Jim Butcher Q&A MalCon Denver August 14 2016

A very entertaining and informative Q&A with Jim Butcher! Spoilers through Skin Game. Questions that were asked are below:

0:47 Did you have any input on James Marsters' characterization for the audio books?
1:50 Are you thinking of revisiting Codex Alera at all?
2:40 The upcoming book is called Peace Talks. Lara once said she would destroy Harry with peace. Are they related?
3:14 Did you do a lot of research when writing Aeronauts Windless?
4:50 Have you ever had characters that ended up very different to how you originally planned them?
7:46 You left Cat Sith's fate sort of ambiguous. Was that intentional?
8:32 Can you give us any information on the next Cinder Spires Book?
9:55 What version of D&D is your preferred?
12:17 At what point did Ebenezer find out Harry existed and does he know about Thomas' relation to Harry?
12:44 Lots of the gods like Mab and Titania it's implied that they used to be humans who achieved immortality through something like a Dark Hallow. They're immortal identities, are these people in fiction or fact that we would actually know?
14:18 Which of the characters have you put most of yourself into in each one of your series'; which would be "you" if you were cast in those series'?
16:13 Where did you get the idea for Mouse and why did you bring him in as such a major part of the story?
18:38 Questions about Mirror Mirror.
20:22 How do you reconcile torturing your characters when you are actually a nice guy?
21:34 At the end of Proven Guilty, when Molly became Harry's apprentice, she was under the Doom of Damocles. She's now the Winter Lady. Is she still under the Doom of Damocles?
22:59 You've opened up the Dresden world for an RPG, is there any thought of opening Codex Alera for one as well?
23:22 Do you make characters specifically knowing that they will die at a certain point and introduce them early on or does the story set something up and you realize it would make a lot of sense if this character died? Or characters that survived their original fate of being killed off?
24:37 How long has it been since a mortal has become the level of a fairy that Molly has become as Winter Lady and what kinds of repercussions or changes do you think we are going to see?
26:35 So wizards and technology don't get along well, have you destroyed many computers?
28:56 What was the Council's reaction when they found out that Harry, the black sheep, and then his apprentice are now the two most powerful people in the Winter Court?
30:56 Will we ever see the Jade Court or Faith Aster (from Restoration of Faith) again?
32:16 When are you planning to have Michael and Charity find out about Molly?
32:54 What brought you to the University of Oklahoma?
34:07 What was your inspiration for Michael?
36:02 Molly has 8 figures in her bank account now. Does Harry get paid for being the Winter Knight?
38:00 Have you had a chance to play the Dresden Files Cooperative Card game yet?
38:56 What do you think about writing dystopian futures?
42:42 You were talking about Michael being a Paladin and in a recent book, you had Uriel bestow his power on him and Uriel said, "If you screw up with this, I will fall". Is that what happened to any of the Denarians?
43:55 What was your inspiration for Bob and was he always going to be into porn?
45:36 Will Harry ever suffer from PTSD?
46:32 Does Lucifer have his own coin and will he make an appearance?
47:05 Will we see Billy or Jenny Sells again?
48:09 Do you think there is a possibility of getting a better version of the Dresden Files tv show?
50:55 Are we going to see more of the Venetori?
51:59 Will we ever see what is inside Harry's soul that terrifies basically everyone that he meets when he soulgazes someone?
53:27 What's your favorite line from each of your three series'?
55:13 What was it like writing a short story for the Monster Hunter anthology?
56:22 How do you maintain continuity in a 15+ book series?