Ammanas Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 So every year for State of Sanderson Brandon gives us a long list of books and stories he his working on such as Elantris/Mistborn/Warbreaker sequels, Death by Pizza and many others. Has he already gotten the green light from his publishers that that they have accepted the premise of these stories and will publish them once they are written? Or has he reached such super star status that it is just assumed they will publish anything he writes? Any insights would br appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon314 he/him Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Well, I'm pretty sure Tor will publish Nightblood, Mistborn, and Elantris sequels pretty much for sure. They have the publishing rights to them IIRC and they already have a large following. Secondly, I don't know if it's super star status, but I know, personally, that I'll read anything he writes. So he has that leverage, plus he is a fantastic writer. So yeah, he can pretty much publish whatever he wants at this point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calderis he/him Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 If you take pretty much any Sanderson story, and break it down to just its premise, and describe that with ruining the plot of the book. Every storming one of them sounds ridiculous. When you take that into consideration, and see the awesome things that him makes from said ridiculous things, to the point that his fans now view this ridiculous crazy things as perfectly reasonable and constantly demand more... Brandon has an inbuilt audience. He could say "I'm going to write a story about a kid who gets magic by squinting at things really hard. It'll be cool." and the publishers would be like, "well, it sounds just as crazy as eating metal, but that worked. It'll Sell." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu he/him Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Some of them are certainly already under contract with a publisher. But I doubt the ones further down the road have already been worked out (Nightblood, Elantris sequels, Silverlight...). I think he's definitely reached a status where he can write pretty much whatever he wants (within reason) and somebody will publish it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, jofwu said: Some of them are certainly already under contract with a publisher. But I doubt the ones further down the road have already been worked out (Nightblood, Elantris sequels, Silverlight...). I think he's definitely reached a status where he can write pretty much whatever he wants (within reason) and somebody will publish it. I would love to see a Sanderson idea that was not within reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jofwu he/him Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 I mean, if he decided to write a biography about Abraham Lincoln, his usually publishers aren't going to pick it up and I don't think he could convinced publishers of another genre to pick it up just because he's popular "over there". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 minute ago, jofwu said: I mean, if he decided to write a biography about Abraham Lincoln, his usually publishers aren't going to pick it up and I don't think he could convinced publishers of another genre to pick it up just because he's popular "over there". Gotcha ok. I was thinking you meant the publishers saying, "This magic system/world is too weird. It just isn't commercial enough." Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedcomic he/him Posted June 28, 2017 Report Share Posted June 28, 2017 State of the Sanderson is about what (and when and how) he plans to write. It's also about what (and when and how) he plant to publish, but to a much lesser degree because he has less control over that. It's the nature of the business. Publishers want to make money, so they look for books that will sell. In other words: Nobody gets a free pass from any publisher. But Brandon has a lot of partners ready to try a dance with him because his books tend to sell well. (Look at his bibliography and see how many different publishers he's worked with.) Of course there's no way to know three or four years down the road if they're going to like a book that he's not even sure he will write yet. But in this new age of publishing, he can always publish a work himself if no one else is interested. And he has (via Dragonsteel Entertainment) with several of his works (particularly short ones). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondoe Posted June 30, 2017 Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 The problem with state of Sanderson is he comes up with new ideas that move to the front and push some of the long awaiting sequels back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ammanas Posted June 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2017 10 minutes ago, jondoe said: The problem with state of Sanderson is he comes up with new ideas that move to the front and push some of the long awaiting sequels back I'm starting to think his story Death by Pizza will never be published. Its not one I'm anxiously waiting on, but will give it a try if it ever comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedcomic he/him Posted July 1, 2017 Report Share Posted July 1, 2017 4 hours ago, jondoe said: The problem with state of Sanderson is he comes up with new ideas that move to the front and push some of the long awaiting sequels back This is not a problem with State of the Sanderson. This is a problem with Sanderson. Also, I mostly love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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