TGS being realeased 1 week earlier « Result #1 on Aug 14, 2009, 12:21pm »
The Gathering Storm coming sooner than expected
This afternoon I got word from Tor that the release date of THE GATHERING STORM has officially been moved up one week. The new on-sale date in the U.S. and Canada will be October 27, 2009, so mark your calendars. We don't yet know if other markets will be following suit; as more information comes in I'll keep you posted.
Final cover art for TGS « Result #2 on Aug 14, 2009, 12:20pm »
Tor Books has revealed the Final Edition for the cover art of The Wheel of Time's book twelve, The Gathering Storm. A teaser cover has been floating around for a little over a month now and has been posted here on Emonds Field. Darrel Sweet who has been the cover artist for nearly all of the books has been commissioned once again and has acheived a stupendous image for this book.
So here it is folks....
It's here finally, and I'm free to post it.
Brandon Sanderson had this to say about the new cover for TGS:
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My thoughts? I like it a lot better than the sketch that was floating around. I like how he covered the stump of the arm with the cloth; I was wondering how that would be painted without looking very strange. It's also very odd to see my name beneath Mr. Jordan's in front of a Darrell Sweet cover. I wonder if that will ever NOT feel strange.
A Memory of Light News « Result #3 on Aug 14, 2009, 12:17pm »
For those of you who missed it, the first annual JordanCon convention kicked off last weekend to a huge success. Be sure to check out our coverage of the event, which will likely contain a YouTube video or two in the very near future.
Attending the convention were Harriet, Brandon Sanderson, Tom Doherty (the president of Tor Books), and various other people involved closely with the MEMORY OF LIGHT project. A lot of information was shared with people attending the convention, and we’d like to list it here in one place for you.
Confirmed: There are three (3) remaining full-length novels remaining in the WHEEL OF TIME series. This has been discussed at great length already. Read our original news report, and Brandon’s detailed blog post on the reasons for the split.The first of the three remaining books will be entitled THE GATHERING STORMThe working title for the second book is SHIFTING WINDS, but that is likely to changeThe third and final book in the WoT series will be entitled either TARMON GAI’DON or simply, A MEMORY OF LIGHT. (Which do you prefer? Leave your thoughts in the comments!)Each book will have its own set of chapters. Meaning they are likely to have their own prologues, and each will have a chapter 1 that begins with “The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass….” (It had previously been believed that the three books would be a single volume cut into 3 parts.Tor believes that Darryl K Sweet (the artist who does the cover art for all of the previous US edition books) is the right artist for the job on these remaining books. Once the series is done, however, they are very open to commissioning new covers for each bookTor is very interested in publishing the three (3) “Outrigger” novels that Robert Jordan spoke of before he passed away. Harriet and Brandon appear to be more hesitant about the idea. A decision on this will not be made until the main series is completeThe overarching idea for the outrigger novels was revealed. It obviously contains spoilers. Please visit our forums to discuss.One of the most powerful moments of the convention was when an audio recording of Robert Jordan was played for all those present. He dictated the opening of THE GATHERING STORM prologue. Please see our JordanCon recap for a description of what happened. (The link to the plot summary is here)
The program for the convention also contained what appears to be the text that will appear on the hardcover edition of the book:
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A Memory of Light was partially finished by Robert Jordan before his untimely passing in 2007. Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn books, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final book. The scope and size of the novel was such that it can not be contained in a single volume, and so Tor proudly presents A Memory of Light: Gathering Clouds as the first in a short sequence of novels that will complete the struggle against the Shadow, bringing to a close a journey begun almost twenty years ago and marking the conclusion of the Wheel of Time, the preeminent fantasy epic of our era.
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward—wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders—his allies work in desperation to forestall the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself. Egwene al’Vere, the Amyrlin Seat of the rebel Aes Sedai, is a captive of the White Tower and subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. As days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent, Egwene works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai while providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower—and therefore the world itself.
Note that summary text above is preliminary. It was written before the title GATHERING STORM was finalized. Hence, that’s why they use the working title GATHERING CLOUDS. This text is probably what was sent to booksellers, and may not be what appears on the book jacket. We’ll keep you posted.
If there was something we missed, let us know in the comments and we’ll add it to this main article.
Kandra relationships and Star T Posted on 07.20.09 « Result #4 on Jul 20, 2009, 9:08pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.20.09
Kandra relationships and Star Trek
With a new week comes a new batch of annotations and a new podcast. In [ul=http://www.brandonsanderson.com/annotation/270/Mistborn-3-Chapter-Nine]the most recent[/url] annotation, I reveal a bit of background on TenSoon and MeLaan. There's been a lot of speculation out there among the fans, so this should help clear some things up.
And in this week's Writing Excuses, Dan and Howard and I talk about what the writers of the recent STAR TREK movie did well, and what you can learn
Fake Kings Posted on 07.17.09 « Result #5 on Jul 20, 2009, 9:00pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.17.09
Fake Kings
I thought I'd finally get around to posting these. If you missed what happened, I solicited a round of 140 character fake reviews for The Way of Kings via Twitter and my LJ. You guys proved quite clever, giving us around 200 responses to chuckle at. In fact, there were so many good ones that we had real trouble over here picking our favorites. So, I just decided to post a few here as a taste, then post the majority of them up on a page on my website. I probably missed a few, and if I missed yours, I'm sorry. (Note that there are a couple that are in bad taste, but still funny. I pulled the worst ones, mostly those that referenced the recently deceased, no offense intended to those who posted them. And notice that the Wheel of Time itself sent me a tweet. Nice of it, eh?)
Anyway, here are a couple of my and Peter's favorites—but these certainly aren't all of them—-with my snarky comments added in parenthesis.
jeremy208: #FakeKings Wow, the world's first fantasy novel written in 3-D!. The words literally jump off the page. The fight scenes gave me bruises. Ow! (Clever! We'll have to patent this idea.)
rocketroadtrip: #FakeKings A great read and more. It anchors ships, ballasts balloons, & is the principle building block of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
chrisoubre: Completely unexpectedly @BrandonSandrson's The Way of Kings portrays an evil Ruler who turns out to be not so evil after all. #FakeKings (Hey! I've only done that twice. In my defense, Wyrn really is a total jerk.)
dragonmount: #FakeKings The Way of Kings cured my cancer. And then it killed Asmodean. —Jennifer (I thought Scalzi did that.)
RajivMote: Way of Kings boldly revitalizes the moribund "Scarecrow & Mrs. King" franchise, but at the cost of established continuity. #FakeKings (Ah, but any continuity is worth that.)
brady32: Way of the Kings felt familiar but couldn't place why. The final duel between Perry Hatter and Arch-Duke Holdemort rocked though. #FakeKIngs (Don't forget Snipe, the evil professor of elixir-making and boy scout hunting..)
GuySrinivasan: Anyone else notice that *exactly* every third chapter of WoK passes the Bechdel Test? There's such a thing as trying too hard. #FakeKings (Actually, by coincidence, chapter three DOES pass the test. So do chapters five and seven. Wow. Pretty good there, Guy.)
dragonmount: The sexy teenage vampires in WAY OF KINGS are sooo hot. -JD #fakekings (Thanks Jason. Now I'm writing Vampire romances. Let me go shoot myself now.)
protonone: Sanderson has crafted a tale so engrossing that you cannot help but to devour it! *Tor does not endorse eating this product #fakekings (Yes they do. You're welcome to eat my books, so long as you buy more to replace them.)
Daergar: #fakekings I really appreciated the free airline tickets to England included with Way of Kings. Brandon Sanderson was a great butler, too (Er. I signed that promotion contract before reading it. Really need to have a word with my agent.)
zemaille: #fakekings Upon hearing the final draft reached 381k, Brandon's editor Moshe threatened to split HIM in three volumes. (This might be my favorite of all.)
C_Satterfield: Interestingly enough, if you read Way of Kings backward, you'll find that it contains its own sequel! #FakeKings (Nah, that's just how you discover the manga version.)
hanky_gobbler: WOK was not as long as some other books, but longer than others. One thing's for sure: it's a book you can read. #FakeKings (Lol. It also has lots of letters in it, arranged into words, some of which make sense. There are characters who struggled to achieve things, and sometimes fail to do so.)
BeachyWan: WoK was so explosive I couldn't get my copy past security at the airport. #fakekings (So big and thick, if you put it in your backpack, it counts as a concealed weapon in six states.)
RobertAvi: I loved Way of Kings so much I cried, and then my tears cried. I collected those in a bottle and got 3 wishes from a genie #fakekings (One of which was for the sequel, right?)
Daraxyl: After finishing WoK, I finally understand why Brandon wrote "Sorry." when he autographed my book. #fakekings (Yeah, sorry about putting you into the book as the flatulent anthropomorphic hippo. It just . . . well, it was too good a plot device to pass up.)
Annotations + Writing Excuses Posted on 07.14.09 « Result #6 on Jul 20, 2009, 8:51pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.14.09
Annotations + Writing Excuses
It's hard to believe that I haven't mentioned the writing advice podcast I do with Howard Tayler and Dan Wells, Writing Excuses, in almost three months. Regardless, we're still putting out an episode every week—this week's episode focuses on blending genres and how to do it successfully. As always, it's only 15 minutes long because you're in a hurry and we're not that smart.
I also told you a few weeks ago that the HERO OF AGES annotations would be going up on the website every Tuesday and Thursday on an automatic basis but that I'd still link them in the blog. Well, twelve of them have gone up like clockwork since then and I haven't mentioned it once. Oops! The newest annotation is on chapter eight.
I'll try to mention updates like this every week from now on. Sure, most of you know about the podcast and the annotations already, but the site is attracting new visitors all the time who may not know what all is available.
Worldcon Posted on 07.13.09 « Result #7 on Jul 20, 2009, 8:42pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.13.09
Worldcon
Well, now that it's official that we're going to Worldcon, I'm thinking it might be nice to set up a quick signing for those who live locally but won't be going to the convention. I'll get my publicist on it, but I thought I'd ask here as well. Does anyone reading the blog work at a bookstore (or know someone who works at a bookstore) in Montreal?
Note that I'm more than happy to hear about your favorite stores and that sort of thing. But I'm really looking for actual bookstore employees. I always prefer to sign at a store where they've heard of me, and where there might be a reader or two on staff. If you have a connection, send me an email! Otherwise, we'll just have to take the luck of the draw.
Montreal is actually a special place for me. You see, my first (and only) previous visit to the city came back when the World Fantasy convention was there in the early 2000's. Myself and two friends—Peter Ahlstrom and Dan Wells—were bright-eyed, aspiring writers (or, in Peter's case, an aspiring editor) who were looking to make contacts and learn more about the publishing biz.
It was at this convention that I met Moshe Feder, who eventually bought ELANTRIS. Essentially, I was 'discovered' because of that convention. So, Dan, Peter, Moshe, and I are all planning a reunion. Should be fun times. Maybe we'll eat some Chinese Spaghetti. (Ask me sometime about this one.)
Signing Tomorrow! Posted on 07.10.09 « Result #9 on Jul 20, 2009, 8:33pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.10.09
Signing Tomorrow!
I should probably have blogged this before now. But I've got a signing tomorrow at the Orem Barnes and Noble from 2-4pm. If you're in the area, come drop by!
Next, it looks like I'm not going to make it to Dragon*Con this year. I had been planning on going to both Dragoncon and Worldcon, but looking at the amount of work I need to do, I was having trouble justifying going to both. I was all set to drop out of Worldcon, then Dragoncon contacted us and regretfully informed us that the WoT Track's request to have me out had been denied. (Partially my fault for getting my application in late enough that the money had all be spent.) That left me with a choice. Pay my own way to Dragoncon, or go to Worldcon?
In the end, the fact that Pemberly wants to see Montreal, mixed with the fact that I'm on programming at Worldcon, made me choose that one. I already had a Worldcon ticket, and so it seemed foolish to drop out of that and go to DragonCon.
The Dragoncon folks promised us that they'd bring me in next year, and I promise to get my application in earlier next time. For now, you Atlanta people will have to wait a little longer to see me. I'll be back for JordanCon next year though.
Also, there have been questions about the WARBREAKER audio. Well, Graphic Audio is doing the dramatic presentation of it (and you can read an excellent review of their Elantris Audio adaptation right here) and it looks like October is when it will be out. The unabridged, non-dramatic reading will be out from Recorded Books about the same time.
More Twitter Fun Posted on 07.08.09 « Result #10 on Jul 12, 2009, 2:10pm »
Brandon Sanderson Blog entry Posted on 07.08.09
More Twitter Fun
Okay, let's get this rolling. First off, remember that I'll be doing #tweettheauthor here in about 40 min. (Starting at 12:00 Mountain.) It's going to be interesting. Can Brandon answer questions in 140 characters? We shall see. Feel free to start shooting me questions right about that time. Just post them and include #tweettheauthor at the end. I'll start sending out replies on my Twitter account, and they'll be targeted @ the person who asked the question. So if my answer is confusing, you can click on their name to find the original question.
And, in conjunction with this, let me ask you this: How clever are you? My readers have a long history of posting fake reviews of THE WAY OF KINGS on Amazon. (Since they have an entry for the book, and have had one for a good five years now, even though the book wasn't scheduled to come out until recently.) To commemorate finishing the novel—and because I think it would be fun—I'm putting out a call for fake Twitter-length reviews of the book. Post them today on Twitter, any time, and use the tag #FakeKings. I will collect the best of them and post them on my blog, like I did with the Scaliz thing last week. If you use Twitter and want a little more attention for your account, this would be a great way.
If you don't have a Twitter account, and have no real interest in getting one, you can still follow along by doing a search on Twitter's site for one of the tags above. You can watch my Twitter feed here. If you want to post a fake Kings review Tweet, you can drop it onto my LJ, which allows anonymous posting. I'll look there when I'm collecting my favorites. (Just keep the posts short.)
So . . . why all of this Twitter stuff? Is it just a fad? I don't know. It's fun for the moment, and if it all dies down eventually, I'll feel I've gotten what I want out of it. I like how micr-blogging allows me to give a few updates each day for my readers. I don't feel as much pressure to create blog posts, so when I do blog, the content is usually is a little more substantial. Twitter works for me, as I have a feed going on my desktop and can watch what other authors and my friends are up to. (Though, to be honest, I like the micro-blogging via facebook better, as people tend to post replies there and it feels more interactive. With Twitter, you just send a tweet out there, and never know what people are thinking when they see it.)
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