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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #90 on: January 12, 2010, 06:04:58 PM »
I'm Brandon's assistant. I have done some writing, but I mostly do editorial work (and rewriting for manga). Dan is another of Brandon's friends who is a writer, and he has three horror novels coming out. His website is http://fearfulsymmetry.net . Brandon, Dan, and Howard Tayler ( http://schlockmercenary.com ) have a writing advice podcast called Writing Excuses at http://writingexcuses.com .
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #91 on: January 12, 2010, 06:20:14 PM »
What do writer's assistants do? Just curious. Do you do work similiar to what Maria does for the Jordan estate and help keep track of notes for world building and consistancy? do you edit his work? My understanding that being a writer is like running a small business.

I am just curious how this all works. Most writers don't discuss this kind of thing. I have seen others (like George RR Martin) mention their assistants.

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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #92 on: January 12, 2010, 06:27:34 PM »
I have not done a lot of the continuity checking yet (except for Alcatraz 4), but will be doing a lot of that with Way of Kings. I do a lot of stuff with Brandon's website, and I also approve/reject copyediting changes and do a copyediting pass of my own. Different authors' assistants do various things, but only authors making a bunch of money can afford to have an assistant. And at this point Brandon is making a lot of money writing, so his time is worth more writing than it is doing all the stuff I do.
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #93 on: January 12, 2010, 09:16:07 PM »
For a limited time, here's a link to download the initial draft of Dragonsteel: The Liar of Partinel.

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Dragonsteel Sample Chapters

Don't know if that limited time got changed to long time, but I just downloaded it...
...to read or not to read...

(My Word cant open it, but if I change the extension to txt, I can open it)

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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #94 on: January 12, 2010, 11:53:32 PM »
With a long book series set in a universe that has a larger continuity of its own (and is going to span more books than anyone but Brandon knows at this point)...you're going to be a VERY busy man after SLA starts coming out...or whatever else he's got in the hopper.
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #95 on: January 13, 2010, 12:10:59 AM »
With a long book series set in a universe that has a larger continuity of its own (and is going to span more books than anyone but Brandon knows at this point)...you're going to be a VERY busy man after SLA starts coming out...or whatever else he's got in the hopper.

I believe I heard him say... 42? books? Or something like that. I don't remember how many Andonalsium books he said he would have.
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #96 on: January 13, 2010, 12:21:45 AM »
Who knows if he'll come up with more plot arcs and worlds before he's done with the ones he has planned?  I'm not calling a number...far too early.  When he says it's done, it's done...and maybe not even then (he might change his mind).

EDIT:  You should know that I appreciate the HHG reference though!

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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #97 on: January 13, 2010, 09:52:57 AM »
With a long book series set in a universe that has a larger continuity of its own (and is going to span more books than anyone but Brandon knows at this point)...you're going to be a VERY busy man after SLA starts coming out...or whatever else he's got in the hopper.

I believe I heard him say... 42? books? Or something like that. I don't remember how many Andonalsium books he said he would have.

This is the list of books future/present I have.

1)White Sand Prime
2) Star's End
3) Lord Mastrell
4) Knight Life
5) The Sixth Incarnation of Pandora
6) Elantris
7) Dragonsteel
8 ) White Sand
9) Mythwalker
10) Mistborn Prime
11) Final Empire Prime
12) The Aether of Night
13) Stormlight Archive : The Way of Kings
14) Mistborn 1  : The Final Empire
15) Mistborn 1 : The Well of Ascension
16) Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians
17) Mistborn 1 : The Hero of Ages
18) Warbreaker
19) Alcatraz vs. The Scrivener's Bones
20) Dragonsteel: The Liar of Partinel
21) Alcatraz vs. The Knights of Crystallia
22) Nightblood – Warbreaker Sequel
23) Dragonsteel: The Lightweaver of Rens
24) Alcatraz vs. The Dark Talent
25)Scribbler
26)The Gathering Storm
27)Towers of Midnight

NOT YET WRITTEN

28)Scribbler 2
29)Scribbler 3

30)Alcatraz 5

31)Stormlight Archives 2
32)Stormlight Archives 3
33)Stormlight Archives 4
34)Stormlight Archives 5
35)Stormlight Archives 6
36)Stormlight Archives 7
37)Stormlight Archives 8
38)Stormlight Archives 9
39)Stormlight Archives 10

40)Dragonsteel 4
41)Dragonsteel 5
42)Dragonsteel 6
43)Dragonsteel 7

44)Elantris Sequel

45)Mistborn 2 :: 1
46)Mistborn 2 :: 2
46)Mistborn 2 :: 3

47)Mistborn 3 :: 1
48)Mistborn 3 :: 2
49)Mistborn 3 :: 3

50)Dark One

51)The Silence Divine
52)Steelheart
53)I Hate Dragons – Maybe Alcatraz(universe) book
54)Zeek Harbinger, Destroyer of Worlds – Maybe Alcatraz(universe) book

A Memory of Light :: (Split into three because of length)
   55)A Memory of Light

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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #98 on: January 13, 2010, 07:31:49 PM »
#7 should be Dragonsteel Prime. #9 should say (Unfinished) after it. #13 is Way of Kings Prime. Also, Nightblood and Lightweaver of Rens are not yet written. #24 is Alcatraz vs. the Shattered Lens. Stormlight Archive (no s) 1: Way of Kings should go before Towers of Midnight. And at MileHiCon Brandon read the beginning of a YA book that is not on your list. And one of the series you have listed has another planned book in it.

There should probably be an indication of which books are Adonalsiumverse canon (past unpublished books would not be canon, but future unpublished books would be). Both White Sand and Liar of Partinel will receive major revisions eventually. Also, there would be several sequels to White Sand. You may also want to indicate which books have been cannibalized (the prime books, Lord Mastrell, Mythwalker, Aether of Night).
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #99 on: January 13, 2010, 10:54:25 PM »
Wait, SEVERAL sequels to white sand?  Really?  Please?!  That one has to be my favorite.
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #100 on: January 13, 2010, 11:07:08 PM »

I actually have most of those things indicated on my text file, but colors/bold/italics/underline didn't copy paste and I was like Grr, I don't want to list all of that.  Though I might make a thread eventually with it.

Thanks for all the notes. I will make the changes to my primary list.  Which series has another planned book?  Please say it's Scribbler. xD
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #101 on: January 14, 2010, 02:47:45 AM »
I can't say because it's a secret even within the series itself.
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #102 on: January 14, 2010, 02:59:33 AM »

And the traditional torture of the Ookla has returned. =]
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #103 on: January 14, 2010, 03:31:36 AM »
Edit: Wow, I missed an entire page of posts. Hate it when I do that. :D
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Re: Dragonsteel
« Reply #104 on: January 14, 2010, 04:23:04 AM »
Now it's my turn to be tortured because
1. I haven't had a chance to read the unpublished works
2. I have to wait how many years to read all of these in completeness?