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: 11/18/2007 Subject: just looking to chat with other happily married women who have no one here in fl
Question I moved back to fl 2 years ago for son and his wife,now they are getting divorced,thank god but now son moved away and now dating a ho,and my husband has put in for transfer,but nothing so far,i have rotten neighbors,and can't work due to health problems,and am always alone,so looking to find other women who are alone and bored,since my husband is either working or sleeping,going crazy in rotten florida?
Answer Hi Carol
I'm not able to help you with a chat room in Florida as I am in Australia. All I can suggest is that you do a search for chat rooms in your area on the Internet and I am sure you will find quite a lot to choose from. Try searching for IRC chat as I believe they probably have the most chat servers on the net.
Other than that you could do a search for penfriends in Florida that you could swap emails with or alternatively, download a one on one chat server such as MSN and set yourself up on roam and also set the parameters of your search for people to chat to. If you allow your details to be seen by anyone that logs in you will find that a lot of people will contact you, some good, many not so good. It's all up to your personal preferences who you speak to or don't speak to.
There are other chat servers like Yahoo and AOL but only you will know what kind of chat you are looking for.
