Stranker Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Hello, 17th shard. I am Stranker. My friend recommended Mistborn to me 11 months ago. At the time, I had no inspiration for reading. I liked reading, but I didn't think of it as a priority. So I put off Mistborn.....for 7 months. In my defense, from September until the start of February, I was pretty busy. However, I finally picked up Mistborn in February, expecting it to be a book I would just read during my lunches that months. Yeah....I ended up staying up until 4 AM reading it. Then I spent all of my free time for the next two weeks reading the other books. Needless to say, I loved the Mistborn books. I wanted to read more Sanderson after that. I was convinced to read Dune first, but I couldn't get into it, and I ended up dropping the novel. Then, I read the Wax & Wayne novels along with Secret History and Stormlight 1 in April. The Way of Kings ended up replacing Mistborn as my favorite novel, so I instantly dove into the second novel, which I read in a weekend. Since then, I have read Warbreaker, Elantris, The Emperor's Soul, and in two days I plan on reading Perfect State. So yeah, I think I'm a little obsessed with Sanderson novels. In fact, I liked reading so much, that I have begun writing my own fantasy novel. So far, I have had a ton of fun writing it. I'm trying not to take too much from Sanderson (maybe I should have read novels from other authors in between Sanderson novels), but the inspiration definitely shows. My chapter length is something I need to fix, but for now I am writing what I am comfortable with. Hopefully, I'll get good enough to get a novel published! So I love the lore in the cosmere, especially with the mystery around Hoid. I joined 17th shard to discuss my thoughts with other Sanderson fans (for a while I've been doing that on reddit). So, is there anything not obvious that I should know about this site? Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliroz-The-Confused Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Hi. Chapter lengths aren't really a problem in my opinion unless you mean for your books to be read out loud, in which case, the voice of the guy who reads the book on tape needs a break I thought Secret History wasn't out yet, how'd you get it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranker Posted June 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 (edited) @Aliroz-The-Confused It's not out in physical form, but there's an ebook for $5. Edited June 23, 2016 by Stranker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 @Stranker Welcome to the shard, fellow writer and friend. I would offer you a cookie, but you have no idea how many I sold to the people of this neighbourhood. I'll maybe bake some more tomorrow. I make sure there are lots of vitamins and minerals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranker Posted June 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 @Darkness Ascendant Thank you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRyan he/him Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Welcome @Stranker! Glad to have another fellow Sanderfan on the 17th Shard! One thing that you might like to do now that you have joined the community is browse this: It sets out the rules, policies etc. of the forum. You can learn what the spoiler tag Spoiler policies are and you can also learn about the different parts of the site. A second thing you might want to know is if anyone offers you cookies on this forum it is a great idea to turn them down - the cookies possess hemalurgic spikes and they will steal from you! Beware! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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