1.   What is the name of Harry’s car?
2.   Where did Harry get his staff?
3.   What color are “Gentleman” Johnny Marcone’s eyes?
4.   What is the name of Harry’s preferred pizza delivery service?
5.   How many Sidhe queens are there and what are their titles?
6.   Who is Harry’s godmother?
7.   What is the incantation for Harry’s fire spell?
8.   Which of Harry’s spells uses the incantation “Vintas Servitas”?
9.   Mavra is the leader of what supernatural group?
10.   Who owns the only Sword of the Cross that has never been reforged?
11.   What is the name of the Sword of the Cross for which Harry is the keeper?
12.   What was the name of the ghost that terrorized the natal unit in Grave Peril?
13.   What was the name of the gang of lycanthropes from Fool Moon?
14.   What characters have appeared in every Dresden Files story so far?
15.   What does Harry like on his vegetarian pizza?
16.   What is the name of Thomas’s youngest sister?
17.   What is Harry’s full name?
18.   What color was Molly’s hair in Proven Guilty?
19.   Who is the current Summer Knight?
20.   What unusual weapon killed a Black Court vampire during Blood Rites?
21.   What are Ebenezer McCoy’s two titles within the White Council?
22.   What nickname did Harry give The Archive?
23.   What was the wine poisoned with at Bianca’s masquerade party?
24.   How many ingredients does a potion have?
25.   Which guests received gifts at Bianca’s masquerade party?

Please make me aware of any errors that might be contained within because otherwise I'll drive myself friggin' insane.

The Abstruse One

Mr. Robert sir, you mentioned on the little post about the DVD info that you had recorded commentaries for two of the episodes...do you have any say in bonus features and whatnot?  Or are you even in the loop for that?  If so on either count, do you happen to know if EVERY episode is going to get a commentary track of some sort (be it you on this episode, Paul on this one, etc.) or is it going to be like the Season 1 Buffy DVDs (which put me off buying TV DVDs for a year or so) where only 4 of the 12 episodes have commentaries?

I really hate to say it, but I buy DVD boxed sets for the extras, not for the show/movie itself.  I have a DVR with a pretty good capacity for re-watching the shows themselves if I really wanted to, so the first thing I do when I pick up a DVD is read what extras are on it.  If there's no commentary tracks, I put it back.  That's why I didn't get The Maltese Falcon until this past year because the previous edition had no commentary tracks.  Extras sell DVDs in my opinion.

That being said, I WILL be buying The Dresden Files even if I only get the two commentaries.  I love the show and I can't bear knowing there's something Dresden in existence that I don't own :p

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

Jim has a thing about leaving chapters in cliffhangers which is great for making you want to keep reading, but is horrible for people like me who read while waiting on the bus or on lunch at work or whatever.  It's REALLY hard to put it down because there's very few good stopping places.  Take Summer Knight for example.  You think you've got a stopping point after the attack at the park, but then it goes right into the meeting with Mab.  That's too interesting to put down, so you keep reading.  Maybe after he leaves the office...but wait, next up is the Council meeting, really want to know what that's about.  And after that, a great stopping place, right?  Nope, then Elaine pops up!  Well shit, have to see where this is going.  Maybe after this...no, no, Morgan shows up...

So I miss two buses until I get to a real stopping point and remember to look up and see my bus driving up.  The moral of the story?  It's good to make your reading want to keep turning the pages, but you also need to make sure they can stop for a while if they need to.

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

Or maybe it's just taken out of context.  Someone gets Harry's staff from him, Bob provokes them, they swing at him and he tries to block it.  In the still, it looks like he catches it.  The episode might have it fly right through him.

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

Bianca's Ball is the only point in the novels where a lot of different types of characters got together and fighting wasn't the main objective.  Even if you don't do that exactly, you'll have to do something similar to that.  Possibly a Council meeting with emissaries from the other supernatural powers.  It's cliched in LARP circles, but it's the only way I can think of to get a bunch of Dresden Files characters together without everyone wanting to behead/immolate/crush/eat/etc. at least one other person.

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

Biana's Ball is the best setting for that many people...

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.

Depends on your audience.  You want someone who your audience will identify with.  Most people who read a lot -- I hate to say it and don't take offense, I'm one too -- are not the most social people in the world.  We sympathize with the nice guy who gets screwed over.  We want someone who everyone hates even though he's doing the right thing.  It's the reason why characters like Harry Potter, Spider-man, Harry Dresden, and others like them are popular.  They all do the right thing regardless of the consequences to their social lives.  They're persecuted for doing the right thing.  They're more or less loners who have a few close friends.

I can't identify very well personally with someone who's super-popular that everyone loves and adores.  It just rubs me the wrong way, reminds me of the people I typically hate on sight.  The only reason I can stand Bruce Wayne is because I know that it's just a disguise Batman uses to function in normal society.

Okay, I'm rambling...but you get the idea I hope!  The character doesn't have to be likable to the rest of the world, as long as WE love him.

The Abstruse One
Darryl Mott Jr.