Melissa Craib, the founder and webmaster of the popular WoT fansite TarValon.net, has announced that her website, in association with Brandon Sanderson, will be facilitating a contest for which the grand prize will be to have your name and possibly your likeness put into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. Proceeds from the contest will benefit Heifer International, a non-profit organization that helps combat hunger in areas that need it most.
The winners will be announced in April at the first annual Jord
Well Tor.com's article on the Midnight release. Also, be sure to check back to Dragonmount as the Storm Leaders for that event will be sharing their experiences here.
Meanwhile, bloggers and media outlets everywhere have been releasing their reviews of The Gathering Storm. The response appears to be excellent overall. Here are some of the reviews we've heard about so far (we'll update this list througout the day)
Details Magazine (interview with Brandon Sanderson)
Nethspace's Rev
Dabel Brothers Production and Red Eagle Entertainment have posted a sample, the first six pages of the first issue of the comic book adaptation of New Spring: The Novel, on the
[ New Spring comic ]
[ http://www.red-eagle-entertainment.com]Red' Eagle Entertainment ]
Although it's several days late, here are two very good reports from the Santa Cruz, CA book signing event. Both are from people who drove several hundred miles to go to the event. (Note to DM staff...next time, organize a ride share!)
The first report is from Jeremiah:
The second report is from Sean:
Thanks to both of you guys!
If you can possibly believe it, Dragonmount.com has been online for 8 years now. It began as a small website and mailing list assembled so that I could talk to people about the Wheel of Time books, but it exploded into something much bigger. Thank you to everyone who visits and contributes to the site. Thank you to the dedicated individuals who have been coming here for years and have stuck around even when things get dramatic or tiresome. Thank you to Tor Books, and all the other vendors who
Among the many news reports and media coverage surrounding Robert Jordan's death is a wonderful report from the Charleston Post and Courier. It contains a poem that Harriet (RJ's wife) wrote in memory of him. The poem is entitled "Arachne".
Here is the link to view the article and poem.
Arachne
Outside the hospital, among the glittering cars,
tears come so heavy they obscure the sun,
December’s burning glass.
By the elevators that go to Cardio,
machines will sell the mor
We as the Illuminators Guild would like to open up submissions for our bi-annual Dragonmount Anthology. This anthology will focus on Poetry. Multiple submissions are welcome. All works must be original pieces, they may be odes to your favorite author but please do not write with in their worlds, about them yes, in them no. For example you can write a poem about how the Wheel of Time books make you feel, but you cannot write a poem depicting Rand's escape from the box at Dumai’s Wells. You will
The Dragonmount.com had a hard drive failure today. Thankfully, due to (semi) frequent backups, we're back online and all is (mostly) well. The most noticable change is that all data on the site is outdated by a while. All forum or news postings since Feb 23rd have been lost. Only one of Robert Jordan's blog entires was lost, but we will restore that ASAP.
Here's what we're going to do in the meantime:
- Restore RJ's lost blog entry (Sorry, comments since 2/25 are gone though)
- Repa
The "Adventures in Scifi Publishing" podcast has posted a show in which they have a great conversation with Brandon Sanderson. In it, he talks about being hired to write A Memory of Light, the upcoming final novel of the Wheel of Time series.
You can get more information and get the episode on the Adventures in Scifi Publishing website.
I am going to be attempting to put together an online "Get Well" Talent display for all members of Dragonmount. Anyone is welcome to participate, talented in your opinion or not, it's the thought that counts.
The idea is to create a webpage (several to be exact) that is dedicated to telling and showing RJ how much his world means to us and that we wish him well in his treatment and recovery periods.
If you write poetry feel free to submit something.
If you make graphics feel free to
The Dragonmount Writer's Guild will be accepting submissions for both artwork and short stories for exactly one more week. Any submissions that reach my inbox (matalina@gmail.com) with a timestamp later than Oct 31, 2007 at 11:59pm will not be accepted.
Please see the Dragonmount Writer's Guild forums for all the information you will need for your submissions.
On the evening of September 18th, there will be an event in Charleston, SC (Robert Jordan's home town) where Michael Livingston, a Citadel professor, will give a talk on RJ and his work.
Jordan's legacy
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Before his death last year, Charleston author Robert Jordan had a tremendous impact on fantasy writing.
At 7 p.m. Thursday, Citadel assistant professor Michael D. Livingston will discuss "An American Tolkien: Robert Jordan and the Roots of Fantasy" at the Ch
The Dragonmount Writer's Guild now has merged with the Illuminator's Organization here at Dragonmount and we have taken on the Dragonmount Anthology. We are in the final stages of the anthology. We will not be able to make a January 1st release date as hoped, but we have not forgotten the project, it's just taking a little longer than we'd planned on.
I will keep you up todate on this as it developes.
Here are some preview images from the upcoming Eye of the World comic book, issue #1. (Issue #0, "Dragonmount" was previewed here)
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In the very near future, we will have all of these issues available for online order directly from DM's online store.
(BTW, these images were released yesterday and we linked to them on Twitter. Usually we'll post stuff immediately on there, as well as little tidbits related to all the things happening in the WoT w
September 24, 2008- Brandon Sanderson Officially On Guest List for JordanCon
Age of Legends, LLC is pleased to announce Brandon Sanderson to the JordanCon guest list. Last December, Sanderson was announced as the chosen author to finish the final novel in Robert Jordan's bestselling Wheel of Time fantasy series.
Brandon Sanderson received his Bachelor's in English from Brigham Young University and later his Master's from BYU in creative writing. It was during the middle of his gradua
Very often we receive news that somebody is interested in creating a fan-based Wheel of Time game. One group is getting organized about it and has some documentation and forums set up. They are actively seeking developers and artists. If you're interested in learning more, follow the link below.
Note: this game is not yet created, and won't be for a while. There isn't anything to see yet. But the more programmers, modelers, artists, testers, and fans who voice their support at the link
Okay, I've been playing with this for a little while, testing and retesting.
I've brought the FAQ down for the next 20 minutes or so. When it comes back up, it will actually work!
All of the content of the FAQ will still be there when it returns, but some stuff, such as page views, may be gone.
Updates when it returns.
[update: The FAQ is back up, and should now be working. Thanks for your patience.]
Just a reminder to everyone that the new DMail service (http://mail.dragonmount.com) will launch tomorrow. Existing mail users will no longer have access to their accounts from the old system. If you are an exsting DMail user you should have received your new password by now.
Update:
The migration has been done, but it may take up to 48 hours for all the DNS records to update. Hopefully all mail durring that time will get moved over to the new system.
If you have any questions, plea
Hi everyone,
Well, I was going to wait a few more days to announce this, but in light of Robert Jordan's annoucement, things got accelerated. So although it's not the most optimal circumstances, I would like to welcome you all back to Dragonmount.com, version 7.0.
We have a lot of awesome things in store for you at the new site. It was re-built from the ground up and includes all new Robert Jordan's blog.
In the next few weeks we'll be launching a WoT podcast as well called "Th
Tonight I will be doing a forum upgrade to make sure we're running the most current version of the forum software. Also, I am adding several new features aimed at preventing, locating and deleting spam.
The forums will be locked later tonight for about an hour for all non-Admin members while I migrate all of the content. Once the forums come back online, all of the posts, private messages and usernames will still work fine, nothing will be lost. I am only locking the forums to ensure that no
The KNIFE OF DREAMS Internet Hunt hosted by Tor Books has been delayed until Tuesday, August 22nd due to technical reasons with their website.
On that date, at 3 PM EST, you'll need to log onto http://www.knifeofdreams.com/ to play.
For New Players
If this is your first week playing, that's just fine. Make sure you register with the Knife of Dreams website, and follow the directions in the email provided when you sign up.
Returning Players
You know the drill. Your starting p
After many months of working with many people we are proud to present Robert Jordan with this collection of Get Well Wishes.
Get Well Robert Jordan
I would like to appologize for the timing of this project, we had some very unexpected delays but I hope that the collection was worth the wait.
A personal thanks to the designers and contributers to this project. It's been a pleasure working with you and I hope we can do so again.
Mr. Jordan, we the community of Dragonmount wish
The Dragonmount.com website will be migrating to a new server later this week. As a result, I'll be pulling the site offline in order to safely migrate all the data over. I do not forsee the loss of any data, and will take every precaution to ensure that nothing gets lost in translation.
Thanks for bearng with us as we migrate over.
