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[Siobhan]

Yayyy representing North East England! I'm near Durham :)

[Narilka]

SQUEEEE!!!!! I met Ilona and Gordon Andrews tonight at a book signing :D

They are super great people. While they were signing my book I told them they made my summer with the announcement of more Hidden Legacy. Ilona told me how much fun she's having writing Catalina right now and had started to describe a scene when Gordon stopped her because of spoilers lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nice... probably used to sharing things with online snippets... but those are easier to censor as needed :D

[Diana Stormblessed]

Narilka wrote: "SQUEEEE!!!!! I met Ilona and Gordon Andrews tonight at a book signing :D

They are super great people. While they were signing my book I told them they made my summer with the announcement of more ..."

I'm so jealous!

[Narilka]

I finally figured out how to post a photo :) It's in the spoiler.

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[Diana Stormblessed]

They're going to be at DragonCon tonight, too. I should have gone. I have a few friends there this weekend. I'm way jealous.

[Narilka]

Yep, they're at DragonCon all weekend. It's why I chose to go to the signing yesterday - to avoid downtown Atlanta :) Traffic is going to be unreal. Along with the Con, there are two football games, the Decatur Book Fest and a gay pride parade all happening at the same time.

I do need to go one of these years just to do it. I keep hoping Brandon Sanderson will come back, that would get me to buy a ticket.

[Diana Stormblessed]

If you want to see Sanderson go to JordanCon, also in Atlanta. He goes every other year. He won't be there in 2019 but will be back in 2020. But the artist for the inside of Oathbringer, Dan dos Santos, will be there in 2019. I go every year now. Fly down from New Jersey :-)

[Narilka]

That's pretty awesome Diana :) I'm in one of the many Atlanta suburbs and hate going downtown due to the traffic. It's bad on a normal day, forget when there are a lot of events at the same time. I'll definitely have to check it out in 2020. Do they mind if you go for the Sanderson half and aren't really a big Jordan fan?

[Diana Stormblessed]

Narilka wrote: "That's pretty awesome Diana :) I'm in one of the many Atlanta suburbs and hate going downtown due to the traffic. It's bad on a normal day, forget when there are a lot of events at the same time. I..."

I only do the Sandertrack. I basically live in that room all weekend. I went to one Wheel of Time panel in my 3 years of going and wasn't a fan. I'm not a huge fan of Wheel of Time. I finished the books just because of JordanCon but it's just not really my thing. There's a lot of people that just go for the side tracks.

[Ahdam]

That’s great Narilka I haven’t been to an author signing for about a year which is a shame although there are a few interesting people coming next week near my are I might go

Honestly I was so happy when I found out Sanderson was coming to the uk to promote oathbringer it was probably the best moment of my life

[Narilka]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I only do the Sandertrack. I basically live in that room all weekend. I went to one Wheel of Time panel in my 3 years of going and wasn't a fan ..."

Ahh, good to know I'm not alone :) Yeah, I'm not the biggest WoT fan either. I think I got to book 8 when I gave up. It was back when they were originally being published so it's been a while. Some day I'd like to read the final three that Sanderson wrote and maybe just look up summaries for the previous books. I haven't quite decided if I want to attempt all of Jordan's books again.

Ahdam wrote: "That’s great Narilka I haven’t been to an author signing for about a year which is a shame although there are a few interesting people coming next week near my are I might go

Honestly I was so ha..."

You should go!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Narilka wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "I only do the Sandertrack. I basically live in that room all weekend. I went to one Wheel of Time panel in my 3 years of going and wasn't a fan ..."

Ahh, good to know I'..."

I read Wheel of Time in college, and got caught up just in time for the Sanderson books to start coming out... those were my first Sanderson books, and only ones for a few years there... but I don't think I could ever go back and re-read Wheel of Time... and I don't think I would have made it throught WoT if I had more experience with the genre...

[C.P.]

I read Wheel of Time over 2016 and into 2017. Mostly because of Sanderson, since I want to read all of his books. I did enjoy them, but they aren't favorites. Debating on if I want to keep the series on my shelves or not. I will keep the Sanderson ones because I got them signed, but not sure about the others. So many other things could take those places.

[Diana Stormblessed]

Yeah, Sanderson is the only reason I kept reading them. I would have given up around book 6 without those last 3 as motivation to continue.

[Wonderland Wanderer]

Charlie wrote: "Ooh where in the north east are you Alice? Im near Newcastle, nice to see a fellow northerner!"

Hi Charlie, only saw your message today. I actually live in Gateshead at the moment :) It's great to see that there are a few of us here!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Someone was asking if you had to be Canadian to be in the group recently... would have been more accurate to ask if you had to be in the EU/UK :D

[idiffer]

Yas, we are very discriminating, especially now, in the era of social justice.

[Kirsten]

I'm from America, but I WISH I were Canadian/British/EU!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

idiffer wrote: "Yas, we are very discriminating, especially now, in the era of social justice."

Apparently, you need to pick a location when you make a group... so this group says it's a Canadian group...

[Jenna, I'd be free if not for Temper & Edgewalker]

Iain wrote: "idiffer wrote: "Yas, we are very discriminating, especially now, in the era of social justice."

Apparently, you need to pick a location when you make a group... so this group says it's a Canadian ..."

Yeah, sorry, I would have chosen "global" if I could have. :)

[Ahdam]

@Kirsten if you were British you would have to say goodbye to your explosive almost exaggerated sense of patriotism and replace it with these 3 sentences

It's a bit shit really
The weather a bit shit
Mate your a fucking idiot....Also the weathers shit

I guess being a part of this group makes us Canadian then eh Sorry aboot that Sorry eh

[Kirsten]

@Ahdam

No problem. American exceptionalism means we're "excepted" from all the rules we expect others to abide by.

Of course, I'd learn how to deal with nasty winters. BC'd be great. It's the most like Washington.

[Charlie]

Alice wrote: "Charlie wrote: "Ooh where in the north east are you Alice? Im near Newcastle, nice to see a fellow northerner!"

Hi Charlie, only saw your message today. I actually live in Gateshead at the moment ..."

We'll take over! :P

[Wonderland Wanderer]

Iain wrote: "Someone was asking if you had to be Canadian to be in the group recently... would have been more accurate to ask if you had to be in the EU/UK :D"

I always thought the vast majority of people here were from the US, but I guess I was wrong. It's nice to see that there is a wide variety represented here.

Charlie wrote: "Alice wrote: "Charlie wrote: "Ooh where in the north east are you Alice? Im near Newcastle, nice to see a fellow northerner!"

Hi Charlie, only saw your message today. I actually live in Gateshead ..."

Ready to rule the world! But not today, the weather is shit :)

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Alice wrote: "Iain wrote: "Someone was asking if you had to be Canadian to be in the group recently... would have been more accurate to ask if you had to be in the EU/UK :D"

I always thought the vast majority o..."

Considering how many silent members there are, it might still be true, but the vocal members I know and read books with seem to be from all over Europe/Asia/Australia... the mods lean American/Canadian...

[Charlie]

True! It's always a bit crap here though really.

[Scott , Karsa Orlong]

Off the top of my head Angela, Niki and I aren't from Canada as mods. Jenna is from Canada but not living there and Margret is Canadian.

Bill, Petrik, Zaara, Mayim, Choko, Sean, Laura, Samir, Rob, Veronica, Sha, Olivia......that's a lot of active members who aren't.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Scott wrote: "Off the top of my head Angela, Niki and I aren't from Canada as mods. Jenna is from Canada but not living there and Margret is Canadian.

Bill, Petrik, Zaara, Mayim, Choko, Sean, Laura, Samir, Rob..."

I think you kinda made my point while sounding like you were contradicting it...

Niki/Scott in America, Margret in Canada, Jenna/Angela living abroad, but from America/Canada... and I think over half the names you listed of members live in Europe/Asia/Australia...

I like the variety... means there's always new comments to respond to and read while I work the night shift...

[Virginie]

Iain wrote: "I think you kinda made my point while sounding like you were contradicting it..."

😂 😂 😂

[idiffer]

We are blessed to make you smile, your highness))

[Anni]

Iain wrote: "I like the variety... means there's always new comments to respond to and read while I work the night shift... "

We try to keep you busy 😂

[Virginie]

idiffer wrote: "We are blessed to make you smile, your highness))"

As you should! 😉

[Bill]

Holiday weekend has me falling behind on all my buddy reads already. For my two reads for the 1st I’m 10% into one and haven’t started the other. Now I have another read starting today. Falling behind on scheduled reads always puts me into a reading slump.

[idiffer]

Weee, one of my aquantances will give me ten or so very old books. Some are late 18 hundreds, some are early 19 hundreds. We will probably split the money I'll get halfway.
One of them is a 1937 War and peace. Not too old but still expensive.

[Ahdam]

Do we have any day dreamers here?

I’m wondering because a few weeks ago I found out that Elinor was a day dreamer like me since I was a kid I would say dream of being my own hero and some other story stuff for example a find day dream I remember was me when I walked out of school then a guy comes up to me and shoot me then I am transported to a different world where I’m actually someone of great importance as I use my dimensional jumping abilities to learn and recruit powers from warriors in different time periods on Earth such as a samurai a detective etc and become an ultimate superhero of sorts

I also daydream of another story inspire by a Tetris video but that’s for another time

I know it doesn’t make sense but that’s what 10 year old me thought

Anyway are there any other dreamers here? and if so do you have a dream you remember very well?

I forgot to mention I remember being told I act weird when I daydream as I usually do a short sprint to get the blood flowing it’s weird 😂😂😂😂

[idiffer]

I dream only at night.
Tonight I was a happy barista for the majority of the dream, and it ended with me beating the shit out of some muggers and going to prison for 7 years. So much for happy endings, lol.

PS. Those books I talked about recently turned out to be in very shit condition, so no moneys for me.

[Karishma]

I'm a daydreamer too, have been since I was 13ish I guess - every single good book/ Tv Show/ Movie has been incorporated in these dreams.

[Ahdam]

@idiffer don’t take this the wrong way but the way you dream ended just made me think “sounds about Russian to me” I don’t it maybe my skewed perception of Russians as cold blooded people who show no emotion due to the cold and certain political events 😂😂😂

Also that’s a shame at least there’s a next time

@Karishma a lot of my day dreams are inspired by stuff I watch and I don’t really feel bad about taking those ideas and putting my self into them. Do you have any find day dreams or do you wish to keep them to yourself?

[idiffer]

@Ahdam
Oh, we show emotion... you just gotta hand out the vodka first))
But seriously, yeah, we aren't big on emotional displays, except for anger.

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Hi friends. I’ve missed you :)

How’s it going eh?

[Ahdam]

Hi Margaret don’t take this the wrong way but I didn’t notice you disappeared but it’s been good getting back into books got a few small video projects I’m working on I also made a vlog which I’m proud of and all that eh sorry

How about you?

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Fabulous! I’m glad you’re doing well!

I’ve definitely had better times :). It’s hard being a health care worker sometimes, you see so many awful things, and often become desensitized.. but every once in a while a patient comes along, and something big happens. They re awaken that human side of you that can’t abide suffering. That along with a bunch of family emergencies within a very short period of time put me at a severe deficit

So I’ve spent the summer battling mental illness, but am now coming out stronger than before this all due to so many reasons, but mostly cause I have been working ridiculously hard every day on myself using many techniques (which I can expand on, but it’s a long conversation so I don’t want to bore anyone unasked)

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

And of course thankfully my creativity is coming back.. I may have celebrated the new me by buying a new machine that does decorative stitching LOL.

[Bea]

Margret wrote: "Fabulous! I’m glad you’re doing well!

I’ve definitely had better times :). It’s hard being a health care worker sometimes, you see so many awful things, and often become desensitized.. but every o..."

Mental illness is really horrible, glad to hear it's getting better! *sends virtual hug*
Yes, in healthcare you have to walk a narrow line between sensitivity and protecting yourself, it can be hard.

Ahdam wrote: "Do we have any day dreamers here?

I’m wondering because a few weeks ago I found out that Elinor was a day dreamer like me since I was a kid I would say dream of being my own hero and some other s..."

Yes, here! I've always been a dreamer, ever since I was little. Also I've always been day-dreaming about my favorite books, inventing new storylines and characters etc.

[Anni]

Hi Margret, nice to have you back! I hope things continue to get better for you, I admire how strong you are!
And I'm really looking forward to see some of your new awesome projects on instagram ;)

I need to finish my thesis this month, so I'm a little stressed, but otherwise I'm fine.

[Ahdam]

Wow I did not realise Margaret I can’t imagine what you must go through in your work life and I won’t sugar coat it at all

Also mental health is really difficult to talk about since I personally have had friends and family who had suffered from mental health issues and I think the worst part of it is not knowing that inside they had this pain which they bottled up for so long and to me that’s heartbreaking

Anyway I’m glad your doing well with it and it’s nice to hear your back a lot stronger than ever I honestly hate seeing this eating away at people especially you guys but since your sharing this with us it shows your doing a lot better so I thank you for that. And I hope to see more of your stuff as well I need some merchandise for my production company/YouTube channel and I’m hoping to leverage our friendship for my needs 😂😂😂😂

Anyway I’m happy your better now for the hundredth time is give you a hug but I still have some insecurity left in me so you get an air 5

[Ahdam]

Ps I’ve been working on a hammer intro but I’m so lazy I haven’t finished filming it yet

Also good luck with the thesis Anni YOU CAN DO IT

@Bea do you have any interesting day dreams you wouldn’t mind sharing since I’m a nosy fucker 😂😂😂

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

Thanks everyone

@Anni- you rock. I promise I’m rooting for you! And thank you about the compliment too

@Ahdam- first off your new profile pic is so fucking badass! Also I’m so proud of you. You have so much drive! If you need to find a handmade clothing connection in the UK I can seek one out for you ;) cause the shipping alone would murder us, otherwise I’d love to hook you up!

[Margret, Caladan Brood Face]

And also I think you need a cool shirt where it shows the different areas of your brain.

-films
-books
-crisps
-salted lassi’s
And so on 😂