How do you come up with your magic systems? Do you just open the dictionary and point to a word? “Oh, I’ll make something with that.”
No, I’m always looking for something that strikes me. And I’m looking for things that haven’t been done before. Things that will make nice conflict, that walk the line between science and superstition.
That’s what I love, that it’s all super scientific but it also has magic.
If you will Google Sanderson’s First Law, and Sanderson’s Second Law, I have two essays that I wrote about how I do magic. They’re both on my website, but Google will find them easier than trying to find them on my website.
Did you ever read Master of 5 magics?
I did. That’s old school.
Yeah, not great stories, but wonderful magic.
Yep. Great magic. That’s what I felt about them too.
When will the next Mistborn ( Alloy of Law era) come out?
It will probably come out after the next Way of Kings . Next Way of Kings is next Christmas, the next Alloy of Law era book is probably the following Spring or something like that.
Are you planning two more or three more?
I will do as many of those as strikes me. The Alloy of Law books are a deviation from the main world plotline.
So it’s just for fun. I’m not going to commit to how many I’ll do or not do. Just whatever’s working.
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