Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Seventy-Five The Second Generation Seizes Control This chapter is another indication of my attempt to space out the climaxes in my books. We’ve had the big Vin fight with the Inquisitors; now I’m going to back off from things just a tad so that the reader has time to catch his…
Play Magic with Brandon at Jordancon! First off, I hope many of you are planning to attend JordanCon in Atlanta this weekend. (Details here—you can still pick up a badge at the door.) This is a great convention, perhaps my favorite of those I attended last year. It’s warm and inviting, not too big but…
Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Seventy-Four Allomantic Secrets Some people have asked me why the Lord Ruler was so careful to keep secrets about Allomancy. What would it have mattered if he let out that there were atium Mistings? Some of the secrets offered a sizable tactical advantage. Keeping back duralumin and aluminum gave him and…
Signing Tonight in Lincoln NE + Convention Tomorrow Brandon’s assistant here. He’s currently on a plane somewhere over Nebraska, 25 minutes after he was supposed to land in Omaha. He’s scheduled to sign tonight at the Nebraska Bookstore in Lincoln at 6:00 p.m., but he’s going to be late. Don’t expect him there before 6:45.…
Gemmell Voting,Wheel of Time Article,Audible Tournament Winner+Updates Voting has begun for the David Gemmell Legend Award, which I mentioned last week. It will continue through May 31st. Both WARBREAKER and THE GATHERING STORM are among the five nominees, but if you’re struggling to pick one I’d recommend THE GATHERING STORM since I feel it’s more…
Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Seventy-Three Cinematic Writing I sometimes wonder just how much writers from my era have been influenced by the visual media of entertainment we’ve experienced. How do I imagine things differently because of my childhood watching television and movies? What have the improvements in special affects done for my ability to visualize…
Suvudu Cage Match: How It REALLY Went Down So, from what I’ve heard, Rand won the Suvudu cage match. This leaves me with mixed feelings. On one hand, I am pleased and proud. On the other hand, George R. R. Martin’s write-up of how he thought things would go was simply epic. In his version,…
Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Seventy-Two Part 2 Marsh and the Earring Also, here we get a Marsh viewpoint. It’s almost our last one. (I think there is one more in the next chapter.) He didn’t get much screen time, but I hope that what he did get led you to this climax for him. Spook’s…
Annotation Mistborn 3 Chapter Seventy-Two Vin’s Climax Begins I set a high bar for myself with the previous books in this series. I knew I would need a climax to this one which would match the fight between Kelsier and the Lord Ruler in book one, which is undoubtedly the best action sequence I’ve ever…
Gemmel Nominations, Audible Tournament, Suvudu Cage Match + Updates Though there’s a lot of ground to cover, this post is going to have to be quick due to my WAY OF KINGS deadline coming up on April 8th. First off, the latest Writing Excuses podcast covers juggling multiple viewpoints. And the most recent MISTBORN 3…
