As I said in the chat room, I'd love it if the fanfic author thing could be sorted out. We have so many authors registered here now and I'm sure quite a few of them would be happy to talk to their readers (and potential readers)
Would it be possible to do several short chats like that, with only one or two authors at a time? It might get confusing if there were lots of authors, all wanting to talk about their stories at the one time....