Before I delve into the writing/editing of roughly 95 Elantris wiki entries, I've decided to reward myself for the good work I've done so far. So, I'll be reading the Alcatraz series as well as finally reading the end of the Wheel of Time series. (This reward inspired by a conversation here.)
Alcatraz
I once half-listened to the audiobook of the first novel, and really enjoyed it. So, there's that. (I'm also reasonably sure that the characters' voices in my head will inevitably be those of tha
Tor has donated a few of my books for auction at Genre for Japan, a charity drive to support the British Red Cross's Japan Tsunami Appeal. The auctions include a THE WAY OF KINGS audiobook, hardcovers of THE GATHERING STORM and TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT, and a Mistborn boxset. You can go to those links to bid (in UK pounds); bidding and auction rules are here. There are over 130 other items up for auction as well, so check it out.
A couple of years ago, I was an instructor at the Writing & Illustr
Back in January I posted about nominating and voting for the Hugo Awards. Well, if you're eligible to nominate (you needed to be a registered Worldcon member by the end of January, or have been a member of last year's Worldcon), the nomination deadline is tomorrow night. If you didn't register quickly enough to nominate, now is a good time to register so that you'll be eligible to vote on the final ballot, which should open fairly soon. The convention itself will be in Reno, Nevada from August 1
Over at Suvudu, Vin is up against Zedd from Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series. Here's how I think the match would go down.
Vin crouched behind the earthen bank, the scent of burned wood pungent in her nose. A stump smoldered nearby, specks of red flaring alight in the breeze. The aging man with the white hair stood with hands clasped behind him at the center of the field; scarred patches of ground lay blackened where his wizard’s fire had fallen.
She stilled her breathing, resisting the u
Tracy Hickman and Dave Wolverton once again joined Dan and Howard for a podcast episode of Writing Excuses at the recent symposium on Life, the Universe, and Everything in Provo. This time they covered rewriting.
The most recent WARBREAKER annotation is almost all about spoilers from chapter 47. As WARBREAKER is the book I've released for free online, I conveniently have a link to the full text of each chapter at the bottom of each annotation page, and vice versa. So if you want to read chapter
This weekend I'll be Guest of Honor at Vericon at Harvard University. Other guests include Austin Grossman, Holly Black, Catherine Asaro, Sarah Smith, Ellen Kushner, and Delia Sherman. My schedule is below, and the full schedule is here.
All of us will also be signing at the Harvard Book Store at various times on Saturday. You can come to the signings without paying to register for Vericon, but all of the readings and panels will take place in Sever Hall for registered con-goers only. The whole
There haven't ever, so far as I know, been official Wheel of Time T-shirts. A lot of people have asked where they can get them. Finally we have a place: Ta'veren Tees. I've got a few of the shirts, and they're awesome. (Particularly the Far Dareis Mai one.)
Their press release follows.
OFFICIAL WHEEL OF TIME® T-SHIRTS TO BE SOLD BY TA’VEREN TEES
Fans of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time® series now have a way to wear their love for the WoT on their sleeves—literally.
Ta’veren Tees is the exclu
This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode covers e-publishing. This one was recorded at Life, the Universe & Everything, and Tracy Hickman and Dave Wolverton/Farland join Howard and Dan. I was at ConDFW that weekend.
There's a new Twitter posts collection up, covering the first half of this month. And the newest WARBREAKER annotation covers Vivenna learning from Vasher, among other things such as why I developed the Awakening magic system.
Source
Hello all! Sorry for the late post. I know I haven't set myself up a perfect schedule yet, but I should be posting weekly on Thursdays from now on. My problem this week? I had a failed romance over the weekend. Those suck, and they are somehow more distracting than a successful romance. Oh well, it's here. If late.
Once again, spoilers like crazy from this point on. If you have not read everything in between the first page of The Final Empire and the last page of Hero of Ages, then turn back be
As I continue down my neverending quest to become a halfway competent web designer, I am constantly reminded of how little I actually know. If you've ever done anything with CSS at all, you can understand how alluring it can be. Rather than messing around with the actual content of the site and manually styling every element individually, you can assign them all values and then edit those values in a separate, friendlier file.
The problem is when elements you thought were different have been as
Some of you may have noticed that the blog has changed color recently, at least in places, and most definitely for the better. That is because I finally gave up on poking things with sticks and decided to sit down and learn CSS the normal way: you know, with things I like to call books. Or rather, what ended up as one book in particular.
As anyone who has ever tried to teach themselves code before, you will know that most books on the subject are either so easy to follow it's almost pretentious
I saw this posted on the forums by mycoltbug and thought I'd share it here:
Hey all just thought I would throw up this fun interview that Brandon did with Patrick Rothfuss. Link
Source: Interview with Brandon and Patrick Rothfus
Do you remember last year, when Suvudu.com held their Science Fiction/Fantasy cage match? You know, the one Rand al'Thor won? Well, the 2011 cage match starts right now. Guess who's on the bracket? Our dear friend, Vin.
Vin's first opponent is from Logen Ninefingers, from the First Law Trilogy. But come on. Vin + atium? Yeah, I think she beats a barbarian, even atium-less. You should go vote for her. Have multiple computers? Maybe a cell phone with internet capabilities? Go vote for her again.
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
There have been a couple of reader polls lately that my books did well in. SFFWorld polled its forum members for readers' favorite books of 2010, and THE WAY OF KINGS came out on top, with TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT in second. In addition, Tor.com held a poll to determine the best science fiction and fantasy novels of the decade, and MISTBORN: THE FINAL EMPIRE came in at #9. They've since posted an appreciation of the novel by Jason Denzel from Dragonmount. TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT at #11, THE WAY OF KINGS a
Delusions of Grandeur
For no particular reason, in my own head I have declared myself the Elantris expert here at 17th Shard. (I know: pride goeth before the fall, right?)
There's something about Elantris that has always drawn me. I think I've read it at least twice as much as any other Sanderson novel (and I'm reasonably sure that I've read the Mistborn trilogy four times). I feel like it has so many keys to the Cosmere that are so subtly planted that people don't even think they're there. Pl
Wow! A blag on a site with forums and a wiki! How am I going to decide what to write and where?
I think I'll use this as a platform to write about the progress I'm making with my 17th Shard-related projects (and maybe as a place to emote on future Sanderson books). Sound good? Let's do this.
I am excited to announce that blogs are now available on 17th Shard! They aren't skinned 100% yet, so please keep in mind that the design is a work in progress, but we've fixed the whole "lack of a background" problem that was plaguing us before. To start a blog of your very own, go into your drop-down menu (the one next to your avatar in the top right corner of the page) and select "My Blog," then follow the prompts. Or you can click on the tab labeled "Blogs" at the top of the site to see what
Yes, the all caps title was entirely necessary.
I am the greatest Foruchemist. First of the Postbringers, member of the Stanod, wielder of the Balance between Truin and Uservation. I am power.
I think I've also had too many oreos.
So, um, blogs are up now. Yay. This is mainly just for me to get used to the interface, and also to take a look at what all needs to be skinned most desperately. That's about it. Feel free to leave random nonsensical comments!
Greetings, Mistborn lovers, people of Scadrial, and 17th Sharders, and welcome to the Mistborn Reread! I am your host, Kevin Fanshier, known as Leinton (one day I'll figure out how to capitalize the "L" in my name)here on the forum. I had been planning on doing this for a while, and now that I officially have too much free time, I am using this as an excuse to eat that free time. And to reread Mistborn.
There WILL be spoilers for all three books throughout the reread. This is not for people who
You are going to love this theory. I guarantee it.
I was reading Andrew's article the other day, and that got me thinking about what makes magic work on a fundamental level in the cosmere. This will be somewhat of a rebuttal to you, Andrew, because this direction is far more fruitful. But it's much more than a rebuttal. In my opinion, this is quite a paradigm shift.
In any given Shardworld, magic is directly tied to a Shard. Everyone has pieces of Shards inside them. In Mistborn, everyone has
First some updates. This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode features Sherrilyn Kenyon talking about how to make your readers fear for your characters. The newest WARBREAKER annotation is on a climactic moment in the Siri/Susebron relationship. And there's a new batch of Twitter posts up, covering the past month.
Review of THE WISE MAN'S FEAR by Patrick Rothfuss
In case you haven’t heard, today is the release day of the long-awaited sequel to The Name of the Wind, a delightful debut fantas
