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Interview #562: TOM Signing Report - Chris Treco, Entry #16

Question

Have you finished the Mistborn novella?

Brandon Sanderson

The Mistborn short story, that became a novella that became a short novel is 60,000 words long and is really looking like 70,000 words, which is about a third the length of one of my other novels. It’s slow going while I’m on tour, but it will be done fairly soon.

Chris Treco

He had a few other details about this, but I’ll let you watch the recording for the specifics. Also, read Mistborn if you haven’t yet!

Brandon Sanderson

If you weren’t aware, between books, I generally take a few months off and just write something random, whatever strikes me. I can’t have a contract for it. It has to be something completely unexpected to keep instincts sharp and my writing ability sharp. I’m starting on A Memory of Light on January 1, but I’ve got these three months to do whatever occurs to me. Two months ago, I wrote a story about a pizza delivery man who turns into a necromancer. It was called “Death by Pizza”. (lots of laughter; although I hope he publishes this!) He was a good pizza delivery man, with good pizza, he was just a necromancer.

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