You Know You're a Sanderfan When...

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

28 minutes ago, reisleK said:

Alternative strategy is always carry around a cosmere book (I can vouch, it has worked)

This is how I found out Tori Pence from Studio C was a sanderfan. That was a fun night 

[Hyper129 He/Him]

3 hours ago, strmblsd said:

I one time saw someone at a dance reading shadows of self and I got into a 2 hour long conversation with them.. don't even know their name..

elend and vin be like

[Edema Rue she/her]

When you’re putting quotes from Wind and Truth on your wall months before it even comes out. (Yes, I gave in. I can’t hold out. No, I will not be spoiling for anyone.)

[strmblsd he/him]

When you have a street in your neighborhood called Stone Wood drive but it auto corrects to stoneward drive in your mind ... So when your mind has a Sanderson Auto correct 

[Pineap-spider Pineapple/Spider]

YKYASFW your matra for a XC race is “strength before weakness”

[Lego Mistborn he/him]

When you decide your relationship wasn't meant to be because she didn't like Sanderson. (Semi true story)

[S. Stormy she/her]

On 8/10/2024 at 11:01 AM, Pineap-spider said:

YKYASFW your matra for a XC race is “strength before weakness”

Mine and @IheartKaladin4eva's is "at least you're not carrying a bridge"

[The Stormfather He/Him]

2 hours ago, S. Stormy said:

Mine and @IheartKaladin4eva's is "at least you're not carrying a bridge"

Mine is 'Journey before destination.'

[Weaver of Shadows he/him]

24 minutes ago, The Stormfather said:

Mine is 'Journey before destination.'

That might end up being our team quote this year for XC.

[Wasing the want of this]

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YKYASF when your English teacher asks what Wit is and all you can think to say is that Wit is Hoid and that his job is to make fun of people.

 

Your history teacher asks who the leader of the nobles is and your first thought is the lord ruler.

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[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

YKYASFW you constantly bargain with your brother to try and get him to read Mistborn.

Also when audiobooks shorter than like 20 hours don't feel that long anymore.

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

When you read any book and think how easy it would be to thwart the villain by lashing them into the sky... (never to be seen again)

[Lego Mistborn he/him]

When you call a full length novel a novella

[Wasing the want of this]

When you are on 17th shard instead of doing school work

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

When you watch a 22-hour video because you made a deal with a friend and if you broke the deal, Odium would be released from his bindings and free to roam the Cosmere.

[Wasing the want of this]

When you try to breathe in stormlight every time you get hurt 

[The Honorable Musician he/him]

YKYASFW your first response to school being cancelled is to unleash your entire Brandon Sanderson curse word library.

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

YKYASFW your 

On 9/20/2024 at 10:31 PM, Wasing the want of this said:

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YKYASF when your English teacher asks what Wit is and all you can think to say is that Wit is Hoid and that his job is to make fun of people.

 

Your history teacher asks who the leader of the nobles is and your first thought is the lord ruler.

YKYASFW your English teacher asks you to fit characters to archetypes and you give Wit half of them.

[strmblsd he/him]

ykyasfw you constantly think about eating metal and thinking of how I wish  I had ________ metal rn to make this easier.

[Wasing the want of this]

When you expect wit to show up in every single book you read even if it is not one of Brandon Sandersons books

When you do the pacer test in school and think how bad you would be at bridge runs

When your brother and some of his friends have a Brandon Sanderson book club

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[Ookla she/her]

SP3 Spoilers:

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YKYASFW you see these and think, "Yes! Now is my chance to become like Yumi!!"

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

14 minutes ago, Ookla said:

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YKYASFW you see these and think, "Yes! Now is my chance to become like Yumi!!"

 

I got that without reading the caption XD

[Iamgroot]

When you start speculating how the Surge of Abrasion could help you grip better on the basketball court

When you start casually dropping Cosmere terminology in random conversations.

When you go to a library to stare at the Sanderson section, hoping for someone to borrow it, to make a new friend.

[Hoid Slayer He/Him]

When you site in the backseat in a long car ride and imagine lashing yourself out the window.

[Use the Falchion]

YKYASFW you start getting REALLY excited for the State of the Sanderson and all of the updates it should (hopefully) provide. In my typical "extra" fashion, here's my speculative and condensed version of the SOTS, based on last year's:

INTRO

• "What a year!"

 

KICKSTARTER UPDATES 

• Words of Radiance Leatherbound Updates 
• Cosmere RPG Updates
• Sneak Preview for the Big Kickstarter for 2025. (Only one next year, as they're still working on fulfilling the Kickstarters from this year. I speculate it will launch in August again.) 

 

RECAP

• Stormlight 
• Kickstarter awesomeness
• Secret Project 6
• Moment Zero
• Kickstarter awesomeness again
• White Sand outline and revision started
• Moment Zero again

 

PRIMARY AND UPCOMING PROJECTS

• Stormlight Updates
  • Prediction - It's going on Hiatus for the next 4-5 years, so it'll move down to the Secondary/Upcoming projects list. 
• Mistborn Era 3 Updates
  • Prediction - The outline revision/revisiting will start January 1st.
• Isles of the Emberdark
  • Prediction - A cover reveal alongside a release date, if it's not officially revealed at Dragonsteel and all sites are updated soon after. 
• Moment Zero 
  • Prediction - A short look at what next year's book will entail and/or look like.
• Cytoverse 
  • Prediction - An update and release date for Blightfall, with a revised potential release schedule for the rest of the series. (Brought to you by Janci!)
• Secret Project 6 - Yes I still believe that there's potentially a SIXTH Secret Project Book that will be announced. Title, preview cover, and release window will be shown, as well as a link to the reading done at Dragonsteel Nexus.

 

SECONDARY AND UPCOMING PROJECTS

• White Sand Novelization
  • Prediction - Brandon will work on it when he has chances to in 2025 and 2026. 
• Dark One 
  • Prediction - Coming out either mid-to-late 2025 or as the 2026 Dragonsteel Nexus book. (Brought to you by Dan!) 
    • Hopefully we'll get some news on the second volume of the graphic novel, but I'm not going to hold my breath. 
• Songs of the Dead 
  • Prediction - Cover reveal, synopsis, and release date! (Brandon we were supposed to see news of this far sooner. BRANDON WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SEE NEWS OF THIS FAR SOONER.)
• Super Awesome Danger
  • Prediction - Late 2025 release date if we're lucky. 
• Elantris 2 & 3
  • Prediction - Either Brandon's going to work on the outline for this and Mistborn Era 3 at the same time, or he's going to outline this after he finishes Mistborn 8...and given that he usually outlines a series after he writes the first book in it, there's even higher chances that Elantris 2 & 3 and Mistborn Era 3 will be outlined at the same time...

MINOR PROJECTS

• I expect no movement on any of them. Maybe Rithmatist Sequel if that's Secret Project 6, but no promises. 

 

MOVIE ADAPTATION AND GAME NEWS

• I was reminded the other day that Brandon did make a cheeky comment about Tress being a solid animated movie, so I can see that being announced and/or talked about.
• I can also see Snapshot being adapted in a live action form. 

 

NEWS FROM THE COMPANY

• No idea on what to predict here. 
  • Dan will tease his Cosmere story and express excitement about being able to fully dive into it, since Dark One is finished and all of his preproduction stuff is done. 
  • Isaac will mention Boatload of Mummies again. Hopefully this time it's about how he's finished revising it and has given it to Brandon to do a revision on when he has the time. 

 

PREDICTED SCHEDULE

• For 2025, I'm actually going to work backwards here, based on work already done and what's been said: 
  • December Release - Secret Project Six 
    • If it exists, Brandon will need time to do some revisions on it, so I'm thinking a year out is a solid amount of time between announcement and release. 
  • Dragonsteel Nexus Release - Moment Zero
  • Fall Release - Dark One Novelization
    • It's been in revisions for about a year or so, and an October release date would be super fun
  • September Graphic Novel Release - Super Awesome Danger
  • Summer Release 2 - Blightfall (August-ish)
    • Janci's book has gone through about three revisions right now, and since they don't need to shop it to a publisher, it should be pretty easy to just slap a release date on and call it a day.
  • Summer Release 1 - Isles of the Emberdark (May/June-ish)
    • It's been pushed back just a tad, but this timeframe seems to work really well. 
  • Spring Release - Songs of the Dead (February/March-ish)
    • We should have heard more about this WAY sooner than we have, and the book was complete and shopping for publishers all of 2024. If it found one even by just Fall 2024, then a release date could be eminent. 
• 2026 
  • Dragonsteel Nexus Release - Boatload of Mummies 
    • It's been in the works for YEARS now, and I think 2026 will be its year. 
  • Dragonsteel Nexus Release Alternative - Dark One Novelization
  • Horneater
  • Skyward Legacy 2 
• 2027 
  • Dragonsteel Nexus Release - White Sand novelization
  • Skyward Legacy 3
  • Dan Wells Cosmere Book 
  • Novella and/or Secret Project to go with Oathbringer Leatherbound
    • Aether of Night Prime, also to go with the Leatherbound?
• 2028 
  • Mistborn 8

To me, this means that while 2025 may only give us one new book and a novella written fully by Sanderson, it's also the year we'll see the most collaborations and things release until maybe 2027 or even 2028. 

 

PUBLISHER NOTES 

• Yeah, I've got nothing. 

 

CONCLUSION

• Thanks for supporting us. 
• We understand the trust you put in us. 
• Things may feel like they're going even faster, but we're actually slowing down behind the scenes as we adjust to our new size.
• Don't worry, there's always another secret. 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Use the Falchion