Shadows of Self Previews + Updates

In case you missed my tweets about it, Tor.com has put up a few excerpts from Shadows of Self, which will be released in October. You can read the prologue, chapter one, and chapter two here.

At Comic-Con this past weekend, Joel Cunningham of Barnes & Noble interviewed me about this book and its sequel. Watch it here.

The last Writing Excuses episode in June was a Q&A on scenes and description Here are some of the questions:

How do you “Show, don’t tell” a character’s thoughts?
How do you describe a character’s appearance when they’re in their own POV?
What’s the difference between scene and setting?
How does your writing environment affect the scene you’re writing?
Can an evocative fantasy setting be described effectively in a short story?

In chapter 44 of Tor.com’s continuing reread posts for Words of Radiance, Kaladin and some of his men began Shardblade training. Chapter 45 goes back in time to a festival in Jah Keved, attended by the Davar family.

My assistant Adam has updated the Twitter archive for June.