Mark your calendars, now! Yasmine Galenorn, the New York Times Bestselling author of the urban fantasy Otherworld Series and the forthcoming Indigo Court Series, will be chatting online this weekend. Join us on Sunday, February 21st, on the Coffee Times Romance site. The chat will officially begin at 6pm PST/8pm CST/9pm EST and will run for approximately 1.5 hours. Take this opportunity to chat with one of the fantasy’s leading authors about the art of character creation; maintaining a series and the world you create; branching out into new worlds and series; and anything else that strikes our fancies. Yasmine loves to talk about makeup, music, sparklies, cat rescue and many other bits of tid, so come prepared to ask some questions, share your enthusiasm for writing and Yasmine’s characters.

To be ready for the chat, please follow these steps prior to Sunday:

• go to the Coffee Times Romance Chat area
• if you do not have the most current version of Java loaded on your computer, please download it at this time using the conveniently located link – it’s free, and only takes a few moments
• Next, go to the CTR Chat
• a screen will pop up, asking you to enter a user name – please put in your name – it can be your real name, your Twitter handle, etc.
• Click on “Action” in the upper left hand corner of the screen – you make select your avatar; set yourself up with sound effects for specific actions; change font size and style and other customizations to maximize your enjoyment of the chat
• You may cut and paste in the chat windows – you can enter up to a full 6 lines, so you can have your question(s) ready in advance, and simply copy/paste them into the chat box when it’s your turn – this will allow you to pay more attention to the chat as it goes on, instead of splitting your attention between question writing and enjoying the discussion as it happens

Chat Rules and Etiquette:

• Try to enter the chat a few minutes before the official start time.
• Questions will be addressed in order of request within the chat.
• When you want to ask a question, simply make a post with “?” – the question mark symbol. You do not need to enter your question until the moderator (Yasmine’s assistant, Justine/GeekGyrlFriday) for the chat calls on you.
• Be ready with your question when the moderator calls on you, so we may keep the discussion flowing, and maximize the enjoyment for everyone.
• No “flaming” of other authors, fans, etc. Flamers will be extinguished and removed from the chat.
• We may be talking about the books, including Bone Magic, the latest Otherworld book, in some detail – be prepared, in case you haven’t read it, yet, for the possibility of spoilers.
• However….Yasmine will not reveal any spoilers for any of the books not already published, such as Night Myst, so don’t ask. She might share snippets, however, as she sometimes does on Twitter.

Don’t miss the fun! Set your alarm clock; hire a babysitter and log on and chat this Sunday evening!