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April 14: BittenByBooks.com Q&A
Spot:
Today's Q&A just underlines how great Jim is as a writer and as a person. :D I had a great time reading all his replies, snarky and otherwise. ;D
Priscellie:
Yup! Five long hours of brainpicking. I can't wait to see the discussions that get kicked off as a result!
Spot:
--- Quote from: Priscellie on April 14, 2010, 10:10:17 PM ---Yup! Five long hours of brainpicking. I can't wait to see the discussions that get kicked off as a result!
--- End quote ---
The forums are already overloaded, I think. I keep getting random "time out" errors. What can I say, as a rule us nerds tend to be passionate. :D
Jessica:
Info!
# Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
“When Queen Mab heals Harry to become the Winter Knight does she also heal his burned hand?”
No.
Mab digs scars. :)
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
“Would you ever consider writing another novella from Thomas’ perspective?”
Oh, absolutely. Probably will, in fact, write up a short piece or novella about what Thomas has to do to pay off Lara for saving Molly at the end of Changes.
“Your website says you already know how your Dresden series will end. I was wondering, when you started on this great adventure, did you know how many books you would write and how many subplots you would create? How far from your original story have you ventured?”
I originally planned for 20 books, but it took me 12 books to fit in the events of what had originally been planned for 10. So, it might take us 22 to 24 books to get to the big old honking apocalyptic trilogy which I’m planning to use as a kind of capstone for the series.
“Does Eb know about Thomas?”
Harry doesn’t know, one way or the other.
“Would like to know so that (kidding here) becasue I so want to throttle you for leaving us with the cliff hanger…. WAAAAAAAA. (had to get that off my chest; Loved Changes and I want the next book, NOW).”
Cliffhanger? What cliffhanger? :D Cliffhangers are when you DON’T know what happened to the character, or how they will get out of their predicament, or how the story is gonna end.
The story of Changes, the rescue of Maggie Dresden, finished. Harry set forth to rescue his daughter, no matter if it cost him his life–and it did. The story got told, it wrapped up more storylines than any two or three other books in the series, and ended. Of course there’s an issue of “where does the story go from here,” but honestly, how is that different from /any/ of the past ten Dresden Files?
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:01 pm
“1.) Are we going to find out for certain (not speculation) who hired the hitman in Changes?”
Absolutely.
“2.) Are we going to find out where the Hexenwolf belts came from in Fool Moon?”
Several folks have already worked it out, actually. :) The pieces are there if you want to put them together, though eventually I’ll state it outright.
“3.) When will Harry finally get the whole truth about his past? (As in his mom, grandfather — who they REALLY are/were?)”
I doubt he’ll get much more truth than any of us do. As far as who people REALLY were… well. What Harry knows so far is all accurate. I’m really not sure of the direction of this question.
What? Professional assassin for the White Council and powerful wizardess who consorted with the White Court aren’t interesting enough?
Jessica:
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
“I am interested in knowing if we will ever get back to Mouse’s comment about “winning” Harry. I’m totally mystified. ”
It might help to know that while Mouse and Lea are both using the same word, winning, they are talking about entirely different meanings of it. As a result, Lea was mystified, too.
“I am also highly intrigued by the Gray Council showing up as 12 in number.”
Thirteen, actually: Harry was already there.
“So we found out who 2 of them were, i’d like to know how many of the rest we already know and how many of them haven’t been formally introduced to us yet.”
Hang on, counting… You already know six of the folks who showed up at Chichen Itza, excluding McCoy and Vadderung. :)
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:15 pm
“I have two questions, First are you still into and attending NERO?”
Actually, I helped out a little with the founding of an organization made from a group of chapters who broke away from NERO to found their own gaming system. It’s called Heroic Interactive Theatre, and you can find out more at http://www.heroicit.net.
We still game at the same site with the same folks, but we’re using a different rules system.
“Second, Is Toot-toot’s increase in size due to his actions, or the title and followers he has acquired doing Harry’s bidding?”
It’s due to /Harry’s/ actions, mostly. Toot done hitched his star to Harry’s wagon. As a result, he’s taken actions he never would have taken on his own, some of which had major consequences. Toot has effectively become a much more powerful being than he was as an independent dewdrop faerie. The physical growth is a reflection of that fact.
I mean gosh, where do you think the Sidhe came from in the first place? :D
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:21 pm
“1)i just saw a post in the last 2 days about Lionsgate possibly working on a Dresden film. I know you briefly touched on the topic of a film at your Seattle signing, but can you confirm if this is a new development in the last couple days, i.e. there could be a Dresden film in the works?”
I’m just the writer, man. Lionsgate doesn’t really keep me up to date on their business, now that they hold the option. Heck, they did not so much as comp me a copy of the DVDs.
If there is a movie in the works, it’s news to me. I’ll find out about it when there’s a press release, just like everyone else. :)
It’s certainly possible that something is moving, but I find it unlikely that anyone short of a Lionsgate employee or well-placed industry insider would have information like that.
I’d chalk it up to (yet another) rumor until there’s something more solid to go on.
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:32 pm
“Could Uriel have chosen to help Harry if he had wanted to, or is there actually some universal limit that prevents him from directly influencing the world in such overt fashion?”
A little of both. Technically, it was /possible/ for Uriel to act directly, but the consequences would have been extreme, both for him and for the mortal world–to the point where you’d have to be moderately insane to do it. Or else, really, really committed to some kind of personal moral compass that was 90 degrees off true.
The last angel to do that is a little notorious.
Comment by ANSWERS FROM - JIM BUTCHER — April 14, 2010 @ 1:34 pm
“Is there any chance of Huginn and Muninn (Odin’s crows) showing up in the future?”
They already did.
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