Justin Heard
asked
Brent Weeks:
1. When you return to The Night Angel world after Light Bringer, will Blue be one of the characters? 2. Do you plan on continuing to work with Graphic Audio? That's where I've read your books, and I love how it makes them come alive. It would be a shame for your books to no longer be made available in that format.
Brent Weeks
Let me answer #2 first (because I like to be a little non-standard). I've really loved working with Graphic Audio and do intend to keep working with them. I don't see any reason why we wouldn't, but I don't think we have contracts yet for some of my future works, so there's no guarantees.
#1 -- it depends. To rip off a line from Emily Dickinson, I dwell in possibility. I have so many characters in the Night Angel world, and several different ways to tell their stories, that I'm not 100% decided on what route I'll take. Especially when you have characters of wildly different ages. If you choose to wind the clock forward 10 years to tell about the most interesting period in Blue's life, you'd be skipping past the most interesting periods in several other characters' lives. I want to do it all, but the reality is that at some point I'm going to have to make some hard choices of who falls by the wayside, or has only snippets of their story told, and who gets a strong focus. But yes, I still have Blue in mind.
#1 -- it depends. To rip off a line from Emily Dickinson, I dwell in possibility. I have so many characters in the Night Angel world, and several different ways to tell their stories, that I'm not 100% decided on what route I'll take. Especially when you have characters of wildly different ages. If you choose to wind the clock forward 10 years to tell about the most interesting period in Blue's life, you'd be skipping past the most interesting periods in several other characters' lives. I want to do it all, but the reality is that at some point I'm going to have to make some hard choices of who falls by the wayside, or has only snippets of their story told, and who gets a strong focus. But yes, I still have Blue in mind.
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Luke
asked
Brent Weeks:
I'm a new fan having devoured the majority of your work since the turn of the year, well done on the taking of my money. My question to you sir, do you want to turn one of your series' into a TV/movie & would you relinquish control & risk them butchering your story? Also, can I play Kylar? I was once an extra, so I'm essentially super qualified. Side note, who is your favourite wrestler. Mine was Stone Cold.
Bernie
asked
Brent Weeks:
Do you having any loose ideas or plans for something you might write after you've finished lightbringer and also finished your return to the Night angel series? Any new worlds or character you've though of? Also in the front of shadows edge, you mention something about a "Dirt clod incident'? would you mind expounding upon this? Keep writing really great books!
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