I thought a Golem might be a tough character for Harry to deal with, not being alive and without the weaknesses of human zombies, but a friend has told me that Terry Pratchett has already used more than one Golem in his books.  Jim could still use one, but have to do so in a different way.

Thinking about Carmilla again.  If; and I know its a big if, Jim wanted to bring lesbian vampires into the story, there is no reason he would have to limit himself to characters from literature.  I think Fran and Miriam from Vampyres AKA Daughters of Dracula (1974) would be great choices.

(If you rent this don't watch it with your kids, it borders on soft core porn.  However, it is a real horror film with some really messed up scenes in it.  Great to watch in the dark.)

Well, to be honest, at Bianca's party Mavra is being described as sexy, only when harry uses his Sight he can see the corpselike appearance of her (and not that easy even). So, she does amintain a vanity illusion to look pretty. Though this might just apply as well...

I also expect to meet Oberon (if he isn't the Erlking) as a counter to Kringle and I expect to see the other 3 archangels turn up in the books.

Are you sure about that, because I think you are confusing the description of Bianca with Mavra?  Mavra was wearing a Hamlet outfit; generally not terribly sexy on a woman, except maybe Greta Garbo in similar type outfit in Queen Christina.  Mavra (actually her double) was wearing the same thing in Blood Rites and she didn't look hot then.  Even if Harry hadn't seen her with his sight, the visible Mavra was not attractive in any way I can think of.

Sorry to disappoint you, but Jim has said that Oberon is dead.  He was involved in a romantic? triangle with Titania and Mab and it didn't end well for him.  I don't think this is in a WoJ.  I think you have to watch his most recent Q&A's on YouTube to see that comment.

Here's a question I hope someone would ask; probably sometime in 2014, when the next book is released.

You have stated that you want Harry's love life to grow organically, not be mapped out as most major plot points have been.  Even though you can't (or won't) give us any details, can you as the writer now see how it is going to play out.  Can you now say to yourself, "Yes, I know who Harry is going to end up with?"

A direct answer to that question would tell me if Jim now has a solid plan or understanding of where Harry's love life needs to go, or if we are likely to see a lot more pointless start and stop, I want to but I can't commit because I'm not ready, because your not ready, because the moon is out of phase, whatever, nonsense. 

It is possible there was more than one motive each time the use of black magic was encouraged.  In SF there was the exploding heart curse, which seemed to be small version of the bloodline curse in Changes.  The purpose of the three-eye drug is a bit of a mystery, unless it was just a way to give Victor Sells more money.

The Hexen Wolf belts were given to FBI agents who had a strong desire to take out Johnny Marcone.  Why Marcone would be a target of the wizard handing out the belts is a mystery.  Maybe he was only a secondary target at that point.

Empowering Kravos and helping him turn himself in "The Nightmare" seemed aimed solely at Harry Dresden.  Yes, the ghost Kravos was gunning for everyone who helped take him down, but Harry was the individual who had gummed up the works in the first two books.  However, I suppose the idea of weakening the boundaries between the mortal world and the spirit world which we saw in GP may be related to the use of the darkhallow ritual in DB.  Specifically, perhaps weakening the boundaries to help Kravos cross over to get his revenge was a way of testing the kind of work Cowl did in DB to prepare for the darkhallow ritual.

I know I need to reread the book, but if the headaches started before Harry pick up the coin, maybe Lash isn't what is going to kill him, maybe its something else.

So it is highly likely Mother Winter's lost walking stick is now known as the Blackstaff.  So what would Harry do if Eb were to die (In battle or murdered) and Harry picked up the staff.  Would he accept the post of the new Blackstaff; assuming it was offered to him, or would he return Mother Winter's walking stick to her?

With the first option Harry gets to break all the laws of magic and do everything he despises without going insane.  The second option puts the staff back in the hands of a being that thinks that Mab is too soft.