This past weekend I had a great time at JordanCon. Next year's Author Guest of Honor will be Patrick Rothfuss, with Artist Guest of Honor Larry Elmore. It should be awesome.
While I was there I signed a number of books for two booksellers, The Missing Volume and Basement Books. They each also have a handful of copies of my Firstborn/Defending Elysium convention exclusive—but I forgot to sign those. Whoops. Still, if you're not at a con, this is the only way to get your hands on that hardcover u
This weekend I'll be at JordanCon in Atlanta. My schedule is below, and the full schedule is here.
Guests of Honor this year are Seanan McGuire (a.k.a. Mira Grant) and Michael Whelan. Team Jordan will also be participating.
Stormlight/Mistborn/Rithmatist artists Isaac Stewart and Ben McSweeney will also be there. They have a panel with Michael Whelan called Art of the Stormlight Archive that you might want to check out.
JordanCon will mark the release of my hardcover edition of FIRSTBORN and
I'm doing a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) right now at /r/fantasy. Ask away.
This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode talks about narrative rhythm.
Here's the penultimate video of me
from WORDS OF RADIANCE, the next Stormlight book. Next week I'll put up the conclusion and the sped-up version with everything in one video.
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A few random pieces of catch-up news for today. The ebook for A MEMORY OF LIGHT came out this week, if you didn't notice. You can find it at the usual vendors.
This week the Writing Excuses podcast has another brainstorming episode, where I come up with a concept for a short story and Mary, Howard, and Dan help me toss ideas around for it.
The annual Locus poll is live. Anyone can vote for what you consider to be 2012's best SF novel (among many other categories), but Locus subscribers' votes
Many of you know that a certain author, Dave Wolverton (who also writes as David Farland), was an important mentor to me early in my career. Well, Dave has run into some difficult times recently, as his son Ben had a longboarding accident and is now in a coma. Dave, like many artists and authors in our country, doesn't have health insurance. The burden of this debt could crush him.
Some friends and family of his have organized a few campaigns to help out. Since many people who read this blog kn
This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is called "Fake It Till You Make It" and in it Mary, Dan, Howard, and I talk about the things we do or have done to feel professional.
Also, as I mentioned earlier this week, Writing Excuses has been nominated once again for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work! Our announcement on that is here. And if you missed my announcement of THE EMPEROR'S SOUL being nominated for Best Novella, it is here. Howard's Schlock Mercenary: Random Access Memorabilia
The nominations for the 2013 Hugo Awards were recently released, and I'm elated to announce that The Emperor's Soul has been nominated for Best Novella.
This is, quite frankly, awesome. It's my first major award nomination in a fiction category. Alongside it, Writing Excuses has been nominated for Best Related Work for its third year running.
I don't know what to say other than thank you. Thank you to those who supported the story, who gave me feedback, and who encouraged me to find time to wh
This year I'll be going to several conventions—JordanCon, Phoenix Comicon, ConnectiCon, and SpoCon (among others not yet announced). Last year I started doing convention exclusives, which I'd been wanting to do for a while—something to make it worth the effort for people to go out of their way to come see me.
This year's exclusive is an Ace Double-style hardcover of "Firstborn" and "Defending Elysium." Check out these photos:
The technical term for this kind of book layout is tête-bêche mea
A couple new podcast episodes for you. This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is an in-depth discussion of "Deus ex Nauseum," Howard's bonus story at the end of Schlock Mercenary: Emperor Pius Dei. Also, on the Farland's Authors Advisory Conference Calls, artists Isaac Stewart and Ben McSweeney (whose work has appeared in the Mistborn books, THE WAY OF KINGS, and THE RITHMATIST, among many others), joined to talk about how artwork can enhance a novel. You can listen to a recording of the ca
In this week's Writing Excuses podcast episode, Robison Wells joins us once again to talk about abnormal psychology. There are a lot of depths there to plumb for characterization, so check it out.
My assistant has uploaded another Twitter posts archive. And there's a new video up of me
, the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS.
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Today Tor.com announced they're doing a reread for THE WAY OF KINGS. You can read the announcement here.
Buy the $2.99 ebook
here (DRM-free): Kindle (US)(CA) Nook iBooks (US)(CA) Kobo Dragonmount
If you're not familiar with Tor.com's rereads, which they've done for The Wheel of Time and other series like the Kingkiller Chronicle, the Dresden Files, and the Malazan Book of the Fallen, it's a regular column focusing on a work in detail, broken down into small chunks of from one to a few chapt
Just a quick update today. This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is another brainstorming episode. This time Mary, Dan, and I help Howard brainstorm for a comic. Though apparently the end result was a failure! Check it out.
I've also uploaded another
, the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS. Enjoy.Source
Below I have bookstore listings where you can find signed copies of A MEMORY OF LIGHT (and a few have THE EMPEROR'S SOUL as well). They will ship to you, so give them a call!
This Sunday night is the deadline for nominating for the Hugo Awards, if you're a Worldcon member. The nomination form is here. As a reminder, I will send a free electronic copy of THE EMPEROR'S SOUL to Hugo voters considering what to nominate in the novella category. See this post for details.
And now, notes from the boo
This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is a brainstorming session with Howard Tayler. Check it out.
I've decided on a final title for the second Stormlight Archive book. Tor.com has the reveal and my thoughts. They've also announced that Michael Whelan will return to provide the cover art. And I've uploaded another
. If I can finish the first draft in April, the book should come out in November. We'll know in April. I'm hard at work right now.Source
Just a quick post today. The newest Writing Excuses podcast episode is another where we sat down with Dan's brother Robison Wells. This time we talked about writing and personal health. Give it a listen.
For the fifth of my
, we were able to get permission to include most of the music I listened to while writing this section. Many thanks to the artists, and do consider them when you're trying to decide what to listen to in order to set the right mood while you write!
Robin Spielberg, "The O
The most recent podcast episode of Writing Excuses features Dan's brother Robison Wells talking with us about cliffhangers and icebergs—when it's a good idea to leave people in the dark, and when it's a bad idea. Check it out.
My assistant Peter has uploaded another Twitter posts archive. This one doesn't have as many spoilers as the previous two, but there are still spoilers for A MEMORY OF LIGHT, so stay away from it if you haven't finished the book yet.
Some readers have been asking if my b
The local symposium (read: convention) on science fiction and fantasy starts today. I was planning to be there, but instead I'm on tour. I'll be in Vancouver tonight and Toronto tomorrow. But if you're in Utah, you should check out LTUE!
The guest of honor this year is Megan Whalen Turner and special guests are Tracy and Laura Hickman, Larry Correia, David Farland, L. E. Modesitt Jr., James A. Owen, Eric James Stone, and Brad R. Torgersen. The symposium will be at the Provo Marriott Hotel &
I donated a signed first edition of MISTBORN for an auction at Con or Bust, which helps fans of color attend SFF conventions. Check it out.
The most recent Writing Excuses podcast episode talks about retellings and adaptations. Believe it or not, yesterday was the five-year anniversary of the very first episode. Wow!
I have a bunch of videos for you today. My friend and former roommate Earl Cahill filmed the midnight release Q&A for A MEMORY OF LIGHT from multiple angles, and has produced
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 starting the second leg of my book tour, and Harriet McDougal will join me for many of the stops. Details on my events page.
Wed Feb 6: San Diego w/Harriet
Thu Feb 7: Los Angeles area w/Harriet
Fri Feb 8: Sacramento area w/Harr
Michael Whelan has put up an awesome post on his process for painting the cover of A MEMORY OF LIGHT. Very, very cool. If you're at all interested in art or illustration you should check it out. You can also buy signed prints in his store.
If you want to be able to nominate works for the Hugo Awards this year (I talked about this a couple of weeks ago) you need to be a supporting or attending member of this year's Worldcon (or last year's or next year's Worldcons) by Thursday, January 31st. The
Pat Rothfuss's Worldbuilders charity drive runs until midnight tonight Central time. Today is the last chance to donate this year, with a good chance to win a cool donated book. The latest batch includes a signed leatherbound copy of my novella LEGION. By the way, last week's THE GATHERING STORM auction went for $300. This week's LEGION just goes into the general pool of prizes for people who donate $10 on the Heifer International page. (Each additional $10 donation gets you another ticket in th
Hey all, this is just a quick post to let you know about the Spectre Kickstarter from Jason Denzel. Remember this awesome
from a couple years ago?Jason (founder of Dragonmount & all-around cool guy) was responsible for making that trailer. Well, he has also filmed a short epic fantasy called Spectre, and he's doing a kickstarter to raise enough money for postproduction. See the video below:
As with other Kickstarters, there are various pledge levels and cool things you can get for pledg
For those who missed the news and are wondering about the A MEMORY OF LIGHT ebook, I talked about it at the bottom of my blog post last week.
Patrick Rothfuss's Worldbuilders charity is auctioning off a signed first edition hardcover of THE GATHERING STORM. The auction includes dragon and sword pins from Badali Jewelry and a T-shirt of your choice from Ta'veren Tees that will be signed by the members of Team Jordan. Worldbuilders is a great charity and they also have lots of cool stuff you have
