Shardcast: State of the Sanderson 2025 and Dragonsteel Nexus Recap

Great episode! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Brandon has yet another Secret Project lined up for 2027 lol.* 

In terms of the series that have gone in-and-out of the Cosmere over the years, I can think of about four to five off the top of my head:

Skyward - Started as Cosmere, ended as its own shared universe. (There is speculation that Starling is who Spensa was based off of, but no confirmation yet.)

Rithmatist - Started as Cosmere, ended as its own book series. 

Dark One - Started as its own thing, moved to the Cosmere, and back and forth until it ended as its own multimedia project that really hasn't had much movement. (A first volume of a graphic novel with no promise or updates on Volume 2 since around 2022/2023, an audio-novella, and a book that's been in revisions for 4-5 years now. (More on that later.)

Adamant - Like Dark One, started as its own thing, then moved into the Cosmere and out again IIRC. This is what I thought y'all were referring to. 

Moonbreaker aka Soulburner/Starburner - I don't remember this being Cosmere, but y'all do, so go for it! (And one of the very few times I've gotten speculation correct - it WAS a videogame! ...just not the videogame I thought it was...)

Speaking of Dark One, wouldn't the non-Cosmere, in-revision book Dan mentions be Dark One? It's weird to me that he didn't mention it by name. 

Dan's now and innovative book is going to be a wild ride, and I can't wait to see what his series is! 

*I would much rather than Brandon's next Secret Project either be Arcanum Unbounded 2, and the things he's been writing be short stories and novellas for that, or he saves all of his Secret Projects for a big Crowdfunding thing in 4-6 years. Surprise novels are great and help the crowdfunding campaigns they're part of, but it's the first 4 Secret Projects that propelled Brandon to his latest stage of fame. I think doing that again but with 4-5 years' worth of books could be awesome to see. (If that did happen, I think 4-6 books is likely, with a goal of 8 books being the dream. My personal hope would be for 11-12 books, but that's a fantasy and I know it.)