Have you had any “crazy” or just odd fan encounters? Do people recognize/approach you on the street, or would you say that your fame is relatively low-key?
Yes, a few, but they haven’t really been that bad. Most are just awkward—but, having grown up as a sf/f nerd myself, I’m familiar with awkwardness. I have had people recognize me on the street, but only a handful of times.
Best story: I’m at the dentist, and I’m talking to the hygienist. One of the other hygienists—in the middle of working on some guy who has his mouth pried open by restraints—screams “Wait. You’ve got BRANDON SANDERSON over there?” She leaps up and leaves the poor fellow to come fangirl for a few minutes.
Being a writer, though, those moments are rare. My “fame” is really very low-key, unless I’m at a signing or the like.
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