Date: Tuesday Feb 9, 2010 Time: 11pm EST

Jose Molina, writer of the Castle episodes “The Suicide Squeeze” and  “Famous Last Words” has agreed to join us for a special chat on Tuesday February 9th.  Jose’s new episode “The Suicide Squeeze” airs Monday 8th.

In addition to writing for and producing Castle, Jose’s past TV involvement includes series’ like Without a Trace and Law & Order SVU but he is perhaps best known for his work on Joss Whedon’s Firefly as story editor,  writer of the episode Ariel and co-writer of the episode Trash.

The chat session will start at 11pm Eastern Time (8pm Pacific Time).  Questions for Jose can be submitted in advance (see below).

Please note: Special chat rules will be in place during this chat session.  Jose Molina has been known to drop by our chat room regularly and while our regulars are used to chatting with him informally please remember that this is a formal chat session and everyone must follow the rules below.

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Special Guest Chat Rules

1. Please register before entering the chat room.  If you are not already registered you may do so right away via www.castletv.net/chat
   NOTE ATT Users, there’s an issue with registration emails being blocked, please enter the chat as a guest this week if you have tried to register and did not receive an email.
2. Always remember to be polite to our guest and to others in the room.
3. Important messages from our moderators may be posted throughout the chat session, these messages will be posted in red. If you see a red message, please take the time to read it as it may contain important information.  For this reason, please do not change your text colour during the chat session, all users must use the default black.
4. Questions can be submitted in advance so feel free to start thinking now.  You can submit questions via our forums at http://castletv.net/forums/events/special-chat-with-castle-writer-jose-molina-9th-feb or in the Question Room in chat half an hour before the chat session begins.
5. There will be three rooms running during the special guest chat session.  The Lobby is the default chat room where you can chat with others about anything before the scheduled  chat session begins. The Question Room will be for people to submit their questions and the Guest Room will be where the actual chat with the guest takes place (this is different to our usual chat room set up).
6. The chat room will be open for 30 minutes before the chat begins to enable people to start submitting questions in the Question Room.  Our moderators will track all the submitted questions to be asked once our guest arrives.
7. Once our guest arrives everyone will be invited to move over to the Guest Room.
8. A moderator will post the questions and our guest will be invited to answer them.  If time allows and our guest is willing we will open the floor for direct questions and general chat later in the session.
9. Think of this chat session as a Q&A with a guest on stage (like at a convention).  It is important that when someone is speaking – either to ask a question or our guest answering one do NOT interrupt.  You may only post during the actual Q&A session if our guest or a moderator asks you a direct question.
10. If our guest chooses to remain for an open chat session after the Q&A, please do not ask inappropriate questions, do not ask for favours (eg, can I have an autograph, can I visit the set, etc) and at all times remain respectful.  Anyone not abiding by these rules may be removed and banned from future guest chats.
11. DO NOT send private messages to our guest.  Anyone caught doing so will be removed for the remainder of the chat session and may be banned from future guest chats.  Please respect our guest’s privacy.
12. During the chat session please avoid intentionally using smileys as they can be disruptive.
13. If the guest agrees a transcript of the chat session may be posted to our site after the chat is over.
14. While every effort will be made to ensure the chat goes ahead we ask you to understand that there may be circumstances under which the chat will be rescheduled.

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TIME ZONES:
The chat session will be open starting from the following times (half an hour before our guest arrives).
USA: Eastern Time 10:30pm,  Pacific Time 7:30pm.  UK: TBC (Wed).  Australia: Eastern DLS: TBC (Wed)