New to the forum, Long-time Sanderson fan

[jtulkas2 he/him]

Hey all,

 

After going to my 4th Sanderson signing yesterday (Yay for Firefight!) and having read most of his published works, I've finally decided to join this awesome community.

 

I am a published author myself, with 2 books being complete. I'm currently working on my first Fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. It is coming along nicely.

 

I can't wait to get more involved on these forums, and to meet a lot of you!

[mail-mi he/him]

Welcome! Would you like to take a cookie? (Ignore all those who tell you not to take them, only evil people wouldn't want you to take a cookie.)

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

Hey all,

 

After going to my 4th Sanderson signing yesterday (Yay for Firefight!) and having read most of his published works, I've finally decided to join this awesome community.

 

I am a published author myself, with 2 books being complete. I'm currently working on my first Fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. It is coming along nicely.

 

I can't wait to get more involved on these forums, and to meet a lot of you!

 

 

Welcome to 17th Shard!  What type of books did you write/publish? I'm working on a book series too

[RawToast225 he/him]

Welcome! We have a writing group on the forum called Reading Excuses. If that sounds like something you'd like to get involved with, message Silk. He leads us.

Anyway, welcome to our corner of the internet! It's a pretty friendly community here.

Have an up vote.

[jtulkas2 he/him]

Thanks guys! I my two previous novels were science fiction. The first book I had published, called Core of the Nations, is a twist on the concept of Adam and Eve. Instead of being names, they are titles. The world is approaching an inevitable end, and the reader discovers that this is actually the 4th time the world has come to an end. The 2 main characters have been chosen to be the next "Adam" and "Eve" and bring about the next world life. It looks at the past and shows how the other Adams and Eves dealt with the human race in their different times. As it was my first book, the writing isn't great... I intend on going back and cleaning up, and making some plot changes to make the story better.

 

The 2nd book I wrote has nothing to do with the 1st. It's called The Network. It was a blast to write, and I spent a lot of time on it. It goes a couple of hundred years into the future and shows what social networking has done to the human race.

 

The series I'm currently writing right now is kind of in the world building stages. I have written the prologue, and I've begun the outline, but mostly, I'm world building, prepping the story to make it awesome (thanks to Sanderson's lectures online! I have a much better understanding on how to make a book/series a lot more cohesive). I've got about 25,000 words out on Characters, Plots, Places, Settings, and Magic System. Over the weekend, I actually decided on how I'm going to end the trilogy, which was pretty monumental. Yay for writing!

[RawToast225 he/him]

You watch those lectures, too! Dude, virtual high five!

So you are an architect? I am a gardener myself. I will have to check out your books, friend.

[Titan Arum]

The 2nd book I wrote has nothing to do with the 1st. It's called The Network. It was a blast to write, and I spent a lot of time on it. It goes a couple of hundred years into the future and shows what social networking has done to the human race.

Your second book, The Network, reminds me of a book by David Eggers that I read called The Circle. It's about how a Facebook-like company has more or less become so influential in all things that they have begun to shape the world that we live in...for better or worse. The main character drinks the kool-aid and find herself down a crazy, conspiratorial rabbit hole. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it, seeing that I couldn't put it down on my last work TDY trip. (Oh, that and White Sand, get a copy of that from Brandon if you haven't already). 

[Guest]

Titan Arum, how long did it take you to get White Sand after requesting it?

[Twenty@20 he/him]

I can answer that. I got mine in less than a week after emailing Brandon. However I am guessing if you have sent your request in the last few days it may get delayed because Brandon and his team are busy with Firefight tour.

Edit: I asked about 6 months ago.

Edited January 13, 2015 by Twenty@20

[Guest]

I can answer that. I got mine in less than a week after emailing Brandon. However I am guessing if you have sent your request in the last few days it may get delayed because Brandon and his team are busy with Firefight tour.

No, I sent my request a couple weeks back, but I suspect it did get delayed. How long ago did you ask for yours?

[RawToast225 he/him]

I asked for mine three weeks ago. I'm about to message him again next week.

[jtulkas2 he/him]

You watch those lectures, too! Dude, virtual high five!

So you are an architect? I am a gardener myself. I will have to check out your books, friend.

I used to be a gardener, through and through, but I'm finding myself to be somewhere in the middle now. I'm discovering how useful structure really is. If you're interested in any of my books, PM me your email address and I'll send you a complimentary digital copy.

[jtulkas2 he/him]

Your second book, The Network, reminds me of a book by David Eggers that I read called The Circle. It's about how a Facebook-like company has more or less become so influential in all things that they have begun to shape the world that we live in...for better or worse. The main character drinks the kool-aid and find herself down a crazy, conspiratorial rabbit hole. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it, seeing that I couldn't put it down on my last work TDY trip. (Oh, that and White Sand, get a copy of that from Brandon if you haven't already). 

Thanks for the recommendations, Titan Arum! I'll have to check them out!