Adam here. If you’ve been paying attention to Brandon’s activities on his Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, his being at Dragon Con won’t come as a surprise. For those of you who haven’t, and are potentially going to attend the convention, you can see the remainder of Brandon’s event schedule at the bottom of this post.

First things first: if you’re wanting to get your books signed, you will need a ticket. Tickets are required for all signings regardless of whether or not they are held at Brandon’s booth (1513), or if they are being put on by the Dragon Con team. To get tickets for a booth signing, please speak to one of Brandon’s team members at his booth, and if available, they will provide you with a ticket like this.

If you’re hoping to get a ticket to a signing not held at Brandon’s booth, check out Dragon Con’s website for how to acquire tickets.

And as always, if you want to get notified when Brandon will be in an area near you, you can subscribe to Brandon’s newsletter here.

If you missed his posts from his social media channels, here are some highlights to get you caught up!

Dragon Con schedule for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday

Saturday, August 31st

Writers Of The Future: Story prompts, short fiction…
Time: 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt International South
With: Brandon Sanderson, Tim Powers, Larry Niven, Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta, Robert J. Sawyer, Jody Lynn Nye
How do you become one of the 12 winners to be published in the annual anthology? Writers of the Future judges discuss the Contest, tips on story prompts, and short fiction. Then in the 2nd half, enjoy Q&A with the judges. Come to this panel and learn how it can help you.

An Hour With Literary Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson
Time: 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Location: Marriott Imperial Ballroom

Booth Signing
Time: 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Location: Amerimart Booth 1513
This is a ticketed signing. You can pick up your free ticket at booth 1513.

Sunday, September 1st

Warbreaker 10th Anniversary
Time: 2:30–3:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Centennial I
With: Brandon Sanderson, Dan dos Santos
Would you like to destroy some evil? Or perhaps you’d rather talk about Literary Guest of Honor Brandon Sanderson’s stand-alone novel & preview some of the gorgeous artwork commissioned for the 10th anniversary edition?

Signing
Time: 3:15–5:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt Art Show w/ Dan dos Santos
This is a ticketed event.

Crossing the Age Boundaries: Line between YA and Adult
Time: 7:0–8:00 p.m.
Location: Hyatt International South
With: Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynne Nye, Tamsin L. Silver, David Weber,
Christopher Morgan (M)

Monday, September 2nd

Booth Signing
Time: 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Location: Amerimart Booth 1513
This is a ticketed signing. You can pick up your free ticket at booth 1513.

Adam here. If you live in the Salt Lake City vicinity, or you don’t mind traveling, Brandon will be at FanX 2019 this weekend. You can see his schedule for FanX below, as well as on his Upcoming Events page which also shows all his future events.

Friday, April 19th

Strange New Worlds: Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 250A
With: Eric Flint, Jonathan Maberry, James Owen, Brandon Sanderson, Larry Correia, Erin Summerill, Dan Wells (moderator), Tyler Whitesides

World Building 101: Creating the History of Your World
Time: 5:00-5:30 p.m.
Location: Convention Stage – Exhibit Hall 1831
With: Brandon Sanderson, Michael Haspil, M. K. Hutchins, Brian McClellan

Signing
Time: 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: 151A

Saturday, April 20th

Writers of the Future: Story Prompts, Short Fiction & Winning the Contest
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 151D
With: Eric Flint, Brandon Sanderson, Robert J. Defendi, David Farland, John Goodwin, Scott Parkin, Darci Stone, Eric James Stone

The Brandon & Brandon Show: Spotlight on Brandon Sanderson and Brandon Mull
Time: 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Location: Grand Ballroom
With: Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Mull, Dan Wells

Signing
Time: 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: 151A

In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Technology, Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mahtab talk about talk about science and technology in that same way as they have worldbuilding. This has been a staple (perhaps the defining staple) of science fiction since before “science fiction” was a word.

At risk of opening the “where do you get your ideas” can of worms, this episode covers a little bit of where they get their ideas, and where you might get—and subsequently develop—some more of yours.

Last week, in Tor.com’s continuing reread of Oathbringer, Kaladin, having joined the Wall Guard, walks the patrol beat inside the wall with Lieutenant Noro’s squad. He mostly enjoys the banter, obtaining new perspectives on how other people view the social stratification of their society, then helps guard a supply wagon until they turn it over to Velelant’s soldiers. They return to the barracks, then are sent up to the top of the Wall for duty after a short break. As Kaladin arrives, a group of Fused attack the Wall, but in a different location, apparently continuing to test the defenses. Kaladin is reminded in multiple ways that he has neither responsibility nor authority in this setting. This week, in chapter seventy-four, Shallan, as Veil, checks in with her regular poor-folk contacts, but is frustrated that she can’t do more. Encountering a parade of cultists, she creates a new Illusion and “becomes” a very convincing spren, but nearly loses herself to whatever is influencing the cult. Shocked, she tells the cultists to quit playing at being spren and go home to their families; she herself returns to the tailor’s shop for the night. Elhokar is in the kitchen, writing up lists of possible troops and contemplating heroism; Shallan does an idealized drawing of him before going to her room. Ishnah awaits her there, with a note inviting her to join the revel.

In honor of the recent trailer drop of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, today’s featured cosplay of Szeth (which also features on of my favorite characters from all of science fiction) is from Brandon’s recent trip to Planet Comicon in Kansas City.

All,

I have decided for certain that I will be attending FanX (formerly Salt Lake Comic Con). If you haven’t been following the drama, I joined in many other authors signing a letter that challenged the convention to do a better job presenting a safe place for our fans to attend.

While FanX has made a number of missteps along the way, I feel encouraged by their progress. I feel that at the very least, FanX will now take complaints seriously—and I feel that my fans can have a reasonable expectation that if an incident does happen, they’ll be listened to. I commend FanX on the steps they’ve taken, and I hope that it isn’t simple lip service, but represents a sincere desire to improve how they deal with harassment at their convention.

In any case, I’ll be happy to see many of you there. We should be posting my schedule soon!

p.s. If it turns out I’m wrong—if FanX continues to mishandle your harassment complaints and/or you encounter a situation where you feel FanX has encouraged a dangerous or hostile environment at this year’s convention—I would encourage you to email me. (You can do so anonymously.)

Brandon will be in Boston next week for Boskone 54 below is a brief overview of his schedule. You can see all the details, including his future trips, on his Upcoming Events page.

Friday

My Toughest Book
Time: 15:00 – 16:00

Signing
Time: 17:00 – 18:00

Saturday

Mistborn: House War Game Demo
Time: 11:00 – 12:00

Building a Career
Time: 13:00 – 14:00

Boskone Book Club: The Rithmatist
Time: 16:00 – 17:00

Sunday

Reading and Q&A
Time 12:00 – 13:00

Signing
Time: 13:00 – 14:00

In this week’s new Writing Excuses episode, Variations on Third Person, Brandon, Mary, Dan, Howard focus their discussion on the third person POV, and some variations on them, like omniscient and limited, and some sub-variants like cinematic and head-hopping.

Last week, in Tor.com’s continuing reread posts for Warbreaker, our main protagonists all gathered in the arena, and the priests began their debates. This week, in chapter sixteen, the subject of war with Idris becomes the focus; both Siri and Lightsong are deeply disturbed.

You can see the February Twitter post archive here.