Jim Butcher news

[donutsweeper]

This is probably old news to most of my flist, but just in case anyone is as behind as I am

jimbutcher, author of the Dresden Files series and others, has an LJ page!  It's not updated too frequently, but there are some interesting posts on the art of writing.

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[chatona.livejournal.com]

's awesome, isn't it? *bounces*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

what a down to earth guy!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Me? I'm fangirling the guy pretty damn hard. Well. Mainly his books, but, y'know.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I just got the newest Dresden Files from the library. YAY for his books!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Small Favors?

... I'm insanely jealous. 'm still waiting for it to come out as a paperback in Orbit so I can finally order it *whimpers*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yep.

I'm too cheap to buy books if I can get them from the library.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Used to use the library a lot, but now that I'm over 18 I'd have to pay and ... I kind of want to actually own the Dresden Files. And the Codex Alera. And the books from a few other authors I love. All other books, library or asking friends works fine, but those? I gotta have them!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh, I understand- there are certain books you just HAVE to own. My shelves are full of them.

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Exactly. For me, Jim Butcher's books are among those To-Have books. *nods*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

understandable. eventually I'll probably pick them up in paperback, hardcover is just too dang expensive

[chatona.livejournal.com]

's why I always wait for the paperback. even if it's killing me!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I hate waiting

[chatona.livejournal.com]

... so do I :(

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I haven't gotten too far into Small Worlds, but I'm really happy- Micheal and his family are in it. I think Butcher's amazing for how he's written the Knights. it would have been to easy to have them (micheal and Sayna etc) come off badly

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 's really pretty damn awesome. In fact, pretty much all his characters are just so likeable in one way or another. Except for the villains. And in the Codex Alera, even the villains are kind of likeable. In a weird sort of way.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

the characters are also full-bodied. not caricatures if that makes sense

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does. I love that they're all complex - like actual persons. Yay!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

exactly!

(wow, I made sense!)

[chatona.livejournal.com]

you did! you do that a lot! :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

is that a good thing or a bad thing? :D

[chatona.livejournal.com]

hmmmm... in this case? good :D

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

*nods* but just in this case!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

if people went around making sense all the time, where would that get us? just imagine!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

we'd never have quoteable quotes for icons!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

that would be so sad!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

what's your icon from?

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Dresden Files... no idea which book, though.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

It is very Harry. He's so eloquent! *snerk*

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Ab-so-lu-tely! *beams brightly*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I could never get that level of snark to work for a character

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Neither could I. I'm just not that snarky. But it's absolutely awesome!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

me neither. I could probably manage the occasional one-liner, but never sustain it through a whole set of books

[chatona.livejournal.com]

nope. 's one of the things I love so much about the dresden files, too!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

and it has so much canon and it all works, even the littlest details

[chatona.livejournal.com]

He's just a fantastic character *loves*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

they all are- Murphy, Mac, even Mouse and Mister- he has the coolest pets!

[chatona.livejournal.com]

I love his pets! They're awesome. I just. I really, really love the books and the characters and. They're just all wonderful ♥

*squees all over the place*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

there's a short scene in the newest book where Harry's leaving and tells Mouse to keep an eye on Mister and not to let him play with the catnip too much. Mouse whines at him and Harry says- come on, you're 7x bigger than him... and Mouse just looks back at him completely unconvinced. it's great

[chatona.livejournal.com]

That's just so awesome. I love Mouse and Mister is such a cat. He rules the world and everyone else will just have to learn how to deal with it. At least he's gracious enough to let Harry and Mouse stay in his apartment!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

as long as they recognize it is HIS he's okay with that

[chatona.livejournal.com]

Exactly. And they better serve him food and let him in our out when he wants it. Because he demands so!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I love how he's nearly taken down Harry upon occassion when Harry was late getting home and Mister wanted in and wanted in NOW

[chatona.livejournal.com]

he's clearly strong and Harry better do as he says. or Mister is going to take. him. out.

... or, well. maim him a bit. wouldn't want to lose his servant, after all.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

a little maiming here and then isn't such a bad thing, according to cats

[chatona.livejournal.com]

reminds you of your place *nods wisely*

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

bloody evil furrbutts

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I've got it on order too, along with White Night and Proven Guilty. Considering I didn't start reading them til Febrary or March that isn't bad going. Problem is, once I've read them all there aren't any more til next year!

And I didn't know he had an LJ either.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

isn't that the worst? At first there is ALL this material for you to read and then *boom* you've read it all!