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Steelheart Preorder and Mega Vault Winners

It's time to announce the winners of the STEELHEART Mega Vault Fan Art contest. First, if you haven't seen the teaser trailer, the prologue, or teaser chapters for STEELHEART, please go give them a look!

STEELHEART Preorders

The release date for STEELHEART is fast approaching, so think about preordering the book from your favorite vendor. (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Audible, Apple, Kobo, Google Play.) If you would like a signed and numbered copy, Weller Book Works will begin accepting orders on August 15th for delivery on or very shortly after September 24th. Mysterious Galaxy and Shawn Speakman's The Signed Page will also have signed books (without numbers) available to preorder, but they won't be shipped as quickly. When I'm on tour in October, I'll stop by both of these places and sign the preordered books, which will then be shipped out.

Mega Vault Contest Winners

We had a great response to the STEELHEART fan art contest. Take a look at all the entries over at my official fan site, 17th Shard. The fan art is just fantastic! There were so many awesome entries, in fact, that we had a hard time choosing winners. So we've made space for five winners and five runners-up.

The five winners of the Random House Mega Vault are, in no particular order:

Bleed by HeavenlyHedgehog

Steelheart by Archetype

Deathpoint by Kristal

He Was Majestic by Rodrigo

Legoheart vs. Deathlego by Neverland

The five runners-up will receive a STEELHEART poster signed by me, and their choice of one signed book from my online store. Here are the runners-up, in no particular order:

I've Seen Steelheart Bleed Poster by jlequire

What Are You Doing Here? by GalaxyFlyer

Steelheart Custom Binding by Stairdweller

Steelheart's Ultimatum by ktep

Steelheart Promo Video by Scott Capener

To the winners: My assistants will be contacting you through the 17th Shard message system.

Thank you again for entering the contest, and thanks to Random House for providing these awesome Mega Vaults and posters as prizes.

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Spokane this week!

Tomorrow I'm heading out to Spokane for SpoCon, and I'll also be signing at Barnes & Noble. Details are below. There's no signing listed at SpoCon itself, but I will sign books if you find me between panels. See you there! As always, see my future events on my events page.

Barnes & Noble, Spokane

Date: Thursday August 8th, 2013

Time: 5:30–7:30 p.m.
Place: Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Northtown Mall
Address: 4750 North Division Street
Spokane, WA 99207
Phone: (509) 482-4235
Notes: This signing is in conjunction with SpoCon, but you don't have to be a SpoCon member to attend the signing. Please consider attending SpoCon as well though, since they are flying Brandon out and he'll be doing many more events there this weekend.

SpoCon 2013, Spokane

Dates: Friday August 9th–Sunday August 11th, 2013
Place: SpoCon 2013
Address: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel - Spokane City Center
322 North Spokane Falls Court
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 455-9600

Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:30 to 16:30, Parkside II

Writing For the Youth Market

Do you enjoy telling your children stories? Do you remember childhood stories of your own? Would you like to share them with other youth; to help shape and put a bug of creative imagination in to their minds? Why just infest your own children's imagination, or that of friends and family, when you can tweak the youth of the world's imagination. Buahaha . . .

Brandon Sanderson, Jessica Rising, Deby Fredericks, Fallon Jones, Shelley Martin

Fri, 08/09/2013 - 18:30 to 19:00, Salon 5

Opening Ceremonies

Come join SpoCon Staff and distinguished Guests as we celebrate the opening of SpoCon 2013; see our Guests introduced, and hear about some of the great things that SpoCon has to offer this year! As usual, SpoCon's opening ceremonies are not something to be missed. . . .

Brandon Sanderson, Kaja Foglio, Phil Foglio, Mark Osier, Scott C. Brown, Andy Dopieralski, Christian Doyle, Beau Prichard

Fri, 08/09/2013 - 19:00 to 19:45, Salon 5

Marmot Talk

Sitting in for the Mad Marmot himself will be the one and only Scott C. Brown with his mostly fearless sidekick Tim Martin. Join us for a style of talk show only SpoCon can produce. On the schedule is a Q&A with our distinguished Guests. We are pretty sure you won't want to be missing this . . .

Scott C. Brown, Brandon Sanderson, Phil Foglio, Mark Osier, Kaja Foglio, Tim Martin, Christian Doyle, Andy Dopieralski, Beau Prichard

Fri, 08/09/2013 - 20:00 to 21:00, Shades

Reading - Brandon Sanderson

Come and enjoy a reading from SpoCon's 2013 Guest of Honor, author Brandon Sanderson. Brandon will read a number of selection, and will include some of his works for younger readers.

Sat, 08/10/2013 - 12:30 to 13:30, Parkside II

World-Building: Creating a Magic System

Learn how to tackle the challenges of creating a magic system for your world or universe from true masters of the art.

Brandon Sanderson, S.A. Bolich, Rhiannon Louve, Shelley Martin

Sat, 08/10/2013 - 15:30 to 16:30, Spokane Falls Ballroom B

The SpoCon Unquisition!

So, you think you know The Wheel of Time? Bring your questions to SpoCon's Unquisition - Our panel of Unquisitors will listen to your question about The Wheel of Time, that may NOT contain any name, or direct reference to anything IN The Wheel of Time series. Should our panel of Unquisitors deem the question "correct", our Guest of Honor will then answer the approved query in any manner he so chooses.

Brandon Sanderson, Debbie Lentz, Christian Doyle, Molly Lloyd

Sat, 08/10/2013 - 20:00 to Sun, 08/11/2013 - 02:00, Spokane Falls Ballroom D

Magic the Gathering Draft with Brandon Sanderson

Brandon loves playing Magic the Gathering. Brandon enjoys it so much that when he travels, he often puts out the word that he's up for a game. Now Brandon is here at SpoCon, and he's not just putting out the word, he's offered us a tournament. So, come out and play in a MtG draft with our Guest of Honor, Brandon Sanderson! Did somebody say prizes? Why yes we did! Per Brandon, this will be a "Booster Draft." Our friends at Gamer's Haven will help administer this event. Seats are limited to 15 players, and please note that there will be an additional $25 fee to participate in this event.

Sun, 08/11/2013 - 15:00 to 16:00, Salon 5

Guest of Honor Address - Brandon Sanderson

Join famed author Brandon Sanderson in Salon V for his Guest of Honor address. Learn about his career, his current and future works, and more.

Sun, 08/11/2013 - 16:00 to 17:00, Salon 5

Closing Ceremonies

You've packed your days full of all of the awesome fun that SpoCon has had to offer. Join us in Salon V to finalize our time together and talk about what we have in store for you next year.

Brandon Sanderson, Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio, Mark Osier, Scott C. Brown, Christian Doyle, Andy Dopieralski, Beau Prichard, Rob McDonell

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Updates Catch-Up + Michael Whelan Stormlight 2 Cover

Playing catch-up with the Writing Excuses podcast, we did episodes on both Writing Reluctant Characters and Combining Dialogue, Blocking, and Description. We also did a Q&A session at the Out of Excuses Retreat that touches on these questions:

To Dan: How did you go about selling your first trilogy in Germany before selling it in the US?
To Howard: did you consider doing a separate storyline on Sunday strips? Why or why not?
Have you transitioned between outlining and discovery writing?
To Brandon: Why is John Scalzi your evil nemesis?
To Dan and Howard (and Mary): When you had full-time work, what did you do to "reset" when you came home from work, especially since your job used the same parts of your brain that writing does?

Tor.com has revealed Michael Whelan's cover art for WORDS OF RADIANCE, the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS. The cover is gorgeous, as always, and I love how the wraparound looks on it. Many thanks to Mr. Whelan for all his hard work!

Tor.com has also announced that the tentative release date has been pushed to March. I may have more to say on the reasons for this in the future, but it's important that I get this book right. On July 24th I tweeted a screenshot of me starting the third draft.

I've missed mentioning a couple of THE WAY OF KINGS reread posts; you can find all of them here.

Tor.com also put up an excerpt of my novella "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell" coming in the George R.R. Martin/Gardner Dozois anthology DANGEROUS WOMEN that will be released on December 3rd.

My Comic-Con interview with MTV Geek is archived here. The video is at the bottom of the page; I appear at the 1:59:38 mark. There's also an extremely short preview of the STEELHEART book trailer right before I come on. The full trailer should be released fairly soon. And on that page you can also read the second excerpt from the book.

There's also an interview with me about STEELHEART over at Big Shiny Robot.

My assistant Peter uploaded another Twitter posts archive. This one covers most of July.

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Hugo Awards Voting Deadline is July 31, 2013

The Hugos are one of the most prestigious awards in our field, and they are given out by the readers themselves. The deadline for voting for the Hugo Awards is approaching quickly. Less than a week left! For a ballot to be counted, it needs to be in by Wednesday, July 31, 2013 before midnight, Texas time.

So, if you were considering joining Worldcon to vote, you don't have a lot of time left. (Full disclosure, The Emperor's Soul by yours truly is up for an award in the novella category. Also, Writing Excuses has been nominated its third year running for best related work.)

For the last few years, the Hugo Awards have been offering a "Voter's Packet" to everyone eligible to vote, and it includes ebooks of basically everything nominated. To be eligible to vote, you have to buy at least a "Supporting Membership" to Worldcon, which costs $60.

So, for sixty bucks, you get a selection of the best sf/fantasy published last year––including five novels and a ton of short fiction. It's one of the best deals out there, and you get to vote for what you consider the best fiction of the year as well. (You'll also get to nominate for next year's awards.) Unlike the Academy Awards or the Grammys, these awards aren't chosen by distant committees––they are chosen by discerning fans.

As always, I strongly suggest that you read/watch/listen to the majority (if not all) of the entries in a category before voting on it. Do not vote for your favorite author; vote for what you actually think is the best work. As the voting is in our hands, let's do what we can to maintain the integrity of the award.

(Though, if you do join now and only have a week or so left, you should totally read the novella category first, so you can vote on that one without running out of time. Just saying . . . )

It was great seeing many of you at San Diego last weekend! I look forward to meeting more of you at my upcoming events!

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State of the Sanderson

It has been quite a busy time these last six or seven months. Too busy, maybe? A lot of great experiences, but it has cut into my time to be at home writing. Let me give you a little update of what I'm doing writing-wise.

First off, of course, is Words of Radiance. If you weren't watching, I finished the rough draft of this book (the second book of the Stormlight Archive, and sequel to The Way of Kings) late June. I sent it off to my agent and editor for commentary and advice. I got back my editor's notes last week, my agent's notes today, and Peter just finished assembling everything together and doing a tight, continuity-focused copyedit of the entire manuscript. At 360k words, it's roughly the length of A Memory of Light.

Obviously, there's a lot left to do here. Tor keeps talking about January as a publication month, and I'd like to meet that, if at all possible. That's going to require me to do several drafts of the novel over the next two months. More updates as we progress, but I'm pleased with the book. It has only a few large flaws, and I think they can be fixed fairly quickly.

During July, I took time off from major projects to have a breather. If you aren't aware, I prefer to do smaller projects between big epics as a means of helping me stay fresh. This month's "breather" stories include a novelette (9k words) piece set in the Steelheart world, which should be published as an e-original around Christmastime. I also did some work in the Infinity Blade world. (More on that later. If you aren't aware, this is a video game that friends of mine make. I've enjoyed being involved to practice my video-game writing chops, with an eye toward doing Mistborn video game writing.)

My next major writing project will be the sequel to Steelheart, which is called Firefight. (And if you haven't seen the trailer, Prologue, or teaser chapters for Steelheart, please go give them a look! We're hoping for big things from this novel.) As you might be aware, I will often be preparing for/writing one piece while I do revisions on another. I generally can only do new prose on one piece at a time, but I like to be revising and writing on two different things at once. So, for the foreseeable future, I'll be writing Firefight and revising Words of Radiance.

What does this mean for future projects? Well, let me go down the list of sequels in order of current urgency.

1) Rithmatist Sequel. I will hop on writing the next one very soon.

2) Shadows of Self. (The next Wax and Wayne Mistborn novel.) I've finished some sample chapters of this and have a fairly solid outline. Expect to see me writing on this sometime early next year.

3) Book Three of Stormlight. I don't want to let this series languish with three year gaps between books, as I was forced to do between books one and two. Because of this, I'll try to be doing them at 18 month or 24 month intervals at the most. Do note that the books, at around a thousand pages each, are HUGE undertakings. The way I write, I have to space out projects like this. They'll be regular, I promise, but part of the reason I'm so productive is because I allow myself freedom to work on different projects, instead of being beholden to one series.

4) Calamity (Book Three of Steelheart.) This will be the final of that trilogy.

5) Elantris Sequel. (This is getting close. Should be doing this in the relatively near future.)

6) Legion Sequel. I have sample chapters of this done, but as it's a side project, it can't command prime writing time. I will probably slip it in between some of the books above somewhere, but I can't promise when.

7) Final Rithmatist book. (I'm not 100% sure this will be a trilogy. It might just be two books.)

8) Nightblood. (Warbreaker sequel.) This one is still fairly far off.

9) Alcatraz 5. Still planning to write this. We have to find a home for the series, however, as I bought the rights back to it from Scholastic earlier this year. Within the next couple of months, my US readers will be able to buy my British publisher's omnibus edition of the first four books.

As for non-sequel, original projects, here's what might be coming in the future, as they stand now.

1) "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell." Cosmere novella set on a new world. Find it in GRRM and Gardner Dozois's anthology called Dangerous Women, which I believe is coming out Christmastime. Read an excerpt on Tor.com.

2) "Sixth of the Dusk." Cosmere novella set on a new world. Written following a Writing Excuses brainstorm. Still needs a revision, but should be released later this year.

3) The Silence Divine. Standalone Cosmere Novel. Modestly far off, but maybe not too far. I don't want to be stuck writing only sequels. Though, since I did release two new books this year (Rithmatist and Steelheart) in new worlds, starting new series, I will probably wait on this one until those series are done.

4) The Liar of Partinel. Cosmere Novel, set on the original planet of Yolen and dealing with Hoid's origin story. Very far off right now.

5) Skyward. (Working title.) Young Adult cosmere novel. In the early stages of development. Probably a few years off.

6) Dark One. Non-cosmere YA novel. Still haven't been able to get this one off the ground. I had a chance, but The Rithmatist worked better, and I wrote that instead. Don't hold your breath on this one, though someday I might post the sample chapters that I wrote a few years back.

7) Death By Pizza. (Urban Fantasy.) This book was fun, but not remotely good enough to publish. We'll see if I ever get the bug to go back and fix it.

8) White Sand. Cosmere trilogy. Some fun things are happening here, but I can't really talk about them right now.

And finally, media properties.

1) Mistborn: Birthright. (Video Game for consoles and maybe PC, cross platform.) We're looking at 2015 for this right now. (Sorry.) The new console generation made us push it back. I'm still planning to write it, and development is still moving. It's far from dead.

2) Mistborn film. Option runs out in January. I've had a very good experience with the producers, but so far, we do not have funding for the film. We'll have to see where we are in another six months.

3) Legion television show. Lionsgate still has this under option!

4) Steelheart Film. I had lunch with the producer at Comic-Con. It's still early in the process, but they're very engaged and very excited.

That's it for updates. For now, I should get back to work on the Firefight outline. As always, thank you all for reading!

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Read preview #2 of STEELHEART, STEELHEART poster, STEELHEART book trailer!

So, I'm at Comic-Con in San Diego right now. You can see my schedule here.

Among the other things I'm doing at the con is an interview with MTV Geek. That's not a public event at the convention, but they will be streaming it live on their site on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time. And as part of the interview livestream, MTV Geek will be premiering the book trailer that Delacorte made for STEELHEART. It will be exciting, so set your alarms for 1:00 p.m. Pacific in two days. (Right now their countdown clock says the trailer reveal will be at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, but we're pretty sure that's a mistake.)

And right now, MTV Geek has put up a new preview of STEELHEART on their site. If you haven't read the prologue you should read that first, and then come back and read chapters 10 and 11 on MTV Geek's site.

MTV Geek has also revealed the Comic-Con exclusive STEELHEART poster by DC Comics artist John Van Fleet. Go there to check it out. I'll be signing prints of the poster with Mr. Van Fleet at the DC Comics booth #1915 today at 11:00 a.m.

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My San Diego Comic-Con International Schedule

I'm leaving today for Comic-Con, and I'll be there Friday through Sunday. See you there! There will also be a Steelheart trailer reveal online on Sunday with MTV Geek; I'll add the link later.

Date: July 19–21, 2013

Place: San Diego Convention Center
Address: 111 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101

Schedule:

Friday, July 19th

11:00–11:30 a.m., booth 1915

DC Entertainment Signing with John Van Fleet

Signing exclusive Steelheart poster prints by John Van Fleet

2:30–3:30 p.m., Room 24ABC

Epic Fantasy Panel

Dragons, elves, and magic—epic fantasy transports us to another world. Colleen Lindsay and some of the genre's biggest authors discuss the worlds of their own creation and what fantasy has to say about our own world: Robin Hobb (Blood of Dragons), Raymond Feist (Magician's End), Django Wexler (The Thousand Names), Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn and The Wheel of Time series), Melissa de la Cruz (Frozen), Christopher Paolini (the Inheritance cycle), and Daniel Abraham (The Tyrant's Law).

4:00–5:00 p.m., Table AA09, Autograph Area

Signing by authors from the Epic Fantasy Panel

5:00–6:00 p.m., booth 2707
Tor Booth Signing

Brandon will sign copies of The Way of Kings (and probably any other books you bring)

Saturday, July 20th

1:00–2:00 p.m., booth 1515

Random House Booth Signing

Signing ARCs of Steelheart

This is a ticketed signing. Tickets can be picked up at the Random House booth 1515 on Saturday when the booth opens. The line will start forming 15 minutes before the signing.

Sunday, July 21st

2:30–3:30 p.m., Room 23ABC

Safety Not Guaranteed, Post-Apocalyptic Panel

Dystopian societies, postapocalyptic scenarios, enhanced (and deadly) abilities, and mysterious government branches make the future a not-so-safe place to be. Moderator Anna Jarzab (Tandem) joins authors Marie Lu (the Legend series), Gen Albin (Crewel), Brandon Sanderson (Steelheart), Margaret Stohl (Icons), Amy Tintera (Reboot), and Michael Johnston (Frozen) as they discuss what it takes to survive in the future worlds they've created.

4:00–5:00 p.m., Table AA09, Autograph Area

Signing with the previous panel's authors. Brandon will sign ARCs of Steelheart (and probably any other books you bring).

Notes:

The "Firstborn"/"Defending Elysium" con exclusive hardcover will be on sale at Mysterious Galaxy's booth, #1119.

Badali Jewelry will be at booth #532/534 with their beautiful assortment of jewelry based on Elantris, the Mistborn series, and more.

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THE RITHMATIST Tour Swag

Recently I got back from the The Rithmatist tour, so it's time for me to post some pictures of some of the cool things I saw and some of the neat things you all gave me. I appreciate the time and thought put into the gifts.

Take a look at this Steel Inquisitor sculpture Meghan Etzel-Hardman gave me. Wow! You can take a look at more of her work at her site.

These awesome Mistborn costumes came from the hard work of Sarah Levinson, who came with her pals to Phoenix Comicon. From left to right: Karen as Tindwyl, Varouj as Sazed (I think I saw him dressed as Aang from Avatar one of the other days), me dressed as myself, Brian as Elend, and Sarah as Vin. The attention to detail on these costumes is amazing!

Here's a beautiful bookmark I got from the Tattered Cover when I signed there, beads from New Orleans, the A Game of Thrones card game, and a silver spoon and expertly knitted animals for Baby Melvin (not his real name).

At one of my tour stops back east, I met fellow Tor author David Walton. He was kind enough to give me a copy of his latest book Quintessence, which I enjoyed reading during my flights.

One reader, lmlnewburg, created some fan art for a story idea the Writing Excuses cast helped me brainstorm about psychic birds in the jungle, "Sixth of the Dusk."

And as usual, the various assortment of Magic cards:

Emily Grange knitted this koloss based on Ben McSweeney's illustrations. The detail on this guy is amazing!

The event put on June 3rd by the King's English Bookshop and hosted by the Provo Library was a great success. With nearly 500 people in attendance, this was probably the second-largest non-release-party event that I've had for one of my books so far.

At the signing, I received this beautiful glass ornament from the folks at Gomm Studios (check out their gallery of stained glass).

There were some nice T-shirts for those working the event. They gave me one too.

Take a look at that enormous gear decoration! Incidentally, the picture below was chosen by Publishers Weekly as their photo of the day on June 6th.

In addition to the book store signings, Phoenix Comicon and BookExpo America were all part of the tour. It made for a crazy time, but as always, I want to thank you all for coming out to the signings and other events. Because of you, The Rithmatist debuted at #6 on the New York Times Bestseller list.

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STEELHEART fan art contest ends tonight + Updates

This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode is entitled "Your First Contract" and it's about exactly that! We're not lawyers so don't consider this to be legal advice, but as a writer you're a a small business owner who should be thinking about this sort of thing.

The STEELHEART fan art contest ends tonight at midnight (probably Mountain Time). There are over 30 entries so far. Fantastic work, folks! I'm looking forward to seeing what else gets submitted before the deadline. Note: This contest is only for people in the US and Canada, but Fantasy Book Critic has a book giveaway that is open worldwide. They don't have the Mega Vault though.

Tor.com's Way of Kings reread has reached chapters 19 and 20, which includes Dalinar's first highstorm vision of the book.

Ta'veren Tees has a new shirt up for preorder, called the Golden Crane. It's available for men and women.

The library comic UNSHELVED does a "book club" comic every week. The most recent one is on THE WELL OF ASCENSION. They also featured ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS a few years ago.

Something very cool today is that Tor.com is celebrating their five-year anniversary by giving away an ebook of every piece of short fiction Tor.com has ever published, including my novelette "Firstborn." This ebook is available to anyone registered at Tor.com. All of the stories are still online for free, but the download is in convenient ebook format epub, mobi, and pdf. These stories are available from the ebook vendors for 99¢ each, so the following huge list for free (in alphabetical order by author) is a great deal:

When We Were Heroes, by Daniel Abraham
Olga, by C.T. Adams
Foundation, by Ann Aguirre
The Department of Alterations, by Gennifer Albin
The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model, by Charlie Jane Anders
Six Months, Three Days, by Charlie Jane Anders
Intestate, by Charlie Jane Anders
Legacy Lost, by Anna Banks
The Witch of Duva, by Leigh Bardugo
The Too-Clever Fox, by Leigh Bardugo
The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder, by Elizabeth Bear
The Horrid Glory of Its Wings, by Elizabeth Bear
Faster Gun, by Elizabeth Bear
The Final Now, by Gregory Benford
Grace Immaculate, by Gregory Benford
Backscatter, by Gregory Benford
River of Souls, by Beth Bernobich
A Window or a Small Box, by Jedediah Berry
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes, by Michael Bishop
Catch ‘Em in the Act, by Terry Bisson
TVA Baby, by Terry Bisson
The Cockroach Hat, by Terry Bisson
Shall We Gather, by Alex Bledsoe
Prophet, by Jennifer Bosworth
The Ruined Queen of Harvest World, by Damien Broderick
Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order, by Damien Broderick
The Memory Coder, by Jessica Brody
The Desecrator, by Steven Brust
Brother. Prince. Snake., by Cecil Castellucci
We Have Always Lived on Mars, by Cecil Castellucci
Our Human, by Adam Troy Castro
The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, by John Chu
Fare Thee Well, by Cathy Clamp
The Commonplace Book, by Jacob Clifton
What Makes a River, by Deborah Coates
The Ghosts of Christmas, by Paul Cornell
The Elephant in the Room, by Paul Cornell
Day One, by Matthew Costello
Am I Free To Go?, by Kathryn Cramer
Tourists, by Sean Craven
Eve of Sin City, by S.J. Day
The Cage, by A.M. Dellamonica
Among the Silvering Herd, by A.M. Dellamonica
Wild Things, by A.M. Dellamonica
Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away, by Cory Doctorow
On 20468 Petercook, by Andy Duncan
The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday, by G.D. Falksen
Men Who Wish to Drown, by Elizabeth Fama
The Iron Shirts, by Michael Flynn
A Clean Sweep With All the Trimmings, by James Alan Gardner
Lightbringers and Rainmakers, by Felix Gilman
Shade, by Steven Gould
Bugs in the Arroyo, by Steven Gould
Steampunk Quartet, by Eileen Gunn
Mother, Crone, Maiden, by Cat Hellisen
The Ink Readers of Doi Saket, by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Too Fond, by Leanna Renee Hieber
At the Foot of the Lighthouse, by Erin Hoffman
Ghost Hedgehog, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
A Spell of Vengeance, by D.B. Jackson
The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles, by Kij Johnson
Ponies, by Kij Johnson
Crazy Me, by James Patrick Kelly
First Flight, by Mary Robinette Kowal
How to Make a Triffid, by Kelly Lagor
A Water Matter, by Jay Lake
The Speed of Time, by Jay Lake
The Starship Mechanic, by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes
Dress Your Marines in White, by Emmy Laybourne
A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel, by Yoon Ha Lee
Uncle Flower's Homecoming Waltz, by Marissa Lingen
Earth Hour, by Ken MacLeod
Farewell Performance, by Nick Mamatas
Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun, by Brit Mandelo
The Finite Canvas, by Brit Mandelo
The Hanging Game, by Helen Marshall
The Courtship of the Queen, by Bruce McAllister
Heads Will Roll, by Lish McBride
Swift, Brutal Retaliation, by Meghan McCarron
Preparations, by Mark Mills
About Fairies, by Pat Murphy
Fire Above, Fire Below, by Garth Nix
Ruled, by Caragh M. O'Brien
Hello, Moto, by Nnedi Okorafor
Sacrifice of the First Sheason, by Peter Orullian
The Great Defense of Layosah, by Peter Orullian
The Battle of the Round, by Peter Orullian
Sweetheart, by Abbi Mei Otis
Ragnarok, by Paul Park
Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure, by Richard Parks
The Rotten Beast, by Mary E. Pearson
Angel Season, by J.T. Petty
Silver Linings, by Tim Pratt
The Button Man and the Murder Tree, by Cherie Priest
Clockwork Fairies, by Cat Rambo
The Next Invasion, by Robert Reed
Our Candidate, by Robert Reed
Swingers, by Robert Reed
The Cairn in Slater Woods, by Gina Rosati
Jack of Coins, by Christopher Rowe
Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory, by Rudy Rucker
Good Night, Moon, by Rudy Rucker
Loco, by Rudy Rucker
Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill, by Marie Rutkoski
The Film-Makers of Mars, by Geoff Ryman
Firstborn, by Brandon Sanderson
After the Coup, by John Scalzi
The President's Brain is Missing, by John Scalzi
Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City: Prologue, by John Scalzi
A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon, by Ken Scholes
Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair, by Ken Scholes
Two Stories, by Ken Scholes
If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear, by Ken Scholes
Rag and Bone, by Priya Sharma
Do Not Touch, by Prudence Shen
The Night Children: An Escape From Furnace Story, by Alexander Gordon Smith
King of Marbury, by Andrew Smith
Beauty Belongs to the Flowers, by Matthew Sanborn Smith
Overtime, by Charles Stross
Down on the Farm, by Charles Stross
A Tall Tail, by Charles Stross
Zeppelin City, by Michael Swanwick
The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree, by Michael Swanwick
The Dala Horse, by Michael Swanwick
The Mongolian Wizard, by Michael Swanwick
The Fire Gown, by Michael Swanwick
Day of the Kraken, by Michael Swanwick
Eros, Philia, Agape, by Rachel Swirsky
A Memory of Wind, by Rachel Swirsky
The Monster's Million Faces, by Rachel Swirsky
Portrait of Lisane da Patagnia, by Rachel Swirsky
Sing, by Karin Tidbeck
What Doctor Gottlieb Saw, by Ian Tregillis
Vilcabamba, by Harry Turtledove
The Star and the Rockets, by Harry Turtledove
The House That George Built, by Harry Turtledove
We Haven't Got There Yet, by Harry Turtledove
Shtetl Days, by Harry Turtledove
Lee at the Alamo, by Harry Turtledove
Running of the Bulls, by Harry Turtledove
The City Quiet as Death, by Steven Utley
The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While, by Catherynne M. Valente
Terrain, by Genevieve Valentine
Last Son of Tomorrow, by Greg van Eekhout
Errata, by Jeff VanderMeer
A Stroke of Dumb Luck, by Shiloh Walker
Last Train to Jubilee Bay, by Kali Wallace
Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction, by Jo Walton
The Nostalgist, by Daniel H. Wilson
Super Bass, by Kai Ashante Wilson
The Palencar Project, by Gregory Benford, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., James Morrow, Michael Swanwick, and Gene Wolfe, Edited by David G. Hartwell

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My ConnectiCon Schedule

I'm in Connecticut this weekend for ConnectiCon. Below is my schedule! But also, the STEELHEART fanart contest (you can win books!) is still ongoing, with a deadline of Monday. Details here, and the first entries from readers are up here.

ConnectiCon, Hartford

Place: ConnectiCon
Address: Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Boulevard
Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: 860-249-6000
Type: Convention

Schedule: July 12th–14th, 2013

Friday 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Brandon Sanderson Autograph Session

Signing with Brandon will be Bryce Moore, author of Vodnik

Location: Online Media Guest Hall

Friday 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Brandon Sanderson Q&A

Location: Panel 2

Friday 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Last Dance with Mary Sue: How to Write Great Characters

Location: Panel 7

Friday 9:00 p.m.

Magic Draft with Brandon

Location: Special Events 2, the capital room in the Marriott

Please sign up ahead of time with the convention! Slots are limited. If there are any slots left on Friday, you can sign up at the 1:00 p.m. autograph session.

Saturday 2:30–3:30 p.m.

Worldbuilding in Fantasy & Scifi 201

Location: Panel 4

Saturday 5:00–6:00 p.m.

Starting Out With a Bang

Location: Panel 1

Sunday 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Brandon Sanderson Autograph Session

Location: Online Media Guest Hall

Sunday 3:00–4:00 p.m.

The Changing Face of Publishing

Location: Panel 8

Notes: Brandon is a Guest of Honor

ConnectiCon will have copies for sale of the con exclusive double "Firstborn"/"Defending Elysium" at the Literary Guest Table in the Online Media Guest Hall.

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