Because I'm reading "Skin Game," Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files novel, and I just got to the part with Uriel. Which is all I'm going to say about that, although there may be spoilers in the comments.

I have frequently said, with great sincerity, that I want to be Jim Butcher when I grow up. I do not mean that I want to write Dresden Files ( Read more... )

Okay, so I got pretty discouraged yesterday after watching a couple of presentations by jimbutcher about story structure (or you can read about it here instead) and answering scene questions. I thought I'd done it all wrong and that my story was borked like a big borked thing ( Read more... )

And Jim Butcher is fabu. We got to hear him read from the latest Dresden Files book yesterday afternoon, and then last night he did an unscheduled reading from his new steampunk novel--neither of which are out yet. Both of them are going to be awesome. He is super down-to-earth and also very funny; I am so glad I got to meet him. Are you jealous? ( Read more... )

Yep, when I grow up, I want to be Jim Butcher.

You might surmise by this that I just finished "Cold Days," and you would be correct.

I am under no illusions that I could pull of what he just pulled off, especially since short form seems to be my specialty and I just don't have the space to pile on my characters like that and then pull it all ( Read more... )

I have accomplished absolutely nothing of note. No outline, not even a line. I copied and pasted the seven part plot-point outline into a blank doc. That's it.

This is probably a function of the fact that my brain is mush do DUE (!!--see what I mean???) to the cold I've managed to come down with. I feel somewhat more with-it now than I have most ( Read more... )

So, I've found myself wondering what new thing Jim Butcher's going to be working on now that Alera is done.

Wonder no more:

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I made a noise only dogs could hear when he said "steampunk."

OMG, y'all.

Which got me to thinking about how Christians are treated in "mainstream" entertainment, and how Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series is a refreshing breath of fresh air ( Read more... )

So, I revisited the "Ben&Alex have a conversation about their women" story that I started, lo, many moons ago, by request.

WHY WHY WHY does everything I write in this 'verse (at least, having to do with Ben) devolve into angst? Especially in something where they're supposed to be having fun? *shakes Ben out of his funk, because holy cow ( Read more... )

Jim Butcher, you magnificent bastard. I both love you and hate you right now.

Jim Butcher has the ability to rip my heart out, stick it in a blender, hit "shred," dump it on the ground, and stomp on the bitty shards. And he doesn't even have to kill a character to do it ( Read more... )