Author: priscellie

Priscilla Spencer has been Jim's creative consultant since 2007. In addition to managing content for Jim-Butcher.com and its social media channels, she beta-reads all of Jim's works, serves as a thematic consultant on the graphic novels and role playing games, and illustrates the maps for his books. The whole "Year of Dresden" thing is largely her baby. Her latest claim to fame is directing the official book trailers for Peace Talks and Battle Ground. In her professional life, Priscilla is a Producer, Writer, Photographer, and Fantasy Map Illustrator working towards a career in producing TV. She enjoys musical theatre, gluten-free cooking, sci-fi/fantasy, and weightlifting. She aspires to travel the world and pet every dog.

Far and wide gave it the name…

Thanks to P.N. Elrod’s livejournal post on the subject, we now have the title for Jim’s story in the upcoming anthology My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon! It will be called “Heorot,” which is the name of the mead hall Beowulf defended from Grendel in the great epic. I think I’m even more curious about the story now!
Read more about the anthology and its contributors here. We don’t yet have a release date for it and it’s not available for preorder, but you can buy its predecessor My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding or preorder Many Bloody Returns, the other upcoming anthology featuring a short story by Jim, on Amazon.com.
Discuss the story here!

Saturday Signing in Shawnee

Jim and Shannon will both be signing books Saturday, June 16th, at 2:00 PM in Shawnee, KS. They’d love to see you there! Here’s the address:
Borders Express #1661
WESTBROOKE VILLAGE
7311 QUIVERA ROAD
Shawnee, KS 66216
913-962-1428
Talk about the signing on the forums here!
Additionally, for those of you outside of the US who want the Dresden Files buttons (check out the offer in this post), order them here. Jim supplies the store with buttons, which are free, but you will have to pay the store a fee to cover the international shipping expenses. For questions, contact the shopkeeper at wizard@wizardsharry.com.

Small Favor cover and wallpaper

Chris McGrath, the Dresden Files’ cover artist, has posted the cover for Small Favor! And it’s gorgeous.

Check out the droolworthy full-sized version at Chris’ website, then decorate your desktop with Small Favor-style wallpaper, assembled by Priscellie: 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200, or 1920×1200.
Share your thoughts on the forums!
Check out Chris’ website here, and listen to his podcast interview on The Butcher Block #2 here! You can also pre-order Small Favor on Amazon.

New Book Blurbs

Amazon.com brings us blurbs for Captain’s Fury, fourth book in the Codex Alera, and “It’s My Birthday Too,” Jim’s short story in the upcoming Many Bloody Returns. Here they are!
Captain’s Fury:

After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon, now Captain of the First Aleran Legion, realizes that a peril far greater than the Canim exists-the terrifying Vord, who drove the savage Canim from their homeland. Now, Tavi must find a way to overcome the centuries-old animosities between Aleran and Cane if an alliance is to be forged against their mutual enemy. And he must lead his legion in defiance of the law, against friend and foe-before the hammerstroke of the Vord descends on them all.

“It’s My Birthday Too”

New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher’s crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in “It’s My Birthday Too,” only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don’t share their brotherly love.

Preorder the books on Amazon: Captain’s Fury (December 4) and Many Bloody Returns (September 4). Discuss Captain’s Fury on the forums here and “It’s My Birthday Too” here.

Season 1 DVD Info!

DresdenFiles.org has managed to acquire a list of features on the Dresden Files Season 1 DVD set, from Lionsgate Home Video! The set will hit stores August 7 with a suggested retail price of $39.98.
Key Selling Points:

  • The Complete Season One
  • Aired Spring 2007 on the SciFi Channel
  • Top 20 (#16) most downloaded TV shows from iTUNES (2/20/07)
  • “Dresden is as beautiful to watch as it is intelligent and witty to hear” – The Hollywood Reporter
  • “Brooding, seductive and smart” – The Hollywood Reporter
  • “Harry Potter meets CSI” – The Christian Science Monitor

Special Features:

  • Original pilot episode and specially produced featurettes
  • Audio Commentary
  • A “Making of” Featurette
  • Deleted Scenes

Screen Format: Widescreen
Language/Subtitles: English
Audio: 5.1
Rating: NR
Run Time: 530
CC: Yes
Color: Color
Website: http://www.scifi.com/dresden
Copyright: © MMVII Lions Gate Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Pre-Order Date: 7/11/07 (You will be able to order from stores and online stores earlier than this).
Street Date: 8/7/07
SRP: $39.98
And from Robert Wolfe:

I just did DVD commentaries for “Rules of Engagement” and “Things That Go Bump” with Paul and Michael Grossman the other day, so I’d say DVDs are 99.99% likely.

Discuss this news on the forums here, and keep an eye on this post for any further developments!