Tweets January 16-24, 2012

Categories: Twitter/Facebook

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 16
Michael Gonzalez, your name came up next. (Yes, I am wot-izing all of these.) Details: link #AMOL

runeasgar Mon Jan 16
@BrandSanderson Just finished the Mistborn trilogy for the second time . . . now, The Alloy of Law! Can't wait for future installments!

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 16
@runeasgar Thanks!

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 16
Cool! @MangaMag sends me: "Chloe Chan produced fan art for Misborn. We thought you might enjoy it." pic

drmerrell Mon Jan 16
@BrandSanderson I saw this photostream and thought of you: link

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 16
@drmerrell That one always makes me laugh. I showed it to my wife recently, and she couldn't stop giggling. :)

SwiftxJustice Mon Jan 16
@BrandSanderson quick question to help me settle a debate. Could allomancy effect a shard plate/blade?

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 16
@SwiftxJustice No. Investiture interferes with most magics.
eridius Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson @swiftxjustice Wait, are Mistborn and Stormlight Archive somehow connected?
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@eridius @BrandSanderson @swiftxjustice Multiple people from Mistborn appeared in The Way of Kings.
SwiftxJustice Mon Jan 16
@eridius first off yes you need to read all of @BrandSanderson books they're the best. However it looks like I need to do a reread. I've got to search for the character crossover! Luckily I'm 1/2 done with my mistborn reread.
eridius Thu Jan 19
@SwiftxJustice @BrandSanderson I just refreshed my memory with the Way of Kings Wikipedia page and I still don't see it.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@eridius @SwiftxJustice The 17th Shard website's forums can help a lot here, but be wary of spoilers for other books.

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 17
My Sanderson's Second Law essay is up, plus the final chapter of MYTHWALKER and updates. link

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 17
Passed my wife & her assistant going through our pens & tossing ones that don't work. Found the montblanc my father gave me in the pile . . .

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 17
The ink cartridge was out, so they (not being familiar with pen brands) tossed it in the heap of bics and the like that were out of ink.

Terez27 Thu Jan 19
Why doesn't @BrandSanderson add his name to this? @neilhimself @donttrythis @trent_reznor (His previous comments imply agreement.)

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@Terez27 @neilhimself @donttrythis @trent_reznor It is well said, but seems to be a thing they wrote together, not a petition for signatures

ChrisWDanner Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Was trying to find info on whether Alloy of Law was strictly standalone, or if you plan to revisit those characters?

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@ChrisWDanner I plan to do more.

MorpheusStone Wed Jan 18
@BrandSanderson Ok, when can we expect excerpts from AMOL? And are you going to start another Way of Kings book after AMOL?

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@MorpheusStone I expect summer to the first, and yes to the second.

MIKEYSIMMONS2 Wed Jan 18
@BrandSanderson what advice would you give to writers for expanding description and vocabulary

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@MIKEYSIMMONS2 For the first, learn to be brief and concrete. We have done writing excuses on the topic.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@MIKEYSIMMONS2 For the second, look for the best (most precise) word, not some random term from the thesaurus. (Sp?)

bigGIANTcircles Wed Jan 18
Mistborn. It's awesome. @BrandSanderson is a guy I want to hang out with at some point in the future.

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles I was sure I recognized you from somewhere, and lo, I have a number of your OCremix tracks on my playlist. @Bigpileofsalt

bigGIANTcircles Wed Jan 18
Seriously, I feel like I should write a soundtrack for Mistborn. What say you @BrandSanderson? You favor orchestral or electronic? :)

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles Orchestral or electronic? Really tough choice. I switch between things like soundtracks and Daft Punk when writing.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles Of yours works, my favorite is Anthem of a Metroid Hunter. (Excellent work, by the way.) Maybe a blend favoring Orchestral?
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles If it helps, my favorite OCR of all time is: link But that source material is hard to beat.

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles If it means anything to you, I wrote a good deal of Mistborn while listening to my OCR playlist, which included your work.

bigGIANTcircles Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson got a way I can send you some free albums as a thanks for the kind words? (email/DM/etc)
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles I'd love some music. My Pandora station has been feeling stale lately. Thanks! I'll fire off a DM to you.

darkesword Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson The fact that you are a fan of OC ReMix blows my mind. I'm a remixer/staffer there and am a -massive- fan of your work!

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@darkesword Cool! Yes, I discovered OCRs in the early 2000s and quickly fell in love. You guys do great work.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@darkesword By the way, your Ancient Hero remix is heavenly. It's among my top, all-time favorite remixes.

ocremix Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson @biggiantcircles Hey, hey, we're joining the party! :-) How'd you originally find us, Brand, this is badass!

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@ocremix @biggiantcircles I was first shown the site you by a friend in college, back in . . . oh, 2002 probably.

ocremix Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles @brandsanderson We'd send you some free album's too, but they're $0. admin@ocremix.org if you'd like a couple physical CDs!

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@ocremix @bigGIANTcircles I was very poor, and couldn't afford to buy music, yet I need music to write to. Everything I had felt stale.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@ocremix @bigGIANTcircles Not wanting to pirate, I was searching for something good. Then I found you guys.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@ocremix @bigGIANTcircles I even have a forum account, though I've posted all of a half-dozen times—and not for years. :)

DeiaVengen Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Going to buy your Mistborn trilogy after learning you listen to OC ReMix! (Not that it hasn't been recommended many times)

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@DeiaVengen Cool! Don't forget, inspired by other free projects (like OCR) I do have a free novel on my website. link
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@DeiaVengen It's a stand-alone epic fantasy. It has a little more of a humor/romance focus, while Mistborn is more action/epic in feel.

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
Right now, taking a (short) break from the WoT rewrite to spend an evening working on the Mistborn video game script.

AllisonHagen Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson XBox? PC?
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@AllisonHagen Both.
qrevolution Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson I don't suppose you can tell us who's developing it yet, can you?
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@qrevolution Afraid I'm not allowed to say yet.
abelsilva Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Is Epic games developing? Is this how they got you to write the Infinity Blade novella?
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@abelsilva I hope to do some projects with Epic in the future, but they are not doing this one.
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@abelsilva Part of why I took that project, however, was to get more experience with video game storytelling and plotting.
bigGIANTcircles Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson I had no idea a game was in the works, that's fantastic!
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@bigGIANTcircles :)
tibermoon Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson There's a Mistborn videogame in the works?? How did I not know this . . . and how am I not working on it? #JealousGameDesigner
BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@tibermoon Hey, Amalur looks awesome! I'm going to have to play that. My kind of game for sure.

dcrystal99 Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson will there be a 5th Mistborn book? And will there be any other old chars in it (iron eyes). If I can ask :)

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@dcrystal99 Yes to the first. You will have to wait and see for the second . . .

Muazimus_Prime Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson any plans for a WoT game?

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@Muazimus_Prime Yes, there are many plans. I don't know how far along they are, however.

maritkamu Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson any news on a date for #wot?

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
@maritkamu Fall, most likely.

BrandSanderson Thu Jan 19
For those curious, I did finish the video game work I needed to do last night, and am back at work on the #WoT revision today.

nathan_k Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Is someone developing a Mistborn game?
BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@nathan_k Yes. Announcement should come next month.
sdusseault Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson I missed something . . . Video game work?
BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@sdusseault Misborn video game coming next year. Cross-platform.
electrikviking Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson really looking forward to mistborn game will it be xbox, do you get to be Kel?
BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@electrikviking It's set hundreds of years before the first book.
Mimimana93 Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson hello I've read Elantris and Mistborn (best books ever!) May I ask when the video game is planned to be released? Thanks
BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@Mimimana93 Summer/Fall 2013, I think.
drhastings Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson I cannot play this game soon enough. Seriously, jumping around Brooklyn when it gets foggy is getting dangerous for me.
BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@drhastings Lol. Now THAT'S an image.

Xaraxia Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Will you be touring Australia any time this year?

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@Xaraxia Yes I will. link

AnotherOneXD Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Was Towers of Midnight the last book to be published? I live in Ireland so news travels slow XD

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@AnotherOneXD Yes.

sy_khan Thu Jan 19
@BrandSanderson Is there a possibility of the publication of RJ's notes or some sort of comprehensive, detailed guide for #WoT after #aMoL?

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
@sy_khan Harriet is doing an encyclopedia which should be awesome. Very comprehensive.

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
For Pat Rothfuss's Worldbuilders charity I've donated leatherbound copies of THE GATHERING STORM and TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT link

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
Mione Haak, I drew your name for #AMOL. (Unfortunately, we're not accepting new names. Details: link)

BrandSanderson Fri Jan 20
Neil Tweed, you too. (Unfortunately, we're not accepting new names. Details: link)

neil_tweed Sat Jan 21
@BrandSanderson who am I? Dark or light? Do I die well?
BrandSanderson Sat Jan 21
@neil_tweed I try not to use fan names for the shadow very often. I actually named some woods after you.
BrandSanderson Sat Jan 21
@neil_tweed You would have been one of the original owners of the land where the woods were, I should think.

BrandSanderson Sat Jan 21
Nikhil Rode and Nils Loodin, I needed two Aiel scouts.(Unfortunately, we're not accepting new names. Details: link) #AMOL

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 23
To start out the Year of the Dragon, Tor dot com is giving away 50 copies of THE EYE OF THE WORLD. link

chicagojoe98 Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson Tks, Brandon. I'm reading The Hero of Ages at night and (re)listening to TOM during commute. Vin Al'Thor haunts my dreams.
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@chicagojoe98 Lol. Watch out for Sazed Cauthon too.

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 23
Kris Ring, you're a member of the Seanchan Blood. (Unfortunately, we're not accepting new names. Details: link) #AMOL

BrandSanderson Mon Jan 23
We're doing something special for the Magic: Dark Ascension prerelease this Friday night at midnight. Spots are limited link

JVWoodward Tue Jan 24
@BrandSanderson I think double-Archenemy Sealed deck against 6 heroes is a huge advantage for the Archenemies. You need to use weak schemes.
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@JVWoodward We'll see. I think I need to playtest. Using sealed decks that don't compliment the schemes should help.
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@JVWoodward We might just do two-headed Giant on our side, and only give ourselves one scheme for the pair. That could work.
evlred Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson For those of us already pre-registered, will this be different than the normal sealed play that night?
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@evlred Yes, you will probably be doing a two-headed-giant sealed deck tourney. Prizes in our pod should be better, too.

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
Johnnie Lee Barrington, Jr. and Jay Dauro, you are members of the Deathwatch Guard. #AMOL.

Taaaashaaaaa Tue Jan 24
@BrandSanderson - Just finished reading the second mistbon book - So far one of the best series' I have read. Totally sucked me in!

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@Taaaashaaaaa Thanks! (Nice Twitter name, by the way.)

Knifelunatic Tue Jan 24
@BrandSanderson watching diners drive ins and dives. Place called red iguana in Utah. Have you been? Is it as good as it looks?

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@Knifelunatic I have been, and it is good. I like the Tex Mex I've had in Texas better, but for Utah, it's quite good.

holmes_ian Tue Jan 24
@BrandSanderson Picked up Mistborn for the first time a few days ago and I'm hooked! best read in a long while #howdidinotknow !

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@holmes_ian Thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest of it.

HamboBlank Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson Just started my WOT re-read only at tGH but already looking forward to getting to AMOL

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@HamboBlank Enjoy!

krizazy Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson thanks for poking the dragon in my wife's belly in Huntington.

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@krizazy :)

tomp115 Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson I have paperbacks of WoT, but I'm thinking of getting the hardcovers. Will there be a sp box set h.c. ed coming after aMoL?

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@tomp115 I am pushing for one. I think a nice trade paperback set is more likely.

angrysauces Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson How do the a'dam circumvent the AS oaths to force them to channel against non-Shadow, i.e. Whitecloaks? #Wotreread

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@angrysauces I don't think the a'dam can. However, if the AS believes that the person is a darkfriend, they can channel against them.
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@angrysauces So conditioning their mind right, can do it. (The oaths have a provision for darkfriends, though some editions left this out.)

bodiyuhico Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson since ur books arent available in d Asia&Pacific Region via Kindle, i was happy to see ur bks in d bookstore in d Phil :)

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@bodiyuhico Hm. I'll have to see if I can get them out on Kindle where you are. Thanks for reading.

Skillster Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson almost finished Alloy of Law, laughed at the High Imperial Chant :-) really enjoying the book, more mystery than magic!

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@Skillster Thanks!

cae2685 Mon Jan 23
@PeterAhlstrom I spent my evening reading Alloy. Could you ask @BrandSanderson to not make such awesome books? I can never put them down!

cae2685 Mon Jan 23
@PeterAhlstrom @BrandSanderson on second thought, I challenge you to somehow make them MORE awesome. Good luck =P
BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@cae2685 @PeterAhlstrom Ha. I'll do my best. Thanks for reading.

KarrieZai Mon Jan 23
Just finished #TheAlloyofLaw. In awe of @BrandSanderson yet again! Can't wait for more.

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@KarrieZai Thanks!

mooooodogcow Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson so I know I'm late on the Alloy if Law, but I wish I didn't read the epilogue. That was Marsh, right?

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@mooooodogcow It was.

cfcpants Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson, I just started listening to The Way of Kings again. Third go through after reading it twice. So good. Thank you.

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@cfcpants Thanks for reading.

MarkWyckstrom Mon Jan 23
@BrandSanderson Hi, Brandon. Wondering if there's any new tidbits about the Mistborn movie deal?

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@MarkWyckstrom Nothing yet, I'm afraid. Hopefully soon.

lizshedden87 Sun Jan 22
Best way to spend a Sunday afternoon = reading an entire novel. Today's achievement @BrandSanderson 's Elantris. Very much enjoyed!

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@lizshedden87 Thanks for reading!

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
Paul Benish, hope you look good in the hadori. (Unfortunately, we're not accepting new names. Details: link) #AMOL

StuN_UK Tue Jan 24
@SciFiNow I started @BrandSanderson 1st #Mistborn novel yesterday & I'm finding it difficult to put down. Very refreshing new take, on magic

BrandSanderson Tue Jan 24
@StuN_UK @SciFiNow Thanks for the kind words!

ssgt_bus Tue Jan 24
@BrandSanderson I'm confused. You are still using names but won't take any more? So my name may still come up assuming you aren't done using them.