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Signed Wind and Truth Pre-order + Weekly Update

Signed Wind and Truth Pre-order + Weekly Update Hey, everyone! Exciting week this week. All right? We are at, Bing! 95% after my writing retreat. That’s good because I have to turn the book in very, very soon. Turns out that I think I have till Tuesday. I have finished the revision. Now I’m doing…

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Roshar Map Restocked + Weekly Update

Roshar Map Restocked + Weekly Update Hi, everyone! My name is Dan Wells, and this is the Weekly Update. Brandon has run off. He is living wild in the forest right now, and so I am the one who is going to tell you about this play mat. It is back in stock, and it’s…

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Special Announcement for Dragonsteel 2024 + Weekly Update

Special Announcement for Dragonsteel 2024 + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I am back, kind of. I’m actually at C2E2 in Chicago right now doing a convention. But we’re filming from my booth. We’re going to start with the thing you’re most interested in, I bet, which is that Wind and…

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Regarding Audible

Regarding Audible Hey, all. Brandon here, with what I consider to be some pretty exciting news. Many of you may remember when I wrote last year about my worries regarding audiobook royalties (particularly for independent authors). You can read it HERE, but some of the main bullet points are as follows: I seriously worried about…

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One More Week! + Weekly Update

One More Week! + Weekly Update Weekly Update One Week Until Launch Hey, everybody! Time for some updates. Well, we’ll start with the 3.0 of Stormlight 5. We are at, Bing! 65%. It’s looking really good. We’re gearing up for the finish of the 3.0. I will do a 4.0 after that, which will need…

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A Very Boring Book Announcement + Weekly Update

A Very Boring Book Announcement + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time. I’m going to say hang out till the end. We’ve got a very fun announcement at the end here. But first, our percentages. Stormlight 5, 3.0, is at, Bing! 50%. Made some good progress on that and am feeling really good about it,…

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Shipping Rates and What to Expect + Weekly Update

Shipping Rates and What to Expect + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Let’s talk about percentages. So, Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 41% through the 3.0 revision. Still plugging away on that, making a lot of good progress. And, Bing! Skyward Flight, I am at 20% on my revision of that.…

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All Leatherbounds are Back in Stock! + Weekly Update

All Leatherbounds are Back in Stock! + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time from Brandon. So, Stormlight 5 3.0 revision is at, Bing! 33%. So, I am moving along through that, on target for my deadline at the end of April. Feeling very good about that. I’ve also been working my way through Skyward Flight,…

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New Cosmere Pins! + 500K Subscribers

New Cosmere Pins! + 500K Subscribers Hey, everyone! Time for our Weekly Update. So, Stormlight 5, we are at, Bing! 25% of revisions done on the 3.0. Moving along at a good clip as I need to. As a reminder, my deadline for the 3.0 draft is the last day of March. So that’s when…

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A Free Skyward Short Story + Weekly Update

A Free Skyward Short Story + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with the Weekly Update. Let’s start with Stormlight 5. My 3.0 revision is at, Bing! 15%. My target date for finishing that is the last day of March, and it’s looking pretty good for doing so. So, I’ll have to do that and then…

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New Fan Bundles on Sale Now! + Weekly Update

New Fan Bundles on Sale Now! + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here. Weekly Update time. We’ve been gone for a little while. Thank you for coming back to find out that Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 100%. In fact, Stormlight 5’s 2.0 revision is at, Bing! 100%. That’s right. Because I wrote the 2.0. I…

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Stormlight 5 Finished! + Weekly Update

Stormlight 5 Finished! + Weekly Update Weekly Update Stormlight 5 is Finished!

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State of the Sanderson 2023

State of the Sanderson 2023 Introduction Whew, what a year! As I write this, the first of the December boxes are arriving in the hands of backers—meaning the Year of Sanderson has come to a close. By the time this goes live, I believe all of them will be shipped. Twelve boxes, with four books,…

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Dragonsteel 2023 LIVE NOW + Weekly Update

Dragonsteel 2023 LIVE NOW + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon with your Weekly Update. An exciting one this week. We are at, Bing! 90% on Stormlight 5. And Skyward Legacy is at, Bing! 77%. So both of those are getting very close to being done. You can follow along. I’m supposed to turn mine in one…

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New Products Showcase + Warbreaker Box Now For Sale

New Products Showcase + Warbreaker Box Now For Sale Hey! Brandon here with Brandon’s merch table, and also our Weekly Update. So, book update first. We are at, Bing! 84% on Stormlight 5. Going along really well, inching toward that deadline in December. It might actually speed up a little bit in coming weeks. We’ll…

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Lightning Signing Reveal + Weekly Update!

Lightning Signing Reveal + Weekly Update! Hey, everybody! Time for our Weekly Update. Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 82%. I did get some good writing done while I was in Hawaii, and I think we’re going to be in a smooth sail to the rest of the book. We’re probably actually a little bit more…

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Defiant Bundle Preorder + Weekly Update

Defiant Bundle Preorder + Weekly Update Hey, everyone! Brandon with our Weekly Update. All right. We are inching toward the ¾ mark with Stormlight 5. We are at, Bing! 73%. That means next week, almost assuredly, we will be at 75%. So, we need a special graphic for that, Taylor, that just like, a little…

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Preorder Your Defiant Bundle Next Week! + Weekly Update

Preorder Your Defiant Bundle Next Week! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Let’s start with the book updates. Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 71%. That’s right, 3% moved up this week. I am getting to the end of a sequence, and I have decided to put off doing revisions until I…

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Legally Distinct Metallic Tickets + Weekly Update

Legally Distinct Metallic Tickets + Weekly Update Hello! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So, this is a longer one, all right? So settle in. I’ve got a lot of things to cover but we will do the book updates first. We are going, Stormlight 5, Bing! 55%. Only 1% this week. Just kind of…

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Secret Project 3 Out This Week! + Weekly Update

Secret Project 3 Out This Week! + Weekly Update Hello! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Sorry I wasn’t here last week. I did a writing retreat. It was very nice. I was able to get a bunch of Stormlight revised, which means I’ve sent the first quarter of Stormlight 5 to my editors and…

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From Imagination to Reality: Mistborn Origins

From Imagination to Reality: Mistborn Origins

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Tampa Bay Comic Convention + Weekly Update

Tampa Bay Comic Convention + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. As you can see, my hair has grown back quite quickly. It was rather magical. But this has stayed. I did grow this out for a certain video that will be coming up. A lot of people are guessing that it’s…

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Convention Registration is Live! + Weekly Update

Convention Registration is Live! + Weekly Update Hey! Welcome to the Weekly Update. If you are curious what happened to my hair, well, we might have a video coming up for you in about a month. So watch for that. It’s quite fun. Otherwise, time for some updates. Stormlight 5 is, Bing! 52% Moving just…

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Big Stormlight Milestone! + Weekly Update

Big Stormlight Milestone! + Weekly Update Hey, Weekly Update time! So, starting off, Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 50%. That’s right. I hit 225,000 words, which I’m calling 50% on this. Hoping for a final book at around 450,000 words. We will see. But I feel very good at 50%. I warned you last week…

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The Work Continues! + Weekly Update

The Work Continues! + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Stormlight 5 is, Bing! 48%. So we are moving right along. Next week we will probably cross that 50% mark. What this means is right now I’m at about 220,000 words. I’m going to hit us at 50% when we hit 225,000. Now,…

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Teen Author Boot Camp + Weekly Update

Teen Author Boot Camp + Weekly Update Brandon here. Weekly Update time! Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 42%. That’s a very auspicious number. Things still continue to go well with that. I am working away and keeping going. And Janci has been working on Skyward Legacy, which is at, Bing! 17%. So both books are…

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May Mistborn Swag Box + Weekly Update

May Mistborn Swag Box + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time. Stormlight 5, Bing! 41%. Another 2% this week, which is what we like seeing. I’ve been making good progress these last couple of weeks, so I feel great about that. I’m worried about how long the book will be. We’ll deal with that when…

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Outside

Outside Snow is falling. So I look up. The world mystifies when you stare up through falling snow. Even standing still, you can soar. Even alone, you are surrounded. Even mundane, you find magic. I’ve spent my life chasing the fantastical, yet everything I’ve ever imagined can be casually matched by someone tilting their head…

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State of the Sanderson 2022

State of the Sanderson 2022 Introduction Wow. What a year. I can remember writing this essay last year, and being all giddy about the fact that I was hiding four secret novels from you all. I said, “Maybe next year, I’ll be able to explain to you all why my year was so strange.” One…

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Lightweaver Ornament Out Now + Weekly Update

Lightweaver Ornament Out Now + Weekly Update Hey! So welcome back to Weekly Updates. We took a week off, and it’s been a busy week for me. I had the holiday here in America, Thanksgiving. But I did get some writing done after that. And so I met my goal, just squeaked by it, for…

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MTG Summit this Friday + Weekly Update

MTG Summit this Friday + Weekly Update Hey! It is time for your Weekly Update. First off, I have gotten back into Stormlight 5. I actually only got about 2,000 words last week, and so the percentage bar probably hasn’t inched up yet. But I am working on that full time now because it is…

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Halloween Stream Tonight + Weekly Update

Halloween Stream Tonight + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Secret Project 4 final draft, Bing! is done. I actually finished that mid-last week a few days ahead of schedule. So I’m feeling pretty good about that one. That means that all of the secret projects are now a wrap. I have done…

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Charity Magic Draft is Live + Weekly Update

Charity Magic Draft is Live + Weekly Update Hi. I am here with your Weekly Update again. So first things first, I am working on Secret Project 4, where I am, Bing! 70% of the way done. This might seem a small amount, since last week I was 50%, and I should have been a…

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Prologue to Stormlight 5

Prologue to Stormlight 5 Introduction Hey, all! We wanted to send one final excerpt to you to both say thank you, and give a warning that the Kickstarter is coming to an end. Today is the last day, and it ends at 5:00 MDT. I’m so grateful to you all for the overwhelming show of…

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First Look at Secret Project Four (Hint: it’s Stormlight Adjacent)

First Look at Secret Project Four (Hint: it’s Stormlight Adjacent) Introduction Hello everyone! Welcome to the next Secret Project reveal! If you have no idea what I’m talking about here, I recommend you start here. For full info about our Kickstarter, you should visit the campaign page. If you missed my reveal for the first…

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First Look at Secret Project #3

First Look at Secret Project #3 Introduction Hello everyone! Welcome to the next Secret Project reveal! If you have no idea what I’m talking about here, I recommend you start here. For full info about our Kickstarter, you should visit the campaign page. If you missed my reveal for the first two Secret Projects, you…

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Some FAQs You Might Enjoy

Some FAQs You Might Enjoy Hey, all. It has been, to say the least, a wild two weeks for me. After seeing some of the discourse around what is going on with the Kickstarter, I thought you all might enjoy it if I answered a few questions I’ve been getting. (Or ones I’ve been seeing…

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First Look at Secret Project #2

First Look at Secret Project #2 Introduction Hello everyone! It’s been a mindblowing few weeks. All of us here at Dragonsteel HQ are in awe over the wonderful support you’ve been showing these quirky little books. If you’ve somehow stayed out of the loop, we launched a Kickstarter for four secret novels that I wrote over…

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I Am Flabbergasted!

I Am Flabbergasted! Adam here. I will update this text once the video has been transcribed.

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First Look at Secret Project #1

First Look at Secret Project #1 Hello, all! It’s been a wild few days. If you somehow didn’t hear about it, we announced a Kickstarter for four secret novels! It’s live now, and is…well, kind of unbelievable. We will likely soon become the #1 Kickstarter of all time. You can watch my YouTube announcement here,…

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The Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) + Weekly Update

The Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) + Weekly Update Adam here. I will update this text once the video has been transcribed.

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The Lost Metal Weekly Update

The Lost Metal Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Not a whole lot to talk about this week, just I’ve been plugging away at Wax and Wayne 4, The Lost Metal. I am, bing!, right at 70%, and I am ready for the home stretch to finish this thing off. I’m very…

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Update on The Lost Metal

Update on The Lost Metal Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I have been working hard on Wax and Wayne 4, The Lost Metal. I dedicated a lot of time to it last week and I am at, bing!, 60%, just under the 2/3 mark on that one. I will cross the 2/3 mark next…

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White Sand Omnibus News + Weekly Update

White Sand Omnibus News + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I spent this week working hard on the new Wax and Wayne novel, going through a pretty significant revision using beta reader comments and my comments from my editor. So I did about—I’m about a third of the way through that…

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Dragonsteel 2022 Convention Announcement + Weekly Update

Dragonsteel 2022 Convention Announcement + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Sorry to miss one last week. Things got a little hectic. But we have one for you this week. I have been working mostly on two things. Wax and Wayne 4 revision, which I’m still not that far in. I’m about 20,000…

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Dave Wolverton—A Friend and Mentor

Dave Wolverton—A Friend and Mentor On Friday, my writing mentor Dave Wolverton (who also wrote under the pen name David Farland) passed away in his sixties from complications relating to a fall. It’s with complex emotions that I approach writing a few things here. The community has lost a great and wonderful man, and I…

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Started Writing Szeth! + Weekly Update

Started Writing Szeth! + Weekly Update So this week, having finished the draft of Defiant, I have started really getting into Stormlight 5, and I’ve been working on the outline, just kind of refining the outline for the Szeth backstory sequence. And today I wrote a little bit of that. I’m not ready for a…

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Starting Stormlight Five!

Starting Stormlight Five! It’s been a couple of weeks, since we were all off for the holidays. And I actually took a little bit of a break. I worked half days through part of the holidays, which left me a little bit behind on Defiant, book 4 of Skyward. And so last week I had…

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State of the Sanderson 2021

State of the Sanderson 2021 Welcome to my yearly wrap-up. In this essay, I’ll talk about projects recently released, ones upcoming, and ones in limbo. It’s usually a very long post, so feel free to jump to the section that interests you most using the following handy set of links. Introduction Part One: My Year…

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State of the Sanderson is Live! + Weekly Update

State of the Sanderson is Live! + Weekly Update Hello. Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So first of all, the State of the Sanderson is out today! What is the State of the Sanderson? Well, every year around my birthday, which also coincides with Koloss Head Munching Day in the Mistborn world, we release…

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Alcatraz and Lost Metal News + a Question I Have for You

Alcatraz and Lost Metal News + a Question I Have for You Hey, Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I am working my way through Defiant, the fourth book of the Skyward series. I’m about, bing! 66%, two-thirds of the way there. I have a few weeks left to finish that, so hopefully I will…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Three

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Three Hey, all! Sorry I haven’t been able to post here right when new episodes release. Having a book launch and the holidays kind of prevented me from digging in deep with the WoT launch. However, in order to make it up to you, I’ve pulled out my actual…

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Packed Weekly Update + Leatherbound Discussion with Isaac

Packed Weekly Update + Leatherbound Discussion with Isaac Hey, everybody! Brandon here with your Weekly Update of all the random things happening in Sanderland. This week I am up to, bing! 55% on Defiant. A little bit of a slow week for me this week, just kind of catching up after the holidays and all…

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Weekly Update From the Festival of Trees

Weekly Update From the Festival of Trees Hi! Brandon here with our Weekly Update. We’re a day late because I wanted to show you our tree. This is actually at the Festival of Trees in Salt Lake. We do one of these every year for charity. You can actually bid on this tree if you…

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Cytonic Out Tomorrow! + MiniCon Starts Today!

Cytonic Out Tomorrow! + MiniCon Starts Today! Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I have been busy signing stacks and stacks of copies of Cytonic because it is out tomorrow. Please go give it a look. This is the third book of the Skyward series. I’m working on the fourth one now and, in…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Two

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Two The title is a little bit of a lie. Because I’m going to do more Episode One first. I finally saw the finished product tonight–on the big screen, in 4k, with an atmos sound system. 🙂 I knew that some of my larger suggestions had been adopted, but…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode One

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode One Haven’t watched the final product yet, as I wasn’t able to make the premier. Disclosure, I’m one of the producers. My part equated to reading the scripts and offering feedback directly to Rafe, the show runner. I’ll be watching tonight, and there are a few details I’m curious…

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Weekly Update from Hawaii!

Weekly Update from Hawaii! Hello, everybody. I am Brandon, here for a very different sort of Weekly Update for you. I am at the Turtle Bay Resort on beautiful North Shore Oahu in Hawaii. I’ve been writing here for the last week or so, a little over a week. And I’ve been working on the…

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SandoWriMo + Weekly Update

SandoWriMo + Weekly Update Hello, and welcome to Weekly Update. I am still in costume. If you are wondering why, then go watch the livestream from last Saturday, the VOD of it. You can see me in full costume. I’ve taken off the wig, which is why we’ve got some weird stuff up on my…

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ReDawn Out Tomorrow! + Livestream This Saturday!

ReDawn Out Tomorrow! + Livestream This Saturday! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I’m about 80% of the way through the things I need to get done in order to start the new Skyward book. I anticipate I’m going to get to it pretty soon here. The goal is still to have that one done…

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Weekly Update + How to Get Into My 2022 BYU Class

Weekly Update + How to Get Into My 2022 BYU Class Hey! Weekly Update time. It’s getting to be winter and it’s getting kind of cold, so I’ve broken out the authorial jacket with the nice patches on the elbows. I feel very professorly coming to you today. A few quick updates. Skyward news. We…

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TWO GIVEAWAYS! + Mistborn Playing Cards and Regular Updates

TWO GIVEAWAYS! + Mistborn Playing Cards and Regular Updates Hey, Brandon here for your Weekly Update. Things are moving along on Wax and Wayne, which I am finished with the 2.0 draft and people are doing the beta reads. So not much of an update there. On Skyward 4 I am still in the pre-writing…

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Limited Way of Kings Leatherbounds Available Now! + W&W and Skyward 4 Updates

Limited Way of Kings Leatherbounds Available Now! + W&W and Skyward 4 Updates Weekly Update time from Brandon. All right. Wax and Wayne 4 is off to the beta readers. It has begun that process. The 2.0 draft, as I have mentioned, is done. So that one, bing! 100% on our second draft. I, right…

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New Book Out Tomorrow! + W&W 4 Update

New Book Out Tomorrow! + W&W 4 Update BRANDON: Hey, Brandon here with Janci! JANCI: Hello! BRANDON: We are here to announce that Sunreach is coming out tomorrow. We are really excited. Janci, what is Sunreach? JANCI: Sunreach is a Skyward novella that is all about the members of Skyward Flight. BRANDON: About six years…

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Sunreach Cover Reveal + An Apology

Sunreach Cover Reveal + An Apology All right. Brandon here for our Weekly Update. Two fun things and one apology. Fun thing one, Wax and Wayne, bing!, 75%. This is for draft number two. I should be finishing that this week and turning it in, which leaves next we me starting on the fourth Skyward…

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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT + W&W and FanX Update

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT + W&W and FanX Update Hey, everyone! Weekly Update time. This is a big one. All right? I’ve got a lot of stuff to talk about today. Very briefly, Wax and Wayne 4 going very well, 2.0 draft. I am somewhere around, bing!, 70% on that. But we’re going to move off of…

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Emperor’s Soul Poll + Evershore and W&W 4 Update

Emperor’s Soul Poll + Evershore and W&W 4 Update Hello, everyone! Back for a Weekly Update. Sorry about last week. Producer Adam was on vacation, and he had a very good vacation, and we like him to go on vacation on occasion because we like to keep our Adam very happy because he’s the one…

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Taking a Quick Break From W&W 4 + Poll Results

Taking a Quick Break From W&W 4 + Poll Results Hey, Brandon here in theater mode today with your Weekly Update. Wax and Wayne 4 is, bing!, at 40% on the second draft. That’s not going to move this week because I am actually shifting gears to work on the third of the Skyward novellas…

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Launching Into the 2nd Draft of The Lost Metal + Cytoverse Update

Launching Into the 2nd Draft of The Lost Metal + Cytoverse Update Hey, everyone! Weekly Update time. Got a couple of cool things for you today. The first is, I have launched into the second draft of Wax and Wayne 4. This is how I do things. I finished it and took one day to…

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W&W 4 Is Done! + Way of Kings Prime Audiobook and T-Shirt Poll

W&W 4 Is Done! + Way of Kings Prime Audiobook and T-Shirt Poll Hey, Weekly Update time. It’s time for some celebrations because Wax and Wayne 4 is done, 100%. I finished it last Wednesday, which is last night to me but a few days ago to you. That book is moving on to second…

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W&W 4 (The Lost Metal) Is Nearing Its Completion!

W&W 4 (The Lost Metal) Is Nearing Its Completion! Hey, everyone! Brandon here for our Weekly Update. I am hard at work on Wax and Wayne. We are getting to the final stretch. I have it at 85% right now as this recording is happening. This recording is happening on Wednesday (the Wednesday before you…

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W&W 4 Update + Magellan Visits!

W&W 4 Update + Magellan Visits! Hey, everyone, Brandon here for the Weekly Update. I thought I’d bring Magellan along. He’s already bitten the button off of my jacket. I’m going to try to get him not to bite anymore. So I’m going to give him a nut. (Magellan, you want this? Yeah. Yeah, you…

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Lux Is Out This Week + W&W 4 Update

Lux Is Out This Week + W&W 4 Update Hey, guys, Weekly Update time. This is going to be a bit of an outlier of a week. While you’re getting this update, I am flying home from Atlanta where I was at JordanCon. Hopefully, I had a wonderful time chatting with my friends at JordanCon.…

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Sanderson T-800 Confirmed! + W&W 4 Update

Sanderson T-800 Confirmed! + W&W 4 Update I have something fun to talk about this week. I just did one of the oddest book signings of my life. I was sitting here, in American Fork, Utah, and I did a book signing in Barcelona, Spain. How did this work? They set up this thing, and…

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W&W 4 (Mistborn #7) is 2/3 Done!

W&W 4 (Mistborn #7) is 2/3 Done! Hey, everybody! It is time for another Weekly Update, and I’m going to talk to you about Wax and Wayne 4. Now, I was reading the comment section to one of my previous updates, and someone had been a little confused about how I was writing this book.…

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W&W 4 + New Reckoners Novel Update

W&W 4 + New Reckoners Novel Update All right, everybody. It’s Brandon’s Weekly Update. So, Wax and Wayne. I passed, bing, 60%. Probably a little past that by now, but that’s what I am at right now, and really excited with how the story is going. I have actually—I can’t tell you too much, I…

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Cover reveal for Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel

Cover reveal for Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel Adam here. I’m sure most of you reading this have been following Brandon’s social media—particularly his YouTube channel—and have seen/heard him discuss some of his upcoming projects where he’s partnered with other authors to help tell stories that he’s unable (due to other writing deadlines) to write…

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W&W 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Results

W&W 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Results Hey, Brandon here for your Weekly Update. We are super thankful to you guys for filling out the poll last week regarding the leather bounds. It’s given us a lot of good direction. Today Isaac and I talked a lot about how, number one, we can get unsigned…

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Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll

Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Hey, everybody! Brandon here. Couple things to talk about this week. Wax and Wayne is really close to 50%. But it’s not quite there yet because I had to take this week off and do something else. I’m actually pushing the due date for Wax and Wayne,…

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The Strangely Melancholy Ending to The Good Place

The Strangely Melancholy Ending to The Good Place I’m a little behind everyone else when it comes to this show, as my wife and I tend to give television programs a good rest between seasons, rather than binging the entire thing as once. So I only just watched the ending to The Good Place, and…

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Intentionally Blank Episode 1 — Popcornture vs Stubad

Intentionally Blank Episode 1 — Popcornture vs Stubad Adam here. If you’ve been following Brandon’s Weekly Update videos on his YouTube channel, this won’t come as a surprise. If you haven’t been, well… surprise! Brandon and his good friend—and NYC Bestseller—Dan Wells have started a podcast together where they talk about movies, TV shows, videogames,…

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New Project Announcement + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update

New Project Announcement + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update Brandon here. I have a lot of updates this week. I have, like, four things I need to talk to you about. First one is Cytonic. We have announced the name of the third book in the Skyward series. We have announced a release date. It’s up…

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Why is Kelsier in Fortnite? Plus Cytonic and W&W4 Update

Why is Kelsier in Fortnite? Plus Cytonic and W&W4 Update Hey! Brandon here for the Weekly Update. You might have missed our announcements this week, this last week, so I’m going to go over them again with you. The first one is Cytonic. We have a title, and we have a cover for the new…

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Project Hail Mary Review

Project Hail Mary Review Hey, guys! I actually have something different for you. I have a book review. I normally do these on my Goodreads. But I’m here in front of the camera. I just did my weekly update. And I thought, what if I just did a vlog version of this. It’s going to…

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Cytonic (Skyward 3) cover and title reveal!

Cytonic (Skyward 3) cover and title reveal! Adam here. I know many of you have been *patiently* waiting for us to finally reveal the cover and title for the third volume in Brandon’s Skyward Series—many of you correctly guessing this would be our first announcement after Brandon’s vague teasing in his most recent Weekly Update…

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Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Warbreaker Giveaway

Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Warbreaker Giveaway All right. Brandon here with your Weekly Update. We have two announcements coming this week that I can’t announce right now. One is on Wednesday and one is on Thursday. Watch our website. We’ll talk about it. One of them you’re expecting. It will not surprise you…

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Dark One Out Tomorrow + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update

Dark One Out Tomorrow + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update Brandon here for our Weekly Update. Got some fun things to talk to you about today. First thing is I should let you know Wax and Wayne still going pretty well. I just went over 20%. And by Monday, I’m going to guess I’m around 22%-23%,…

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Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Board Game Poll Results

Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Board Game Poll Results All right, everybody. It’s time for our Weekly Update. I didn’t have any sort of recordings yesterday, on Thursday, so I’m doing this on Friday just in my office again. Which means, I’m sorry, this probably came up a little bit late since Adam won’t…

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Wax & Wayne Update + Stormlight Archive Game Question

Wax & Wayne Update + Stormlight Archive Game Question Hey! Brandon here. You know, I said that these were not going to be weekly probably, even though I was going to call them weekly, and now we’ve done one every week. So here is our Weekly Update. I am still working on Wax and Wayne…

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Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Cosmere Art Book Question

Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Cosmere Art Book Question Hey! Brandon here for our next Weekly Update. This is an exciting one because I have been writing on the new Wax and Wayne book, and I am 7,000 words into it. I have had three very solid days of writing. I want to get…

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Wax & Wayne #4 Writing Has Begun!

Wax & Wayne #4 Writing Has Begun! Hey! Brandon here for your Weekly Update In this Weekly Update, I have a couple of cool things for you. The first one is to announce we have gotten the last piece of swag from the Kickstarter rewards, the playing cards. Or we have been shipped them. They…

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Wax & Wayne Update + Stormlight Question for UK Readers

Wax & Wayne Update + Stormlight Question for UK Readers Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I have been working hard on the new Wax and Wayne novel, prewriting. But I would say, it’s kind of a rough count, that I’m about 40% done with that. We don’t actually have a progress bar for this…

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Skyward 3 is Done! + New Shirt and Kickstarter Update

Skyward 3 is Done! + New Shirt and Kickstarter Update Hey, Brandon here for our Weekly Update. This is a big one. Skyward 3 is done. Last night, I’m recording this on Thursday, these go up on Monday, so last night I turned in the book, the 5.0 edition of it finally. It was a…

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Skyward 3 Update, New Socks + Kickstarter Update!

Skyward 3 Update, New Socks + Kickstarter Update! All right. Brandon here with our Weekly Update. The third book of the Skyward series, I have finished the 4th draft and immediately started the next draft, last draft, the 5.0. And I’m about 30% through that draft. The goal is to turn that in the 31st…

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Skyward 3 Update + Mini-Hardcover Question

Skyward 3 Update + Mini-Hardcover Question Hey, this is Brandon. Time for our Weekly-ish Update. I am still working on Skyward 3. We came up with a name. It’s going to be announced eventually. We’re going to let the publisher do it. I’m working through the 4.0. And I am 10,000 words away from the…

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Skyward 3 Has a Title. But I Can’t Tell You Yet

Skyward 3 Has a Title. But I Can’t Tell You Yet Hey, Brandon here. Weekly Update. I am still working on Skyward book 3, which we just named. But I can’t tell you what the name is yet because the publisher wants to do publicity. It’s not going to be Nowhere. I’d warned you guys…

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Skyward Draft 3.0 is done + Kickstarter Update

Skyward Draft 3.0 is done + Kickstarter Update Hey, Brandon here. I want to start a new thing on my YouTube channel, which is periodically giving you updates on the books I’m writing. This should happen every other week, sometimes every week. We’ll call it the Weekly Update. It may not actually be every week.…

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My Work Life Balance as a Writer

My Work Life Balance as a Writer (Video at bottom.) I am a big proponent of a good balance in life. And this can be hard to do as a writer. Because a lot of you who want to write professionally, by necessity, have to have another job. When I took this class back in…

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State of the Sanderson 2020

State of the Sanderson 2020 Welcome to my yearly wrap-up. In this essay, I’ll talk about projects recently released, ones upcoming, and ones in limbo. It’s usually a very long post, so feel free to jump to the section that interests you most using the following handy set of links. Introduction Part One: Mainframe Announcements…

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Rhythm of War is Out!

Rhythm of War is Out! Adam here. I know it’s a bit weird to be just seeing a post about Rhythm of War being released. But between the frantic preparations (including a hard drive failing at the worst possible time) and the holiday, a post was something that I kept pushing off in wake of…

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Dawnshard is Out!

Dawnshard is Out! Dawnshard is Out! Adam here. The long-anticipated novella is finally out today! For those of you who haven’t been following Brandon on social media, or this summer’s past Kickstarter for the 10th-anniversary edition of The Way of Kings, then this will probably be a very happy surprise for you. If you’re preparing…

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Rhythm of War ARC Giveaway!

Rhythm of War ARC Giveaway! Adam here. And I have another exciting giveaway in celebration of, not only the upcoming release of Rhythm of War but also because Brandon’s newsletter just surpassed 100K subscribers. So firstly, thank you so much for your trust and willingness to deal with the extra form mail delivered to your…

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Monsters Don’t Wear Underpants Kickstarter Campaign

Monsters Don’t Wear Underpants Kickstarter Campaign Today, my art director, Isaac Stewart, opened his Kickstarter campaign for his children’s book Monsters Don’t Wear Underpants: A Lift-the-Flap Book. Isaac was instrumental in designing and running The Way of Kings leatherbound campaign, so while the subject matter is quite different from The Stormlight Archive, I think this…

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The Rhythm of War Release Party Details + Swag Bundle

The Rhythm of War Release Party Details + Swag Bundle Hello, everyone! Adam here. I’ve heard that there has been a bit of confusion surrounding some of the details that have recently come out regarding signed copies of Rhythm of War and the release party scheduled for Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. EST.…

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Creative Writing 2021 at BYU

Creative Writing 2021 at BYU Brandon’s assistant Karen here. It’s that time again—time to send in your applications for Brandon’s Winter 2021 English 318R class. Each year Brandon likes to teach a Creative Writing class at his alma mater, Brigham Young University. The lecture portion of his class (English 490R) is open to all students,…

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100K YouTube Subscriber Thank You + Giveaway

100K YouTube Subscriber Thank You + Giveaway Adam here. You’re probably here after watching Brandon’s recent video on YouTube about his channel reaching 100k subscribers. We had no idea the channel would grow so quickly and the engagement be so avid. So first off, we just want to say thank you. Thank you for your…

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Cover Reveal for The Original

Cover Reveal for The Original Adam here. If you’ve been following Brandon’s Live Signing Sessions this year on YouTube (also on his Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch channels), than this won’t come as a surprise, but Brandon has been working on *yet* another project—this time an audio original—called The Original, which he co-authored with his friend,…

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If You Missed the Kickstarter + Legion Paperback

If You Missed the Kickstarter + Legion Paperback We’ve heard from some of you that you didn’t find out about The Way of Kings leatherbound Kickstarter until after the campaign had ended. We’ve opened a BackerKit store for those who might’ve missed the campaign or were unable to back it while it was ongoing. Here’s…

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Only Two Stretch Goals left!

Only Two Stretch Goals left! Adam here. It has been an exciting few weeks since we launched the Kickstarter last month. So it’s a bit weird to be saying this already, but our Kickstarter for the special leatherbound edition of The Way of Kings ends in just a few days! It officially ends Friday at…

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Funded in Three Minutes!

Funded in Three Minutes! Adam here. We are in awe. Everyone here at Dragonsteel Entertainment is just blown away by the incredible reception of the Way of Kings leatherbound Kickstarter. Watching the numbers climb so quickly, reaching funding in only three minutes, was a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. Then to see…

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The Way of Kings Leatherbound Kickstarter Sneak Peek

The Way of Kings Leatherbound Kickstarter Sneak Peek I’m excited to announce my Kickstarter for The Way of Kings leatherbound. It will go live Tuesday, July 7th at 9:00 AM MDT and go through Friday, August 7th at 3:00 PM MDT. If you don’t want to miss out on the first day, check out the…

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Announcing the Official Knights Radiant Order Quiz + Stormlight Phone Wallpaper

Announcing the Official Knights Radiant Order Quiz + Stormlight Phone Wallpaper We’ve mentioned in a few places that certain pledge tiers on the upcoming BackerKit campaign will allow backers to choose an Order of Knights Radiant. Many of the items and add-ons are themed toward these Orders. But what if you don’t know which Order…

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Call to Adventure: The Stormlight Archive

Call to Adventure: The Stormlight Archive Adam and Isaac here. Several months ago, Johnny O’Neal from Brotherwise came out to Utah to show us an early test copy of Call to Adventure: The Stormlight Archive. We had a blast. The artwork was incredible, the gameplay was engaging, and most of all—at least for me (Adam)—it…

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Way of Kings Kickstarter: Bridge Four Poster Reveal

Way of Kings Kickstarter: Bridge Four Poster Reveal Isaac here. As many of you know, we’re hard at work preparing for our summer Kickstarter for the Dragonsteel edition of The Way of Kings. Today we’re kicking off the ramp-up period before the Kickstarter with a reveal we’ve been holding onto for quite some time. Several…

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Alternate Stormlight Symbol Reveal

Alternate Stormlight Symbol Reveal Art director Isaac here with an art reveal today. Recently Brandon, Kara, and Adam have been discussing publicity for Rhythm of War, and one thing that Tor has asked for is a simplified symbol to represent the Stormlight Archive on certain marketing materials. Now, to be clear, we love the original…

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Advice for Marrying a Writer or Creator

Advice for Marrying a Writer or Creator Brandon’s wife Emily here. I was recently on one of Brandon’s livestreams where I was asked for advice in regards to being married to an author or creator. The below is the (edited for reading) answer I gave during the livestream. If you’d rather watch it than read…

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Wheel of Time anniversary and Award Season 2020

Wheel of Time anniversary and Award Season 2020 Hey, all. This week marks the 30th anniversary of the start of The Wheel of Time! I wanted to write something up for you, but I ended up using it for a new foreword for The Eye of the World that Tor is releasing. So you’ll be…

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January YouTube Livestream

January YouTube Livestream In order to get the Way of Kings leatherbound ready for our Kickstarter this summer, I need to sign thousands upon thousands of copies of the first signature. (A “signature” in this context means a group of pages of the book that will eventually be trimmed and bound together. You’ll see what…

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State of the Sanderson 2019

State of the Sanderson 2019 Introduction Welcome, everyone, to our final State of the Sanderson for the decade! If you’re not familiar with these posts, each December I take a look back at my year and talk about the projects I’ve been working on. Then I turn an eye to the future to see where…

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The Warbreaker leatherbound is here (finally)! And socks!

The Warbreaker leatherbound is here (finally)! And socks! Adam here. Many of you reading this probably already saw my post from a few weeks ago giving you your first peak at the new Dragonsteel special leather bound edition of Warbreaker. Well today, I am please to (finally) announce that we have recieved confirmation from the…

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Assistant Adam recommends James Islington’s The Light of All that Falls

Assistant Adam recommends James Islington’s The Light of All that Falls Those of you who pay attention to the blog have probably noticed a lot of recommendations coming from Brandon’s assistants over the last few months. First was Peter’s recommendation of Brent Week’s Burning White, the final volume in the Lightbringer series. Then, last week,…

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Assistants Adam and Isaac recommend Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan (Out today, December 3)

Assistants Adam and Isaac recommend Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan (Out today, December 3) Brian McClellan’s final book in the Gods of Blood and Powder series releases today—Blood of Empire. Not only does this book complete this latest trilogy, it also completes the second trilogy set in his Powder Mage world. Fresh off the…

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Warbreaker Leatherbound Preorders

Warbreaker Leatherbound Preorders Adam here. I know many of you have been waiting for the day we start talking about the special Tenth-Anniversary Leatherbound Edition of Warbreaker. Well, today is that day! On top of that, I’m going to tell you how you can get your hands on one of these beautiful books (skip to the…

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The M-Bot Sticker You Never Knew You Needed is Here!

Brandon’s art director Isaac here. My ten-year old daughter—nicknamed “W”—has been reading Skyward in preparation for the release of Starsight on November 26th. She’s read plenty of books before, but this is the first time I’ve seen her dive into something this hefty. Of course, I’m terribly proud of her for reading a book that’s over 500 pages.

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Starsight Release Party

Adam here. We are only three weeks away from the release of Starsight and its coinciding party. As we’ve said before, if you’re hoping to get a personalized copy of one of Brandon’s books this holiday season, your only opportunity will be at the Starsight release party on November 26th.

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Signed and Numbered copies from Weller Book Works

Adam here. In recent years, when Brandon releases a new book, we have offered a limited quantity of signed and numbered copies to Weller Book Works—a local book seller—to ship copies around the world for people who are unable to attend the release party. Starting with Oathbringer, we opted to turn this into a fundraising event by asking for small donations that will be sent to Worldbuilders—a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide—which you should definitely check out.

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Assistant Peter Recommends: The Burning White by Brent Weeks

Assistant Peter Recommends: The Burning White by Brent Weeks Hello again. Brandon’s assistant Peter here with another recommendation. It’s been a long time since the last one, whew! Today the fifth and final book in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, The Burning White was released. If you’ve read the previous books, the most important thing here…

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Tips & hints for applying to Brandon’s BYU class

Tips & hints for applying to Brandon’s BYU class Brandon’s assistant Karen here. Brandon has asked me to judge the applications for his English 318r class and choose the 15 writers who will be in his small group workshops. This year I will only be considering the first 65 applications I receive. Based on the…

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FAQ Friday – Is my story too derivative?

FAQ Friday – Is my story too derivative? I, not so recently, got an email asking me the following question. I hope my response will be useful to my fellow writers. You can read my last FAQ Friday post here. Question: I’m absolutely in love with the world I’ve created and have spent years in its…

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Mistborn Paperbacks 2019

Mistborn Paperbacks 2019 Brandon’s art director Isaac here. The Mistborn series book covers have had a colorful history of different illustrations: the beautiful originals by Jon Foster, Chris McGrath’s iconic renditions that we can probably thank for some of the paperbacks’ success over the years, and of course let’s not forget Sam Weber’s fantastic covers…

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FAQ Friday – Alternatives to flashback scenes

FAQ Friday – Alternatives to flashback scenes A few weeks ago, a Redditor reached out to me in a direct message to ask a question. I hope my response will be useful to my fellow writers. You can read my last FAQ Friday post here. Question: My commute to work has given me the opportunity…

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FAQ Friday – How do I narrow the gap between storytelling and story writing?

FAQ Friday – How do I narrow the gap between storytelling and story writing? It’s been a few weeks since my last FAQ Friday post about the need to start books with a prologue, as my travel schedule has been quite extensive as of late. As before, this post will take the same format as…

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Salt Lake Comic Con schedule & Magic draft

Salt Lake Comic Con schedule & Magic draft Thursday through Saturday I’ll be at the Salt Palace for Salt Lake Comic Con. I’m on various panels and am signing multiple times all three days. I’ll also be doing a Magic: The Gathering draft on Thursday night; see details below on how to sign up ahead of…

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Brandon in Atlanta for Dragon Con 2019

If you’re hoping to get a ticket to a signing not held at Brandon’s booth, check out Dragon Con’s website for how to acquire tickets.

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FAQ Friday – Do I need to start my book with a prologue?

FAQ Friday – Do I need to start my book with a prologue? You may have seen my first post of this nature a few weeks ago addressing the elephant in the writer’s room about the nagging feeling of dissatisfaction about the previous day’s efforts. This post will take the same format as the last,…

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FAQ Friday – Unsatisfied with Your Writing?

FAQ Friday – Unsatisfied with Your Writing? As I’m sure you can imagine, I get queried quite frequently about writing advice. Occasionally, when responding to these emailed requests, I see an opportunity to respond to the writing community at large. So, while my answer is written in direct response to the sender, I hope it…

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New fan art + Updates

New fan art + Updates Reader Nate Kohl sent in these awesome photos of the woodburning project he did that features Szeth with some Allomantic symbols. In this week’s Writing Excuses episode, Hooking Young Readers, we sit down with Kily Snyder, the Media Specialist (school librarian) at Discovery Middle School in Indiana, to help answer those often asked…

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More interviews from Germany + Updates

More interviews from Germany + Updates Adam here. A few weeks ago I posted about one of Brandon’s (and Isaac’s) interviews in Germany to his social media pages. You read the interview in Germanhere, or download a PDF of the English version a few paragraphs down. Brandon was also interviewed by the German site FantasyBlogger,…

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Calamity Is Done!

Calamity Is Done! I have finished the second draft of Calamity, the third and final book of the Reckoners trilogy. As I’ve said before, my second draft of a story is the one where I do “bug fixing.” Essentially, I read through again and tweak any problems I know the book has, trying to make it readable by…

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Giuramento (Oathbringer) is out!

Giuramento (Oathbringer) is out! Adam here. Everyone here at Team Dragonsteel is completely blown away by how great this book looks. Without a doubt, this is one of the highest-quality foreign editions we’ve seen of one of Brandon’s books. For a few years now we’ve been hearing the pleas of our readers in Italy, and…

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Brandon at FanX 2019 + Update

Brandon at FanX 2019 + Update Adam here. If you live in the Salt Lake City vicinity, or you don’t mind traveling, Brandon will be at FanX 2019 this weekend. You can see his schedule for FanX below, as well as on his Upcoming Events page which also shows all his future events. Friday, April…

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Announcing Davriel’s Magic: The Gathering Cards

Announcing Davriel’s Magic: The Gathering Cards Hey, all! If you’ll indulge my nerd hobby for a moment, I’ve got something cool to share with you. As you may know, I wrote a little story called Children of the Nameless last year—something of a gift to the community and a way of being involved in Magic the Gathering,…

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Hugo nominations closing tonight + Updates

Hugo nominations closing tonight + Updates Adam here. Nominations for the 2019 Hugo Awards close tonight at 11:59 Pacific Daylight Time. A few months ago Brandon wrote short blog about his works that were up for various award eligibility which you can read in full here, but I will give brief bullet points below. Skyward is eligible…

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Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat 2019 + Weekly Update

Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat 2019 + Weekly Update Adam here. If you’re interested in writing you should check out the Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat which departs from Houston and sails September 13th through 22nd and is packed with intensive seminars, writing exercises, small group breakout sessions, and more. Attendees will also be invited to attend…

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Tour with Harriet, Writing Excuses, Stormlight 2 video

Tour with Harriet, Writing Excuses, Stormlight 2 video In the most recent Writing Excuses podcast episode, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and I talk about breaking the rules. We’ve said that you’ve got to learn the rules before you break them, so now it’s time to talk about why to break them. Tomorrow I’m…

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The Hero of Ages leatherbound, personalizations open + updates

The Hero of Ages leatherbound, personalizations open + updates Adam here. We have some exciting news for those of you who have been waiting to order your Dragonsteel leatherbound edition of The Hero of Ages: you can now get your copy signed and personalized! We are still behind schedule so it may still take 8-12 weeks…

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Award Season, Spring 2019

Award Season, Spring 2019 All, I’m hard at work on Stormlight 4. (No title yet—but you can read my update on Reddit a week or so ago right here, if you missed it.) In the meantime though, it’s time for the yearly roundup of stories I’ve released that are eligible for various awards. It was a…

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Hero of Ages leatherbound, Children of the Nameless AMA + Updates

Hero of Ages leatherbound, Children of the Nameless AMA + Updates Adam here. I want to begin this final blog post of the year with some good news. The Dragonsteel leatherbound edition of The Hero of Ages has arrived! Many of the Dragonsteel Minions have been working long (and often very late hours) to get these books…

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State of the Sanderson 2018

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A Christmas Present

A Christmas Present Introduction: The Short Version I’ve got a new story out for you to read. It’s free, and you can dive into it by going to this link. Enjoy! Once you’ve read it, here are some links of places to talk about it, all of which are likely to contain spoilers. Discussion on Reddit Discussion…

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The Hero of Ages leather bound, Cyber Monday sale + Audible sale

The Hero of Ages leather bound, Cyber Monday sale + Audible sale The Hero of Ages Leather Bound Adam here. We have some exciting news for all of you who have been “patiently” waiting the arrival of the Mistborn: The Hero of Ages leather bound. Well… we still don’t have them and we just found out that…

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Skyward is out today!

Skyward is out today! Once in a while, an idea takes hold of me, and I just can’t be satisfied until I sit down and write it. Skyward was one of those books. Some of the initial ideas had been floating around in my head for years, but once everything clicked together in my mind, it consumed…

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Skyward is out next week!

Skyward is out next week! Adam here. With Skyward being released next week I wanted to go over the few options you have to get a signed and numbered copy as well as the release party details. If you’ve been paying attention to Brandon’s social media channels none of what I’m about to tell you…

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Voices in My Head: Part Three

Voices in My Head: Part Three Hello, all! This is my third and final essay tying in with the release of my new book, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. The book has been released for about a week now, and I hope you’ve all had a chance to check it out. This story is…

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Voices in My Head: Part Two

Voices in My Head: Part Two Hey, all! This is the second part of a three-part series of essays related to the release of my book, Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds. Find Part One posted here. And just in case you haven’t seen anything about it yet, the book is out right now in fine…

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Voices in My Head: Part One

Voices in My Head: Part One Hello, all! My new book is coming out next week! Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds is a compilation of three stories that tie together to form a single narrative. Two of the stories (Legion and Legion: Skin Deep) were available previously, but the third (Lies of the Beholder) is exclusive to…

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The Many Aspects of the Legion Book Covers

The conclusion to Brandon’s Legion series is almost here! In a few short weeks you’ll get to read the finale to Stephen Leeds’s story, complete with J.C.’s lovable antics, Tobias’s calming Wikipedia-like knowledge, and Ivy’s psychological profiling.

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Signed and numbered copies of Legion for release party

Signed and numbered copies of Legion for release party Adam here. We are only a few short weeks away from the release of Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds which includes the finale of the Legion saga, Legion: Lies of the beholder. The Legion Release Party will take place at Brigham Young University on…

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FanX Confirmation

FanX Confirmation All, I have decided for certain that I will be attending FanX (formerly Salt Lake Comic Con). If you haven’t been following the drama, I joined in many other authors signing a letter that challenged the convention to do a better job presenting a safe place for our fans to attend. While FanX has made a number…

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Worldcon Wrap-up and Dragon Awards

Worldcon Wrap-up and Dragon Awards I had an excellent time at Worldcon this year. We got a chunk of Writing Excuses episodes recorded, and I was able to hang out with a number of friends I hadn’t seen in a while. On top of that, I felt that the panels went well, even if they were a little crowded…

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Unfettered III

Unfettered III All, Today, I have the opportunity to share with you something extra special. As some of you know, during the revision process of A Memory of Light, two lengthy sections ended up on the cutting room floor. The first, which we titled River of Souls, was included in the first Unfettered Anthology. The second,…

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Call to Adventure: Stormlight

Call to Adventure: Stormlight As GenCon 2018 is in full swing, I’m reminded of how much I enjoy attending it. I couldn’t make it this year, but I do have a big announcement for fans of gaming. Next year, you’ll be able to play a Stormlight Archive card game. In Fall 2019, Brotherwise Games will…

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Hugo voting deadline, Audible sale + Updates

Hugo voting deadline, Audible sale + Updates Adam here. I just wanted to give all of you a little reminder that the Hugo Award voting deadline is tomorrow (July, 31st). Voting is open to all supporting and attending members of Worldcon 76. If you’re wanting to cast your vote but aren’t a Worlcon member, it’s not…

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Signing near Idaho Falls this weekend + Updates

Signing near Idaho Falls this weekend + Updates Adam here. I have some exciting news for those of you in driving distance of Idaho Falls, Idaho. This Saturday Brandon will be appearing at Iona Days just a few miles away. You can see his full schedule below, as well as on his Upcoming Events page, but it will include…

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New Writing Excuses episode + Update

New Writing Excuses episode + Update Adam here. In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Characters as Foils, Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice talk about foils. A foil is a character who serves as a contrast to another character. The foil might be a sidekick, an antagonist, a romantic interest, or really any other character who gets enough…

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Harassment at FanX

Harassment at FanX All, I don’t normally discuss charged issues on my social media, but I do find harassment at science fiction conventions a topic that is very important to discuss. It is also very relevant to my fans, as conventions are often how they interact with me. Recently, Salt Lake City’s biggest media convention…

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MisCon 32 and BookCon 2018 Schedules

MisCon 32 and BookCon 2018 Schedules Adam here. I wanted to make you aware of Brandon’s travel plans over the next week or so, in case you might be in a position to say hello. Right now he is in Missoula, Montana for MisCon 32 and has several events during the event. You can see an abbreviated…

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Skyward Cover Reveal

Skyward Cover Reveal Hey, all. If you’ve been following along, you know that my next big project is a book series called Skyward. This is my next YA project with Random House (though, like Steelheart, it walks the line between YA and adult–and is being published in my adult line with my other books in…

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New Writing Excuses episode + update

New Writing Excuses episode + update Adam here. In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Character Nuance, Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice talk about characters who have conflict built right into them; characters whose attributes and attitudes might seem to contradict one another; characters who like, y’know… actual people. Last week, in Tor.com’s continuing reread of Oathbringer, we…

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Legion: Lies of the Beholder limited edition + Updates

Legion: Lies of the Beholder limited edition + Updates Adam here. I saw a ton of questions about Subterranean Press doing a limited edition hardcover printing of the final Stephen Leeds book, Legion: Lies of the Beholder, that would match the first two Legion books. In case you missed the announcement that went out earlier this…

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Foil Maps + Updates

Foil Maps + Updates Dragonsteel art director Isaac here. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ve probably seen me post about the maps for the latest Osten Ard books by Tad Williams: The Heart of What Was Lost and The Witchwood Crown. The original trilogy was what hooked me on epic fantasy in the late 80s/early…

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Weekly Update

Weekly Update Adam here. In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Handling a Large Cast, Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice discuss their favorite techniques for managing large casts of characters, and how their processes differ from when writing small casts. What does “large” and “Small” mean? Last week, we looked at foolish oaths, broken oaths, and the necessity…

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White Sand Vol. 2 Signing Tomorrow

White Sand Vol. 2 Signing Tomorrow As most of you already know, my graphic novel White Sand Vol. 2 was released a few weeks ago. I will be doing a signing at the Dragons Keep in Orem, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. So if you’ve been wanting to get your hands on a signed copy of White Sand Vol. 2, feel…

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A quick update on my writing projects

A quick update on my writing projects Hey, all! Just a quick update here on how things are going. First and foremost, I’ve worked through the rough draft and the first polish of Skyward. I love the book, and it is off to my publisher; I’m hoping for feedback soon. That done, I finally had time…

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White Sand Volume 2 is out today!

White Sand Volume 2 is out today! Dragonsteel art director Isaac here. For the last year, we’ve been working close with Dynamite to bring you Volume 2 of the White Sand graphic novel, and today it finally releases. Let me introduce this next volume in the series with a bit of a history lesson. White Sand has an interesting background.…

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The Reckoners board game, The Way of Kings VR Experience + Update

The Reckoners board game, The Way of Kings VR Experience + Update Adam here. If you’ve been following Brandon’s Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram you will know that it’s been quite the exciting week for us here at Dragonsteel Headquarters. For those who haven’t, here’s a quick rundown. In a previous post we showed you you a bit about the cooperative board…

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New Writing Excuses Episode + Updates

New Writing Excuses Episode + Updates Adam here. In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Villain, Antagonist, Obstacle, Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard breakdown (you guessed it) villains, antagonists, and obstacles. What’s the difference between villains and antagonists? How is an obstacle character different from those other two? How are they alike? And most importantly, how can we…

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Awards Season 2018

Awards Season 2018 Hey, all. It’s awards nomination season again! As is tradition, I’d like to do a quick post highlighting what I have that is eligible for the various awards in sf/f. As always, I request that you nominate based on work, not author. If you are eligible to nominate, and truly think one…

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Announcing the Oathbringer Reread + Updates

Announcing the Oathbringer Reread + Updates Adam here. In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Protagonists Who Aren’t Sympathetic, Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard discuss protagonists who, per writer intent, do not engender audience sympathy. Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther of Tor.com announced their new reread series for Oathbringer. This week they introduce themselves but next week they’ll launch…

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The Way of Kings, Escape the Shattered Plains VR Experience

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The Well of Ascension leatherbound edition is here! I have some exciting news for you: after months of waiting, our special leatherbound edition of The Well of Ascension has finally shipped from the printer. Huzzah! Like our edition of Elantris, and Mistborn: The Final Empire the Dragonsteel edition of The Well of Ascension is bound in premium bonded leather, and the pages…

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In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, The Element of Humor, we ask, what is the driving force that gets readers to turn pages in a book that is primarily a work of humor? More importantly, how do we as writers get that driver into our books? We cover this, and provide some starting points for writers seeking to improve their humor writing, along with a bunch of neat techniques and a long example for deconstruction.

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New Fan Art, Ebook Sale + Updates

New Fan Art, Ebook Sale + Updates As I shared on Twitter and Facebook yesterday, one of my readers from Australia, David Fonti, for his visual effects class made a cool video of himself in Shardplate. Great work, David. I’ve embedded the video below. As a quick reminder, today is the last day to get your copy of the Elantris ebook for…

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Writing Excuses, Signed Books & Updates

Writing Excuses, Signed Books & Updates Just a quick update before the weekend. On Monday I will have a big post for Magic: The Gathering players, so look forward to that! The latest Writing Excuses writing advice show episode talks about worldbuilding without breaking viewpoint. We’ve also uploaded this year’s submission for the Hugo Voter Packet…

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Two Phoenix Events Starting Tonight

Two Phoenix Events Starting Tonight I’m heading to Phoenix today along with the entire Writing Excuses team to attend a massive bookstore signing (it’s free!) and for Phoenix Comicon (registration required). You can see my event schedule below or on the upcoming events page on my website. I hope you can make it to either event (or both!) Elevengeddon…

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Ebook Sale Continues + Updates

Ebook Sale Continues + Updates As I mentioned last week, the Elantris ebook is on sale for $2.99 until June 7th, and then from June 6th to the 16th The Rithmatist will be only $1.99. My Hugo Award-nominated novella Perfect State is also still priced at 99¢, worldwide! If you have not done so already, consider checking these out. In this…

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2016 Writing Excuses cruise price going up in June

2016 Writing Excuses cruise price going up in June I haven’t mentioned this year’s Writing Excuses retreat (September 17th–24th) very much, but I thought I’d drop a note about the impending price rise. Due the the cruise line’s requirements, May 31st is the last day to register at the current rate, and we hear it will…

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Ebook Sales, B-Fest Schedule + Updates

Ebook Sales, B-Fest Schedule + Updates The Way of Kings ebook is on sale for just $2.99 (this may be US-only, but you can check your region’s pricing using the links to the right). This sale ends on May 30th, so don’t delay! Also on May 30th, the Elantris ebook goes on sale for $2.99 until June 7th,…

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Reader Mail: Anxiety about Writing

All, I’ve been wanting to post reader mail responses more often, but it keeps falling through the cracks. Hopefully I’ll be able to make this more frequent in the future.

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Volunteering at my booth at Phoenix Comicon + Updates

Volunteering at my booth at Phoenix Comicon + Updates I’m going to be heading to Phoenix at the beginning of June with the Writing Excuses crew for Phoenix Comicon. Our schedule is still being finalized, but as soon as that’s done the details of my part of the schedule will be posted on the upcoming events…

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Perfect State at 99¢ + Updates

Perfect State at 99¢ + Updates As I mentioned last week, my standalone novella Perfect State has been nominated for this year’s Hugo Award. In honor of that nomination, the ebook is now on sale at 99¢ worldwide (with some local variation). Check your region by using the widget to the right. I’ll soon post the deleted scene…

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Hugo Awards 2016

Hugo Awards 2016 Introduction I’m pleased, and proud, to announce that my novella Perfect State has been nominated for a Hugo Award. I look forward to seeing many of you in Kansas City, at this year’s Worldcon. I’ve prepared a deleted scene and annotation for Perfect State, which I’ll be releasing soon in celebration. I would normally put this…

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JordanCon this Weekend

JordanCon this Weekend I’m heading to Atlanta tomorrow to attend JordanCon (you can register at the door). The Guests of Honor are Catherine Asaro and John Picacio with Linda Taglieri as Toasmaster. You can see my event schedule below or on the upcoming events page on my website. I hope to see many of you there! JordanCon Place: Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center Address: 246 Perimeter…

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New Writing Excuses + Updates

New Writing Excuses + Updates In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Adventure as a Subgenre, we explore using the element of adventure as an ingredient in something that has far more than adventure going on in it. Why do we like adventure? What draws the reader forward? Last week, in Tor.com’s continuing reread posts for Words…

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Reader photos from recent conventions + Updates

Reader photos from recent conventions + Updates Yeste