(19:54:18 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (19:54:20 ) razz|n.o.i.r : -grabs ck into Genni's pocket- |
| (19:54:27 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Covet: I do as I'm told! |
| (19:54:35 ) goobs : tsk tsk, such hostility |
| (19:54:43 ®) Holiday : poor guy's gonna have a monster scroll... |
| (19:54:44 ) V.V. says to C a l i s t a: who you callin kiddies!!! jk settles |
| (19:54:51 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to .Blues City Storyteller.: very very true..lmao.. |
| (19:54:55 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to t a s h a: -races around the room, tail all puffed up, ears back eyes wild.................lands on your head and clings to the curly puff that is your hair* |
| (19:55:00 ) PII says to Holiday: I told Calista she was mean for loosing us on him. |
(19:55:09 ®) gennifairy! |
| (19:55:28 ®) Grey : poor guy.. |
| (19:55:38 ) Priscellie : Is this the right room for the Butcher chat? |
| (19:55:48 ) PII says to Priscellie: yep |
| (19:55:51 ) V.V. says to Grey: spontaneously punches |
| (19:55:52 ®) Holiday says to Priscellie: it is indeed! |
| 19:55:55 ) razz|n.o.i.r : autoscroll works wonders..-shooshes- |
| (19:55:57 ) Priscellie : Snazzy. |
| (19:55:58 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Pffft, I fear no monster scrolls. I was doing this when you HAD no scroll on telnet, and just had to keep up. :) |
| (19:56:06 ) JediTigger : Enters the room... |
| (19:56:08 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to Priscellie: yep! |
| (19:56:10 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : omg he spoke |
| (19:56:14 ®) Grey : ...and a point for JB |
| (19:56:23 ®) Holiday says to Jim Butcher: *l* rawr to you, dude |
(19:56:25 ) Julian |
| (19:56:29 ) PII says to Jim Butcher: -shudders remembering that- |
| (19:56:29 ) Priscellie : You! ::glomps JediTigger:: |
| (19:56:30 ®) .dawiccankitten. : Yes, my Greyness a point indeed! |
| (19:56:35 ) goobs : can I do a fan girl scream now? |
| (19:56:39 ) JediTigger : Hey muffin! |
| (19:56:43 ) V.V. : ooh we have a couple cybersaurs in tha house |
| (19:56:53 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: *beams* I got my nerd cred. Old school. |
| (19:56:58 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to goobs: that'll make my ears bleed...lol |
| (19:57:03 ) Duel : Oh my...He Who Is Jim spoke! And it was Wise. |
| (19:57:03 ) JediTigger : *mwahs Priscillie* |
| (19:57:19 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to Jim Butcher: Old school rocks the awesome..-highfives- |
| (19:57:39 ) goobs : actually Fu is actually the one doing the fan girl scream.. I'm just playing the part of the supportive spouse |
| (19:57:40 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Jim Butcher: Dude you Own nerd-cred |
| (19:57:49 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to goobs: Silence! |
| (19:57:54 ) Muirne~ : Enters the room... |
| (19:57:56 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to goobs: makes sense. -snicker- |
(19:58:08 ®) gennifairy! |
| (19:58:12 ) JediTigger says to Jim Butcher: Hey, Jim, it's Pamela (from, you know, Dragon Con last year. HI SHANNON if she's near). |
| (19:58:15 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: :D |
| (19:58:21 ) goobs : he'd rather be married to Jim than me |
| (19:58:30 ) V.V. says to goobs: hahahaha |
| (19:58:32 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : ...and a point for jules |
| (19:59:07 ) goobs : -curtsies- |
(19:59:16 ) C a l i s
t a |
(19:59:55 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (19:59:57 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : Happy Birthday! |
| (20:00:08 ) V.V. : Pop- POP! |
| (20:00:16 ) goobs : oooh Happy Birthday! -hushes before callie smacks me- |
| (20:00:16 ®) .dawiccankitten. : Tasha has a BRB ...and yes Happy Birthday! |
(20:00:25 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:01:01 ) Priscellie says to V.V.: Magnitude? |
| (20:01:07 ) DarthMax : From along time admirer Happy Birthday oh great one! |
| (20:01:13 ) V.V. says to Priscellie: FInally someone gets that reference lol |
(20:01:19 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:01:20 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Thank you! And it is not entirely outside the realm of possibility that I might hang out and play at some point. :) |
| (20:01:35 ) Priscellie says to JediTigger: Good! Most fun 6 hours of work in YEARS! |
| (20:01:43 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Doing the whisper to all thing so the text is a little easier to see. That okay with you guys? |
(20:01:47 ) . . . R a c h e l
. . . |
(20:01:51 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:01:55 ®) ck. : Fine with me. |
(20:01:58 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:02:06 ®) .dawiccankitten. : works for me! |
(20:02:17 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:02:17 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: ... I just had a heart attack |
| (20:02:22 ®) Spork : Enters the room... |
| (20:02:28 ) V.V. : sure whispers don't intimidate me. -swats the other voices back though- |
| (20:02:28 ®) .dawiccankitten. : spork! |
| (20:02:30 ) goobs : fine with me too.. helps distract from my husband nerdgasming in the background atm |
| (20:02:38 ) .Blues City Storyteller. says to C a l i s t a: *gives you an oxygen mask* Breathe slow... deep breaths. |
| (20:02:39 ®) Holiday : happy birthday! and it'd be awesome to play with you sometime! |
| (20:02:46 ) V.V. says to goobs: pictures! videos come on I bet that is a youtube moment. |
| (20:03:04 ®) Holiday : stupid freaking net making me slow *slaps it* |
(20:03:15 ) t a s h a : thanks. -.- I seem like a gushing school girl. I have wine thanks, I'm a gushing woman :P Jim, welcome. So that everyone knows what's going, please send your questions to the
handle named 'Direct Questions Here', it's going to go by a first come first serve basis
once the Forum questions are posted. |
| (20:03:25 ) myyrdneopia : Inserts a witty comment here... |
| (20:03:43 ) Priscellie : Welcome, Garrett! |
| (20:03:46 ) myyrdneopia : Hey all. Garrett here. |
| (20:04:06 ) myyrdneopia : There it is. Okay. Got it figured out now. |
| (20:04:26 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: AUGH my old MUSHbrain is twitching. It's telling me that the whisper text should all be in yellow, outgoing PMs in dark blue, incoming PMs in cyan... |
| (20:04:29 ) myyrdneopia : Hey there, Pris. :) |
| (20:04:34 ) Starbeam : Enters the room... |
| (20:04:37 ) goobs says to V.V.: -lol- it's a frightening moment actually.. |
| (20:04:44 ®) Nyo says to Jim Butcher: lol |
| (20:04:50 ®) Holiday : hehehehe |
| (20:04:51 ) JediTigger : Jim, I mean this lovingly: nerd. :) |
| (20:04:56 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Howdy Garrett! |
| (20:04:58 ) PII says to Jim Butcher: lol |
| (20:05:04 ) JediTigger : Hey Garrett! |
(20:05:05 ) Julian |
| (20:05:14 ®) Spork : i'm here and slow still recovering from my works bomb threat today. |
| (20:05:21 ) myyrdneopia : 'Sup, Jim! Happy birthday plus one! |
| (20:05:25 ) Rob D : Enters the room... |
| (20:05:28 ) PII : >. |
| (20:05:34 ) JediTigger : ROB. |
| (20:05:41 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: From Guess: Changes lived up to its name in more ways than any one could have expected. What was the motivation behind such a dramatic step? Did you consider it a risky thing to do, essential, or perhaps both? |
| (20:05:43 ) V.V. says to PII: There was never any doubt in my mind :) |
| (20:05:46 ) Priscellie : Hey, Rob! The gang slowly arrives! |
| (20:05:47 ) Starbeam : Enters the room... |
(20:05:50 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:05:53 ) myyrdneopia : Hi pamela, rob, everyone else. :P |
(20:05:54 ) t a s h a : The
first question for the night is from Guess: |
| (20:05:56 ) Rob D : evening all |
| (20:06:25 ) Rob D : had to switch browsers this place seems to dislike chrome |
| (20:06:41 ) Starbeam : Enters the room... |
| (20:06:50 ) goobs : ACK NO SPOILERS!!!! I haven't read Changes yet -lmao- |
| (20:06:51 ) ntolman : Enters the room... |
| (20:06:55 ) myyrdneopia : Inserts a witty comment here... |
| (20:07:02 ) myyrdneopia : that was weird. |
| (20:07:06 ) Rob D : we are good about nom spoilers |
| (20:07:25 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Every time I write a story, I plan for a great big cool fun event in the middle of the book. You can find that in all the Dresden Files. In Fool Moon, it was the loup-garou at the police station. In Dead Beat, it was the zombie attack on Harry's apartment. the overall structure of the Dresden Files is built the same way--and Changes is the big middle event for the whole overstory. |
| (20:07:40 ) redskyeraven : Enters the room... |
| (20:08:22 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: It was supposed to close some of the long-running storylines, have some of the most difficult moments for Harry, and to result in new lines of story opening up. |
| (20:08:54 ) Jason! : Enters the room... |
| (20:08:57 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I think it was essential to the overall story. Plus I really wanted him solving his own murder in book 13. :) |
| (20:09:06 ) lildemon : Enters the room... |
| (20:09:08 ) goobs : GAH! |
| (20:09:29 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Now if I could only figure out how I'm gonna leave him in a straitjacket at the end of a book... |
| (20:09:34 ) Ali : Enters the room... |
| (20:10:06 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : He pisses off Murphy bad enough she has him committed |
| (20:10:13 ) goobs : Yay so now I know Harry dies! Thanks Jim -lmao- |
| (20:10:13 ) CrazyWriter68 : Enters the room... |
| (20:10:21 ) kellhound : Enters the room... |
(20:10:23 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:10:28 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to goobs: -lmfao- |
| (20:10:47 ) MasterPo : Enters the room... |
| (20:10:53 ) kellhound : Hi everyone |
| (20:11:02 ) goobs says to gennifairy!: you hush! |
| (20:11:04 ) myyrdneopia : heya kell :) |
(20:11:12 ) t a s h a : Seriously, solving his own murder is pretty freakin' epic XD I -loved- the result of it and how he discovered the truth about it! So you had book 13 semi plotted out while you wrote Changes? |
| (20:11:26 ) Jason! : So, do I lose all cool points if I freak out and fawn obnoxiously over our guest? :/ |
| (20:11:29 ) DarthMax says to Direct Questions Here: book 13 came across like he was fighting his way out of a straitjacket. Great ending! |
| (20:11:37 ) Ali : Evening, everyone..may I pm you, Calista, re: problems with the board and a question |
| (20:11:46 ) jkeller87 : Enters the room... |
(20:11:55 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:11:59 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I had it semi-plotted out when I wrote Storm Front. I've got the whole series in an old notebook somewhere around here... |
| (20:12:17 ) Jason! says to Jim Butcher: Hello Jim! Suffice it to say, me and most of my family love your books, I'll shut up now so Calista doesn't have to tell me to keep it together. :) |
| (20:12:17 ) goobs says to Jason!: someone beat you to the punch- coughFucough- |
| (20:12:20 ®) Covet says to goobs: -whispers- we'll get that notebook |
| (20:12:39 ®) daboi : Enters the room... |
| (20:12:44 ) esperacchius : Enters the room... |
| (20:12:48 ®) Holiday : wow...so you know where you're going/how it's ending? do things seem to change often, or have they pretty much stayed close to your initial vision? |
| (20:12:57 ) goobs says to Covet: -thumbs up- |
| (20:13:04 ) DarthMax : So have had these idea kicking around for sometime? |
| (20:13:08 ) Rob D : evening Matt |
| (20:13:22 ) esperacchius : ev'nin' |
| (20:13:41 ) Ali says to esperacchius: evening |
| (20:13:41 ) myyrdneopia : Oh, Matt's here? That's it, I'm out. ;-D |
| (20:13:43 ) goobs : a talking sword! |
| (20:14:02 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: They're still more or less on track. the one thing I didn't plot out was Harry's love life. I wanted that to be something that happened organically within the story. Turns out that the person you love may just have some small, insignificant effects on the rest of your life, though. The whole romance question for Dresden has been a very disorderly phenomenon. :) |
| (20:14:17 ®) Holiday : *l* as it should be |
(20:14:18 ) t a s h a :
Fawning is good, it's cause we love his work! hehe. The next question(s) is (are) from
Ric-Fu: 2. What kinds of characters did you play and, do you feel like they've transmuted themselves into ones you put in your novels? 3. What's your creative process like? I've read you tend to visualize scenes around a single event, a comic book page-like "frozen moment" (probably of total chaos, knowing Harry), but what helps to influence you to begin with? 4. Got any tips for a slacker with (supposedly) a lot of talent but almost no time to write seriously? |
| (20:14:34 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : whoa she threw all of mine out at once! -lol- |
| (20:14:38 ®) Diarslade : I was gonna say it should be XD... |
(20:15:32 ) t a s h a : I'm a newb LOL I didn't mean to through them out at once LOL |
| (20:15:34 ) esperacchius : oh ha ha, Garrett. :) |
(20:15:47 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:15:54 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : -lol- s'okay |
| (20:16:03 ®) Diarslade : nooob <3s |
| (20:16:14 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: There's an old proverb among writers that says you have to write a million words of garbage before you're able to start writing at a professional level. At one point I was MUSHing eleven characters simultaneously, some of them in the same rooms, and when you're that much of a geek about it, you chew through those million words pretty quick. :) It helped in that sense--just practice in translating the images in my head into words on a page. |
| (20:16:41 ) myyrdneopia : Who says guys can't multitask. |
| (20:16:54 ®) Grey : *waits for the plethora of raised hands to that one* |
| (20:16:57 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : -lmfao- it sounds a shade familiar |
| (20:17:04 ) razz|n.o.i.r : Jim's special then...multitasking mastah. -grins- |
| (20:17:24 ) myyrdneopia : ...I should know better than to give the universe a straight line like that by now. |
| (20:17:55 ) Beth : Enters the room... |
| (20:17:55 ) DarthMax : I guess I will stick to writing policy then. or does the count for my first million!? |
(20:18:13 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:18:16 ) goobs : ok so I can't laugh and tell you guys about the little hand clapping and yays coming from the other room as Jim answers Fu's question? -lmfao- |
| (20:18:32 ®) ck. : Miss those... |
| (20:18:39 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I played all kinds of characters, from kindly old priests to hotheaded angry-young-men to Jean-Claudesque vampires. Almost all of them have gone into the books at some point, because I already had a solid grasp on them. They translated rather well, actually. Looking back, I think it's fair to say that writing a novel is exactly like MUSHing. It's just that you're the only one playing. |
| (20:18:45 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to goobs: the best thing about having a wife is target practice. |
| (20:19:07 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Writing: it's like RPing with yourself! |
| (20:19:09 ) Mike. : Enters the room... |
| (20:19:27 ) JediTigger says to Ali: We used to call that masturbatory RP, when you were MUSH RPing alone, Jim. ;) |
| (20:19:30 ) Blaze : Enters the room... |
| (20:19:31 ®) daboi : -chuckles- Jim Butcher just made an LKH reference....... |
(20:19:32 ) t a s h a : OMG ! He just refered to LKH! /gush LOL |
| (20:19:32 ) Wintersage : Enters the room... |
| (20:19:35 ®) Holiday : looks like I need to get better at soloing then *l* |
| (20:19:44 ®) ck. : lol |
| (20:19:44 ®) Diarslade : RP masturbation >.>...we all do it |
(20:19:48 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:19:49 ) JediTigger : We used to call that masturbatory RP, when you were MUSH RPing alone, Jim. ;) |
(20:19:54 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:20:00 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Jim Butcher: That's funny, my wife says I do better with "solos" than when I play with her. Now I can cut her out entirely! Thanks! -lmfao- |
(20:20:11 ) Julian |
(20:20:14 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:20:16 ) Rob D : I'm so glad people saved me from having to make that joke. |
| (20:20:19 ) V.V. says to RtotheFu Hail to the Kin: LOL! |
| (20:20:20 ) K the M : Enters the room... |
| (20:20:40 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: My creative process works like this: my editor says "Jim, where is the book?" and I say, "What book?" and she says, "THE ONE DUE IN TWO WEEKS" and I say, "Are you hyperventilating?" and she says, "BOOOOOK!" and I say, "Relax, you'll have it!" And then I buy a crate of Monster and sit down and start pounding keys while playing old movies on tv. |
| (20:20:58 ®) Holiday : *dies* awesome |
(20:21:09 ®) gennifairy! |
| (20:21:17 ®) Grey : XD I like him, he's funny |
| (20:21:18 ®) .dawiccankitten. : *giggle* you know i can almost see that |
| (20:21:18 ) K the M : Yes! LOL |
| (20:21:37 ®) Diarslade says to Jim Butcher: XD pro |
| (20:21:41 ) Rob D says to Jim Butcher: is it wrong that I actually HEARD that in my head? |
| (20:21:58 ) JediTigger says to Rob D: Did too. :) |
| (20:22:02 ) Ali says to JediTigger: *laughing, pushes that to Jim* |
| (20:22:13 ) goobs : so procrastination just comes naturally to all men and not just my husband? |
| (20:22:21 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Jim Butcher: LotR extended cuts are good for that -- you don't have to get up and hit 'replay' or swap discs quite as often |
| (20:22:23 ) JediTigger says to Ali: Yeah, sorry, I hit the A and it got you instead of ALL. ;) |
| (20:22:26 ®) ck. : Generally... |
| (20:22:27 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: As far as tips for someone without time to write seriously: This is gonna sound harsh, but: there is no substitute for having your butt in a chair, writing. None. Everyone who breaks into the business (well, almost everyone) does it by getting up a couple of hours early or staying up late and working. That's just part of the deal, if you want to write professionally. |
| (20:22:39 ) Ali says to JediTigger: That's ok *L |
| (20:22:45 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to goobs: you're trying to get on my good side. we might even smooch later. |
| (20:23:07 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I joke that my writing was a part time job I worked for 9 years with no pay, but that's pretty much exactly what it is. You've got to commit if you want in. |
| (20:23:08 ) vinity : Enters the room... |
| (20:23:18 ) Dave : Enters the room... |
| (20:23:29 ) esperacchius says to Jim Butcher: see, I actually had you pegged as more of a Mountain Dew with a 5hour energy chaser type of guy. |
| (20:23:29 ®) .dawiccankitten. : is Dave Super? |
| (20:23:37 ) Dave : "Yes." |
| (20:23:39 ®) ck. : Always! |
| (20:23:39 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Jim Butcher: I was afraid of that! But I don't need sleep anyways! Thanks very much for your answers |
| (20:23:39 ) Handle : Enters the room... |
| (20:23:55 ) goobs says to RtotheFu Hail to the Kin: shuddap and read what THE man is saying.. and then tell me how many times I've said the same? Men.. pffft |
| (20:23:58 ®) .dawiccankitten. : heeeeeeeeeeeeeh Dude! *shushes now* |
| (20:24:09 ) Dave : "Does this work in turns or how does it work?" |
| (20:24:21 ) Wintersage : Belated happy birthday, by the way. (I got in late, not sure if that was covered already or not.) |
| (20:24:25 ®) .dawiccankitten. : *points to the (direct all questions here pd) you ask there |
| (20:24:32 ®) Diarslade says to Jim Butcher: not harsh at all :3 |
| (20:24:32 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to goobs: -points- he does this for a living! |
| (20:25:06 ®) gennifairy! : Guys, no spousal fighting!!! =D |
| (20:25:19 ) goobs says to Dave: hey Davh0r.. we're all still busy doing the fangirl screams, but you can shoot questions to the proper name on the drop down |
| (20:25:25 ) Wintersage : Enters the room... |
| (20:25:42 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Birthday wishes always appreciated, Wintersage: but you're late. I've dispatched ninjas to end your life for your insolence. Don't worry, they're professionals. They'll kill you in your tub for easy cleanup. |
| (20:26:05 ) goobs : -LMAO!!- |
| (20:26:07 ) JediTigger : Counter with pirates. |
| (20:26:08 ®) gennifairy! : Ahhh chite. The ninja's! |
| (20:26:10 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : -Dies laughin- |
| (20:26:11 ®) Covet : lol |
| (20:26:12 ®) ck. : Hah! |
| (20:26:13 ®) Diarslade : I like him too... |
| (20:26:15 ) razz|n.o.i.r : lmao |
| (20:26:16 ) Mike. : haaaa....He stole my heart with that ninjas already. |
| (20:26:17 ) Rob D says to Jim Butcher: makes me happy I fired off my happy Birthday at % am yesterday |
| (20:26:26 ) Adam : Enters the room... |
| (20:26:35 ®) Holiday : oh, I like him, he's diabolically funny |
| (20:26:36 ®) .dawiccankitten. : ninja monkeys? |
| (20:26:37 ) DarthMax : LOL great i loving this |
| (20:26:37 ®) Grey : O_O ninjas references too *Amazons, buys all his stuff* |
| (20:26:39 ) Rob D says to Jim Butcher: that would be 5 to you folks that can type well |
| (20:26:48 ®) Diarslade : I wana say "let's put him in a cage and call him Jim." but it seems to lack the funny >.> |
| (20:27:32 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : Harry needs to fight ninjas. Ghost Ninjas. |
| (20:27:35 ®) ck. : I prefer Butcher...>_> for the potential DC reference. |
| (20:28:00 ®) Nyo says to Diarslade: If there were say...a pterodactyl with him, in the cage....there could be funnies. |
(20:28:01 ) t a s h a : I had the sudden image of little Misters in black get ups coming for their mark. LOL The next question we have is from dawiccankitten: |
| (20:28:08 ) K the M says to RtotheFu Hail to the Kin: Harry just -did- ghosts! |
| (20:28:15 ) Mike. says to C a l i s t a: So what hot favors did you have to do get a real life author on your site? :P |
| (20:28:21 ®) Diarslade says to ck.: truth! that works much better, now if only we can get him to spread rage throughout the galaxy! |
| (20:28:43 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to K the M: That sounds kinky. -lmfao- no no, ghost ninjas! Totally different! They have swords. |
(20:28:45 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:28:52 ) goobs : Mike we're just all so cool he wanted to come chill with us |
| (20:28:55 ®) .dawiccankitten. : she does do awesome footrubs! |
| (20:29:07 ) Priscellie : To Grey and others: I should note that if you want to buy Jim's stuff from Amazon, please use the links from Jim's site store! It helps defray site costs: http://jim-butcher.com/store/ |
| (20:29:10 ) goobs says to C a l i s t a: -lmfao- ^5 |
| (20:29:14 ) Jason! says to C a l i s t a: sharks with lazer beams! -pinky finger up- |
| (20:30:19 ) goobs : damn.. wish I would have known that before I ordered his graphic novels for fu -lol- |
| (20:30:25 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: The comic books were fantastic, artistically. I had complete editorial authority over pretty much everything. I worked closely with the artists in creating the characters for Welcome to the Jungle, and they are the nearest thing to what I see in my head when I write. I actually wrote the entire script for WttJ, but WOW was it a lot more work than I thought it would be--it was about a third of a novel all by itself. For Storm Front, Mark Powers took over as the scriptwriter, but he worked almost religiously from the text, and I oversaw and approved the scripts as they came out, with A LOT of help from my trusty yet mentally unstable crew of fan-readers. :) They were the real heroes, as far as I'm concerned. They would catch things like "Harry's ring is on the wrong finger" and "you've drawn Murphy at least five inches too tall." |
(20:30:39 ) t a s h a says to C a l i s t a: wait what? |
| (20:30:49 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I LOVED Ardian's work on WttJ and I am still in mourning that we lost him to DC. :) |
| (20:30:58 ) Mike. says to C a l i s t a: Pimpin aint easy... Gator don't play no shit! |
| (20:31:03 ®) Holiday says to t a s h a: oh, shut up, like you mind |
| (20:31:14 ®) .dawiccankitten. : f o o t r u b s |
| (20:31:26 ) Blaze says to Direct Questions Here: Is Waldo Butters ever going to get a love interest? |
| (20:31:39 ) Priscellie : I had to give Ardian a little guide showing how tall Murphy was relative to Harry. Good times! |
| (20:31:44 ) myyrdneopia : Those fan readers include Priscellie, here. They's kinda all sorts of awesome. |
| (20:31:50 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: ah, answered a different question. :) That was the one from Julian. |
| (20:32:06 ) Xandira : Enters the room... |
| (20:32:09 ) K the M says to Jim Butcher: So awesome. YOu hear a lot of times how when a book series goes to another medium that the 'vision' changes from one side or another. I worry about the movie rights for Old Man's War like that. |
| (20:32:33 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: how hard was it to go from the two totally different worlds? The Codex and Dresden? |
| (20:32:43 ) LogicMouse : Enters the room... |
(20:32:49 ) t a s h a says to Jim Butcher: gosh i seriously fail at this LOL |
| (20:33:02 ) kellhound says to Jim Butcher: any ideas on who will be drawing the next comic book? YOu mentioned in an interview you there was gonna be an new story that takes place inbetween fool moon and grave peril. |
| (20:33:03 ®) .dawiccankitten. : Yes Sir that was the question |
(20:33:11 ) t a s h a : He answered this one : from Julian: |
| (20:33:19 ) Jason! says to Blaze: sheesh man, more like "Is HD ever going to get a love intrest that isn't sacrificed to vampire genocide or the half girlfriend of earths greatest assassin". :P just my two cents. |
| (20:33:31 ) Wintersage says to Jim Butcher: I have no idea what all this is about. I only read Priscellie's tweet about the chatroom. But thought I'd ask a question: How goes the prequel to the epic epic fantasy epic of epic proportions? |
| (20:33:35 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to Direct Questions Here: <--- *points to this pulldown* please direct all questsions here in PM for them to be asked after the main list is done. Please and thank You |
| (20:33:54 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: That was easy, actually. By the time I'm done with a Dresden book, I'm pretty much sick of the big goon. :D It was a very welcome relief to go play in a totally different world for a while. Then, by the time I was done with Alera, I was ready to drop those crowbegotten lunatics into the ocean and sail away laughing that I finally got to get back in the saddle with Harry. ;) |
| (20:34:10 ) Rob D says to Blaze: didn't see you sneak in. |
| (20:34:28 ) esperacchius says to Rob D: Blaze is sneaky that way |
| (20:34:48 ) Rob D says to esperacchius: TRUTH |
| (20:35:17 ®) .dawiccankitten. : *laughs* Well when you put it that way...it does sound easy! |
| (20:35:18 ) Priscellie : Blaze must be one of the ninjas dispatched to assassinate belated birthday wishers. |
| (20:35:28 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : -lol- I do that with characters every month or so -lmao- Sick of werewolves? Time for the half-demon |
| (20:35:33 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: Not sure about the artist on the next graphic novel project, yet. Most of that has yet to be set in anything like stone. We're still in the concept stages. |
| (20:36:17 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to Jim Butcher: Thank you for being here and i hope you have a lovely night! Don't let them scare you too much! |
| (20:36:24 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Priscellie: does he get a cool headband? |
| (20:36:35 ®) .dawiccankitten. : i gotta be up for work in like 7 hours! be good people! |
| (20:36:47 ) Wintersage : Apologies. I'm honestly not used to non-irc-based chatrooms. *blush* |
| (20:36:50 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to DarthMax: Later man! |
| (20:36:51 ) PII says to .dawiccankitten.: night! |
| (20:36:51 ) Priscellie says to RtotheFu Hail to the Kin: Blaze is a woman. And she gets ALL the cool headbands! |
| (20:37:10 ) Blaze : Bwa ha ha ha ha |
| (20:37:15 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to t a s h a: you are of the awesome! *luff* i will talk to you tomorrow! |
| (20:37:19 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Priscellie: d'oh. -lol- m'scuzi. Dammit I want cool headbands |
| (20:37:19 ) Rob D says to Priscellie: she in fact MAKES the cool headbands |
| (20:37:42 ) JediTigger : And she outfits half the Wardens alive with their grey cloaks. |
| (20:37:42 ®) ck. : To those unused to this style of room, for questions, select the P |
| (20:37:52 ) DarthMax says to DarthMax: Get tasha send you youtube of me wheeling with rick tomorrow. I should all over the local press. |
| (20:37:59 ®) ck. : What genni said. *kicks stuff on desk* |
| (20:38:07 ) Mike. says to Direct Questions Here: Can you sign my e-mail address? |
| (20:38:24 ) DarthMax says to DarthMax: opps that was meant for DWK |
| (20:38:31 ) Rob D : my Grey Cloak is one of my favorite things |
| (20:38:42 ) Jason! says to Mike.: Mike, he does NOT want to see your helicoptor. (Jim, trust me on this) |
| (20:39:04 ®) .dawiccankitten. says to DarthMax: no problem! and talking to yourself is a sure sign of a well mind ^_^ |
| (20:39:16 ) esperacchius : brb all. |
| (20:39:20 ®) ck. says to razz|n.o.i.r: ^_^' *snugs* |
| (20:39:49 ) DarthMax says to DarthMax: only if you answer your own questions. |
(20:41:16 ) t a s h a : The
next question is from da boi: |
| (20:41:36 ®) ck. : lmao |
| (20:41:39 ) Blaze : Enters the room... |
(20:41:41 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:41:46 ®) Diarslade : I've so wanted to open up a room to >.> I haz the RPG guide |
| (20:41:50 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : He'd come in as Harry and kick everyone's ass? -lmao- |
| (20:41:51 ®) Holiday : hey, it's a legitimate question! *l* |
| (20:41:57 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I don't sue people. It's too much work, and I hate that. Feel free to get your Dresden on. :) |
| (20:42:00 ®) gennifairy! : lol! |
| (20:42:07 ) Aspen (Elyna) : Enters the room... |
(20:42:10 ) Julian |
| (20:42:15 ®) gennifairy! : And it starts... =D |
| (20:42:24 ) razz|n.o.i.r : oooooh kickass. -flex- |
| (20:42:30 ®) Diarslade : oh...I'm so making a room...it's on! |
| (20:42:30 ®) daboi PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: -does the happy dance- |
| (20:42:41 ®) .dawiccankitten. : WIN! ok i flee..and tash! get a brown bag! breathe in and out! |
| (20:42:42 ) Duel : Right, I hereby Nominate Sir Butcher as Nerd King for being so awesome. |
| (20:42:43 ®) ck. : Yay for awesome nerd authors! |
| (20:42:45 ) Xandira says to Direct Questions Here: Hi Jim! My husband (who is looking over my shoulder) is wondering what you are working on right now, If you are taking a break from Dresden or working on the next book already? |
| (20:42:47 ®) Covet : I plan to buy all the books, read them and rp. When I get the time. Score! |
| (20:42:47 ) goobs : I been wanting to have a dresden room forever! |
(20:42:55 ) Julian |
| (20:43:03 ) D r o p k i c k : Covet...that was a lot of do words |
| (20:43:11 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : Har, I've got a wizard already created. |
| (20:43:27 ) goobs : oh that's right.. I almost forgot about Seth -lmao- |
| (20:43:27 ) Jason! : For once, I'll be one of the smart people in our new dresden rp universe. wtf, that'll be new for me. |
| (20:43:29 ®) Holiday : *sits on my Adam, gets comfy, also has to plan to get the books* |
| (20:43:32 ®) Covet says to D r o p k i c k: I -do- a lot of things. |
| (20:43:33 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to Diarslade: yeay! -flails-..I'll play! |
(20:43:40 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:43:52 ) D r o p k i c k says to Holiday: -cuddles up- |
| (20:43:53 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I'm working on a Dresden short story at the moment, and having a lot of fun with a steampunk fantasy otherwise. I'll start the new Dresden in January. :) |
| (20:43:59 ) D r o p k i c k says to Covet: hissss |
| (20:44:05 ®) Holiday : steampunk...*froths at mouth* |
| (20:44:08 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to C a l i s t a: lmao. how did i know you'd say that! -D |
| (20:44:12 ) Duel : *starts making plans....oh such evil plans....* |
| (20:44:16 ®) ck. : Yay, steampunk, too! |
| (20:44:20 ) Priscellie : Three cheers for fantasy steampunk! |
| (20:44:21 ) Dave : is giddy about my questions, and a potential next question if the right answers are given |
| (20:44:26 ) TheDaztastic : mmmmm, steampunk fantasy. |
| (20:44:28 ) PII says to Jim Butcher: I'm going to get lynched by this group by admitting I haven't read your books but listening to you tonight has me convinced to buy them. lol |
(20:44:35 ) t a s h a : Killer.. i already base D.C.'s witches on Dresden... hehe The next question is from Holiday: |
| (20:44:39 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to C a l i s t a: I'm willing to bet you could role a fae that'd make Mab feel insecure |
| (20:44:41 ®) gennifairy! says to PII: Hey, same here :) |
| (20:44:44 ®) Holiday says to PII: don't worry, lovey, I'm in the same boat |
| (20:44:52 ) DaAdorableOne : Enters the room... |
| (20:45:00 ) myyrdneopia says to PII: Lynched? Nevar! WE HAS A NEW DISCIPLE. |
| (20:45:05 ) razz|n.o.i.r says to PII: PSST...im in the saaame boat. -hides in Genni's pocket- |
| (20:45:05 ) Priscellie says to PII: No lynchings! We always welcome new fans! |
| (20:45:13 ®) Diarslade : I've always enjoyed them because he gets his ass kicked a lot of the times XD...he wins! but he doesn't roflstomp everything |
| (20:45:18 ®) Covet says to PII: ditto. |
| (20:45:19 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to PII: Infidel! |
(20:45:24 ) t a s h a says to C a l i s t a: I've been told Veronika is like Lea hehehe |
| (20:45:27 ) goobs says to PII: -pets- s'ok.. you're forgiven.. and trust me, they're awesome reads |
| (20:45:31 ) Rob D says to PII: buy them ALL. great reads and Jim's a great guy. |
| (20:45:39 ) K the M says to PII: I didn't watch it either, until I saw the show. I loved the show, the books are great. |
| (20:45:41 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King : wow, everyone's so accepting.. but not me! |
| (20:45:46 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: I'm not sure I believe in "voice." It mostly seems to me to be a device critics use to support someone whose work doesn't support itself, or else a device critics use to slam someone whose work doesn't leave them any obvious reasons to pan. "I don't like this, but I don't know why. It must be the voice." |
| (20:45:56 ) Dave says to RtotheFu Hail to the Kin: "I accept you." |
(20:46:11 ) C a l i s
t a |
| (20:46:25 ) goobs says to Covet: and you have no excuse.. I told you ages ago to read the books! |
| (20:46:46 ) RtotheFu Hail to the King says to Dave: one too many times! haaarr!!! I dunno what I meant by that |
| (20:46:49 ) Jim Butcher PRIVATELY whispers to ALL: The main difference I see in translating RP to writing is that the writing is easier: you get to write both sides of the conversation, which makes it TONS simpler to write good insults and wit. Plus, as an RPer, you have to do it RIGHT THEN. When I write a book, I've got a six month window in which I can go back and increase the snark. :) |
| (20:46:53 ) D r o p k i c k says to Covet: buy me the first book |
| (20:46:56 ) JediTigger says to PII: Dresden and Codex Alera series are awesome. Buy them all, and Jim's a great guy who happens to be a sadist as well. Beware his muahahaha. |