Brandon Sanderson

Sounds like you need a metalmind or two. Yes, indeed I do. I actually listened to era-appropriate music when working on Alloy of Law. In general, a good stoundtrack can work no matter what, but for some scenes I need something more powerful. (Szeth's scenes in TWoK were usually to Daft Punk.) Hmmm.... The everyday stuff is actually the hardest. For example, the question about racist jokes. They'd have them in world, but getting everything like this into a novel can be tough--particularly since it has a chance of squeezing out the story if you do too much. Pearl, Emerald, Ruby, Time Walk, Recall. Four left to go. I try to pick them up at times when it means something--for example, I bought my Ruby in Taiwan during my visit there earlier, and my wife gave me one as a gift...that sort of thing.

RAFO. It's uncertain. He actually did care for her, but he was an assassin trained to infiltrate and gain the trust of people like Shallan. If he hadn't been trying to kill Jasnah, he would never have had a reason to begin spending time with Shallan. However, I assume your question is if they had somehow started interacting, would they have gotten together. It's possible, but I don't think--in the end--it would have lasted. I'm afraid I have to RAFO this too.

Yes, and when I write Dragonsteel, you shall see the answer to this. Yes. I suppose I can answer this if I haven't already. No, it is only Endowment.

Yes and no. Potentially, yes. No, I'm afraid not. Those might have been useful to have around, though.

RAFO. I don't think this is outside of reason for one to do, if they wanted to. I'm not sure if they would want to, but it's plausible.

Current "Brandon Suggests" list: Anything by Guy Gavrial Kay (Tigana in specific.) Slight content warning. Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Anything by Robin Hobb, but particularly the Fitz books. Brent Weeks (Black Prism in particular.) Going Postal is my favorite Pratchett right now. (If you read him, don't start with the first book. Start here or with Guards Guards.) Anything by Daniel Abraham under any of his various pen names. Anne McCaffrey if by some miracle you haven't read her yet. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Slight content warning.) And, of course, Pat Rothfuss--who is a genius.

Sure. BOOKS YOU WILL SEE SOON: (The books that are done.) AMOL: January The Rithmatist (once named Scribbler): Summer 2013 Steelheart: Fall 2013 or spring 2014. BOOKS YOU WILL SEE SOMEWHAT SOON: (Working on right now.) Stormlight 2: Hopefully Fall 2013. Shadows of Self (New Wax and Wayne): 2014 OTHER: Alcatraz 5: I own the rights again now, and hope to write this book sometime in the near future. Stormlight 3: Goal is to write this soon after Stormlight 2 Steelheart and Rithmatist Sequels: I will probably try to do one of each of these between Stormlight 2 and 3. MAYBE MAYBE: Elantris 2: I'd still love to do a sequel for 2015, the 10th anniversary of the book's release. Warbreaker 2: Long ways off. STALLED PROJECTS Dark One: Unlikely any time soon. The King's Necromancer: Unlikely any time soon. I Hate Dragons: Unlikely any time soon. Death By Pizza: Turned out mediocre. Won't be released anytime soon. The Silence Divine: Will be written someday. White Sand: Will be written someday. Mistborn modern trilogy: Will be written during the gap between Stormlight 5 and 6. The Liar of Partinel Didn't turn out well. Scraped. Dragonsteel: Won't be written until Stormlight is done. Not a lot of changes from back then, except that Steelheart got finished and Rithmatist got a release date for certain. It's because of mode-shifting. The people you noted have been doing one thing for a long time, and are now forced into something else. The self confidence is a side effect of that. However, I wouldn't say it's the primary character attribute for any of them, however. I think you're blanketing self confidence as a larger issue, when it's the smaller part of something larger for each character. Vin: Trusting Others Elend: Idealism Dalinar: Conflict between the killer he was and the man he wishes to be. Spook: Self Worth Kelsier. Expanding that, however, I feel that in general, other people are telling stories about "dirtier" characters and doing it well. I don't feel characters who are generally good characters are any less realistic, however--in fact, almost everyone I know is more like Vin or Dalinar. They want to be good people, they TRY to be good people. Fantasy has taken a very dark turn in many ways, and this is fine, but it is not the type of story or characters in which I am interested. That doesn't mean I won't ever do it. There are some far more borderline characters mixed into some of the series, but they are more the exception than the rule. Maybe, but there are a few problems here. For one, "Four elements" magic has been done over and over in books and video games, so it feels hard to make fresh. And in what you describe, it sounds like the characters would be very powerful, which makes for a challenging story to write. What a clever question. Gold star for you. He certainly saw the side benefits. However, his primary motive was to make a statement. Not just as a thank you, but as a way of proclaiming to all of the Alethi "What we have been doing is wrong. This wealth is not worth the lives of men." Third Mistborn Trilogy will certainly include some of this. We shall see if I do any of Hoid's stories before then. RAFO. It is, as always, my pleasure. Thank you for supporting my writing.

So far, I've only done her flashback sequence--but this was a little easier than Kaladin's, as I've been kind of chomping at the bit to tell her story. Main viewpoint characters will be the same, with a touch more Navani. We will have a glimpse from a few side characters as well, including a sequence of Parshendi viewpoints. RAFO You will someday know.

Ha. I...really would rather pass on this one. Getting the Ketek right in KINGS took weeks of writing and rewriting. I'm not sure I'd like to try something, even for fun, in a quick forum write like this. RAFO. (But you will see it again.) The relationship is there, but it's not a very strong connection. There are metals which exist that any Allomancer can burn, regardless of their own orientation. Sadeas would make great use of Zane. Far better use than his father did.

Yes, I would think there are lots of racist jokes everywhere. It's more of a thing on Roshar, however, where the races are more distinct and rub each other the wrong way more often. Lots of things. There is a full society up there. Lots of small villages. The low end is bounded. You can pull out tons--but in filling, you can only go so far. I didn't ever explicitly talk about this in the series, but the implications are there. Not all have the same bounds, but in your example, the body just can't slow beyond a certain point. Think of it this way--you can only fill a weight metalmind with as much weight as you have to give. So you can become very, very light--but you only add to a time for doubling your weight. You can't make yourself 100,000 times slower and gain 100,000 times multiplication. You can give up all of your normal speed, and so when you tap that speed out you are at 200% for an equal period. (And that's a theoretical maximum; realistically, you can only go to down around 75% slower or the like.) As everything in Feruchemy, you become immune to the effects of the ability only. Like weight doesn't crush you, but at the same time doesn't have a net gain in strength. Growing colder, however, would be more helpful in this regard.

He became quite the 'stud' in the years following the first trilogy. I might be persuaded to show some of this at some point. He also knew many things he really should not have.

1: Hemalurgy can do some very, very odd things. And the endowment of intelligence is a common result of tinkering with shard-based magic. 2: Because I messed up. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but that power was supposed to be swapped with another one. (You might be able to guess which one.) However, by the time I realized my mistake, it had already been canonized in print in the trilogy, so I was stuck with it. I've been tempted to go back and correct the error, but it reaches pretty far back. People drawing upon warmth is mentioned in the first book. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that in general the 'physical, mental, etc' things are applied by people--they are boxes that people investigating the magic have used to describe it. 3: This is a RAFO. I don't want to be pinned down on this one quite yet. 4: You will get plenty in the next Stormlight book. But more than one type of spren live there.

I'm curious what makes you guess that particular power.

Thank you for reading, and for the kind words. I'm thrilled that people out there are paying enough attention to even ask questions like this. It's flattering. Yes, though in the overwhelming majority of cases, it's end-positive or at least neutral. Hemalurgy really is an oddity in the cosmere For similar reasons to why the Dor acts so differently from Preservation's essence... Some planets had people before the shattering. The Dor's nature, and why it acts as it does, is in part related to this question. Thanks!

They range between the size of a hand to perhaps the size of a small melon. You'll find out more about them eventually. Like most things from Aimia, they're pretty odd, and are also now very rare since the scouring. Yes. Good question. Interesting theory. Yes.

He couldn't get rid of this entirely. I don't want to spoil things, but Snapping was built into Allomancy primarily because of larger-scale magical issues. This is getting deep into the issue, but it has to do with a person's spiritual makeup and a 'wounded' spirit being easier to fill with something else, kind of like a cut would let something into the bloodstream. Sazed made this threshold on Scadrial much easier to obtain. Yes. In theory. Getting to Sel is really tough... I'd say that the spren on Roshar have been my favorite so far--they are so different, but also so RIGHT. They have a mythological fae-feel to them, but also fit into the cosmere arcanum just perfectly. I also like writing them.

My pleasure. Thanks for reading. It has some very small effect. Selish, Scadrian, Nalthian, Rosharan. I have heard of Madoka Magica, but have not watched it. I don't know the other one. I haven't really gotten into an anime since Bebop, though people keep telling me I need to watch one of the Full Metal Alchemist shows. Well, my son (having only girl cousins) has a stuffed rabbit he named Fluttershy...so that one? I'm afraid you're talking to the wrong Dragonsteel person for MLP discussion. Peter's a fan, but I've never actually seen an episode of the new incarnation. (My little sisters, many years ago, did make me suffer through the movie with the sea ponies about a billion times, however.)

You guys are awesome, and I really appreciate what you've done here. No RAFO. In my own terms, I refer to all of this as types of investiture. The degree, and effects, can be very different--but those people are invested. I term this Innate Investiture, and it is similar to what happens with people on Nalthis. That is also innate. In most cases, they would still be Allomancers. Mixed, potentially, with something else depending on the native innate investiture. That mixture could do some strange things, though.

I sent out a newsletter over the last couple of weeks, which you can see here. If you want to be on the mailing list (I send maybe three or four of these per year), sign up here. And if you want me to email you when I'm signing near where you live, be sure to tell me your city. One of the things I mentioned in the newsletter is that my young adult book THE RITHMATIST is coming out next year. You may remember that I finished the first draft of this book (formerly known as SCRIBBLER) way back in April 2007. Due to being a bit busy over the past five years I was never able to revise it to my satisfaction, but I've now had the chance, and Tor Teen will be releasing it next summer. It's a fantasy/steampunk/mystery about a boy who gets free tuition to a magic school because his mom is the cleaning lady—yet he has no magical talents himself. I'll post more on it as next summer approaches. Tor.com has posted the cover art, and my editor Susan Chang gives her thoughts about the book here. Look forward to it! I'm now seven percent through writing the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS, and I've finished the first sequence. You can track my progress in the sidebar on my website, and I often talk about it on Facebook and Twitter. My goal is to finish the first draft by April 2013, and if I can pull that off, I'll try to get the book released by Christmas 2013. I should know better in April whether that is possible. Something else you've already seen if you follow me on the social media sites is this " " of THE WAY OF KINGS:Two new Writing Excuses podcast episodes have been released. First up is a live episode recorded at Gen Con Indy that features Shanna Germain talking with Mary, Howard, and me about writing love scenes. Next comes an episode on killing characters. The episodes that we recorded in February at Life, the Universe & Everything have already aired on the podcast, but they were also filmed by a good friend of mine, Earl Cahill. If you've wondered what our live episodes look like, you can see them :Finally, a summary of some recent Wheel of Time news. The book comes out January 8th, but Dragonmount's Jason Denzel has read it and has written a response to the book in the form of a letter to Robert Jordan. (There are no spoilers.) Also, as has been done in years past, the prologue has been released as an ebook. It's available from Tor in this list of countries, and the UK publisher Orbit will release it in the other countries next week. I'm still not a fan of charging people multiple times for the same content, but a prologue ebook has been established practice for the Wheel of Time for over a decade, and many readers feel the length of the prologue makes it worth the money. Still, this is something that's really only for the hardcore fans who just can't wait any longer. Most people will wait and that's perfectly okay. There will be free previews too; the first scene of the prologue is available here, and there are excerpts from chapter one and chapter eleven. Tor.com will release the whole first chapter sometime in the next few months, followed probably by an audiobook preview of chapter two. The wait is almost over, folks! Source

As I write this, my novella LEGION is being uploaded to the various ebook stores. It should now be for sale everywhere at $2.99. Check out the beautiful cover of the ebook version by the talented Isaac Stewart (also known for his work on the maps and symbols for many of my books). Read the beginning. Buy it here (DRM-free): Kindle (US)(UK) Nook iBooks (US)(CA)(UK)(AU)(IE) Kobo Dragonmount Subterranean hardcover (+free ebook, see below) LEGION is a slightly different type of story for me. It's about a guy whose hallucinations give him useful information about the world—each one an expert in some area, they let him be a one-man army of experts. In the novella, this man—Stephen Leeds—is hired to track down a missing piece of technology: a camera that can take pictures of the past. When I originally had the idea, I pitched it to Dan Wells, my friend who writes psychological thrillers. It seemed more his type of story than mine. He knows abnormal psychology far better than I do. He liked the idea, and we were going to coauthor it for a while, but then life got in the way. (As it always seems to do in cases where Dan and I have a project together.) Eventually, I found myself on an overseas flight with an itch to write a novella. And so, LEGION started to come out. Being me, I took the psychology away from real-world diseases and created my own, a psychological "magic system" (if you will) that I could then play with as I desired. I'm very proud of the story, and from the beginning, it was my intention to get it out there as an affordable ebook. Clocking in at around ninety pages, it's in that difficult length that print has trouble dealing with. Once upon a time, there would be few options for LEGION. We could release it as a standalone in stores (and we did this for collectors with the hardcover from Subterranean Press), but it looks very slender in that format. This makes pricing tough, as the costs to produce and distribute such a thing in hardcover don't go down that much when the page count shrinks. Another option would have been the sf/f magazines. This story, however, is more techno-thriller than science fiction. Oh, it does have some science fiction to it—but that's not the theme of the novel. I suspect the magazines still would have considered it, but there are very few slots for novellas in them, and they generally can only take the shorter ones. For me, ebooks and novellas are a very exciting combination. You can price the novella cheaply—in this case, $2.99—to reflect the length, but can also get large distribution and reach a lot of people. I hope to be doing more of these in the future. I actually like the novella format. (You can see from the two I've posted here on my website and on Tor.com.) It's the short form of fiction I have made work for me the best. It lets me tell some stories I want to tell without always having to dig into a year-long novel process. I hope that you are willing to check out LEGION and give it a read. This novella (and THE EMPEROR'S SOUL, which comes out in November) are experiments for me. If you enjoy them, and want to see more like them, let me know. Thanks for reading. Brandon Note: If you buy or already bought the Subterranean Press hardcover and want a free copy of the ebook, email your hardcover receipt or a picture of yourself holding the hardcover to [email protected]. We'll get the ebook to you within a couple of days. Source

The most recent Writing Excuses episode is entitled "Pantsing." In it, Howard, Mary, Dan and I talk about discovery writing (a.k.a. "seat-of-your-pants" writing). Check it out. I'm doing two events on Saturday at this weekend's Roundup in Park City. First at 12:00 noon, Pemberly and I will join Howard and Sandra Tayler to present a panel discussion entitled "Writing, the Family Business." We'll talk about what to do when a writer in the family becomes the family business. Next at 2:30 p.m. I will do a writing lecture and Q&A. I'll poll the audience at the beginning of the hour and then talk about what you most want to hear (related to the craft of writing). Howard will then be doing a class called "Writing Humor without Comedy" at 3:30 p.m. There are also many other presenters and panelists this weekend, plus opportunities to meet with agents and editors. If you're interested in writing, consider coming up. What: League of Utah Writers Roundup 2012 When: September 14–15, 2012 (I'll only be there on Saturday) Where: Yarrow Hotel and Conference Center 1800 Park Ave. Park City, UT 1-435-649-7000 Complete Schedule Register Here (required) Source

In the most recent Writing Excuses podcast episode, Mary, Howard, and I help Dan brainstorm ideas for a military thriller short story. The working title is "I.E.Demon" and you can hear us hash it out. This past weekend, at the Parsec Awards ceremony at Dragon*Con, Writing Excuses was awarded the Parsec for Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation. We're honored! And at Worldcon we came up short in the Hugo voting for Best Related Work for the second year in a row, losing to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, a very worthy winner. Also at Dragon*Con I read a new excerpt from A MEMORY OF LIGHT. There will probably be three excerpts released after this, before the book comes out. I'm guessing they'll arrive in October/November, but I don't know for sure. As with previous volumes, the prologue will be released as an ebook. Tor.com will likely put up the full text of chapter one, and chapter two will probably go up in the audio form. The three segments that have been released so far, you can read on Tor.com now: the first scene of the prologue, a short clip from chapter one, and a scene from chapter eleven. You don't have to worry about the chapter eleven scene spoiling anything that goes before it. The hardcover book will be released on January 8th. Finally, my assistant also uploaded another Twitter posts archive covering the past month or so. Source

Hey, all! This is kind of late and all, but here are the details on this year's Dragon*Con Magic draft. I think we'll go ahead and go with the 8:30 time on Friday. The location is the WoT track room—Roswell 1–2 in the Westin. (Same place as Are You a Darkfriend.) I'm going to pick up cards earlier in the day. I'm not sure what the price exactly will be—depends on how much the boxes are selling for—but I'm going to say $15 to be safe. I have room for fifteen players or so. I was toying with doing the draft at $20, having bigger prizes, and giving the proceeds to charity. We'll probably do this at JordanCon next year—but Dragon*Con has some understandably strict rules on trying to do things for charity under their roof, so I think it will just be easier to do this at cost for now. As always, you will keep what you draft, and the extra packs in the boxes will be used for prizes. If you want in for sure, find me today and give me the money to reserve a spot. (I'll be visiting the WoT track off and on and I have one panel, so find me before or after.) Otherwise show up at 8:30; I'm betting there will be plenty of space, as this is kind of last minute, but I can't say for certain. Brandon And a note from Assistant Peter: Brandon's novella LEGION is out now, and you can read an excerpt at Tor.com. We think we've come up with a way for everyone who buys the hardcover to get a free copy of the ebook, which will be coming in a couple of weeks (Brandon is releasing the ebook himself). And the Audible version will be released on October 2nd. Source

This week's Writing Excuses episode was recorded live at Gen Con and features Monte Cook talking with Mary, Howard, and me about writing gaming fiction. On a related topic, this weekend we will learn the fate of the two awards Writing Excuses has been nominated for: the Hugo Award in the Best Related Work category, and the Parsec Award in the Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation category. Mary and Howard will be at the Hugo Awards ceremony at Worldcon in Chicago, and I will attend the Parsec Awards ceremony at Dragon*Con in Atlanta. My complete Dragon*Con schedule is below, but the event many people are looking forward to is the A MEMORY OF LIGHT preview on Sunday, where I will read a new section from the final book. And speaking of the book, Team Jordan sent the approved copyedit changes to Tor yesterday, so it continues to be on track for its January 8th release. My novella LEGION from Subterranean Press should also make its debut at the convention, at a Saturday signing in the Missing Volume booth in the dealers' room. That depends on whether the books ship from the printer on time. We're crossing our fingers! Ta'veren Tees will also make an appearance at the convention dealers' room. Unfortunately, they won't have these Servants of All shirts: but you can preorder them at the con or at this link, and 10% of the preorder sales will go to support the Waygate Foundation. Ta'veren Tees' booth will be selling other Wheel of Time shirts and a MISTBORN and THE WAY OF KINGS shirt from Inkwing. They'll also have free Mistborn and WoT tattoos, bookmarks, and badge ribbons at the table as well. They're sharing the Planet Comics booth at A23–A26 in the International Ballroom. Brandon's complete schedule: FRIDAY Fri 04:00 p.m., 209 / 210 / 211 - Hilton (Length: 1 Hour) Infinity Blade: Dungeons Come learn the future of iPhone/iPad standout Infinity Blade, with lead designer Frazier and world-renowned fantasy author Sanderson. Fri probably starting at 9:30 p.m., Roswell 1–2 - Westin (Length: hours and hours) Magic the Gathering with Brandon Details are still in flux. There might be a draft buy-in, or maybe you should bring your own cards. It could even start earlier, at 8:30, or slightly later than 9:30. Watch Brandon's twitter feed for details as the time approaches.SATURDAY Sat 12:00 noon, Marquis Ballroom booth 614–615 against the back wall - Marriott. (Length: 1 Hour) Autograph Session at The Missing Volume booth With any luck, this will be the first signing for Brandon's novella LEGION. Sat 02:30 p.m., Regency V - Hyatt (Length: 1 Hour) Delphic Oracle (simulcast with Worldcon) J. Nye, T. McCaffrey, B. Sanderson, C. Yarbro, [WC] E. Kollin, [WC] S. McGuire, [WC] D. Brin Marvel as our select group of guests and an equally esteemed group of panelists at Chicon 7 meld to form the prophetic Delphic Oracle. Sat 04:00 p.m., M301–M304 - Marriott (Length: 1 Hour) Autograph Session, Brandon Sanderson Sat 04:30 p.m., International North room, Hyatt (Length: 2 Hours) Parsec Awards Ceremony Writing Excuses is nominated in the category Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Sat 10:00 p.m., Atlanta Ballroom - Westin (Length: 2.5 Hours) An Evening at the Winespring Inn It's time to party like it's 999 NE. (Brandon will put in an appearance, but then he'll go back to his hotel room and write, because that's his idea of fun.) SUNDAY Sun 10:00 a.m., 209 / 210 / 211 - Hilton (Length: 1 Hour) Writing for Videogames D. Jolley, M. Lee, B. Sanderson, M. Capps, D. Gaider, S. Jaros Dozens of endings! Hours of branching dialogue! Enjoy lively discussion of world-class writers of Dragon Age, Saint's Row, Infinity Blade, and more. Sun 04:00 p.m., Atlanta Ballroom - Westin (Length: 1 Hour) A Memory of Light Preview A Memory of Light, the final Wheel of Time novel, will be released January 8, 2013. Brandon will read a previously unreleased excerpt. Sun 07:00 p.m., Roswell 1–2 - Westin (Length: 1 Hour) Robert Jordan's Legacy What impact did Jordan have on fantasy literature? Will his books still be popular 20 years from now? And what authors were influenced by his series? Sun 08:30 p.m., Regency V - Hyatt (Length: hours) Hugo Awards Viewing from the Chicon 7 Worldcon Ever wonder what it meant when a book has "Hugo Award Winner" on the cover? Well, here they are! The Hugo is Science Fiction's Oscar Award! I (assistant Peter) just found out about this simulcast yesterday and I'm not sure Brandon knows about it. Howard and Mary will be there in Chicago; Writing Excuses is nominated in the Best Related Work category. Source

This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is titled "How to Start the Next One." Dan, Mary, Howard, and I talk about how to move from writing one project to another, specifically something that's not a sequel or is very different in tone from your previous book. Tomorrow I'm flying out to Albuquerque to be Guest of Honor at Bubonicon, which is a great small convention with a large number of big-name pros. My schedule is below. I'll be at Dragon*Con next week. Dates: August 24–26, 2012<br/>Place: Bubonicon 44<br/>Address: Albuquerque Marriott Uptown<br/>2101 Louisiana Blvd NE (Louisiana & I-40)<br/>Albuquerque, NM 87110 Schedule: FRIDAY 6:00–6:30 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Opening Ceremonies 7:30–8:30 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>The End of the World as the Fan Knows It: Series Endings<br/>W Hammond, J Lindskold, B Sanderson, C Spector, C Vaughn 9:30–10:30 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Pump Up the Volume: Writing Big Science Fiction D Abraham, M Cassutt, B Sanderson, WJ Williams, SM Stirling SATURDAY 12:00 noon–1:00 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>YA*SF: Sci-Fi Isn't Just for Grown-Ups Anymore S Gould, D Jones, J Lindskold, C Vaughn, B Sanderson 2:00–3:20 p.m., Acoma (by Art Show) 80 Minutes with Brandon Sanderson Reading, Q&A 5:20–6:20 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Mass Autographing Session Bubonicon Guests Sign Their Wares (Brandon will personalize only three books per person per time through the line, but he can do signature only on more books if you like.) 8:00 p.m.–past midnight, Salon G–H (H.G. Wells) Magic: The Gathering Tournament Brandon Sanderson, Dan Cooper Entry fee & signup required. See Dan at the Bubonicon Sales Table in the Dealers Room if you're interested. SUNDAY 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Guest of Honor Presentation Brandon Sanderson, introduced by Michael Cassutt, Toastmaster 12:15–1:00 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Additional Autographing Session Brandon Sanderson, George RR Martin 1:30–2:30 p.m., Con Suite Authors Afternoon Tea Authentic English tea service—Brandon is a host during this hour. Entry fee & signup required, at the Bubonicon Sales Table in the Dealers Room. 2:30–3:30 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Writing Lecture—Worldbuilding & Magic Brandon Sanderson 4:30–5:10 p.m., Main Room—Salon E<br/>Closing Ceremonies Source