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So as I've been watching what people ask Brandon on his twitter & facebook, one of the questions I see being asked is "When is ____ book coming out?" I thought it would be helpful if we put up a list of an estimated time when books are expected, as well as a short blurb of what each book is. Note that a lot of these blurbs aren't actually quotes, but just in quotes for formatting reasons. Scribbler The Rithmatist- May 14, 2013 Steelheart (Book 1 of Steelheart Trilogy)- September 24, 2013 (Stormlight Archive Book 2)- Oct/Nov 2013, Spring 2014 Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (Short Story in Dangerous Women Anthology edited by George R. R. Martin)- May 2014 Mistborn: Birthright-2014 Tentative information: The Dark Talent (Alcatraz 5)- 2013 (Will be written and put on Brandon's site, then eventually will find a publisher). Elantris 2- Fall 2015? Shadows of Self (sequel to Alloy of Law) That is about as far as I dare plan Brandon's books. This is NOT official in anyway, this is just some estimates I've heard from time to time from Brandon and Peter. EDIT-7/1/2012 Gave a specific date for Legion. EDIT- 7/5/2012 Gave a specific date for Emperor's Soul, information about Shadows for Silence.

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By Shards, do you mean literal Shards? Or Shadblades/Shardplate? Just want to make sure. And I think it's very possible. It depends on how long it's been around, and if it predates the common spren (like windspren).

Well, I don't know. I think Iroh is a lot younger than Lin. I mean it's voiced by the same guy who did Zuko, and, quite frankly, he looks like I would imagine Zuko to be if he didn't have the scar. I believe that Iroh is Zuko's grandson, not son, placing him more in the "Katara" age group than the "Lin" age group.

We don't know. We do know that it was before there where Seons.

Mistwraiths reproduce asexually (binary fission), or at least that's what I've heard from Peter. Kandra though.... If there is a female/male they could reproduce I suppose, but it seems like that would be mentioned. I think it's more likely that they just recognize that their spirits are male/female. Here's the quote from Peter: I feel though that we've had more recent information than this. Let me see if I can find something else... Oh, and here's a quote about male/female kandra </div>

Thanks Lyssie! Do you happen to remember any questions he may have answered at the Murder by the Book? The video cuts off right as the Q&A starts.

I would like to announce 2 things. First, that the Elantris annotations are well underway, and should all be in the Database by the end of the week. Second, I'd like to announce that I this is post # 1337. Whoo-hoo!

I say you should start with Elantris. Its got a lot of interesting stuff that hasn't gotten looked at. Plus our knowledge and conversation of Elantris is probably the lowest of all the Cosmere books, which I think is a shame. I really like Elantris. Plus, I can see some fun when you look at the Chapter 23 Annotation.

I got really really excited when Iroh appeared (with Zuko's voice! Whoo-hoo!) Although I wonder, will he be yet another Love Interest for Korra? And am I the only one that dislikes Mako? I mean kissing your not girlfriend, then staying with your girlfriend, then continuing to act fond toward the not girlfriend. *Humph*. I suppose it's also because of this shot with Bolin, when they're on the date at the not-eiffel tower. I mean come on! Stupid romantic tension.

Hey! I've got some more videos for people! I've got 2 from alloy of law, one in Seattle, and one in a store called Murder by the Book in Houston: Seattle: My link Murder by the Book: My link And something that I usually wouldn't add, but I will because of the content. The latest Writing Excuses where Brandon talks in depth about Way of Kings: My link Thanks guys!

Happy Birthday to a plethora of people, all who happen to be 50 years old! As well as spinner, who is 23!

Glad to see you here chipshead! I hope you enjoy yourself here!

Hey! So Brandon just posted this on Reddit about Steelheart. I'm editing the OP to include it (and the news article as well).

I've heard about it, but haven't read it. He's mentioned it a few times, but I didn't realize it was finished. But it's a good thing I haven't, I think. It allows me to speculate! For example, Steelheart is totally David's father. Also, David vs Steelheart= David vs Goliath

It's from the annotations. That stuff really needs to be in the Database.... Peter has said, though, that that wording is misleading.

Steelheart, a YA book, is to be released August 2013 in US and UK by Delacorte Press (part of Random House), and Gollancz. It is the first book of a trilogy, and it looks awesome. Here's a plot synopsis from Gollancz: So basically, it seems like it's a world where there's only supervillians- and humans are coming to stop them. Plus there's a movie deal in the works. Anyone else excited? UPDATE 6/14 Brandon had the following to say about Steelheart: Sources Booktrade Suvudu The Book Seller Reddit

Seriously man. You're awesome. Happy (late) birthday.

No, I'm pretty sure he's not. But Korra's going to be doing a lot more for the Equalists cause when she gets out. Why ? "You're our avatar too!" Right where it hurts. Also, am I the only one frustrated with the pointlessness of the Council? How they just always do what Tarrlock wants? And I understand why the Equalists are frustrated with the government if the Air Nation (pop: 50 with the acolades) gets a representative, and there's no one for the common people. Even if Tenzin is the best guy on the council.

Baha! There's an update!! So this guy, heymickey posts in the Fantasy-Faction Forum under the topic "Why are my blog comments missing? Re: Mathias" To which the head admin says:

I would like to announce that I have reclaimed my proper place at the top of the Rep List again. 329 to Chaos's 324. Oh yeah.

I've been playing close attention to it, and I've been working on compiling the stuff for the Database. Though this actual explanation... I don't know! I mean Kelsier appears to Spook (insertion) when he's holding part of Preservation, and then Vin "pushes" Elend to the Pits. Maybe it's a Faith thing rather than a Preservation thing? I don't know.

This isn't IM, it's twitter, but it's still pretty awesome. So in order to reach the awesomeness, you have to wade through some less awesomeness. Basically it's about a Self-Pub author who says he's not a Self-Pub author, even though he publishes his own books. The Original Topic Fantasy Factions' post about Mathias Some highlights: When people posted shock at his reaction, he posted this: And from his twitter account: So Brandon Sanderson apparently sees all of this. And being Brandon, does something about it. The following are from his twitter account: Oh Brandon. How you make me laugh. He then posted his publication schedule there, where he opens with:

So I (semi) recently went to the Writing for Charity conference to see Brandon Sanderson. I arrived at the tail end of his presentation, and I really enjoyed it. There was a signing afterwords, and I sat next to him as questions were asked (including a question asking if I was Brandon's son!) After the line ran out, I was able to ask him some questions: Zas: So if you want, I went through the Ultimate List of Questions Thread Brandon: Oh no. Zas: And I pulled out a couple, pulled out quite a few. Brandon: All right, all right. I’ll give you your top 5. 1. Zas: This one is from Terez, about WoT. It says“Does Moridin have anything to do with the Knife of Dreams?” Peter: She thinks that his name (insert name, sounds likePedroni?) translates into Knife of Dreams in WoT Brandon: (slightly surprised) Oh. If that is the case Terez,which it very well may be, I don’t know. I don’t know. That’s mostly because Idon’t do anything with the Old Tongue- I let Alan handle it, because he’s sogood at it, I pretty much just refer to him. The only thing I tried to name on my own was Perrin’s hammer. And even that, he had to fix a few little things tomake it work right. So I won’t kill that theory, but I can’t confirm it either. 2. Zas: In Well of Ascension, there are two strange“voice in the head” experiences. One of them is with Sazed and Marsh are fighting, and Sazed realizes that he can burn the metal rings that are now inhis stomach. But the other one is with Elend, when a voice comes, and he’s not sure where it comes from. It says something like “If you have a dagger, theonly way to win is to go in for the kill” Brandon: That one, where it came from, is – I know what youare searching for, but it’s actually just an old (something) from weapons training. He’s just dredging- he’s not sure where it came from because he neverthought he would need any of it, he thought he was just going to be a scholar.But his father did have him trained in weapons, so it’s just instinct that he got from one of his old mentors infighting. So there’s nothing to see there, so no, he’s not (something). Zas: Okay. We were just wondering if it was Preservation, or Kelsier. Brandon: Nope. Unfortunately, no. I do that on occasion, but this time 3. Zas: There is a debate on what to call Shallan’s Symbols, so we don’t have such an ambiguous term for it . Brandon: The Symbolhead? Zas: Yeah, the Symbolhead, Shallanspren, Brandon: (laughter) Zas: We don’t really know what to call them. Brandon: Do I want to canonize this yet? Zas: You don’t have to canonize it yet. Brandon: I don’t know if I want to canonize it yet. But I willsay this. They are spren, that should be pretty obvious. They are the sprenconnected to what Shallan is capable of doing. But I don’t know if I want tocanonize it yet. Truthspren is as good a name as any, and I would suggest you use that until further notice. 4. Zas: A question related to that. There’s an ideagoing around that all the spren that can Nahel Bond, all Knight Radiant sprenare called Honorspren, and then Nohaden talks specifically about Honorspren. Is that the case? You know, is it just the Windrunner spren, or is it all the spren? Brandon: I’m going to deal with this in the next book. So I’ll just go ahead and let it be a literal RAFO. It is coming. (interruption, leading Brandon to lose his train of thought) So what we are dealing with here is that all Spren are indeed all pieces of the one who has gone, so those spren are all- except the Windrunner spren, the spren like Syl, have certain umm. Zas: Nohaden mentioned that “All the spren aren’t as discerning as Honorspren.” Brandon: So there has been dissention among them about who gets to call themselves Honorspren, if that makes sense, and there is some disagreement among scholars about which ones are really, you know “This is what defines an But the spren you are running into are all (something) ofeither Honor or Cultivation, or some mixture between them. And you can usually tell the ones that are more Honor, and the ones that are more Cultivation. That should be able ot be (something). 5. Zas: Here’s an interesting one. Why do some Breaths flare when people die? Vasher mentions it in the book. Brandon: I will answer that in the next book, if I ever get to it. <interruption> Brandon: Okay, give me another one. We’re way over 5 now. Zas: True. (Although it’s not! Haha!) Why did OreSeur signup for Kelsier’s plan. Was he forced to because of his contract? Or did he actually want to do it? Brandon: All kandra want to be back in the Homeland. Thatsaid, OreSeur, he as a kandra, likes challenges, and was a real method kandra, a lot of them are, but he truly was. And you can see that in him. So for him, the contractand the role he plays Zas: Are more important than what he actually wants. Brandon: Yeah. Even though he had spent all this time doing this stuff. So he was part of it, but for him, his role was being this person. If I may. Zas: That’s interesting. Zas: Is there some reason why both Vin and Kelsier arehalf-skaa, half-noble, both natural allomancers, both end up overthrowing theLord Ruler, and have siblings that are seekers. Brandon: Both were heavily influenced by Ruin in doing whatthey were doing. So there is a connection there, maybe not the one you’re looking for, but Ruin was looking for talented Mistborn that were easy to manipulate and talented Mistborn tend to come from talented Mistborn lines, and so Ruin is looking for that, and they both end up fitting that role. And the thing is, is that the half breeds ended up being easier for him to manipulateand easier lost in the shuffle of things, so they weren’t paid attention to as much by the ministry, because the ministry didn’t know about them . So it’s mostly coincidental for what Ruin’s trying to achieve. <interruption> Zas: A question that has it’s roots in Dragonsteel. When Ruin changes words, is he actually changing words,or is he changing what people see? Brandon: Did we canonize this question Peter? I’m pretty sure we did. I thought we answered this one already.(It’s not in our records if he did) Let’s just say that most of the time, Ruin was searching for a place to transition, where he could change what was being trans-transcribed. Or what was being heard, or what was being said. Zas: That’s pretty interesting. Brandon: So the easiest time for him is when a scribe is writing in a new book, he’s copying a new book down, and he just pops in and changes the words. Zas: Okay. That makes sense. Zas: Oh! Did Ati- We see Elend and Vin in that kind of holding pattern with Sazed at the end, did Ati perish?Or did he also stay in the holding pattern. Brandon: Ati perished. He is gone. Zas: How about a confirmation one? We have a secondhand report from Miyabi actually, that says that Hoid was at the Shattering of Adonalsium. Was he there? Brandon: Yes he was.