So, yeah, I just did the verbal equivalent of a keysmash.

Because I'm reading "Skin Game," Jim Butcher's latest Dresden Files novel, and I just got to the part with Uriel. Which is all I'm going to say about that, although there may be spoilers in the comments.

I have frequently said, with great sincerity, that I want to be Jim Butcher when I grow up. I do not mean that I want to write Dresden Files clones or sound like him or any of that other stuff. I am That Werewolf Writer, and I have my own voice and my own characters whom I'm sure I love as much as Jim loves Harry.

What I mean by that is that I want that same ability to turn the Awesome Setting up to, not merely ten or eleven or even twelve, but ... a million. I want the ability to do that as consistently and reliably often as he does. I want people to love my characters and my prose as much as I love his.

And someday, perhaps, if I am half as good as he is, I may accomplish it.

My tweets

• Thu, 00:16: So, yeah, I just did the verbal equivalent of a keysmash. http://t.co/5141QIupzW

Writing and RP to-do list

Finish the first draft of the tattoo story. I'm at the climax right now.

See if I can re-work Hell's Process Server so the spec element is obvious from the first page.

Update my RP activity logs.

Tag this character.

Broken down like that, it doesn't seem like much. I can totally do it!