Writing for Charity + Updates On August 21st there will be a writing workshop in South Sandy, Utah whose purpose is to raise money to donate to schoolchildren. Specifically, they hope to donate a book to every child “in at least ten of the lowest socioeconomic populated schools in the state”—at least 6,000 books total.…
Signed Book Shipping Delays This post isn’t about the signed & numbered copies of THE WAY OF KINGS from Sam Weller’s, which will go out on schedule. Not surprisingly the demand is not quite as high as it was for THE GATHERING STORM, so if you haven’t ordered yet, you still have a good chance…
THE WAY OF KINGS Preview Chapters & Contests + Updates THE WAY OF KINGS will be released in less than one month. So it’s time for some more preview chapters, right? As of today, you can read chapters nine and eleven over at Tor.com (registration required). “Wait!” you may say. “What happened to chapters seven,…
Signing in Eagle Mountain with the Writing Excuses crew This Saturday (July 31st) Howard Tayler, Dan Wells, and I will be appearing at the Dragons & Fairy Tales bookstore in Eagle Mountain, UT from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. We’ll be recording at least two episodes of our Writing Excuses podcast live in the store, and…
Updates, Tightening Language, and Suvudu Interview At Comic-Con this past weekend I did an interview with Shawn Speakman of Suvudu where I talk about THE WAY OF KINGS among other things. Check it out. In the most recent WARBREAKER annotations I talk about Ramblemen, Idris’s drabness, Mab the cook, and Dedelin’s decision, Siri’s departure and…
My Comic-Con Schedule I’m flying out tomorrow for Comic-Con, so it’s time to post my schedule. There’s also an off-site signing for fans not attending the con. Comic-Con International, San Diego San Diego Convention Center, 111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101 THURSDAY July 22nd 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Room 24ABC Panel: “Once Upon a…
ARCs of THE WAY OF KINGS for Reviewers, Booksellers, and Librarians First the regular updates. In this week’s Writing Excuses podcast episode, Dan, Howard, and I talk about how writing a story from the end rather than the beginning is very often a good idea. And then we attempt to brainstorm a great ending on…
ELANTRIS Back in Stock + Sanderson 5-Pack Sale On the heels of signed copies of WARBREAKER coming to my online store a couple of weeks ago, signed copies of ELANTRIS are now finally back in stock. I think it’s been over a year—maybe over two—since we ran out of copies and had to pull it…
Ordering signed & numbered copies of THE WAY OF KINGS I’ve written up a long post about the events surrounding the release of THE WAY OF KINGS, including how to get signed and numbered copies even if you can’t come to a signing. It’s so long that I’ve put it on its own page.
Updates + More THE WAY OF KINGS Previews The most recent Writing Excuses podcast episodes feature the return of Howard Tayler after his hiatus from the episodes recorded at CONduit. First up we discuss avoiding stilted dialogue. Then we talk about major overhauls to broken stories. WARBREAKER annotations are going up, with entries added for…
