The Butcher Block

[21m 8s] In the final part of the interview, Fred talks with Jim about what the future holds (and that snazzy Hugo nod). In particular, we find out some details about the upcoming 12th Dresden Files novel, and what Jim might do for a second series after Alera wraps up. Plus, a dangerously decaying orbit around the moon! Tune in.

AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, there are probably some SPOILERS in this one. If you're current on the series, though, you're probably in good shape.

[21m 44s] In this second of three parts, Fred continues his conversation with Jim, covering the frequently asked questions of the tour, including things like Harry's relationships (and lack thereof), power escalation, the number of books in the series, the RPG that Fred and others are working on, and that whole "Jim Butcher Himself" thing. Plus, famous people are just people, and James Marsters is a good guy.

NOTE: There are some mild series spoilers in here, but it's nothing that people who've read all of the paperbacks and the Turn Coat sample chapters online don't already know. All the same, you've been warned!

Part 4 of a 5-part series : Jim reads the Turn Coat sample chapters at ConDFW.

ConDFW.org
About Turn Coat
The Jim-Butcher.com Store OR the Dog Eared Books Virtual Signing

Discuss this episode on the forum

Chapter Posting Dates:
Chapter 1: February 25
Chapter 2: February 26
Chapter 3: February 27
Chapter 4: March 3
Chapter 5: March 10

It's the (much-delayed) third episode of Butcher 'Spress!

American Cancer Society's Relay for Life:
Make a donation !

Jim and Shannon's second auction : autographed first-printings of the four books in the Codex Alera! Ends June 27th.

Upcoming Glee:
5/21: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #2
-- Diamond's Comic Shop Locator

6/11: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #1 reprint
-- I'm not kidding, he looks like Iron Man

6/25: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #3

7/23: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #4

7/30: Chris McGrath Cover Art Calendar

10/21: Blood Lite , "Day Off"

10/21: Welcome to the Jungle trade hardcover

10/21: Storm Front , issue #1

10/31: Backup from Subterranean Press .

Green Man Review: April Gutierrez's review

pre-order Storm Front (no date yet)

Storm Front 's artist: Vincent Chong

Subterranean Press is also planning special editions of Fool Moon and Grave Peril, but we don't have any details yet.

12/11: Furies of Calderon , Academ's Fury , and Cursor's Fury on audio (NEW DATE!)

12/02: Princeps' Fury in hardcover and audio formats. (This is an update from what was said in the podcast! The publishers finally seem to have realized the silliness of their previous schedule.)

1/6/09: Mean Streets , "The Warrior"

3/3/09: Small Favor in paperback

4/7/09: Turn Coat hardcover

Early 2009: The Dresden Files RPG
New Livejournal Community Bleeding Alpha playtesting list

Con Schedule:
7/11-13: Polaris in Toronto, Canada

7/24-27: Jim and the Dabels at San Diego Comic Con

10/24-26: MileHiCon in Denver, CO

2/20-22/2009: ConDFW in Richardson, Texas

10/16-18/2009: Jim and Shannon at Kingsport Women's Festival in Kingsport, TN

[12min 23sec] It's the second episode of Butcher 'Spress!

Upcoming Glee:

4/16: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #1 (sold out 5/2!)
Diamond's Comic Shop Locator

5/21 or 5/28: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #1 reprint

5/28: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #2

New Comic Covers on the forum

6/25: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #3

7/23: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #4

7/30: Chris McGrath Cover Art Calendar (Christian McGrath.com )

10/21: Blood Lite , "Harry's Day Off"

10/21: Welcome to the Jungle trade hardcover

10/31: Backup from Subterranean Press .

Cover art and sample image .

pre-order Storm Front (no date yet)

Subterranean Press is also planning special editions of "Fool Moon" and "Grave Peril," but we don't have any details yet.

11/20: Furies of Calderon , Academ's Fury , and Cursor's Fury on audio

11/25: Princeps' Fury audio

12/02: Princeps' Fury hardcover
-- Cover Art!

and April 2009: Turn Coat hardcover

Con Schedule:
4/18-20: MobiCon in Mobile, AL

6/10: Signing Marathon with Jim and Shannon in the Jefferson City area

7/11-13: Polaris in Toronto, Canada

7/24-27: Jim and the Dabels at San Diego Comic Con

10/24-26: MileHiCon in Denver, CO

2/20-22/2009: ConDFW in Richardson, Texas

10/16-18/2009: Jim and Shannon at Kingsport Women's Festival in Kingsport, TN

Call in and leave the show voicemail at 301-6377-HAT!

The Music

2006 Pl@stic Soul

.22

Discuss this episode on the forum here . Find a nearby branch of Priscilla's favourite pizza restaurant here !

(12m 38s) The Butcher Block is back with a new style of episodes: Butcher 'Spress, all the news you mortals need to know!

The News

12/04: Captain's Fury hardcover

12/26: My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon , "Heorot"

3/27: Captain's Fury audio

4/01: Small Favor US hardcover and audio

4/03: Small Favour UK hardcover

4/16: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #1

-- druiz (at) dabelbrothers.com to inquire about missing posters

-- Diamond's Comic Shop Locator

5/28: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #2

6/25: Welcome to the Jungle , issue #3

7/30: Chris McGrath Cover Art Calendar

10/21: Blood Lite , "Harry's Day Off"

10/21: Welcome to the Jungle trade hardcover

10/31: Backup

-- cover art

-- pre-order Storm Front

11/20: Furies of Calderon , Academ's Fury , and Cursor's Fury on audio

11/25: Princeps' Fury audio

12/02: Princeps' Fury hardcover

and April 2009 (whoops! we said 2008 in the podcast!): Turn Coat hardcover

Call in and leave the show voicemail at 301-6377-HAT !

The Music

- 2006 Pl@stic Soul

- .22

(26min 21sec) Fred and Priscilla talk news, and the listeners phone in their Alera Love.

Call in and leave the show voicemail at 301-6377-HAT !

The Music

- 2006 Pl@stic Soul

- .22

News Items with Priscellie

- September 4th, Release of Many Bloody Returns, "It's My Birthday
Too." Book signings all across the country. Jim was in Kansas City
at B&N. Early September book signings for Many Bloody Returns

- Cover art for Supernatural Honeymoon! Edited by P.N. Elrod, out
December 26th. My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon Cover Art

- Subterranean Press

- Real Life Comics Dresden Files Sighting

- Codex Alera on Unshelved

- The Drumstick Campaign

- Jericho

- dresdencity.org

- maenad.tripod.com

- dresdenfiles.org

- New Home 4 Dresden Petition

- PhauxCon in Philly, October 5-7

- Shannon Butcher

- The Dresden Files RPG Playtest Application

Alera Love

- Read about the Codex Alera

- We hear from Fred, Priscilla, Jackie in Austin, Meg, Charles from Texas, Gloria, and "The Man in the Shadows"... spooky.

Quick Addendums

- Strange Brew on P.N. Elrod's Livejournal

- Captain's Fury cover art preview

Comment on this Show over at Jim-Butcher.Com

(30m 24s) Fred talks with Ryan Macklin about Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings. Also, updates on various Jim-Butcher.Com news items from Priscellie, and a TV show news update (such as it is) from Mickey Finn.

New Blurbs - Captain's Fury and It's My Birthday Too: News Item!

Heorot: News Item!

The Laws of Magic Series on Dresden Files RPG: Part One
Part Two
Part Three

Free Button Giveaway: News Item!

Dresden Files Series Season 1 DVD: Amazon Preorder

Storm Front and Fool Moon in Hardcover: Preorder Storm Front Preorder Fool Moon

The Jim-Butcher.Com Store: Store Link

Mickey Finn's TV Show News: Forum Thread

Going Green - Reduce your carbon emissions! Learn more here

My house's stats on what going green did for us and the environment: Blog post

Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings: Product info page

Preorder Finis at Indie Press Revolution: Preorder it here!

Ryan Macklin's Master Plan: The Podcast

Paul Tevis's Have Games, Will Travel: The Podcast

Discuss this episode over on the Jim-Butcher.Com Forums

(31min 45sec) Fred plugs in for a quick episode in a new format. He checks in with

Butcher Block News Correspondant Priscellie for an update on everything that's happened

since the last episode, and goes over to the grill with Chad Underkoffler to cook up

some "butcher burgers", looking into discrepancies in the continuity of the novels.

The Music:
The PodSafe Music Network
2006 Pl@stic Soul
.22

News with Priscellie:
Bestseller News
Continuing Bestseller

Success
Storm Front will be coming in

hardcover
New cover art for Small Favor from Christian McGrath
TV Show Renewal Watch - Forum Thread
Season Two Renewal Campaign -

Bonnie's
Season Two Renewal Campaign -

DresdenFiles.Org
Dresden Files Short Story

Anthologies
Future of the Dresden Files

Books
Small

Favor - April 2008

Bumper
Sturgeon's Law

Breaking News
Season 1 will be on DVD

Bumper
Ryan Macklin's Master Plan

Butcher Burgers with Chad Underkoffler (Spoiler Warning!)
The Dresden Files RPG
Evil Hat Productions
Atomic Sock Monkey Press

(43min 04sec) Fred (or is that Iago?) talks about visiting with Jim at StellarCon, dishes on the future of the Dresden Files and Codex Alera series, and with White Night about to hit stores, talks about Dresden #10. Plus, information about Jim's signing tour and bookstore appearances, a deeper look at the foundations of the Dresden Files RPG, and a chat with one of our forum regulars about the last four episodes of the TV show.

The Music: The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Catching Up at StellarCon: Stellarcon: http://www.stellarcon.org/home
Audio "bloopers" from Summer Knight: http://www.jamesmarsters.com/james/summerknight.html
Summer Knight Audio CD version: http://tinyurl.com/2llc2m
Summer Knight MP3 version here: http://tinyurl.com/39sl6d

Jim's April Signing Tour: Signing Tour: http://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000174.php
Feedback page with Jim's publicist's info: http://www.jim-butcher.com/feedback/

White Night Buy it at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/egcch
Or do the Virtual Signing with Dog Eared Half-Price Books: http://www.dogearedhalf-pricebooks.com/virtualsigning.htm

Codex Alera The series: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera/
Cursor's Fury: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/alera/3/

The Dresden Files RPG Website: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
Based on Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit

Dresden Files TV Downloads Available on iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

Fred's Quick Plugs Beast Hunters: http://www.berengad.com/
Sneak peaks and other tidbits on Fred's LJ: http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/tag/beast+hunters

Priscilla's Quick Plugs PhauxCon: http://www.phauxcon.com/ (Jim will be at PhauxCon 5 this fall)
Comic News Insider: http://www.comicnewsinsider.com/
CNI Forums: http://www.cgspodcast.com/forum2/ (descend, minions!)
The Timeline: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1592.msg28573.html

Ryan Macklin's Master Plan : http://masterplan.libsyn.com/

To discuss this episode, come on over to the Jim-Butcher.Com Forums: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,2396.0.html

(39min 26sec) Fred talks about the Curse of Knowledge when it comes to the TV show, and brings on a friend

who's seen the TV show but never read the books to help apply a "filter". But first, some news about how you

can see Jim in March and April, how you can see him on the set of the TV show, and how the TV show's been

doing in the downloadable arena. Plus, a small update on the progress of the RPG.

The Music:The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Jim's Appearances in March & April:Stellarcon: http://www.stellarcon.org/home
I-CON: http://www.iconsf.org/
Signing Tour: http://www.jim-butcher.com/news/000174.php

White Night Buy it at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/egcch
Or do the Virtual Signing with Dog Eared Half-Price Books:

http://www.dogearedhalf-pricebooks.com/virtualsigning.htm

Behind the ScenesVideo Interview at SciFi.Com:

http://www.scifi.com/dresden/video/index.php?cat=features&seas=1&vid=63736

Dresden Files DownloadsAvailable on iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/

The Dresden Files RPGWebsite: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
Fred's LJ Update: http://drivingblind.livejournal.com/243907.html

Chad's Quick PlugsAtomic Sock Monkey Press: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/
Dead Inside: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/di.asp
Truth & Justice: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/tj.asp
The Zorcerer of Zo: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/zoz.asp
Don't Rest Your Head: http://www.evilhat.com/?dryh

(40min 30sec) Fred returns to talk about the first two episodes of the TV show, hints at some upcoming news about White Night, fails to get Jim on the line due to a deadline, and touches on his experience at Dreamation 2007. Plus, he sits down with Dresden Files RPG co-author Rob Donoghue to talk about the Dresden Files on TV.

The Music:The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Gaming:Dreamation: http://www.dexposure.com/d2007.html
Indie Games Explosion: http://community.livejournal.com/ige/
Indie Press Revolution: http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/

Dresden Files:White Night Info Page: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/9/
The TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/

Conversation with Rob Donoghue:Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit
The Dresden Files RPG: http://www.dresdenfilesrpg.com/
Monk: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/
Psych: http://www.usanetwork.com/series/psych/
Blade Runner: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
Heroes: http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/
Lost: http://abc.go.com/primetime/lost/index

(21 min 2 sec) Fred's running off to Dreamation and Jim's on pain medication, so this episode deviated a bit from our original expectations. You'll find a short commentary on the first episode of the TV series, "Birds of a Feather", including an apology Robert Wolfe made about some of the episode, as well as Fred's thoughts on controversy. But that's all secondary to this episode's special "Prime Cut" from the upcoming Summer Knight audio book...

The Music:
The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Dreamation: http://www.dexposure.com/d2007.html

Summer Knight Audio:
Preorder the Audio CD version here: http://tinyurl.com/2llc2m
Preorder the MP3 version here: http://tinyurl.com/39sl6d
Get MP3s of chapters 1, 2, and 13 at the above links !

(16MB, 28m18s) We're less than a week from the broadcast of the Dresden Files TV series. Are you ready? Fred talks about Jim's recent visit to the set, viewing parties, a good reading order for the books of the series, the first five episodes, and some early reviews. Plus, he dishes a little on White Night.

The Music:The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Promos & Bumpers:The Dresden Files TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/
The Sturgeon's Law Podcast: http://www.sturgeonslaw.com/
The Master Plan: http://masterplan.libsyn.com/
Chris McGrath: http://www.christianmcgrath.com/

Jim's reports from the set: Report #1: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1483.0.html
Report #2: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1517.0.html
Carol of the Harry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re72s0RH2yI

The Books:Storm Front: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/1/
Fool Moon: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/2/
Grave Peril: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/3/
Grave Peril, the Audio Book: http://tinyurl.com/36gd46

Summer Knight: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/4/
Death Masks: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/5/
Blood Rites: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/6/
Dead Beat: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/7/
Proven Guilty: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/8/
White Night: http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/9/

First Five Episodes Synopses:http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1515.0.html

Entertainment Weekly review:http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20007984,00.html

Quick Plugs:Jake 2.0: http://www.tv.com/jake-2-0/show/16751/summary.html

Fred talks with Chris McGrath, cover artist for The Dresden Files. He also delves into the nature of "good"

vs "bad" criticism, how to handle the negative varieties of both, and looks at some of the best art in small

press RPGs from 2006.

The Music:
The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Promos & Bumpers:
The Dresden Files TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/
The Sturgeon's Law Podcast: http://www.sturgeonslaw.com/

Mentioned During the Show:
The Jim-Butcher.Com Forums: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/
Don't Rest Your Head: http://www.evilhat.com/dryh.php
Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit
Dresden Files on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486657/
Jim's LiveJournal: http://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/
Chris McGrath's website: http://www.christianmcgrath.com/
The "Scientific" Dresden Files ad: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,1366.0.html

Quick Plugs from Fred:
Burning Empires: http://www.burningempires.com/
Jennifer Rodgers: http://www.jenniferrodgers.com/
Mortal Coil: http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/products.php?publisherLink=galileo
The Dictionary of Mu: http://bobgoat.com/mu/index.html
Sorcerer: http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com/

Fred talks all about the TV show and tackles and defuses the "nerdfury" over changes from the books with the help of the man himself, Jim Butcher. Some other TV show chatter slips in here and there, and the show gets rounded out with a quick plug for some games that Fred has worked on in 2006. Roll tape!

The Music:
The PodSafe Music Network: http://music.podshow.com
2006 Pl@stic Soul: http://tinyurl.com/y6k69q
.22: http://tinyurl.com/tel5v

Promos & Bumpers:
The Dresden Files TV Show: http://www.thedresdenfiles.com/
The Sturgeon's Law Podcast: http://www.sturgeonslaw.com/
Ryan Macklin's Master Plan Podcast: http://masterplan.libsyn.com/

Mentioned During the Show:
Day Break: http://abc.go.com/primetime/daybreak/
The Jim-Butcher.Com Forums: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/
YouTube Playlist for Dresden TV: http://tinyurl.com/ya8926
The Dresden Files Audio Books: http://www.jim-butcher.com/store/#audio
Dresden Files on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486657/

Quick Plugs from Fred:
Atomic Sock Monkey: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/
The Zorcerer of Zo: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/zoz.asp
Evil Hat Productions: http://www.evilhat.com/
Don't Rest Your Head: http://www.evilhat.com/dryh.php
Spirit of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/?spirit
Indie Press Revolution (IPR): http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/
The RPG.net Gaming Index: http://index.rpg.net/

Fred talks about Jim, his history, the genesis of the Dresden Files RPG, the upcoming TV show on the Sci Fi channel, and the future of this podcast. All in under six minutes!

The PodSafe Music Network

2006 Pl@stic Soul
.22

The Background

Birthright

Babylon 5

Storm Front

Jim-Butcher.Com

Fate RPG

Evil Hat Productions

Spirit of the Century

Slice of Sci Fi Interview with Jim

YouTube Video of Jim

The TV Show

Official Dresden Files TV Site
Battlestar Galactica

Upcoming Thoughts

Buzzy Multimedia's audio books:

Storm Front
Fool Moon
Grave Peril

Codex Alera

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