I'm waiting patiently, because I want to read the best book Butcher can put out. So I'll wait. In the meantime, my other books are getting a little tattered.

Unless Uriel is simply an Archangel, who along with other AA's is doing what they do, using their graces on behalf of humanity, for the greater good. . .

I believe in Easter Eggs, especially from the nerd royale. .  .

There's Elaine, there's Harry's mother, There's Harry's best friend, the knight of the Cross. There's the fact that Harry keeps being handed a sword that was once in the custody of a man who was called Wart when he was a boy. Hey even Harry's half brother plays into this Arthurian thing. .  .

I started writing with AU fanfiction and found it wonderful for building writing skills. I used a well known fictional universe and played with the characters, adding plenty of my own. It gave me practice and confidence. And courage. Because about halfway through the series, I discovered I had no more use for a canon character. None. So I killed her. The reactions I got were all positive, possibly because I handled the surrounding characters in ways those characters would have reacted, maybe the community realized that I couldn't do anything more with that character. But writing AU fic, also gave me more mobility with the scenes and characters, which was important, because the fanfic idea started with a what if scenario. What if such and such had happened instead of. . .? It worked out nicely, in the end.