Tweets December 12-19, 2011
Categories: Twitter/FacebookBrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
Okay, deep breath, back to work at the WoT. Can I be finished by Koloss Head-munching Day? (December 19th.) We shall see . . .
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
(For those confused, Koloss Head-Munching Day happens on my birthday. It has a long backstory that won't fit into my post here.)
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
The short is this: A fan asked if there were any holidays in the Mistborn world. I jokingly said Koloss Head-Munching Day. Fans ran with it.
BenTacoma Mon Dec 12
@BrandSanderson Who would win—a massive Koloss or an Ogier warrior from Seanchan?
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
@BenTacoma Ogier are far smarter and better-trained. A koloss would have a hard time winning.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
For today's #AMoL work, I'm jumping back in the book a little ways and catching up a character to the rest.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
Just finished re-reading some important bits of WoT Book Two in order to write this next section of #AMoL.
eKalb Mon Dec 12
@BrandSanderson is Koloss Head-Munching Day when people munch on Koloss heads, or Koloss munch on people's heads? Just want it to be clear.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
@eKalb It's the day the koloss celebrate by having a nice head to eat.
cdav82 Mon Dec 12
@BrandSanderson When is #AMoL out, I thought January, but I've heard its been put back?
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
@cdav82 My goal is to finish it by January. Sorry about the delay. It will be next year some time, but probably later in the year.
MorpheusStone Mon Dec 12
@BrandSanderson @cdav82 Gah, this is unacceptable!! You've already delayed this once!!BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@MorpheusStone @cdav82 Not much I can do, I'm afraid. I'm turning it in on time; the date is being set by the publisher.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
Current #AMoL length: 322,000 words. Moving us to 94% done, though I can't say exactly how much is left. 94% is just a guess at this point.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 12
I put together a list of stores where you can buy signed copies of the newest Mistborn, THE ALLOY OF LAW. Plus updates. link
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
I'll be signing in West Jordan this Thursday evening and in Orem this Saturday afternoon. link
TylThal Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson Do ever sign non-book items such as a kindles?
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@TylThal All the time.
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
Just finished a scene in #AMoL that ranks among the most visually powerful I've ever done. I REALLY want to see this one in film form.
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
A lot of questions about the WoT film rights. Universal has the rights. Maybe I should have phrased my last tweet as . . . (more)
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
"Dear Universal, please do a good job on the first wot movie, because you really, REALLY need to get to book 14 and do this scene."
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
I don't know how far off the WoT film is. The screenwriters produced a new draft of the script a few weeks back. I have not read it.
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
Okay, goal hit, time to open a Magic pack. Robert Martin, thanks for the gift! Rare was this one: link
kaizoman Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson That is the most ludicrous card I have seen. I've been out of touch for a while but . . . 13 damage to all creatures?BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@kaizoman It's basically a wrath of god, but conditional. It can be better, but usually I've seen it work about the same.
LenaOR Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson I would love to see a Wheel of Time movie series or TV miniseries. Has anyone optioned that you can mention?
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@LenaOR Universal has the rights. Not an option, but a full buy-out.
Lorangriel Tue Dec 13
Just finished @BrandSanderson's "the Way of Kings". The calm before the storm. Or Highstorm. Or perhaps Desolation. Excellent characters!
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Lorangriel Thanks for reading!
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
Okay, that scene is done. Now I have a few quick, one-shot viewpoints to do. People you may not expect. #AMOL
DukeSugaJones Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson just out of curiosity would u prefer #WoT 2be a film series or a tv series a la Game of Thrones? Also keep up the great work
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@DukeSugaJones I would prefer television.
killer_bob_ Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson Do you know if the film is going to be super-long like the LotR movies, split in parts like Harry Potter or something else? Also, thank you for finishing WoT! I really, really like the books you've written, they're excellent! By that I mean the WoT books. I like the other books too (especially Mistborn), but not as much as WoT.
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@killer_bob_ Thanks for reading! The plan now is one film that covers Eye of the World, and will be somewhat long.
ChaseEmory Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson I don't understand why you wouldn't be working integrally with the screenwriter, I hope they realize that this isnt a movie that they can just pump out. They need to do an amazing job or not waste their time
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@ChaseEmory I'm hoping they will let me comment on the screenplay, but so far, I've been kind of busy with #AMoL . . .
nfreeburn Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson [This tweet is now protected, but it was a complaint about naming rights auctions.]
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@nfreeburn I would feel worse about it if Robert Jordan hadn't done it too. And GRRM. And Stephen King. And Asimov. And Anne McCaffrey . . .
den_down_unda Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson Did those authors auction off naming rights, though? They've all Tuckerized friends/family, but that's not the same thing.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@den_down_unda Many of them did them as charity auctions at various conventions, I believe. It has a long tradition at sf cons.
@BrandSanderson I know RJ did, with Charlz Guybon and Katherine Kurtz wrote a story for charity with an SCA member as a main character.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@den_down_unda I tried to list only people who had specifically put in fans, not just people they know.
Terez27 Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson RJ did it in a pretty limited way, though. That's why I defended it at first, but IMO it was a little gratuitous in TOM.
PeterAhlstrom Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 What do you mean, limited? Pretty much every name Jordan used was adapted or straight lifted from our modern world or mythology.
@PeterAhlstrom @PeterAhlstrom I was specifically talking about fan names. Even fan names don't bother me so long as they're smooth as the parallels all are, but in TOM, there were names dropped in when it seemed there was no practical purpose to name the characters in question. Like, the characters showed up, got named, went away, and never came back. For example "Two Maidens—Surial and Lerian—guarded the open doorway to the hallway . . . " and another example "They stepped through the gateway into a small alley, guarded by two Maidens—Lerian and Heidia . . . " In cases like that it seems like name-dropping for the sake of it. Though I'm sure the effect is exacerbated for those in the know.
@Terez27 RJ named a ton of characters with no practical purpose who never showed up again. Brandon's intent was to follow that practice.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Note that in many of these cases, Harriet said to me "What are their names?" when I just wrote "Two Maidens."BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Harriet always pushes me to be more specific. You'll find it in TGS too, where I wasn't using fan names.
@BrandSanderson @PeterAhlstrom Yeah, I understand that much—and sometimes, it works. I imagine that not all examples of Harriet asking for such ended up with examples like I gave, where the names are thrown in parenthetically. In the fan criticism I mentioned earlier, these cases were always the ones fans noticed. Even at DM where the subject comes up every two weeks in a new thread, mentioned by different new users.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom The examples you gave—though I only looked briefly—could have certainly been done better.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Probably, they should have just been "*** and *** went and did such and such" rather than the parenthetical.
@BrandSanderson @PeterAhlstrom Right, something along those lines. And again, those of us 'in the know' were probably bothered more by it.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom We'll try to keep an eye on the issue. We should have more time on AMoL than we did on TofM for polishing.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom I don't *Think* we'll have a 'shoehorn in fan names' issue, since I have just left placeholders for names I need.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Every one of them is a name I'd have had to make up, but instead, I'll adapt a fan name.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom That's more of a prose issue than anything else, though—an area where RJ was very strong and I'm relatively weak.
@BrandSanderson @PeterAhlstrom Yes, I've noticed you have mentioned that before. Which is why I thought it worth a tweet. :)BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Still, it's worth a look-over specifically for this issue.
[Note from Peter: There's some context missing here, back-and-forth between me and Terez before Brandon responded as above. It's complicated and not necessary to get the gist of things. The tweets will probably end up in Terez27's database when it goes online; she said I can link to it when she puts it up, so I'll edit this post when it becomes available.]
JamesLuckman Wed Dec 14
@BrandSanderson @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom I'm somewhat more troubled by the treatment of fan criticism. This is about the fifth time I've seen you do this Peter, with the same line "it's a problem in reader appreciation, not the writing" and not everyone has Terez's tenacity or confidence, and thus allow themselves to be silenced. And given I've seen you both cite the value of the lack of fan criticism in judging Brandon's efforts as validation for your work on the wheel. It's a circle, the lack of criticism held up as proof whilst the act of criticism is met with sweeping dismissal that most would never argue.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@JamesLuckman @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Peter is in a tough spot. I can easily say, "Yeah, I did a poor job on that one. I'll watch for it."BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@JamesLuckman @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Peter, however, doesn't want to put words in my mouth, or apologize for me.BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@JamesLuckman @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Instead, he seeks to defend me, since he knows I won't see most people's posts or be able to respond.BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@JamesLuckman @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom Makes me curious which criticisms you're referring to. I wouldn't mind if you emailed them to me.BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@JamesLuckman @Terez27 @PeterAhlstrom So I can be aware of which ones the fans feel we aren't listening to.
TinkerPride Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson Regarding the map of WoT, if a place is named, as a reader, at some point I expect that place to be written about.
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@TinkerPride Actually, I prefer there to be lots of names on my maps that are never mentioned or written about.BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@TinkerPride If every point on the map is story-related, I feel it makes the map feel contrived.
@BrandSanderson I take that sentence of yours to mean, you don't care for RJ's map structure very much at all.BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@TinkerPride That is not what it means at all, Felix. It means only what I said. "I'm unlikely to explain places RJ didn't give backstory."BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@TinkerPride My reasoning being that he left them with little or no explanation for a reason, in order to be more realistic.
@BrandSanderson Realistic or easy for an author?BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@TinkerPride I guess we're looking at it differently. I feel there are many places that haven't been explored or had more than a mention.
qrevolution Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson Do we get a DO PoV? Is that question an auto RAFO?
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@qrevolution RAFO, of course. :)
nathantrios Tue Dec 13
@BrandSanderson I haven't read WOT but these AMOL Tweets are making me want to check it out! I've not read any of Jordan's work. Thoughts?
BrandSanderson Tue Dec 13
@nathantrios I love the WoT, and have for many years. It is a long journey, however, so be warned.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
The Stormlight (or other) naming rights auction ends in 6 hours. link
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
Back at work on #AMoL. I have two early sequences I left half-finished because I felt I needed to lay down more important sequences first.
mooooodogcow Wed Dec 14
@BrandSanderson did you really review your own book, I hope not. It would be upsetting because I like your work, please don't be pompous.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@mooooodogcow Ha. No, that wasn't me.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
Still working on those smaller, early-book sequences I mentioned . This one involves a character who had his first viewpoint in TofM. #AMoL
LordFIMM Wed Dec 14
@BrandSanderson Brandon—whilst waiting for your new book, which other authors of the genre would you recommend?
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
@LordFIMM Pat Rothfuss, Brent Weeks, Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince books, Anne McCaffrey, Guy Kay, Vernor Vinge, Robin Hobb, Barbara Hambly.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
Also, a big thanks to Noell Milota for the Magic cards. I know it's silly, but I love these little pieces of cardboard.
BrandSanderson Wed Dec 14
Good progress on #AMoL this week. Around 3k Monday and Tuesday, and 2.4k words today so far.
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
Scene I'm working on needs to be trashed and rewritten from a different viewpoint. Ah, well. #AMoL.
cthulhuchick Thu Dec 15
@phoenixstorm24 @AshleySerena Everyone tells me to read @BrandSanderson. But . . . there is so much to read. #WillReadItAll #HimToo
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@cthulhuchick @phoenixstorm24 @AshleySerena There's a free book for download on my website, you know . . . ;)
@brandsanderson *persk up* My Nook likes the sound of that! @PhoenixStorm24 @AshleySerenaBrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@cthulhuchick @PhoenixStorm24 @AshleySerena The free book is Warbreaker. And I think we have it uploaded in epub for your Nook. Enjoy!
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
Okay, the scene is working much better now. Basically, a half-day lost, but it is worth backing up if something isn't working. #AMoL.
lavoiejh Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson when you say a scene isn't "working" what does that mean? Bad mojo, doesn't feel right, or its there a technical reason?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@lavoiejh All three, actually. Mostly, it just feels wrong.
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
And it is fixed now. Hard to judge my wordcount today, since I spent time fixing, but I'm opening a pack of Magic cards as a reward.
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
Jesse Chounard, one of the packs you sent had a mythic rare in it. (Are you @Chounard, who follows me?) Thanks! link
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
Current length of #AMoL: 335,000 words, same size as TofM. And I haven't finished yet, nor have I added in RJ's ending.
glindsey212 Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson why do u suppose Wikipedia is inaccurate, saying ToM 325,998? Should it be edited? Are those word counts reliable?BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@glindsey212 Likely, theirs is without the glossary, which I just noticed mine has in it.
thebigpiro Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson but but but& Wikipedia says ToM is 325,998 words! Who to trust, Wikipedia or the author!? *brain explodes*BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@thebigpiro Just noticed my edocument has the glossary attached. Maybe that's the reason for the difference. Mine is pre-copyedit too.
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
Even with edits, this will be the longest of the three WoT books I've done. Don't worry about it being split, though. That won't happen.
Sp00nyDan Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson Is RJ's ending ready for primetime? Or do you have an outline of how it is supposed to go?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@Sp00nyDan I should be able to put it in without changing anything other than a quick smoothing of the language.
SinisterInfant Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson Will there be any indication in the book as to when RJ's ending starts? Like a footnote from you or Harriet or something?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@SinisterInfant No, but I will tell you once the book is out, after you've read it.
cjunct1 Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson Hello! Just wondering, was the Borderland Tower sequence in ToM (with Malenarin Rai) originally part of RJ's prologue?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@cjunct1 He wrote most of that scene himself, actually.
@BrandSanderson Cool! Are you allowed to say whether it was part of his prologue (which I gather you split and distributed over TGS/ToM)?BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@cjunct1 Yes, it was.
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
I'm off to my signing at the West Jordan B&N (Jordan Landing.) 6:30 tonight. Saturday, I'm in Orem. Last 2 signings of the year.
jk82672 Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson What was the longest of all the #WoT books? How many words?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@jk82672 Longest ones have been around 390k words. Books Four and Six. I forget which was the longer.
s_l_hart Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson Any chance of reading these alternate scenes once AMoL is released; on your website maybe? Kinda like DVD deleted scenes . . .
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@s_l_hart Maybe.
Dasugo Thu Dec 15
@BrandSanderson you usually go thru a vicious edit phase right?
BrandSanderson Thu Dec 15
@Dasugo Yes. I tend to cut 10%, but Harriet's suggestions have usually added about that much, and we've balanced at the end.
BrandSanderson Fri Dec 16
Still have a little work to do on this little sequence near the beginning of the book. #AMoL.
BrandSanderson Fri Dec 16
A little background: I wrote half of it in June, but felt I needed to be working on main characters more, so left it to write Perrin. #AMoL
BrandSanderson Sat Dec 17
I will be signng at the Orem B&N from 2–5ish today.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
Many thanks, all, for the birthday (and Koloss Head-munching Day) wishes! You are all awesome. To celebrate, I'm writing #AMoL. ;)
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
I will also, of course, be opening lots of Magic cards. Starting with the ones Isra Z. sent me. Thanks, Isra!
jrdnricks Mon Dec 19
@BrandSanderson heard rumors of your byu class being open to public this winter. True?
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@jrdnricks Not open, but we're trying to get it filmed and posted on the web each week.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
To get ready for today's writing, I have put on my "Blood and Bloody ashes" shirt from Ta'veren Tees. (link)
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
Note that my wife stole my Koloss Head-Munching Day shirt for the day, which is why I'm not wearing it. (link)
CasualBran Mon Dec 19
@BrandSanderson Hey mate! I've just started reading The Wheel of Time, I'll get to your books in about a year. ;] Wish me luck!
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@CasualBran Good Luck!
KoryTuba Mon Dec 19
@BrandSanderson Just ordered your Mistborn trilogy! I'm very excited to read about the world you created, Mr. Sanderson! WoT next!
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@KoryTuba Hope you enjoy it. :)
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
Opened a cool rare: link! Package didn't include a name, so if you sent me a single pack off my Amazon Wishlist, thank you!
still_thedragon Mon Dec 19
@BrandSanderson Was it a single Innistrad booster pack? Cause I sent you one of those!BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@still_thedragon It was! This was probably yours, then. Sometimes the vendors forget to put in the name of the sender.
Passiko Mon Dec 19
@BrandSanderson cool. You play magic?BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@Passiko Yup. Love it.
@BrandSanderson Are you playing Magic? Or just collecting?BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
@CasualBran Both. I love to draft, so do that at the card store on occasion.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
Also, for #AMoL, I did finish the early-book material I'd left for later, and am back at the ending. My shirt is very appropriate today.
BrandSanderson Mon Dec 19
Okay, opening another birthday pack. This one is from Diane M. Here is the highlight of the pack you sent: link Thanks!
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