Jim Butcher.com: The new Dresden book comes out Tuesday, but due to a round of fighting between the publisher and Amazon, it looks like it might not be available on the Kindle.

I've been hearing other authors being forced into delayed release for e-books and such too. The big publishers are finally paying attention to e-books, so of course they're ( Read more... )

toocuteicons has a new post with a wide variety of icons, including some fannish and reading related ones. reedfem, they've got some with corgis! If you click on the link and it's locked, it's because the posts stay public for a few days, then it's members only.

Cake Wrecks: Some non-wreckery for the weekend, but the neat bit is a sneak preview at the end for a cake ( Read more... )

Penguin.com: Episode 3 is an interview with Jim and Shannon Butcher, on what it's like being a married couple who are both writers. They discuss the differences between paranormal romance and urban fantasy, with one major difference being the type of explosions involved. [ahem]

The anthology Mean Streets features a Harry Dresden short story by Jim Butcher. A brief visit to the Dresdenverse, but there's a line that almost had my tea on the page, so I had to share.

( Not spoilery, especially since I won't reveal who says it. )

PATRON: [returns the DVD of The Dresden Files series] Do you have the second season?
ME: No, I'm sorry, there was only one season.
PATRON: What?! [squinty eyed look] Which channel was it on?
ME: Sci Fi.
PATRON: That explains it.

I also still haven't convinced one guy that I'm not holding back on DVDs of Supernatural's fourth season ( Read more... )

There are two Dresden Files projects that aren't regular novels, so you might not be aware of them.

Welcome to the Jungle: A graphic novel (which collects the previously published comic books, and is set prior to Storm Front, which is the first book in the series. There's an interview with Jim about it over at Sci Fi Wire.

Backup: A short story, ( Read more... )

The tile will be Turn Coat, but this is art only, no text ( Read more... )

Firefox News: "Tunguska 100 years later: The day the sky rained fire." Story about how the Tunguska Event has shown up in sci fi, including this one:
In his series, The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher explains Tunguska as having been the work of Ebenezar “Blackstaff' McCoy, of the White Council.

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(Don't kill me over the pun subject line. Jim came up with it first. Or Iago. Or somebody. Can't remember, but I'm snurching it like many con panel organizers.)

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Small Favor is #2 on the NYT Best Sellers List. There's also a mention of it in the "Inside the List" article.

Oh, Longshot, look how far you've come. Looks like I might have to follow up on my threat to have a hatpin ready to deflate your head if necessary if you keep this up. *g*

P.S. Dear Sci Fi Channel, you still suck for not renewing the show. ( Read more... )