Harry Dresden, Wizard

An Update from Jim!

Here is an exert from Jim’s livejournal post “stuff I’ve been doin’,” the parts that concern TDF: December 7th, 2011.

I’ve done a trilogy of short stories with linked characters in which Bigfoot is Dresden’s client. They take place spread out over the length of the series so far. The Bigfoot stories were about 40 percent of a novel in total page length. Then I sat down and wrote out the foundation for two more series: the first was a Black Company-inspired fantasy series which would be a prelude trilogy to my epic epic fantasy epic. The second is a steampunk fantasy series, with lots of airships, crystals, goggles, manners, and Hornblowerism. The steampunk stuff seems to be ringing the beta readers’ bells, so I think that will be the next project I go to town on.

But that will probably have to wait. I have at least one more short story to get in before the year is up. It’s for the “Dangerous Women” anthology, and I’m leaning toward writing it from Molly’s point of view, in the time between Ghost Story and Cold Days. Come the new year, I’ll start Cold Days. With any luck, there will be snow on the ground when it happens, and I can write the first few chapters with the only light in the room being reflected from the snow outside. That would be perfect. :)

Someone have a word with the people who schedule the weather, will you? :D

I’m just about done writing short stories. I’ve got two more next year and maybe one more novelette for the second short story anthology, and then I’m done with them. I need to focus on writing, you know, novels. :)

It looks like we’ve got a while to wait until Cold Days come out (enter sigh here) but hopefully we’ll have a couple of short stories to read between that time? Either way, I’m excited!