On the off chance that anyone is reading this, be sure to check out these 2 online chats happening at The Galactic Senate.

Here's the details on how to register and chat with these writers:

Please welcome Abel G. Peņa to the Galactic Senate for a live chat on 02/20/06.

Abel is the author of a number of Insider articles, including Who's Who: The Imperial Grand Admirals in Insider 60, The History of the Mandalorians in Insider 80 and Unknown Soldier: The Story of General Grievous in the current Insider (No 86) together with the soon-to-be-published-on-hyperspace supplement The Story of General Grievous II: Lord of War to be followed by Endnotes for the Story of General Grievous in his blog at the end of the month...

Some of his work can be read in these links:

Featured Blog: Only Sith Deal in Absolutes

The Dark Forces Saga

Droids, Technology and the Force: A Clash of Phenomena (Hyperspace only)

Abel posts over at TOS under the name "Halagad", particularly in these two threads:

The Story of General Grievous
and
The other Imperial Grand Admirals

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Please welcome author Karen Traviss to the Galactic Senate with a live chat on 2/26/06.

Karen is the author of Republic Commando: Hard Contact, the short stories Omega Squad: Targets, In His Image and A Two-Edged Sword and the soon to be published Republic Commando: Triple Zero and Legacy of the Force 2: Bloodlines.

Other Insider articles include Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic in Insider 84 and a feature on Mandalorian culture and the Mando'a language in the current Insider (with a dictionary and grammar guide to be available online later in the month).

Articles about Karen currently available online include:

Giving Commandos a Human Side: Author Karen Traviss

Behind the Armor: A Clones Primer (hyperspace only)

Traviss & Trevas: Behind the Two-Edged Sword (hyperspace only)

Karen also has her own 6 book series - the Wess'har Wars - half way through publication with the first three books being City of Pearl, Crossing the Line and The World Before. We have to wait until the end of the year for the next installment, Matriarch, to be published.

More information is available at Karen's own website http://www.karentraviss.com and her sw.com blog http://blogs.starwars.com/karentraviss