Columns and Features

It's been only a few months since The Lost Metal came out, but there's been so much going on with the Year of Sanderson that it's hard to believe. Time flies like a Coinshot, as they say (they don't say that), and so you've waited long enough to see the art you voted on (assuming you are a patron; if you are not, may we interest you in joining the ranks? Look at what cool stuff those kind patrons make happen).

So let's take a look at it! Spoilers for The Lost Metal below!
 

This week the Overlord and Overlady Read Tress of the Emerald Sea! Come listen to what wonders their opinions hold.

This one is coming to you all the way from September of last year, so apologies for the long wait but we like to give the artists we work with as much time as they need with these commissions - we are under no deadline, and we don't want to impose one either. In this case - and in all other cases - the wait has been worth it, as this illustration turned out beyond great!

Open the post to see the full piece!

Tress of the Emerald Sea is HERE, and over on the Coppermind Wiki we are in crunch mode! The novel dropped on January 1st for Kickstarter backers and today it is now available for anyone to purchase. Between The Lost Metal's release in November and several new books coming in 2023, this is going to be a busy year for the wiki. And we need your help! Veteran editors and newbies are all appreciated!

We're kicking off the first (and only) official Coppermind Tress Cup, in which we'll be trying to knock out as many Tress-related updates as possible. This competition will run for one month--starting today. You can find the list of objectives here. Each objective has been assigned a point value based on how difficult we feel it will be. The person with the most points at the end of the competition is the winner! The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a one-time-only Tress Cup Award to show off on their user page! And that's to say nothing of the self-satisfaction I can guarantee as well as the undying gratitude of countless Cosmere fans!

The Coppermind Tress Cup begins NOW! Let's do this!

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Spoilers for The Lost Metal

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There was an annual gift exchange tradition in the fandom that went on for several years, and it strangely coincided with our own holiday season. It was known as Secret Sazed, and while this art commission is not involved with this tradition in any way, it is a Sazed piece, and we are revealing it right around the holidays. So it was a secret Sazed, in the sense that... you didn't know it was coming? Look, overabundance of (Christmas) food is the enemy of wit, this as good of an intro you are going to get. Let's talk about the illustration itself.

Spoilers for The Hero of Ages below!

The Overlord and Overlady are BACK at it again and this time they are reading the correct book this time!

Join us again this year for the WOTaHoliday stream for 2022, raising funds for the Lightweaver Foundation.

The Lost Metal, the fourth and final Wax & Wayne novel, came out November 15th, and boy there was crazy things in the book, so let's talk about them! MASSIVE SPOILERS including cosmere stuff in this video! Do not watch until you have finished the book!

Welcome to Diceborn!

This is our 13th and final episode of Season 1 where we play through a campaign using the Mistborn Adventure Game. This episode, our little group of rapscallions puts in motion the plan to save their fellow crew member, but there may be more at play here than first estimated...

It's time for Splintercast again! This time we are talking about House of the Dragon season 1. Pretty much everyone was disappointed with Game of Thrones season 8, so how did the prequel series go? As it happens, really well!

In this final episode of The Lost Previews, we discuss chapters 16 to 18! We can't wait for the release next week!

Welcome to Diceborn!

This is episode 12 of our series where we play through a campaign using the Mistborn Adventure Game. We're back in Elendel this episode, searching for clues and making plans to help save our captured crew mate.

This week on The Lost Previews, we talk about chapters 14 and 15 of The Lost Metal!

Hey everyone! The Keepers of the Coppermind have a brief announcement for you!

If you haven't heard, this is a particularly special month for the Coppermind: It's NaCoWriMo! It’s the famous, very well known, National Coppermind Writing Month! Well, maybe you know somebody participating in NaNoWriMo (for those of you taking that challenge, our hats are off to you!)... But if writing 50,000 words of a novel isn’t really your thing, but you want to contribute to the wiki, then this is the challenge for you!

Never helped edit the Coppermind wiki before? Have no fear! Editing the wiki is open to everyone because we are always thankful for any help you can give! And it's easy to get started on! Fixing mistakes is easy, so don’t worry about messing anything up. Your contributions are invaluable to us, and the best way to learn is through experience!

It's the very last SpanReads for 2022, ending with the cosmere implications for Bands of Mourning!

Welcome to Diceborn!

This is episode 11 of our series where we play through a campaign using the Mistborn Adventure Game. In this episode, our gang head to Luka's home to meet back up with him... Or do they?

The Lost Previews continue with a short chapter 12 followed by rather spicy chapter 13!

The madlads, they did it again! They said they were done with the art, yet it keeps coming! Well, this one is the last one for a little bit, for realsies.

So what do we have here? In keeping up with our annual tradition (a tradition we established last year, so it's not a very big data set, but still), we are dedicating October to its signature holiday, Halloween - and exploring some of the horror themes present in the Cosmere. 

Join us after the break to see what this happy ghost in the preview is trying to get to!

We're interviewing Carly K of Dragonwoodshop, who made the excellent Eye of Stormlight case for the Way of Kings Leatherbound Kickstarter Challenge Coins. We talk about the process and more! If you want one of these, you only have until December 31st 2022 to order it!

This week on SpanReads, we are talking about magic in The Bands of Mourning! I'm sure nothing important happened in this one.

Continuing on from last week, we talk about chapters 10 and 11 of The Lost Metal!

This week on SpanReads, we are talking about characters and relationships in The Bands of Mourning! 

Lost Metal sample chapters continue, and we have two weeks to catch up on! Beginning with next week, we should be back to a weekly schedule.

Welcome to Episode 10 of Diceborn!

This is Episode 10 of our Mistborn Adventure Game campaign. The groups confrontation with Carrel and her band of raiders commences this episode, will their preparation of the town of Belltin save them, or are they in a little over their head?