Brandon Sanderson has reached a milestone in his writing of A Memory of Light. On his blog, he talks openly and honestly about the progress he's made so far, and what he hopes to get done in the near future.
Click here for the link to his original blog post. Or, for your convenience, it is copied here:
I've officially hit 300k words on A Memory of Light. This is an important milestone, and it's probably time to pause and answer a few questions as frankly as I can.
Q1: Does it re
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Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete A MEMORY OF LIGHT, is scheduled to attend Dragon*Con 2008.
Brandon's current fantasy series is the Mistborn Trilogy, the final volume of which will be published in October 2008. His first novel, ELANTRIS, was picked by Barnes and Noble editors as the best fantasy or science fiction book of 2005, and is forthcoming in fourteen languages. He released his first children's book, ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS, in 200
Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
These are some MORE of his throughts on THE SHADOW RISING
I know these posts are getting mirrored around to a lot of
Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
These are some MORE of his throughts on THE GREAT HUNT
I know that this book is the favorite of a lot of readers, an
Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
These are some of his throughts on THE GREAT HUNT
I'm very interested in the way that Mr. Jordan expanded the viewpo
Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
These are some MORE of his throughts on THE DRAGON REBORN
I've mentioned that it's sometimes hard for me to remember
Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the final novel in The Wheel of Time series, is currently re-reading the entire series before embarking on his journey into A MEMORY OF LIGHT. As he writes, he's sharing some of his thoughts and observations with fans via his blog. We'll post these excerpts as he writes them.
Be sure to read his introduction first.
I'm hoping to be able to do more than one post per book, but I'd already started EYE OF THE WORLD when I finally got tim
Since Robert Jordan passed away, there have been reports and speculation about what would become of the "other" Wheel of Time novels he had been planning. The topic came to light at A Memory of Light (the final book in the main series).
The topic came up again recently this week when Dominic, from the Keeping the Door][/i] blog.
Obviously there's a lot of speculation going on. So we asked Brandon if he could please summarize and explain where things are. Here's what he said.
If you've been following our news page, you know that on the suvudu cage match. Currently Rand is in the finals against Jaime Lannister, a character from
It has now been one year since Brandon Sanderson was tapped to complete A MEMORY OF LIGHT, ther final novel in The Wheel of Time saga.
To commemorate that, and to show how far he's come in the last year, Brandon offered to re-answer the original questions we sent him when he had been given the job. You can view the original interview here.
You can also click here to read Brandon's blog post regarding this newly updated interview.
You can read the updated interview here.
Brandon Sanderson has launched a new podcast called "Writing Excuses". Check out the podcast website here. You can listen with your browser or subscribe with a podcast listener such as iTunes.
"Writing Excuses" is a not a podcast that will focus on A MEMORY OF LIGHT. It's probably safe to assume it will be brought up, but just be aware that this is not a WoT-centric podcast.
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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.
Brandon Sanderson's The Hero of Ages novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at number 21! This is his first time making the list.
Congratulations, Brandon!
(Now are you ready to go #1 when A MEMORY OF LIGHT comes out???)
Brandon Sanderson will be going on book tour in October and November to promote his upcoming new novel, The Hero of Ages (Book 3 in the Mistborn trilogy).
You can read the full details of his appearance locations on his website. Here's the current summary. Please check the actual link though in case there are updates or changes.
UTAH LEG
Brigham Young University Bookstore
Tuesday, October 14th 5:30PM
Provo, UT
NOTE: This is the release Party! All books here will be numbered edi
Wired magazine has published a "very short story" by Robert Jordan. It's under six words long. Yes, 6 words. Here's the intro to the article:
Here is Robert Jordan's entry: "Heaven falls. Details at eleven."
(Can you believe he came in under 6 words!)
How about you? If you have a 6-word story, share it with us by replying to this news article. What interesting thing can you tell us in only a few words?
Thanks to Mark for sending us the link.
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Audio Renaissance, a producer of audio books, has released unabridged versions of The Eye of the World and The Great Hunt. Previously it was hard (if not impossible) to come by unabridged copies of these audio books.
According to Audio Renaissance, they plan to roll out the rest of the series in the coming months:
Both are read by Kate Reading (who reads the female POV's) and Michael Kramer (who does the males). Both CD sets include a bonus interview with Robert Jordan.
Bo
We're pleased to bring you an unexpected BONUS Storm Leader report from Seattle, Washington, the home of computer giant Microsoft. Brian T. Hill, a Microsoft employee and big fan of Brandon's, was kind enough to send us this report only hours after the event. Thanks, Brian! Consider yourself an honorary Storm Leader. We'll get you and your son a t-shirt.
Report by Brian T. Hill
I’m not really a Storm Leader, but I kind of played the part today. Sanderson said I should go ahead and
Badali Jewelry sent the following email to their customers yesterday:
Dear Customer,
We are proud to announce the debut of our newly licensed Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time jewelry. The jewelry will be debuting at Comic Con International in San Diego, CA July 19-23. We will be located in the dealer's room in booth 530.
The new Wheel of Time jewelry will appear on the website a few days after Comic Con (between July 26 - 28).
The newly licensed Wheel of Time pieces are as
Tor Books has announced that Brandon Sanderson has been selected to completeA MEMORY OF LIGHT, the final novel in the Wheel of Time saga. Here is the official press release:
Tor announces that the final novel in bestselling Robert Jordan’s legendary Wheel of Time® fantasy series will be completed by author Brandon Sanderson.
New York, NY: Friday, December 7, 2007
Tor Books announced today that novelist Brandon Sanderson has been chosen to finish the final novel in Robert Jordan’s
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.
Robert Jordan will be signing books at Chapter 11 Books on Peachtree Battle in Atlanta, Wednesday, September 7 at 6:30 PM. More details to come!
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Amazon.com is now offering a free download of chapter 1 of KNIFE OF DREAMS if you pre-order the novel through their website.
The chapter is entitled When Last Sounds. (Thanks to Mand680 for pointing our the error in my original post)
Between the prologue being released as an eBook and now this preview of chapter 1, approximately the first 115-120 pages of the novel are available to be read now.
Note:
The events which take place in chapter 1 are influenced by what happens in th
In a strategic business move that has the whole publishing industry (not to mention the blogosphere and Twitter) on fire, Amazon.com intentionally de-listed all print and electronic books published by Macmillan, one of the country's six largest book publishers. Tor Books, who publishes The Wheel of Time in the United States, is an imprint of Macmillan, which means that all of their books (including WoT) were taken offline.
The reason for the delisting is due to an on-going feud between Amaz
