I WENT TO SEE JIM BUTCHER
And it was awesome, let me just say. It was a great night. I have three pages worth of notes on what he talked about, so there will be spoilers under the cut, though not for Ghost Story as he was extremely tight-lipped on that.
But you're going to want to hear this. I know something about John Marcone that is tres exciting.
What I Learned:
I got two books signed, GS and a paperback of DM I bought at the event. I walked up and said, "Well, Mr. Butcher, you promised if I showed up, you wouldn't punch me in the face."
He evidentally knew who I was, as he said, "Ah, but I said nothing about kicking!"
Then I asked him about Comic-Con, got my signatures, and thanked him for a great night.
So that was FUN. If nerve-wracking.
but omg those spoilers, holy shit ♥
ETA: Another thing: JB got his hair cut! He looks really good. It's a great look for him, really.
But you're going to want to hear this. I know something about John Marcone that is tres exciting.
What I Learned:
- Let's just get the biggest out of the way: One of the upcoming books is going to deal with Mirror universes and if JB has his way, it will be called Mirror Mirror, off the Star Trek episode. Harry will break another of the Laws and in the process will maybe meet one of the AU Harrys mentioned in the RPG book and an AU John Marcone. This is where Marcone's real name will come from.
- Little Chicago and who saved it will come back in around Book 20.
- RE: breaking the Laws-- JB said he actually has one book dedicated to breaking each Law.
- The thing with Susan in DM, the sex scene, was inspired by JB hearing about how much flack Laurell K Hamilton got, and about how "a BDSM sex scene couldn't possibly contribute to the plot of a novel" and JB took that as a dare.
- JB said he would rewrite the first two books if he could, but thinks if he did, they would suck.
- There's an upcoming short story trilogy wherein Harry gets Bigfoot as a client and has to help him deal with his offspring, sounds funny.
- His dream casting for Harry is a 1970's Harrison Ford or "Captain Tightpants". HIS DREAM CASTING FOR THOMAS IS MATT BOMER. So the fandom called that one.
- Okay, any oblique references to events in the books ("someone saw something in a lake in Minnesota") are him leaving him space to spin-off into short stories.
- JB would like to write a spin-off or short story about Eb and the French-Indian War.
- The knife Harry uses to kill Slate in Changes is Morgan LeFay's athame. It is not The Athame. BTW, "LeFay" is a title in the wizarding world.
- Even JB is currently unsure who the Swords are going to. He has a few possibilities in mind and is trying to figure out which would be the most fun.
I got two books signed, GS and a paperback of DM I bought at the event. I walked up and said, "Well, Mr. Butcher, you promised if I showed up, you wouldn't punch me in the face."
He evidentally knew who I was, as he said, "Ah, but I said nothing about kicking!"
Then I asked him about Comic-Con, got my signatures, and thanked him for a great night.
So that was FUN. If nerve-wracking.
but omg those spoilers, holy shit ♥
ETA: Another thing: JB got his hair cut! He looks really good. It's a great look for him, really.