I wasn't sure whether to introduce myself as an author in progress or a published author. I've yet to publish a novel, but have sold 4 short stories and am a member of SFWA. You can read stories of mine
here,
here, and
here, and the fourth one's out later this year in
Electric Velocipede. I'm in the process of writing an urban fantasy novel now, which is what brings me into Jim Butcher's orbit. That, and I interviewed him a couple weeks ago for the Clarion Blog.
Nice to meet everyone!