Timewaster's Guide Archive

Okay, let's see if this phone will let me post here. I'm in the airport having just spent two days at Harriet's house. She, and mr. Jordan's staff, are awesome. It was wonderful. I will yet to do a longer description on my blog.

Two questions to answer. First, will I do more WoT books?  I don't know, honestly. On one hand, I would hate to see writings of me Jordan go unfinished, and I now know what the prequels and outriggers would have contained.

On the other hand, I don't think any of us want to simply exploit the master's legacy.  We don't need dozens of books being released in Mr. Jordan's name.

Let's see where we are in two years. There are too many factors involved to give a good guess now. It will depend on the state of the notes, the fan reception to book 12, and how Harriet feels.

As for the contract, I can't say much. Nda again. Know that my contract was with the Jordan estate, and that they were very generous. I do have a stake in seeing the book do well. It is very similar to a regular contract.

Elantris is a stand alone, so it's a great one to read first.  Know that the writing in Mistborn is a little better, though.

A couple of points.

1) Again, thank you all so much for your enthusiasm and help getting the word out.

2) I will also agree that although Scalzi is my evil nemesis, part of that is the fact that he writes such darn good books.  He deserved that award, and is honestly one of the nicest guys I've met.  Also....SCALZIIII!!!!

3) This shouldn't delay my own books very much.  I'm going to bunker down and spend the next three years working VERY hard.  I don't want to disappoint my fans.  Mistborn 3 is completely done, and Warbreaker--as you can read--is well on its way.  This MIGHT delay my next book by a bit.  However, you should know that even before this, Tor had decided to delay Mistborn 3 until October (sorry) to give them time to re-release the first book in paperback.  That means I'd have had some empty time soon anyway.  This will delay side projects...

4) ...which brings us to answering the super secret project.  It was another epic fantasy stand-alone I was toying with.  If I'd managed to finish even one chapter, I'd post it to show you, but I didn't get that far.  This is the book I won't have time to write for a while, but it's a book that might not have been written anyway.  I don't even have a publisher for Scribbler yet, so writing another on-spec fantasy book was a low priority anyway.

5)  I'm not sure, now, if I'll do Dragonsteel next or jump ship over to The Way of Kings, which is a much bigger book conceptually and more ambitious.  Might be a nice way to follow WoT 12.

http://www.dragonmount.com/News/?p=326

http://www.dragonmount.com/Books/Memory_of_Light/brandon_interview_01.php

It would be really nice if we could get this article--or even my blog--on Slashdot or Fark or the like.  Anyone think they could manage?

It's up, replacing the old site.  Retiring the old beta thread and starting this one up for anyone who wants to leave bug reports, comments, or point out typos. 

This is actually related to several problems.  The first is the one Ookla discussed--the map in the front of the book, because of errors on my part, just didn't end up looking like it needed in order to match the text.

If I ever get to do a re-issue version of Elantris, I'll try to get the lake moved over and the mountains shaped a little bit more like they need to.  The big problem is the Chasm, which is supposed to run at the bottom of the shape of Aon Aon and cut over across the steppes.  And, to make it easier to understand, I might change it so that the line drawn on the ground doesn't run into Kae--but into the other city BELOW Elantris. 

The real issue here is me being forced to stretch plausibility slightly in order to get Raoden into the position he needed to be in order to draw that line.  I wrote ELANTRIS early in my career, and I just wasn't as polished as I am now at making things fit together in my endings. 

Edit: Also, note.  The Chasm line happens at the bottom right corner of the original Aon, so by my figuring it would occur just outside of Elantris, to the southeast.  Not inside the city, but just beyond the walls.  However, by what the map reads right now, it should indeed be inside the city--so you're exactly right. 

You have no idea how much this made me smile.  Thanks, Soryn. 

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LOOOM!

Ladrian.  I think Sazed mentions it once in book two, but Breeze asks him not to mention it.