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Utah events this week + Updates

Writing Excuses has two new episodes this week due to a goof on our part. We had planned to hold Mary's brainstorming episode back until the spring, but we forgot that there was a direct followup episode. The followup got released first and people were confused, so we've gone ahead and made it a two-episode week. Here are the episodes in chronological order: episode 51, Brainstorming with Mary, and THEN episode 50, Outlining the Mary Way. InkWing has a new blog post up about their December dead

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

June is Audiobook Month

Readers have been asking if my forthcoming novellas LEGION and THE EMPEROR'S SOUL will be released in audio versions. The answer is that they will be—we have deals made for these, but I'm not sure how quickly the audiobooks will be released compared to the book versions. I'll let you know when I have more details. Another question commonly asked is whether Michael Kramer and Kate Reading will return to voice the audiobook for A MEMORY OF LIGHT. The answer is yes, and the audiobook will definite

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

THE HOLLOW CITY Release Party Tonight

My good friend and Writing Excuses cohost Dan Wells' new book THE HOLLOW CITY is out today. The release party is tonight at Weller Book Works (the bookstore formerly known as Sam Weller's, at their new location, which has parking!) in Trolley Square. Mary, Howard, and I are going to be there, and Dan hopes to see many of you there as well to get the new book (or any other book of his) signed. This is also one of the last chances to see Dan before he and his family move to Germany for a year. De

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

My Comic-Con Schedule

I'm a Special Guest at Comic-Con International in San Diego next week. My schedule is below. I'll also have a table in Artist's Alley (#II-10) where I will often hang out (and maybe play some Magic if it's feasible) when I don't have a scheduled event. Kara and Isaac from InkWing will be manning my table even when I'm not there, selling books and T-shirts. We're also going to have a convention exclusive hardcover (details to be announced later), so be sure to stop by. Comic-Con International, S

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Final 2012 Creative Writing Lecture + Updates

There's a new ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS annotation on the site. There are only three left after this one, which mentions that the end of a book is the best and worst part, among other things. My assistant has also uploaded another Twitter posts archive. Two more Writing Excuses podcast episodes are up. The first covers what we call the problem of originality: Is it possible to be too original? Do we overvalue originality? Then the second episode is another one of our "project in depth

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

San Diego Comic Con!

(NOTE: Scroll all the way down for my booth schedule.) This is the first year I've been a Special Guest at SDCC. On top of that, Gen Con has me as their Author Guest of Honor and Dragon*Con is bringing me in (for the third time) as an invited guest. With this conflux of awesome conventions happening, I wanted to do some special things. For years, I've wanted to do con exclusives—something to make it worth the effort for people to go out of their way to come see me. And so, this year, we have s

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Interviews + Updates

The most recent ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS annotation covers the penultimate chapter, including the meaning of the name "Rashid" as in the Sands of Rashid. This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode with Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, and me talks about the villain problem. By that we mean when the hero is less active than the villain and spends most of the book reacting to the cool things the villain does. We discuss what a writer can do about this issue. There have

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn Adventure Game Release Event in Provo

The printed version of the Mistborn Adventure Game from Crafty Games has finally shipped, and everyone who preordered should have received their copy by now or should receive it very soon. Gam Den in Provo is going to throw a release event on August 4th for the book, and I will be there signing copies. If you didn't already order the hardcover, this is your last chance to order one, because only the trade paperback will be available in gaming stores. PREORDERS REQUIRED! See below for details.

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Brandon Sanderson

My Chattanooga LibertyCon Schedule This Weekend

Today I'm flying out to Chattanooga to be Literary Guest of Honor for LibertyCon this weekend. Below is my schedule. See you there! And remember that I'll be at Gen Con, Bubonicon, and Dragon*Con in August. Date: July 20–22, 2012<br/>Place: LibertyCon 25<br/>Address: The Chattanooga Choo-Choo<br/>1400 Market Street<br/>Chattanooga, TN 37402<br/>Phone: (800) 872-2529 FRIDAY 3:00–4:00 p.m., Dealer's Room<br/>Autograph Session, Brandon Sanderson 5:00–6:00 p.m

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Hugo Voting Deadline Tomorrow + Updates

Somehow I missed announcing that Writing Excuses Season Six was nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Related Work category. The voting deadline is tomorrow (Tuesday the 31st), and you can vote if you are a supporting or attending member of this year's World Science Fiction convention in Chicago. Other nominations from the Writing Excuses crew in the various categories are Mary Robinette Kowal's novella "Kiss Me Twice" and Howard Tayler's Schlock Mercenary graphic story volume Force Multiplicat

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Suvudu Cage Matches

I blogged briefly yesterday about the Suvudu cage matches. I thought I'd dig into it a little further today, as I consider Monday updates (normally) to be more "Here's what's going on" updates. I prefer to move more in-depth posts to other days. So, the Suvudu cage match. First off, I'd like to say that I'm impressed by the improvements made to the format this year. For one thing, the editors made a conscious effort to even out the power level of the combatants. That goes a long way toward maki

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Today I got up, and I did not have a Wheel of Time book to work on.

I finished the final revision on A Memory of Light early in the morning Saturday, then sent it off to Team Jordan. And I was done. Team Jordan will handle the copyedits and proofreads; I might have a chime-in now and then on how a passage should be tweaked or how a continuity issue should be addressed, but essentially, my involvement as a writer in the Wheel of Time has come to an end. Now, that doesn't mean my involvement with Wheel of Time fandom is over. I'll have my appearance at Dragon*Con

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Retiring this mirror blog

I'm retiring this mirror blog, after the launch of my new website. I'm pretty sure very few people actually followed this mirror. My new blog is right on my new site's front page, and it has a new RSS feed. You can also get more frequent updates from me on Twitter and Facebook.

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Brandon Sanderson

Tweets November 21–30

BrandonSandrson Sun Nov 21 It occurs to me that I need a new acronym for the new Mistborn book. Otherwise, my next two books could be MAoL and AMoL... egonegative Fri Nov 19@BrandonSandrson Wikipedia says WoK is going to be a 10 book series. Is that true? BrandonSandrson Sun Nov 21 @egonegative Yes, that is true. staceydroach Fri Nov 19Just finished #TofM @BrandonSandrson it was awesome! BrandonSandrson Sun Nov 21 @staceydroach Thanks! BrandonSandrson Mon Nov 22 If you reported

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Mistborn Adventure Game Release Event in Provo Saturday

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Game Den in Provo is going to throw a release event on August 4th (tomorrow) for the Mistborn Adventure Game from Crafty Games, and I will be there signing. Hopefully you called them to preorder a copy—they will only have a handful of extras for sale at the event. Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012<br/>Time: 7:00–9:00 p.m.<br/>Place: Game Den<br/>2255 N. University Parkway #43<br/>Provo Utah 84604<br/>Phone: 801-852-4123 I hope to

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

<p>If you haven't seen the <em>Steelheart</em> ...

If you haven't seen the Steelheart book trailer, the prologue, or the teaser chapters (Chapter Ten and Chapter Eleven), please go give them a look! The release date is fast approaching, so think about preordering the book from your favorite vendor. Weller Book Works has a few signed & numbered copies left. You can also come to the release event at the Orem Barnes & Noble on September 24th. (More details later.) Mysterious Galaxy and Shawn Speakman's The Signed Page will also have signed

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Alcatraz Four Release + Michael Whelan Prints

One important bit of news is that the fourth Alcatraz book, ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SHATTERED LENS, was released officially in stores this week. I had reports of it being found on store shelves as early as last week, maybe even the week before. So it’s around. I’m very proud of this book. I think it’s the best in the series so far. You may remember a tweet from me a while back about a book where the dialogue in one chapter is entirely quotes from Shakespeare. That’s this book. It’s off-the-wall,

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

August Conventions, LEGION & Updates

A reminder about the conventions I'll be attending this month. I'll be in Indianapolis for Gen Con August 16th through 19th, Albuquerque for Bubonicon the 24th through 26th, and Atlanta for Dragon*Con the 31st through September 3rd. I'll put up more details and my full schedule as each convention approaches. My novella LEGION comes out from Subterranean Press at the end of this month. I've talked about this before, but if you want to have one of the leatherbound limited editions when the book c

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Questions, 30% Off Sale, Signings, Awards & Updates

Do you have a question for me? Tor.com is soliciting questions for the next three days which they'll then compile and send my way. I'm also taking questions on Goodreads's Fantasy Book Club this month. They have one thread for questions about THE WAY OF KINGS and another thread for TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT. I'll probably start answering them this week. The Dragons & Fairy Tales bookstore has a 30% off sale on all Brandon Sanderson books through December 17th. They have copies of almost all of my

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

THE WAY OF KINGS Deleted Scene + Updates

This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode with Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and me focuses on writing authentic emotion. Give it a listen. Since the ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS annotations are all posted now, I'm running out of bonus content to show you. If you aren't aware, my website also has chapter-by-chapter annotations of ELANTRIS, the Mistborn trilogy, WARBREAKER, and "Defending Elysium." Additionally, the Library page has lots of sample chapters, the entire

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Infinity Blade: Redemption + Updates

Hey, all! I had an exciting time at Worldcon, as you might have heard. I'm working on a long blog post about the experience, and it will go up tomorrow. (Actually, be sure to check my site tomorrow, regardless...) For today, though, I wanted to announce the release of my second and final Infinity Blade novella! It's out now on the iBookstore, with a short exclusive period for them. It will move to other ebook platforms next week. If you aren't familiar with this project, these are based on a

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Final holiday shipping deadline

Peter here. Brandon's other assistant Becky wanted me to make one more blog post about signed book shipping. So that books shipped inside the U.S. by Priority Mail may arrive in time for Christmas, all orders must be in by midnight the night of December 12th. Becky will get Brandon to sign everything the next day, after which she will ship all orders. She'll also ship out standard Media Mail orders at that time, but Christmas Eve delivery on those can't be guaranteed. And it's basically too la

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Feruchemical Table Prints Wednesday

Isaac and Kara at InkWing have news about the Feruchemical Table prints and Szeth shirts. I'll just quote from their blog post here. First, and most important: The Feruchemical Fine Art Print will be available for Pre-order WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012 AT NOON (MST). Things to be aware of and excited about: This is a limited run of 300 prints MINUS what was sold at Comic-Con (many of the numbers between 101 and 200). A smaller version fine art print and/or 4-color offset poster will be made

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

Spokane 2015

Hey, all. This is a post that may not be relevant for everyone, but I thought it was an important one to make anyway. I had the pleasure of being Guest of Honor a few weeks back at SpoCon, a sf/fantasy convention in Spokane, Washington. Well, it turns out that the same group who run SpoCon have a bid out for Worldcon in 2015. The voting will happen this weekend at Worldcon in San Antonio, which I'm attending. (Though kind of last-minute.) Voting costs $40, and unfortunately it's too late to

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

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