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March 5, 2013
Hugo Nomination Deadline + Signed Copies of AMoL
Below I have bookstore listings where you can find signed copies of A MEMORY OF LIGHT (and a few have THE EMPEROR'S SOUL as well). They will ship to you, so give them a call!
This Sunday night is the deadline for nominating for the Hugo Awards, if you're a Worldcon member. The nomination form is here. As a reminder, I will send a free electronic copy of THE EMPEROR'S SOUL to Hugo voters considering what to nominate in the novella category. See this post for details.
And now, notes from the booksellers I stopped at during the tour:
Books-A-Million (757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL 35209)
We have 55 copies at our store in Birmingham. If customers want to purchase one, we will need them to purchase an E-Certificate (or gift card) and call us at 205-870-0213. (We cannot take credit cards over the phone for security purposes). We can ship them directly to them.
BYU Bookstore (Brigham Young University, University Hill, Provo, Utah 84602)
We have about 15 that are signed with numbers and about 15 what are just signed. We will ship them in the order in which we receive the orders, sending out numbered copies first followed by the signed copies. All signed copies have been signed by Brandon, Harriet and Maria. The link to our page is here.
Borderlands Books (866 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110)
We can certainly do mail orders. I think we've got about 20 signed copies left. If you'd like to let folks know, they can call us toll-free at 888-893-4008, or order from us online via Biblio.com using this link.
Bakka-Phoenix Books (84 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1G5 Canada)
We definitely have signed copies of AMoL, and also a little signed stock of some of Brandon's other titles (in particular, The Emperor's Soul). They can call us at 416-963-9993, or email. There's also a 'Contact Us' link on our website. We do charge for shipping.
University Bookstore (4326 University Way, NE, Seattle, WA 98105)
I have at least 30 copies of the presigned eds still upstairs. I also have at least 15 or more of the copies signed at the event by Brandon and Harriet. I also have 2 or 3 Legion left, and a stack of The Emperor's Soul.
Customers can call us at : 1-800-335-7323, and here's the page for AMOL (you may have to click that link twice for it to work). Customers should be sure to note in the comment box at the end that they want a signed copy.
Mysterious Galaxy (7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #302, San Diego, CA 92111)
We have a little over 100 signed copies, some of which are also signed by Harriet. 858-268-4747
Quail Ridge Books (3522 Wade Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27607)
We have 54 signed copies. Here is a link to the book on our website. Unfortunately it does not reflect the discounted NYT best seller price which would be $27.99. If they are members of our readers club the price would be $24.49. This price would be reflected in the amount charged. No shipping charges on orders $25 or more. Our phone number is 919/828-1588
The Signed Page
I have a few extra copies of A Memory of Light, the final Wheel of Time book! They are 1st Edition / 1st Printing and are double-signed by Brandon Sanderson and long-time Wheel of Time editor Harriet McDougal!
Toadstool Bookshops (614 Nashua Street, Lordens Plaza, Milford, NH 30355)
We have a dozen signed copies left over in NH after our signing. I might have asked for more, but Brandon looked like he was going to keel over. We do still have several cases of (unsigned) first editions. Someone at the event pointed out that some of our books were 6th printings, which we swapped out to keep the 1st editions going. Calling us direct would be the best: 603-673-1734 EST at the Toadstool Bookshop, Milford, NH. Open M-Sa 9-9, Su 11-5.
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February 25, 2013
Writing Excuses & Stormlight Archive writing video
Just a quick post today. The newest Writing Excuses podcast episode is another where we sat down with Dan's brother Robison Wells. This time we talked about writing and personal health. Give it a listen.
For the fifth of my Stormlight Archive volume two writing videos, we were able to get permission to include most of the music I listened to while writing this section. Many thanks to the artists, and do consider them when you're trying to decide what to listen to in order to set the right mood while you write!
"The Orange Fox Waits" composed & performed by Robin Spielberg. Used with Permission. ©2008 Robin Spielberg/Spobs Music
Website, Facebook, Amazon, iTunes.
David Lanz, "Medley: Behind the Waterfall/Desert Rain" © 1991 Narada Productions, Inc
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David Nevue, "Ascending with Angels" ℗ 2001 Midnight Rain Productions
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Tim Neumark, "The Dream of You" ℗ 2007 Tim Neumark
Website, Facebook, Amazon, iTunes.
Steven Cravis, "Reunion" ℗ 1995 StevenCravis.com
Website, Facebook, Amazon, iTunes.
Dylan Patrick Smith, "Fading Dreams" ℗ 2007 Other Realm Music
CDBaby, Facebook, Amazon, iTunes
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February 18, 2013
Stormlight writing video & music + Updates
The most recent podcast episode of Writing Excuses features Dan's brother Robison Wells talking with us about cliffhangers and icebergs—when it's a good idea to leave people in the dark, and when it's a bad idea. Check it out.
My assistant Peter has uploaded another Twitter posts archive. This one doesn't have as many spoilers as the previous two, but there are still spoilers for A MEMORY OF LIGHT, so stay away from it if you haven't finished the book yet.
Some readers have been asking if my book signings are spoiler-free. In general, yes. Spoilers are not allowed during the public Q&A part of the signing. However, I do allow people to ask spoiler questions when they make it up to the table to get their books signed. So if you haven't finished the book, don't listen in too closely to other people's conversations. :)
This is my last week on the A MEMORY OF LIGHT tour, and I'll visit the following cities:
Monday: Baltimore
Tuesday: Philadelphia
Wednesday: Raleigh
Thursday: Atlanta
Friday: Birmingham
Harriet will be at all of the events as well, and audiobook narrators Michael Kramer and Kate Reading will be with us at the Baltimore signing. Details are on my events page.
I'll also have at least two more book tours later this year. In May we'll have the THE RITHMATIST tour, and right now it looks like most of the cities I'll hit will be different from the ones that were on the AMoL tour. Details to follow.
In the fourth of my Stormlight Archive volume two writing videos, two of the included songs are the actual songs I listened to while writing. I've been able to include them in the video thanks to the artists, Ray Lynch and Incendio. This might help you feel even more like you're looking over my shoulder while I write.
"Her Knees Deep in Your Mind" by Ray Lynch. © ℗ Ray Lynch Productions/BMI/1994
Music can be found on his website, Facebook, Amazon, and iTunes.
Incendio, "Temple of the Sun" ℗ 2003 Incendio Music
Music can be found on Facebook, Amazon, and iTunes.
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February 14, 2013
Life, the Universe, & Everything 31 starts today in Provo
The local symposium (read: convention) on science fiction and fantasy starts today. I was planning to be there, but instead I'm on tour. I'll be in Vancouver tonight and Toronto tomorrow. But if you're in Utah, you should check out LTUE!
The guest of honor this year is Megan Whalen Turner and special guests are Tracy and Laura Hickman, Larry Correia, David Farland, L. E. Modesitt Jr., James A. Owen, Eric James Stone, and Brad R. Torgersen. The symposium will be at the Provo Marriott Hotel & Conference Center (while the UVU student center is under construction) and it's free with a valid student ID or $45 at the door for the whole convention. (Preregistration is closed.) There are lots of great panels; you can find a list here. Sorry I can't see you there this year, but as always, it's going to be awesome!
I also have an announcement from my old friend Loralee (she was editor at the Leading Edge magazine back before I was):
Giant gummi worms, M&M comets, and cotton candy slime—it's not science fiction, it's candy science! Loralee Leavitt will be signing her new book Candy Experiments, full of fun science experiments using candy, at Life, The Universe, and Everything in Provo on Friday, Feb 15, 8–10 pm, and at the King's English bookshop in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Feb 16, at 2 pm.
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February 11, 2013
Videos & Updates
I donated a signed first edition of MISTBORN for an auction at Con or Bust, which helps fans of color attend SFF conventions. Check it out.
The most recent Writing Excuses podcast episode talks about retellings and adaptations. Believe it or not, yesterday was the five-year anniversary of the very first episode. Wow!
I have a bunch of videos for you today. My friend and former roommate Earl Cahill filmed the midnight release Q&A for A MEMORY OF LIGHT from multiple angles, and has produced the three videos below. If you weren't able to attend, check them out! There aren't any spoilers, if you were wondering.
I also appeared on this week's Sword & Laser episode, which you can see below:
Check out this great family costume from the A MEMORY OF LIGHT signing in Sacramento! (And thanks to DJ Stipe for sending the picture to me.) Tonight I'll be signing in Portland. My schedule is here.
The third of my Stormlight Archive 2 writing videos is now up on YouTube. Be sure to watch it in 720p for the best quality. I WILL be posting a sped-up version of the whole chapter once I'm done posting all of the videos; if my typing is too slow for you, don't worry.
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February 5, 2013
Tour with Harriet, Writing Excuses, Stormlight 2 video
In the most recent Writing Excuses podcast episode, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and I talk about breaking the rules. We've said that you've got to learn the rules before you break them, so now it's time to talk about why to break them.
Tomorrow I'm starting the second leg of my book tour, and Harriet McDougal will join me for many of the stops. Details on my events page.
Wed Feb 6: San Diego w/Harriet
Thu Feb 7: Los Angeles area w/Harriet
Fri Feb 8: Sacramento area w/Harriet
Sat Feb 9: San Francisco w/Harriet
Mon Feb 11: Portland area w/Harriet
Tue Feb 12: Seattle w/Harriet
Thu Feb 14: Vancouver, BC area
Fri Feb 15: Toronto
Sat Feb 16: Milford, NH
Mon Feb 18: Baltimore area w/Harriet
Tue Feb 19: Philadelphia w/Harriet
Wed Feb 20: Raleigh w/Harriet
Thu Feb 21: Atlanta area w/Harriet
Fri Feb 22: Birmingham, AL w/Harriet
I'll also go to various conventions this year, and there are two or three book tours later this year that aren't planned out yet. I'll try to stop somewhere in Texas for the THE RITHMATIST tour in May, and I'm thinking of going to the UK around November or so. If you want to receive my newsletter, and get email reminders when I'll be signing near you, tell me your city here.
I've uploaded the second video of me writing the Rysn interlude from the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS. If you missed the first video with the prewriting, it's here. This week's video starts the interlude itself.
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January 29, 2013
Stormlight 2 Writing Video, Hugo Nomination Deadline, DANGEROUS WOMEN & Updates
Michael Whelan has put up an awesome post on his process for painting the cover of A MEMORY OF LIGHT. Very, very cool. If you're at all interested in art or illustration you should check it out. You can also buy signed prints in his store.
If you want to be able to nominate works for the Hugo Awards this year (I talked about this a couple of weeks ago) you need to be a supporting or attending member of this year's Worldcon (or last year's or next year's Worldcons) by Thursday, January 31st. The actual nomination deadline is in March, but if you aren't a member and want to nominate, now's your last chance to become eligible.
Here's something cool: a fantasy calendar featuring fantasy writers. Lauren Zurchin of Lytherus is putting together this calendar featuring authors Holly Black, Gail Carriger, Cassandra Clare, Lauren Kate, Gregory Maguire, Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff, Brandon Mull, Lauren Oliver, Chrisopher Paolini, Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, and me. We will all be dressed in fantasy costumes of Lauren's design. Once the calendar is for sale, the proceeds from the calendar will go to the First Book and Worldbuilders charities. To fund the creation of the calendar, the costumes, and traveling to the authors to dress us up and take our pictures, Lauren is running a Kickstarter campaign. Just to be clear: Kickstarter doesn't allow charity campaigns, so the Kickstarter campaign itself is not a charitable endeavor, but it will go to fund creation of a calendar that when sold WILL have its proceeds donated to two charities. There are various things you can get for pledging various amounts, including a photo of me in my costume, signed by me, or a similar photo for each of the other authors. I think this is a cool idea, and I'm wondering what sort of costume Lauren will dress me up in. We'll never find out unless the Kickstarter campaign reaches its goal.
As many of you know, I adapted a large number of readers' names for use in TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT and A MEMORY OF LIGHT. Linda over at the 13th Depository has that were chosen for characters and how they were adapted into the books, including some character names adapted by Robert Jordan in previous books. Note that I also adapted some people's names as place names and other non-character names, and the list doesn't include those. There will probably be another list later.
Last Wednesday I did a Tor chat on Twitter. All of the questions I answered (the questions and my answers include a lot of spoilers, especially for A MEMORY OF LIGHT, so be warned!) are now up in these two Twitter post archives: one, two.
This week's Writing Excuses podcast episode discusses side-character arcs. Mary, Howard, Dan, and I talk about which side characters might need an arc, which might not, and what you might take into consideration when writing these characters.
George R. R. Martin has announced the authors & stories for the DANGEROUS WOMEN anthology, including a novella from me. It's a spectacular group that I'm very honored to be included in. The table of contents will look like this:
INTRODUCTION, by Gardner Dozois
SOME DESPERADO, by Joe Abercrombie
MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN, by Megan Abbott
NORA'S SONG, by Cecelia Holland
THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE, by Melinda Snodgrass
BOMBSHELLS, by Jim Butcher
RAISA STEPANOVA, by Carrie Vaughn
WRESTLING JESUS, by Joe R. Lansdale
NEIGHBORS, by Megan Lindholm
I KNOW HOW TO PICK 'EM, by Lawrence Block
SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL, by Brandon Sanderson
A QUEEN IN EXILE, by Sharon Kay Penman
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR, by Lev Grossman
SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY, by Nancy Kress
CITY LAZARUS, by Diana Rowland
VIRGINS, by Diana Gabaldon
HELL HATH NO FURY, by Sherilynn Kenyon
PRONOUNCING DOOM, by S.M. Stirling
NAME THE BEAST, by Sam Sykes
CARETAKERS, by Pat Cadigan
LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, by Caroline Spector
THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, by George R.R. Martin
The book has been turned in to Tor as of last week, so Tor will now pick a more firm publication date. When I hear more I'll let you know. There are a few more details at the link.
I'm starting a new weekly bonus content feature for the next few months as a bit of an experiment. Right now I'm writing the sequel to THE WAY OF KINGS, and I've recorded my writing process for one chapter using Camtasia (which was provided to me by the folks at TechSmith). The chapter I've recorded is the new interlude featuring Rysn (who was in one of the interludes in the first book). I've split the recording up into multiple videos that I'm uploading to YouTube. The first one is up now, and it covers the prewriting/outlining for the chapter. For now, the videos are in real time, but once they're all uploaded I'll make a high-speed version of the whole chapter for those of you who don't want to sit and watch my normal typing speed.
Some of you are wondering if this video will have spoilers for STORMLIGHT 2. As an interlude, it takes place away from most of the action of the rest of the book, so you shouldn't see more than hints. This first video has the interlude's outline in it, so it will partially spoil the rest of the videos, but you'll find that the outline is very sparse. It's probably more likely to make you more interested to read more than to spoil you for the rest.
The main point of these videos is to show you my writing process, which is something I get a lot of questions about. Enjoy. STORMLIGHT 2 should come out before Christmas if I can get the first draft finished in April. I'm working hard on it right now, so we'll see if that happens.
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January 21, 2013
Worldbuilders, Tour Dates & Updates
Pat Rothfuss's Worldbuilders charity drive runs until midnight tonight Central time. Today is the last chance to donate this year, with a good chance to win a cool donated book. The latest batch includes a signed leatherbound copy of my novella LEGION. By the way, last week's THE GATHERING STORM auction went for $300. This week's LEGION just goes into the general pool of prizes for people who donate $10 on the Heifer International page. (Each additional $10 donation gets you another ticket in the drawing.)
In this week's Writing Excuses podcast episode, Dan, Mary, Howard, and I talk about how to give your story's animals a personality. Give it a listen.
A MEMORY OF LIGHT did indeed hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction. It also hit #1 on the USA Today list, which is much harder, since the USA Today list covers all print books, whatever the format, whether fiction or nonfiction. That's the sendoff we had hoped to be able to deliver for Robert Jordan's legacy. I'm honored to have been involved. Thank you to all the readers who made this a reality, and I hope you're enjoying the book.
I'm in the middle of the break in my book tour, but the following cities are yet to come. Details on my events page.
Fri Feb 1: Salt Lake City
Wed Feb 6: San Diego
Thu Feb 7: Los Angeles area
Fri Feb 8: Sacramento area
Sat Feb 9: San Francisco
Mon Feb 11: Portland area
Tue Feb 12: Seattle
Thu Feb 14: Vancouver, BC area
Fri Feb 15: Toronto
Sat Feb 16: Milford, NH
Mon Feb 18: Baltimore area
Tue Feb 19: Philadelphia
Wed Feb 20: Raleigh
Thu Feb 21: Atlanta area
Fri Feb 22: Birmingham, AL
I'll also go to various conventions this year, and there are two or three book tours later this year that aren't planned out yet. I'll try to stop somewhere in Texas for the THE RITHMATIST tour in May, and I'm thinking of going to the UK around November or so.
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January 18, 2013
Spectre Kickstarter from Jason Denzel
Hey all, this is just a quick post to let you know about the Spectre Kickstarter from Jason Denzel. Remember this awesome Towers of Midnight trailer from a couple years ago?
Jason (founder of Dragonmount & all-around cool guy) was responsible for making that trailer. Well, he has also filmed a short epic fantasy called Spectre, and he's doing a kickstarter to raise enough money for postproduction. See the video below:
As with other Kickstarters, there are various pledge levels and cool things you can get for pledging. See the full details on the Kickstarter page. I've kicked in some money myself, so give it a look.
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January 16, 2013
Photos & Updates
For those who missed the news and are wondering about the A MEMORY OF LIGHT ebook, I talked about it at the bottom of my blog post last week.
Patrick Rothfuss's Worldbuilders charity is auctioning off a signed first edition hardcover of THE GATHERING STORM. The auction includes dragon and sword pins from Badali Jewelry and a T-shirt of your choice from Ta'veren Tees that will be signed by the members of Team Jordan. Worldbuilders is a great charity and they also have lots of cool stuff you have a chance of getting by donating, so check out Pat's blog posts about it.
On this week's episode of the Writing Excuses podcast, Mary, Howard, Dan, and I discuss the Hero's Journey. This is an episode that we've talked about doing for years and have finally gotten around to. Enjoy!
For Mistborn fans, World of Warcraft is adding a "Survivor's Bag of Coins" to the 5.2.0 patch. See details here. I think this is awesome! (Also note that the Mistborn action RPG MISTBORN: BIRTHRIGHT is still in development, but right now it looks like the release might get pushed back to 2014 instead of this year. There hasn't been an official announcement though.)
On my tour I've been stopping to sign books in airport bookstores as usual. Years ago some of my fans nicknamed this "Brandalizing." Grammar Girl did a quick blog post about the term this week.
Here's a video of Harriet reading the wind scene from A MEMORY OF LIGHT at our signing this past weekend at the College of Charleston. Thanks, Jessica Crout! The Addlestone Library there is the home of Robert Jordan's papers. They had on display this very early draft of THE EYE OF THE WORLD with Jordan's handwritten edits on it. (Sorry my photo is so blurry.)
Last week I appeared on Wired's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast talking about AMoL. And USA Today had a cool Robert Jordan sidebar in the paper. Here's a photo:
My assistant has also uploaded two more Twitter archive posts. [Assistant Peter's note: The first one is spoiler free, but there are plenty of spoilers for A MEMORY OF LIGHT in the second one. Brandon tries to keep spoilers out of his Twitter feed, but there are major spoilers in several of the questions that Brandon answered.]
We'll find out how A MEMORY OF LIGHT did on the New York Times bestseller list later today or tomorrow, but we already know it hit #1 on the Ingram and National Indie lists. (The USA Today listing above was for the week before the book came out.) We also made Shelf Awareness's Image of the Day for January 16th, which you can see here (taken at Joseph-Beth in Lexington):
Thanks for all of your support, and I hope you're enjoying the book! It has been an honor.
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