AboutVena McGrath Expertise As the author of a novel about my life online in chat rooms specifically, and a few adventures into online dating, I can answer almost any question anyone could ask about chatting online. The excitement, the adrenalin rush, the manipulation of the mind, the corruption of morals, the danger of stalking and harrassment online and offline, the lies, the secrets. The reality of this `fantasy` is frightening. My book tells a story that hopefully will make anyone who reads it more wary and chatwise than I was when I stumbled upon chat in late 1999 as a naive woman who didn`t have a clue what a chat room on the internet was. I have spent many hours online counselling men and women with broken hearts, wounded pride, and yes, very real fear. My passion is to try to help eradicate the not so good factors out of chat rooms and make them once again fun places where people feel safe.
Experience My experience commenced in June 1999 in international chat rooms and then a move in late September 1999 to chat rooms in Australia. I am still online, have my own chat room, and my first novel titled 'Secrets, Lies & Chat' was published by American-Book Publishing in 2005 and is now available from my website www.secretslieschat.net.au for a very competitive price. I have also released on my website an eBook which is a revised version of Secrets, Lies & Chat and only costs $4.95 5o download in either word or pdf format.
Organizations I belong to many writing organisations online and I belong to the chat room community of BigPond.
Publications Communique - a monthly newspaper produced by the NSW Government Department of Commerce
SMH ICON liftout 'The Net Effect' April 2004
Numerous articles in PoynterOnline
Numerous letters to the editor, SMH
My profile and short stories and articles are all online at AuthorsDen.com and some are posted on my website.
Education/Credentials High School Educated
TAFE Secretarial
Numerous OH&S certificates
Numerous Computer related courses
Expert: Vena McGrath Date: 2/26/2008 Subject: married chatting
Question what are a couple of good chat places to go to for friendly chat with married women
thanks
don
Answer Hi Don
I'm sorry but I don't know of any good places to go to chat with married women. Not being married, I don't look for such websites.
The only websites I know about portray themselves as 'married & flirting' for example and seem to do nothing much at all except send kisses to say hello and kisses to say goodbye and talk a lot of rubbish. Most of the people in the rooms say nothing in the public chat arena as they are either in private chats or off roaming around other rooms. I have visited one in particular on the IRC server I use for research purposes and that's what I saw was going on. Nothing about nothing and certainly not for people looking for intelligent discourse with others.
Chat is a very personal thing so you will just have to search the thousands of IRC and other chat mediums until you find what you are looking for. Best idea that I could come up with would be to go to age rooms where you will at least hopefully find people of your own age and interests.
