D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor

Novelist (Witchy War et al), editor, YouTuber (High Low Brow).

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[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Current reading on High Low Brow:

The Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett

Dune and sequels, Frank Herbert

The Latro Series, Gene Wolfe

Next:

The Sun Eater, Christopher Ruocchio

The Sprawl Trilogy, William Gibson

https://t.co/YVUBdRbHxl

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

The rocket is on the launch pad.

Thursday morning at 8:00 am mountain, there are three possibilities.

1. The rocket falls over and starts to leak.

2. It takes off for the stars.

3. It explodes.

Whichever way it goes, you can watch it live with me.

https://t.co/RG9jNMtVag

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@pulse38echo Thank you!

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Two days until the Kickstarter project goes live.

The Witchy War is the story of Nathaniel Chapel, a foundling raised (and abused) by the Earl of Johnsland, a man who thinks he is a bird. Nathaniel hears voices, and is believed to be mad.

But Nathaniel's unknown sister is the strange-eyed witch queen of Cahokia, and she has sent her servants to rescue him, in a race against the undead Lazar Ezekiel Angleton, a Covenant Tract sorcerer in the service of the Necromancer Oliver Cromwell. Also rushing to find him is an Anishinaabe man on a spirit-guided quest to rescue his cursed son.

Who will reach Nathaniel first? And how can the broken boy with the uncanny ear become the healer everyone needs him to be?

Click the link. Hit "Notify me on launch" and you'll get an email Thursday morning when the project goes live.

https://t.co/zNJEHCURDq

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Yes I heard that nonsense many times.

It took a few months, but I got the money to her in the spring.

I haven’t tried to keep track of them. I don’t want them to feel like they owe me updates or they have no privacy because people raised money for them.

I sent her a note of encouragement this week.

[Kevin J Anderson @TheKJA]

Two weeks from today I launch the campaign for the biggest project in my career, The Complete Saga of Seven Suns, 13 volumes of epic science fiction, for fans of The Expanse, Star Wars & Dune. Follow and reserve your spot for early access to limited items. https://t.co/YcpgZoiyOv

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@secretcoran Me too!

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Three days to launch.

Sarah Calhoun is smart, funny, fiercely loyal, and a talented magician. She's paranoid, xenophobic, and kind of mean. She's also not who she thinks she is.

She learns her hidden identity when Imperial army officers try to kidnap her. She is the secret daughter of the murdered empress Mad Hannah Penn and her consort, the Elf king Kyres Elytharias of the Moundbuilder kingdom of Cahokia. Now her uncle the emperor wants her dead, and so does the dark power behind his throne--the Necromancer Oliver Cromwell.

Click on the link to go to the Kickstarter project page for the relaunch of the critically-acclaimed and award-winning epic American fantasy trilogy, the Witchy War. Hit "Notify me on launch" so you can get an email when we go live on Thursday morning and you can pledge to get your copies, along with gorgeous swag.

https://t.co/zNJEHCURDq

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@HardRedPills ty!

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@jheilesonRD thank you!

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

The audiobook rights are the only rights I didn’t get back. I hope that at a minimum we will get our new covers on the existing Audiobooks. I am still trying to have a call with the audiobook executive. I met at Dragon Con, but I suspect that the Audiobooks won’t be included in the Kickstarter as such.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@bfwebster That’s lovely.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@AlphaMercX lol

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

I would be perfectly fine if some European told me he was from Bavaria, Yorkshire, or the Île-de-France.

[ⓘSome Dogs have thumbs @MorlockP]

wow, that's crazy that someone might introduce themselves as being from California (pop 40 million) as if it's in any way comparable to Austria (pop 9 mil) or Finland (5M) or Latvia (1.8M) or Iceland (0.3M)

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@YAProlegomena I wouldn't be shocked.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

Fun. Although this really tests just vocabulary and not necessarily other components of intelligence.

Wonder which one I missed.

https://t.co/iIhu6oPd5Y

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@mwbowler I haven't talked to her in a while. I sent a message this weekend that I hoped was encouraging.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@q_3st There is one now. I'll DM you.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@q_3st It means hang in there, Quest.

What are you doing Saturday? Come play Dune with us.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@KralikRyan35802 @seanphazlett EVERY DAY, RYAN. EVERY DAY.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

If my Spam folder is to be trusted, a lot of my payments have been declined.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

I think I'm going on a Ward Radio livestream in 40 minutes.

I haven't talked much about what happened after because, in a sense, the only thing that happened was that I got the widow the money. And that's kind of her private information, you know? That took a few months, but it did happen.

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

So, this weekend is a strange anniversary.

A year ago, a man in a very dark place attacked an LDS chapel in Michigan, killing four people.

I was peripherally involved in the aftermath, but my actions got some short-lived national media attention.

BYUradio has today released a couple of twenty-minute episodes about that day, and about the collective efforts of many people, including many of you, to help those who suffered loss. You can listen to those at the link below:

https://t.co/Nit2ID97BA

[D.J. Butler -- Sci-Fi / Fantasy Author and Editor @DavidJohnButler]

@LDSBoomstick Yes.

You'll get an email Thursday morning when we go live.

Thank you!