the board’s chat room throughout the auction, September 11-14! Authors are invited to sign up for any of the available time slots. We have had great success with author chats in the past as a fun way for authors to talk to their readers about their fanfics, their fandom, and life in general. The chats are a fantastic opportunity for authors and their readers to get to know one another better as they share favorite memories, ask probing questions and enjoy the best part about fandom: friendships!

Authors are responsible for providing their own moderator during the chat. The moderator would simply be responsible for:
· Greeting participants as they enter the chat room ("Hi, Amy! I'm Gioia, the chat mod! Feel free to jump in the discussion any time!"),
· Alerting an admin if there are any technical problems, and
· Providing some light oversight for the discussion.
If you cannot find a mod for your chat, you may trade off with other authors or moderate it yourself.

Authors are also responsible for announcing the chat to their readers. There is no fundraiser tie-in necessary for the chats – they are purely for the enjoyment of the fandoms.

The Chat-a-thon is open to ANYONE; it is not limited to auction participants. If you are interested in hosting a 30-minute or 60-minute chat, please reply to this post or PM Gioia. Just let us know the following information:
1) Your Screen Name
2) Your Fandom
3) Who your chat moderator will be (if you know)

Enjoy!





Saturday, September 12th
10:00am-3:00pm: Available
3:00-4:00pm: Chrisken (Roswell Fandom) - Self-moderated
4:00-5:00pm: Multi-Fandom Open House Chat - Everyone welcome! Come meet Stacie! - Mod: Stacie (Pooh)
5:00-5:30pm: calliopes_pen (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: TBA
5:30-6:30pm: April (Roswell Fandom) - Self-moderated
6:30-7:00pm - The Plaid Slytherin - Doctor Who - Mod: LadyChi
7:00-7:30pm: Gillian Taylor (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: Wendymr
7:30-8:00pm: Wendymr (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: Gillian Taylor
8:00-8:30pm: DameRuth (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: Aibhinn
8:30-9:00pm: Aibhinn (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: DameRuth
9:00-10:00pm: irishlullaby/Rambling Rose (Doctor Who Fandom) - Self-moderated
10:00-11:00pm: LadyChi (Doctor Who Fandom) - Mod: The Plaid Slytherin


Sunday, September 13th:
10:00am-10:30am: Nibbles2/augustdestiny (Roswell fandom)
10:30am-11:00am: Lillie Cullen (Twilight Fandom) - mod: changedbyEdward
11:00am-11:30am: changedbyEdward (Twilight Fandom) - Mod: Lillie Cullen
11:30am-4:30pm: Available
4:30-5:00pm: 10_point_5 (Doctor Who fandom) - Self-moderated
5:00-6:00pm: Multi-Fandom Open House Chat - Everyone welcome! Come meet Stacie! - Mod: Stacie (Pooh)
6:00-7:00pm: Jmaka (Gilmore Girls fandom) - Moderator Mags1
7:00-7:30: Pooh and Mags (Gilmore Girl fandom) HAPPY HALF HOUR!!!
7:30-9:00pm: Available
9:00-10:00pm: Earlgreytea68 (Doctor Who Fandom) - Moderator TBA
10:00-11:00pm: Available

Monday, September 14th:
6:00-7:00pm: Multi-Fandom Open House Chat - Everyone welcome! Come meet Stacie! - Mod: Stacie (Pooh)
7:00-11:00pm: Available

*Please note: If there is a particular time you want to hold your chat either before or after the listed "available" times, please let us know. (E.g., if you wanted to hold a chat during the day on Monday.) We will probably be able to work with you on the timing.

1) Your Screen Name : kinolaughs / stavanger1
2) Your Fandom (Twilight)
3) Who your chat moderator will be: we'll moderate ourselves.

Monday sept 14 between 9 and 10 pm... 60 min

Thanks, stavanger1! I've got you listed on the schedule up above now.

SQUEE!!!! thank you

1) Your Screen Name: LadyChi
2) Your Fandom: Doctor Who/Harry Potter
3) Who your chat moderator will be (if you know): Unknown at this time.

I'd like 10-11 pm Central, Saturday, September 12th

*facepalm*

I think I just tried to sign up for a chat session on the *last* auction's thread. Yeah, I'm awake. Anyway, I'll try this again:

Screen name: DameRuth
Fandom: Doctor Who
Moderator: Aibhinn

I'd like the 30 min. slot on Sat. from 8 pm - 8:30pm, if I may; Aibhinn will take the 8:30 - 9pm slot after me, and we'll trade off modding duties.

ETA -- Oh, no, correction; I signed up for the correct auction, looks like, just on the general thread and not the DW-specific chat thread.

*Is confuzed nao*, but don't mind me. That's pretty normal, really.

-- Ruth

Gillian Taylor and I would like to take the hour from 7-8pm Central on Saturday 12th.

7:00 - 7:30: Gillian Taylor. Fandom: Doctor Who. Mod: Wendymr

7:30 - 8:00: Wendymr. Fandom: Doctor Who. Mod: Gillian Taylor

Let's keep it a DW evening!

Wendy

LadyChi, DameRuth and Wendy - You're all added in!

And yes - there is more than one Chat-a-thon thread. We have duplicates of all the major announcement threads in the forums for each fandom, plus the main auction forum, just to make sure everyone catches the important stuff.

Thanks, guys! Don't forget to inform your readers!

Thanks! But don't you run the risk of two or more people asking for the same time-slot?

Wendy

I'll keep the Doctor Who Saturday going!

6:30-7:00 - The Plaid Slytherin - Doctor Who

Yes and no, hehe. Anytime I update the chart, I cut and paste it into all the other chat-a-thon threads immediately so that they have the same info. Where we run a risk is if two people on two separate threads request the same time before I have a chance to respond to the first person. Sadly, there's not really a way for me to get around that since the board format won't allow me to synchronize the threads. My fingers are crossed that it won't turn out to be a problem.

Perfect! I've gotcha down for that slot. Do you have a mod in mind yet?

LadyChi and I will be modding each others'

Excellent! Thanks, TPS!

Hi!

Author: 10_point_5
Fandom: Doctor Who
Mod: No one, I'm afraid.
Time Slot: Could I have 4.30-5pm on Sunday 13th please? 30 mins.

No problem! I've added you in to the schedule above. Don't forget to notify your readers!

Thanks! I will