Ah, but on the other hand how many times have you finished reading the book in a couple of marathon sessions and thought: damn, I wish I could've made that last a bit longer.
Besides, chapter by chapter on a half monthly basis should improve self discipline.

Exactly.  Reading it a chapter at a time might be torture but it would keep me from staying up all night reading.    I am guessing that it would help me slow down and really get all the little details he puts in the first time as well.  It always amazes me how much more I notice on a reread. 

Kinda shows our desperation that there are two update threads.

It does but I figure it is good this is here in case someone thinking about starting the series who wants to make sure it is still being worked on checks in.  They would want to avoid a section called spoilers.

New update on the Website.  As of February 21st, 2019, the current draft of the novel is up to chapter 45

If anyone from Team Butcher happens across this thread, I'd like to say thank you.  As has been said any number of times, Jim doesn't have any obligation to his readers.  If he woke up tomorrow and decided he was done with Dresden, it would be a crying shame, but also his prerogative.  So, I don't think there was ever a need to explain the reasons for the delay with Peace Talks. 

That being said, a little communication goes a long way.  While there's no need to explain the "why", maintaining an active dialogue as you've recently started doing demonstrates substantially more goodwill towards and respect for readers than radio silence. 

I write this not to stir up residual frustrations on either side (though I'm sure there will be some of that.  Sorry,) but in hopes that if any delays arise in the future, you will remain communicative.  Even if the communication consists of "Day 7: stuff happened, no news. Day 30: still no news."  This, to me, is substantially better than "Day 1: stuff happened, no news...Day 328: *crickets*" 

Nothing is ever going to keep everyone happy, but I do think this type of communication might have mitigated the concerns of much of the reader base.  I know it would have in my case.  So, I say again, thank you for communicating clearly and regularly with us and I look forward to reading Peace Talks whenever Jim is able to get it out.   

Best regards,

HV

I too am very happy to see the semi regular progress updates and agree in theory with what you have said. 

Though I also understand when stuff happens in life posting that kind of a status may be one of the last things on someones mind.  For me it would probably have been even below the last thing on my mind.  It would have been. @#$#$ all this stuff is going on and I am not even getting work done.  I just need to get a little something done so I can let people know. Week later still unable to get work done #$@$@#$@#$ I just need to get a little something done so I can let people know. With each week just getting worse and worse on top of everything else.  Admitting I was getting nothing done would have been admitting ahead of time to myself that next week I would again get nothing done.

I do not know Jim (unfortunately as he sounds like he would be a fun person to know and might get me access as a beta reader )  so I have no idea what things were really like for him.  I am just going to hope the rest of his life is both long and good and that he enjoys writing so that he writes lots of things I can read.  If he ever stops writing oh well it will probably be better for my health to not stay up all night reading every time one of his new books comes out  anyway      

I knew you had the concept of mediation, but I was not sure if my translation of the word "mediación" was accurate, as I am not very used to legalese (in English. In Spanish, I am relatively fluent because I've taken dictations from my dad more than once).

I am not trying to say that you or anyone else is being stupid, and I don't think that is the case. I've known brilliant people here. Nevertheless, I've been telling people that since I've joined this forum and I am not going to stop now. I think most people from USA simply does not realize how colonialist that word sounds for us many of us and I am just trying to make people aware of that. Not stop using the word, of course, but just thinking of it. When someone tries to tell me I don't live in América, it annoys me, I can't help it (I generally say "US citizens" but with another forumite (from USA) we used to jokingly say "USers"). Give me some credit for writing so many posts in English without using "Americans"  .

Being honest, what really, really annoys me is when people in my country or other Latin American Countries use "Americano" instead of norteamericano o estadounidense. None of those words is perfect, but it's the correct word and it is not bad for us. When we really want to say "From North America", including México and Canada, we use some expression like "americanos del norte" o "gente de América del Norte". I really wish my own people was not so brainwashed, because as you said, in Spanish we are all "americanos", There are not many Americas, there is only one. That is why there is the OAS, Organization of American States, which does not mean the States of USA but the Countries of America.

As a US citizen who now lives in Canada I quickly noticed after moving that you do not hear American used much.  Canadians usually say the States when talking about the United States or people from the States.  If talking about an individual you often hear Texan, Californian etc or just they are from the States.  I used to use American all the time but now try to avoid it as to my ear it now sounds like I am forgetting the US is not the whole continent.   

To get back to the main topic I am really happy Jim is posting the updates to the page.  I realize that 43 chapters means they is still a bit to go but seeing steady progress has me back to listening to the audio versions of the books in my car again.  With the amount I drive the new book might well be out about the same time as I get through them all again. 

It has been renew every other 10 days lately, so I wouldn't check until January 7th 

Well it took until the 14th to get updated but we are now at chapter 40! 

I will admit that Ghost Story is one of my least favorite books in the series and I am fully current.  With that said I did still enjoy it.  I am not sure if Ghost Story was my absolute least favorite as it has been a while since I read the first few books and for the most part I think Jim's writing became stronger after the first few but it may be my overall least favorite. 

No way for me to know how you will feel about the remaining books but I at least think you will enjoy them more then Ghost Story.   

But let me take this opportunity to spread the word about the truth that is Mister.

Mister?  You mean Cat Sith before he received his mantle and traveled back in time.