Date: 2013-01-01
Type: Verbatim
Excited about Memory if Light in a week. Any idea about book 2 of Stormlight Archive?
Next fall, hopefully.
PS. if we ever do manage to have dinner, we should talk about the Ship of Theseus . [Peter’s note: Brandon references this in Alcatraz 2.]
:)
Warning: Churchiness follows! Just saw Bruce R. McConkie’s final testimony (from back in 1985) for the first time. Wow.
Amazing, isn’t it? AMAZING. We watched it when I was in the MTC .
Yeah. I’m surprised I missed it. 18 months of cancer, this, then dead in about a week. Gave me chills.
Oh no, no church for me. I might fall asleep. Oh man, I’m horrible.
Lol. :)
I’m super surprised you haven’t heard it before. It’s, like, everywhere in the Church.
Yeah, I’ve heard it mentioned—but just never watched/heard it.
I have yet to meet an SFF writer who thinks they could have done a better job finishing the WoT than @BrandSanderson has done.
Thanks, Brent. And congrats on making just about everyone’s “best books of 2012” list. You deserve it.
Jumped on the internet on the plane flight. Thought “I’ll check my email quickly.” Ten billion new emails. Oh, right. New book out . . .
Sorry, I was overly excited about the book. My bad.
Ha. No, it makes me feel loved. Thanks! Unless you sent them all. Then you are scaring me.
How do you handle that? Interns? You can’t possibly read them all yourself.
I try to at least look all of them over. Most can be answered quickly with a pre-written email.
HUMBLEBRAG SOME MORE, BRANDON.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU’RE JUST A DIRTY SELL-OUT! SCALZIIIII!!!! :)
I am taking bets on the impending @scalzi and @BrandSanderson knife match.
Scalzi writes SF. He’d bring a laser rifle. This is why I only taunt him from 30k feet in the air.
IT’S A COHERENT BEAM, FANTASY BOY. ONLY THE CURVE OF THE EARTH WILL SAVE YOU NOW
. . . Did you just call me your “fantasy boy?” I don’t quite know how to take that.
Do you have a current list of M:tG cards you want? Going to the signing tomorrow in Skokie, IL and might bring a present.
You don’t need to do that! But my cube is still missing both a Tangle Wire and a Tooth and Nail. They’re hard to find, though.
Just finished A Memory of Light , by @BrandSanderson. Very well written, and satisfyingly conclusive. NOW MOAR STORMLIGHT. #crackswhip
Wow. That was fast. :)
You weren’t at the signing last night, were you?
Was doing the Colbert Report . :( And then I saw you posted the signed copies in the airport after I already flew back :(:(
Ha. Good. I’d hate to have you come & not have me recognize you. (Mark Tremonti did that to me.) PM if you want a signed copy.
I’ll catch you at another one so I can bring all the other books I need signed :p
Sounds good! Thanks.
So . . . While the plane was landing, I had a great idea for fixing Death By Pizza , a novel I abandoned a few years ago. NOT RIGHT NOW, BRAIN.
Yay!
Lol. Have you even read that one?
No. But I wanted to react anyway.
You and your ideas on planes! Isn’t that how Legion got started?
Yeah, traveling does that to me. Mistborn started while I was driving on a road trip.
Given I don’t know anything about you besides the fact that you’re a ridiculously talented writer, that title and you don’t seem in-sync.
Heh. It was one of my “breather projects.” Stories I free-write (rather than planning in detail) between larger books.
Traveling through Minneapolis/St Paul? I managed to visit and sign A Memory of Light at 3 of the 4 airport bookstores (Main concourse and C gates.)
Always been curious about stealth signings. Do you say anything to bookstore employees or are you kind of sketchy about it?
Depends. I usually try to introduce myself, but if they are busy or don’t look interested, I’ll just sign and go.
Even though I don’t live in the US, I love how you sign random copies of your books in airports. Shows you care! :)
I do this in the UK when I visit, but authors randomly stopping by happens less there, so I tend to get into more trouble. :)
Is Kaladin in Stormilight 2?
Yes, quite a bit.
Dayton airport has 6 Brandalized books in the bookstore on the way to the B gates. Bookseller was reading a magazine. Didn’t even look up.
“Brandalized”? Nice!
I can’t claim it. My fans invented it to describe my stealth signings.
Ha! @GrammarGirl is awesome. Readers who coined “Brandalized,” you have been given a shout-out .
Your website says at the Atlanta signing priority “may be” given to those who purchased the book from hosting store.
Seems silly to deny loyal fans a chance for lack of buying the book at one specific store.
I used to be pretty annoyed by these kinds of restrictions (which are placed by the store, not by me or the publisher.)
Then I attended a signing with well over a hundred people, for which the store had to hire extra staff, stay open late…
And rearrange their store to accommodate. They sold six copies and lost money since everyone brought their Amazon books.
I can see how stores get annoyed by such things. It didn’t used to happen, but e-sales have changed the game.
Passing through Atlanta? Signed copies of A Memory of Light at the Buckhead books in the middle of the B terminal. (Look in new releases, not sf/f.)
I think the UNSIGNED copies are going to be a rare collectible item!
Ha. I’ve signed around 5k copies so far. So you aren’t far off. Don’t you still hold the one-day world record, though?
I think Dave Wolverton broke my record, and then Howard Stern. But I still have my Guinness World Record certificate.
Hmm. Well I did do 9,400 in two days before the launch of Inheritance .
Next time have a Guinness official looking over your shoulder. I do NOT intend to break that record again.
Pretty sure Dave’s got the record. Not sure on quantity.
Atlanta airport Simply Books in the A terminal center has signed books! (Same for the B terminal Buckhead books from yesterday.)
That’s cool. Have you ever gotten in trouble somewhere like that for signing your own books?
Once in a while, until I show the picture in the back. Never in a busy airport, though, where more authors visit.
Back from tour for now. (Will go out again first week of Feb.) Time to dive into Part Two of Stormlight 2.
Does the chasm on Sel have a counterpart in the cognitive realm?
Yes, it does. But moving around there is really tough . . .
Are the Ghostbloods associated with Odium?
Odium has his fingers in a LOT of things.
Afternoon. What sorts of marketing have you found most effective for your books, Brandon?
When I was newer, it was visiting bookstores, giving free copies to their SF readers on staff.
These days, I’m honestly not sure. The momentum of it all has pretty much overwhelmed my individual efforts. :)
@BrandSanderson, you took time out from the tour to celebrate a new arrival, yes? I hope everything went well and Congratulations!!!
Yes, I did—but I haven’t posted a lot about it online yet. Thanks!
Can we please, please, pretty please get the last Alcatraz book after Stormlight 2? Please? Rutabaga!
I’ll see what I can do. Rutabaga.
Should you have your pen name trademarked/copyrighted?
Some people think it is a good idea. I don’t think it’s needed, but it is not a bad choice either.
How many shards has Hoid received powers from, whether taken, stolen, given, etc.?
Well, he has a bead of Lerasium.
@BrandSanderson, can we expect to see Wit in his same duties to the king? Or perhaps just in other duties?
Wit is going to be around, for sure.
What other stories/Project do you have working besides Steelheart , The Rithmatist , Unfettered , Dangerous Women , and Stormlight 2?
Lol. As if I need more. Well, Alloy of Law sequel has some work done on it, as does a Legion sequel.
If a live Elantran entered the pool outside of the city, could they also use it to travel to the cognitive realm?
Let’s just say that the characters in the book do not fully understand the pool or its power.
I recorded myself writing a chapter from the next Stormlight Archive book. This video is the prewriting. More to come.
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