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    • Where do I start?
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    • Cosmere®
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Brandon peeking at the words above his head: Cosmere Box for sale. Weekly update!

Cosmere Box On Sale + Stormlight Milestone!

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaSeptember 12, 2023

Cosmere Box On Sale + Stormlight Milestone! (dramatic music) Brandon here with your Weekly Update. (dramatic music) All right. (dramatic music) Big news. (dramatic music) Here it is. (dramatic music) Stormlight 5 (dramatic music) Is 75%. (cheering)  I assume that Taylor’s going to add some cool graphic to that. We have hit the three-quarter mark,…

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Defiant Bundle Preorder under weekly update title with Brandon's eyes peering above the screen

Defiant Bundle Preorder + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaSeptember 7, 2023

Defiant Bundle Preorder + Weekly Update Hey, everyone! Brandon with our Weekly Update. All right. We are inching toward the ¾ mark with Stormlight 5. We are at, Bing! 73%. That means next week, almost assuredly, we will be at 75%. So, we need a special graphic for that, Taylor, that just like, a little…

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Preorder Your Defiant Bundle Next Week! + Weekly Update

.Blog, UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 29, 2023

Preorder Your Defiant Bundle Next Week! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Let’s start with the book updates. Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 71%. That’s right, 3% moved up this week. I am getting to the end of a sequence, and I have decided to put off doing revisions until I…

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Weekly Update Thumbnail: All Leatherbounds in stock

New Merch & Store Restock! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 23, 2023

New Merch & Store Restock! + Weekly Update Hey, everyone! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Let’s start with the book updates.  Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 68%. Moving along with my deadline being December 15th on this. So, keep following along. Let’s see if I make it. It’s looking really good. But next week…

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Sel Box for sale

Sel Box for Sale! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 16, 2023

Sel Box for Sale! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Sorry for not being here last week. I actually was at a writing retreat, so got some good work done. In fact, let’s talk about Stormlight 5. We are at, Bing!, 66%. This puts us at two-thirds. I am feeling really…

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Live From Tampa! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 3, 2023

Live From Tampa! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I know I said I wouldn’t have one this week, but they decided we could do one at my booth at Tampa Comics Convention. Woo! AUDIENCE: (cheering)  BRANDON: You might be able to see there’s a Rock and a Mistborn in the…

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Legally Distinct Metallic Tickets + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaJuly 5, 2023

Legally Distinct Metallic Tickets + Weekly Update Hello! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So, this is a longer one, all right? So settle in. I’ve got a lot of things to cover but we will do the book updates first.  We are going, Stormlight 5, Bing! 55%. Only 1% this week. Just kind of…

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Half of Brandon's face looking up at the words Weekly Update, Secret Project 3 out this week

Secret Project 3 Out This Week! + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaJune 28, 2023

Secret Project 3 Out This Week! + Weekly Update Hello! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Sorry I wasn’t here last week. I did a writing retreat. It was very nice. I was able to get a bunch of Stormlight revised, which means I’ve sent the first quarter of Stormlight 5 to my editors and…

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From Imagination to Reality: Mistborn Origins

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaJune 21, 2023

From Imagination to Reality: Mistborn Origins

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Tampa Bay Comic Convention + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaJune 13, 2023

Tampa Bay Comic Convention + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. As you can see, my hair has grown back quite quickly. It was rather magical. But this has stayed. I did grow this out for a certain video that will be coming up. A lot of people are guessing that it’s…

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Weekly Update title thumbnail with the words convention registration is live! Below the words, a Bald Brandon is staring at his head wondering where all his hair went

Convention Registration is Live! + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaJune 7, 2023

Convention Registration is Live! + Weekly Update Hey! Welcome to the Weekly Update. If you are curious what happened to my hair, well, we might have a video coming up for you in about a month. So watch for that. It’s quite fun. Otherwise, time for some updates. Stormlight 5 is, Bing! 52% Moving just…

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The title Weekly Update with the subtitle STORMLIGHT IS AT 50% with half of Brandon's face below

Big Stormlight Milestone! + Weekly Update

.Blog, UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMay 30, 2023

Big Stormlight Milestone! + Weekly Update Hey, Weekly Update time! So, starting off, Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 50%. That’s right. I hit 225,000 words, which I’m calling 50% on this. Hoping for a final book at around 450,000 words. We will see. But I feel very good at 50%. I warned you last week…

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The Work Continues! + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaMay 23, 2023

The Work Continues! + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Stormlight 5 is, Bing! 48%. So we are moving right along. Next week we will probably cross that 50% mark. What this means is right now I’m at about 220,000 words. I’m going to hit us at 50% when we hit 225,000. Now,…

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Frugal Wizard Update + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMay 16, 2023

Frugal Wizard Update + Weekly Update Hello! Weekly Update time. So, “Stormlight 5,” Bing! 46%. Moving it up 2% again this week. Writing has been going really well. I am moving through this thing. I’m over 200,000 words. So I feel good. I need to turn it in. TOR has been pretty explicit with us.…

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Brandon squints in a photo looking up at the Weekly Update title, "Dragonsteel 2023"

Dragonsteel 2023 + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMay 9, 2023

Dragonsteel 2023 + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time. [In the YouTube video] I am wearing snazzy clothes because after this I am running to Utah Valley University where I am giving the commencement address, and they are giving me an honorary PhD. So I will be Honorary Doctor Sanderson. Not a real doctor. But…

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Teen Author Boot Camp + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaMay 2, 2023

Teen Author Boot Camp + Weekly Update Brandon here. Weekly Update time! Stormlight 5 is at, Bing! 42%. That’s a very auspicious number. Things still continue to go well with that. I am working away and keeping going. And Janci has been working on Skyward Legacy, which is at, Bing! 17%. So both books are…

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May Mistborn Swag Box + Weekly Update

.Blog, UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaApril 25, 2023

May Mistborn Swag Box + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time. Stormlight 5, Bing! 41%. Another 2% this week, which is what we like seeing. I’ve been making good progress these last couple of weeks, so I feel great about that. I’m worried about how long the book will be. We’ll deal with that when…

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Frugal Wizard Bundle Out Now! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaApril 18, 2023

Frugal Wizard Bundle Out Now! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So I am going to move Stormlight Archive to, Bing! 39%. Two percentage points this week because things have been going decently well. I still feel a little bit behind. I should be getting about 2% every week. But at…

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Tress Nears the Finish Line + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaApril 11, 2023

Tress Nears the Finish Line + Weekly Update Hey! Weekly Update time. Starting off with Stormlight Archive, we are, Bing! 37%. Inching along just a little bit each week as I’m writing myself into this next big sequence. It’s looking pretty good, but we’ll see.  Skyward Legacy, Bing! Still at 12%. We had Janci doing…

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Guest Editorial: Cory Doctorow is a Bestselling Author, but Audible Won’t Carry his Audiobooks

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaApril 6, 2023

Guest Editorial: Cory Doctorow is a Bestselling Author, but Audible Won’t Carry his Audiobooks Hey, everyone. I hope you’ll be willing to read another post about the problems with Audible and the current audiobook landscape. It has been a few months since I decided not to put my secret projects up on their platform, and…

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Download Secret Project #2 Now + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaApril 4, 2023

Download Secret Project #2 Now + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Stormlight Archive is, Bing! 36%. Yes. I have been working hard at Stormlight Archive Book 5, and I actually wrote some interludes. So that was my work this last week. Everything’s still looking good. Just kind of plugging away, moving,…

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Outside

.BlogBy Adam HorneApril 3, 202396 Comments

Outside Snow is falling. So I look up. The world mystifies when you stare up through falling snow. Even standing still, you can soar. Even alone, you are surrounded. Even mundane, you find magic. I’ve spent my life chasing the fantastical, yet everything I’ve ever imagined can be casually matched by someone tilting their head…

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Secret Project 2 Out This Weekend! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMarch 28, 2023

Secret Project 2 Out This Weekend! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So let’s get some percentages out of the way. Stormlight Archive is at Bing! 35%. Things are going along very well, so I am inching that up. Do understand we’ll probably have another giant leap forward when I get…

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Tress Resumes Shipping + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMarch 21, 2023

Tress Resumes Shipping + Weekly Update Hello! Welcome to another Weekly Update. I’m your Brandon, Brandon. So far, I have been working away since returning on Stormlight 5, and I am at, Bing! 34%. Another percentage point up. Feeling pretty good about that. It’s been just a little hard to get back into the groove.…

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Brandon’s Back! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMarch 14, 2023

Brandon’s Back! + Weekly Update Hi! I’m back. I came back and it was 28 degrees, and there was a foot of snow on my car in the parking lot at the airport. So I don’t know how long I’ll say but I am back from Hawaii. Thank you all for tuning in to see…

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Update on Printing Tress + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaMarch 7, 2023

Update on Printing Tress + Weekly Update ISAAC: Hello there! I’m Isaac Stewart, standing in for Brandon today. I am over Creative Development at Dragonsteel. And Brandon’s in Hawaii, out of the office, having fun, writing on the beach. He has an update for us later in the video about how things are going with…

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Cytoverse Shipping Has Begun! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaFebruary 28, 2023

Cytoverse Shipping Has Begun! + Weekly Update Hey, everybody! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Now, I will be gone next week, so someone else will be sitting in this chair. I hope you treat them well. I’ll be back in a couple weeks. I’m heading off to Hawaii with my family. But for now,…

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Limited Hoid Boxes For Sale + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaFebruary 21, 2023

Limited Hoid Boxes For Sale + Weekly Update Hey, Weekly Update time! I’m wearing my Hoid shirt from the Hoid box. That will be relevant in just a minute. But first, Bing! I am at 29% on Stormlight. I had a good week of writing. I also managed to sneak in a quick revision on…

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Brandon’s Bookclub Coming Soon + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaFebruary 14, 2023

Brandon’s Bookclub Coming Soon + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here with a quick Weekly Update. I am back on Stormlight 5. I have written roughly 4,000 words this week, which equates to 1%. Bing! 28% We’re kind of rushing through this Weekly Update. We’re doing it last minute because of so many things happening this…

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Defiant Revisions Completed + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaFebruary 7, 2023

Defiant Revisions Completed + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here. Sorry about the canceled livestream last week. We had several members of my household get COVID, so I decided to cancel the livestream and some other things, such as recording my Weekly Update last week, and I’m doing it on Monday instead. I have tested negative…

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Weekly Updates are Moving to Tuesdays + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 30, 2023

Weekly Updates are Moving to Tuesdays + Weekly Update Hey, Weekly Update time. So, things have been going very well with Defiant. I am, Bing!, 85% done with that book. I hope to turn it in very early next week with my self-imposed deadline, February 1st. And then I can turn back to Stormlight 5.…

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The Science of Magic: Tress of the Emerald Sea with Mark Rober

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 24, 2023

The Science of Magic: Tress of the Emerald Sea with Mark Rober If you haven’t had a chance, check out the video I did with Mark Rober as we discussed the magic of fluidization in Tress of the Emerald Sea.

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A First Look at Tress of the Emerald Sea + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 23, 2023

A First Look at Tress of the Emerald Sea + Weekly Update Hey, everybody. Brandon here with—hot off the presses—the first copy of Secret Project 1, Tress of the Emerald Sea. This has been sent to us overnight super-fast so that we would have one to show off but the rest of them are on…

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Dark One: Forgotten Out Now! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 17, 2023

Dark One: Forgotten Out Now! + Weekly Update Hey, everybody! Weekly Update time with a special guest. We’ll get to him in a second. First, I want to give you an update on what I’ve been writing. I have been revising Defiant, the final book of the Skyward series, and I am, Bing! About 33%…

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The Year of Sanderson Starts Now!

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 11, 2023

The Year of Sanderson Starts Now! The Year of Sanderson Starts Now!

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Secret Project #1 Out Tomorrow! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaJanuary 9, 2023

Secret Project #1 Out Tomorrow! + Weekly Update Hey, everybody! So, Weekly Update time.  First things first. There was a lot of snow, and we still haven’t seen our print copies of Secret Project 1. So we have made an executive decision. We’re going to start shipping out February’s box right now. As soon as…

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State of the Sanderson 2022

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 22, 2022

State of the Sanderson 2022 Introduction Wow. What a year. I can remember writing this essay last year, and being all giddy about the fact that I was hiding four secret novels from you all. I said, “Maybe next year, I’ll be able to explain to you all why my year was so strange.” One…

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Stormlight 5 Milestone + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaDecember 12, 2022

Stormlight 5 Milestone + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So, bit of a slower week this week, a shorter update. That’s because things are winding down a little bit for the holidays. But I still have some fun things for you. First one is Stormlight 5. We are at, Bing!, 25%.…

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Lightweaver Ornament Out Now + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaDecember 5, 2022

Lightweaver Ornament Out Now + Weekly Update Hey! So welcome back to Weekly Updates. We took a week off, and it’s been a busy week for me. I had the holiday here in America, Thanksgiving. But I did get some writing done after that. And so I met my goal, just squeaked by it, for…

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The Lost Metal Is Out Now + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaNovember 21, 2022

The Lost Metal Is Out Now + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon with your Weekly Update. So, Lost Metal is out. We had Dragonsteel 2022 last week. It was a smash success. It was huge. You guys are awesome. We had a wonderful time. There are multiple videos here on my channel where you can watch…

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The Lost Metal Release Event Livestream

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaNovember 15, 2022

The Lost Metal Release Event Livestream

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Join Us At Dragonsteel 2022 + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaNovember 14, 2022

Join Us At Dragonsteel 2022 + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. First off, you’re here for Stormlight 5, which is, Bing! At 18%, slowly moving up. We are inching along. I had a pretty decent week doing SandoWriMo. This is National Novel Writing Month, and I am posting my word counts…

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MTG Summit this Friday + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaNovember 7, 2022

MTG Summit this Friday + Weekly Update Hey! It is time for your Weekly Update. First off, I have gotten back into Stormlight 5. I actually only got about 2,000 words last week, and so the percentage bar probably hasn’t inched up yet. But I am working on that full time now because it is…

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Halloween Stream Tonight + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaOctober 31, 2022

Halloween Stream Tonight + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Secret Project 4 final draft, Bing! is done. I actually finished that mid-last week a few days ahead of schedule. So I’m feeling pretty good about that one. That means that all of the secret projects are now a wrap. I have done…

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Charity Magic Draft is Live + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Octavia EscamillaOctober 24, 2022

Charity Magic Draft is Live + Weekly Update Hi. I am here with your Weekly Update again. So first things first, I am working on Secret Project 4, where I am, Bing! 70% of the way done. This might seem a small amount, since last week I was 50%, and I should have been a…

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Signed Copies Of The Lost Metal + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaOctober 17, 2022

Signed Copies Of The Lost Metal + Weekly Update Hello! Welcome to the Weekly Update. I am back from New York Comic Con. We will have some videos of the panels that I did there coming up on the YouTube channel at some point. There was a really fun one I did with Diana Gabaldon…

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Stormlight Premium Figurines Kickstarter Campaign with Brotherwise Games

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaSeptember 13, 2022

Stormlight Premium Figurines Kickstarter Campaign with Brotherwise Games Introduction Today, we launch a new Kickstarter campaign—for Stormlight minis and painted figurines. This affords me a chance to talk about a few things relating to the behind the scenes of how this Kickstarter came about, why we’ve partnered with Brotherwise for it, and how I want…

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Stormlight Five Update One

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaSeptember 6, 2022

Stormlight Five Update One Hello, all!  I know some of you may have been waiting for this.  It’s time for the first in a series of updates about your book!  I wanted to wait until I’d made good progress this month before I stopped to write one of these updates, and I do apologize for leaving you in…

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Brandon Sanderson sitting near a mic, recording the Weekly Update for August 29 2022

Moonbreaker Announcement + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 29, 2022

Moonbreaker Announcement + Weekly Update Hey, guys. Brandon here with your Weekly Update. First off, Stormlight. We are moving up, bing! 2% to 14% this week. I’ve had a very good week on Stormlight 5. I have one more week to work on Stormlight before I’m required to do some other revisions. It’s going really…

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Free “Shadows of Self” eBook! + Weekly Update

UncategorizedBy Octavia EscamillaAugust 22, 2022

Free “Shadows of Self” eBook! + Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update! Number one, Stormlight 5, is going pretty well. I’m going to conservatively move the percentage up to, Bing! 12%. It probably will end the week a little higher than that but that feels about right to me now. Writing is…

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Prologue to Stormlight 5

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 31, 2022

Prologue to Stormlight 5 Introduction Hey, all!  We wanted to send one final excerpt to you to both say thank you, and give a warning that the Kickstarter is coming to an end.  Today is the last day, and it ends at 5:00 MDT. I’m so grateful to you all for the overwhelming show of…

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First Look at Secret Project Four (Hint: it’s Stormlight Adjacent)

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 24, 2022

First Look at Secret Project Four (Hint: it’s Stormlight Adjacent) Introduction Hello everyone! Welcome to the next Secret Project reveal! If you have no idea what I’m talking about here, I recommend you start here. For full info about our Kickstarter, you should visit the campaign page. If you missed my reveal for the first…

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First Look at Secret Project #3

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 17, 2022

First Look at Secret Project #3 Introduction Hello everyone! Welcome to the next Secret Project reveal! If you have no idea what I’m talking about here, I recommend you start here. For full info about our Kickstarter, you should visit the campaign page. If you missed my reveal for the first two Secret Projects, you…

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Some FAQs You Might Enjoy

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 16, 2022

Some FAQs You Might Enjoy Hey, all.  It has been, to say the least, a wild two weeks for me.  After seeing some of the discourse around what is going on with the Kickstarter, I thought you all might enjoy it if I answered a few questions I’ve been getting.  (Or ones I’ve been seeing…

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First Look at Secret Project #2

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 10, 2022

First Look at Secret Project #2 Introduction Hello everyone! It’s been a mindblowing few weeks. All of us here at Dragonsteel HQ are in awe over the wonderful support you’ve been showing these quirky little books. If you’ve somehow stayed out of the loop, we launched a Kickstarter for four secret novels that I wrote over…

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I Am Flabbergasted!

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 7, 2022

I Am Flabbergasted! Adam here. I will update this text once the video has been transcribed.

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First Look at Secret Project #1

.BlogBy Adam HorneMarch 3, 2022

First Look at Secret Project #1 Hello, all! It’s been a wild few days. If you somehow didn’t hear about it, we announced a Kickstarter for four secret novels! It’s live now, and is…well, kind of unbelievable. We will likely soon become the #1 Kickstarter of all time. You can watch my YouTube announcement here,…

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The Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneFebruary 28, 2022

The Lost Metal (Mistborn 7) + Weekly Update Adam here. I will update this text once the video has been transcribed.

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The Lost Metal Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneFebruary 22, 2022

The Lost Metal Weekly Update Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Not a whole lot to talk about this week, just I’ve been plugging away at Wax and Wayne 4, The Lost Metal. I am, bing!, right at 70%, and I am ready for the home stretch to finish this thing off. I’m very…

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Update on The Lost Metal

.BlogBy Adam HorneFebruary 14, 2022

Update on The Lost Metal Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I have been working hard on Wax and Wayne 4, The Lost Metal. I dedicated a lot of time to it last week and I am at, bing!, 60%, just under the 2/3 mark on that one. I will cross the 2/3 mark next…

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White Sand Omnibus News + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneFebruary 7, 2022

White Sand Omnibus News + Weekly Update Hey, Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I spent this week working hard on the new Wax and Wayne novel, going through a pretty significant revision using beta reader comments and my comments from my editor. So I did about—I’m about a third of the way through that…

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Dragonsteel 2022 Convention Announcement + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJanuary 31, 2022

Dragonsteel 2022 Convention Announcement + Weekly Update Brandon here with your Weekly Update. Sorry to miss one last week. Things got a little hectic. But we have one for you this week. I have been working mostly on two things. Wax and Wayne 4 revision, which I’m still not that far in. I’m about 20,000…

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Dave Wolverton—A Friend and Mentor

.BlogBy Adam HorneJanuary 17, 2022

Dave Wolverton—A Friend and Mentor On Friday, my writing mentor Dave Wolverton (who also wrote under the pen name David Farland) passed away in his sixties from complications relating to a fall.  It’s with complex emotions that I approach writing a few things here.  The community has lost a great and wonderful man, and I…

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Started Writing Szeth! + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJanuary 17, 2022

Started Writing Szeth! + Weekly Update So this week, having finished the draft of Defiant, I have started really getting into Stormlight 5, and I’ve been working on the outline, just kind of refining the outline for the Szeth backstory sequence. And today I wrote a little bit of that. I’m not ready for a…

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Starting Stormlight Five!

.BlogBy Adam HorneJanuary 10, 2022

Starting Stormlight Five! It’s been a couple of weeks, since we were all off for the holidays. And I actually took a little bit of a break. I worked half days through part of the holidays, which left me a little bit behind on Defiant, book 4 of Skyward. And so last week I had…

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State of the Sanderson 2021

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 20, 2021

State of the Sanderson 2021 Welcome to my yearly wrap-up. In this essay, I’ll talk about projects recently released, ones upcoming, and ones in limbo. It’s usually a very long post, so feel free to jump to the section that interests you most using the following handy set of links. Introduction Part One: My Year…

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State of the Sanderson is Live! + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 20, 2021

State of the Sanderson is Live! + Weekly Update Hello. Brandon here with your Weekly Update. So first of all, the State of the Sanderson is out today! What is the State of the Sanderson? Well, every year around my birthday, which also coincides with Koloss Head Munching Day in the Mistborn world, we release…

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Alcatraz and Lost Metal News + a Question I Have for You

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 15, 2021

Alcatraz and Lost Metal News + a Question I Have for You Hey, Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I am working my way through Defiant, the fourth book of the Skyward series. I’m about, bing! 66%, two-thirds of the way there. I have a few weeks left to finish that, so hopefully I will…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Three

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 8, 2021

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Three Hey, all! Sorry I haven’t been able to post here right when new episodes release. Having a book launch and the holidays kind of prevented me from digging in deep with the WoT launch. However, in order to make it up to you, I’ve pulled out my actual…

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Packed Weekly Update + Leatherbound Discussion with Isaac

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 6, 2021

Packed Weekly Update + Leatherbound Discussion with Isaac Hey, everybody! Brandon here with your Weekly Update of all the random things happening in Sanderland. This week I am up to, bing! 55% on Defiant. A little bit of a slow week for me this week, just kind of catching up after the holidays and all…

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Weekly Update From the Festival of Trees

.BlogBy Adam HorneDecember 1, 2021

Weekly Update From the Festival of Trees Hi! Brandon here with our Weekly Update. We’re a day late because I wanted to show you our tree. This is actually at the Festival of Trees in Salt Lake. We do one of these every year for charity. You can actually bid on this tree if you…

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Cytonic Out Tomorrow! + MiniCon Starts Today!

.BlogBy Adam HorneNovember 22, 2021

Cytonic Out Tomorrow! + MiniCon Starts Today! Hey! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I have been busy signing stacks and stacks of copies of Cytonic because it is out tomorrow. Please go give it a look. This is the third book of the Skyward series. I’m working on the fourth one now and, in…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Two

.BlogBy Adam HorneNovember 19, 2021

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode Two The title is a little bit of a lie. Because I’m going to do more Episode One first. I finally saw the finished product tonight–on the big screen, in 4k, with an atmos sound system. 🙂 I knew that some of my larger suggestions had been adopted, but…

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Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode One

.BlogBy Adam HorneNovember 19, 2021

Some Thoughts from Brandon on Episode One Haven’t watched the final product yet, as I wasn’t able to make the premier. Disclosure, I’m one of the producers. My part equated to reading the scripts and offering feedback directly to Rafe, the show runner. I’ll be watching tonight, and there are a few details I’m curious…

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Weekly Update from Hawaii!

.BlogBy Adam HorneNovember 15, 2021

Weekly Update from Hawaii! Hello, everybody. I am Brandon, here for a very different sort of Weekly Update for you. I am at the Turtle Bay Resort on beautiful North Shore Oahu in Hawaii. I’ve been writing here for the last week or so, a little over a week. And I’ve been working on the…

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SandoWriMo + Weekly Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneNovember 1, 2021

SandoWriMo + Weekly Update Hello, and welcome to Weekly Update. I am still in costume. If you are wondering why, then go watch the livestream from last Saturday, the VOD of it. You can see me in full costume. I’ve taken off the wig, which is why we’ve got some weird stuff up on my…

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ReDawn Out Tomorrow! + Livestream This Saturday!

.BlogBy Adam HorneOctober 25, 2021

ReDawn Out Tomorrow! + Livestream This Saturday! Brandon here with your Weekly Update. I’m about 80% of the way through the things I need to get done in order to start the new Skyward book. I anticipate I’m going to get to it pretty soon here. The goal is still to have that one done…

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Weekly Update + How to Get Into My 2022 BYU Class

.BlogBy Adam HorneOctober 18, 2021

Weekly Update + How to Get Into My 2022 BYU Class Hey! Weekly Update time. It’s getting to be winter and it’s getting kind of cold, so I’ve broken out the authorial jacket with the nice patches on the elbows. I feel very professorly coming to you today. A few quick updates. Skyward news. We…

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TWO GIVEAWAYS! + Mistborn Playing Cards and Regular Updates

.BlogBy Adam HorneOctober 11, 2021

TWO GIVEAWAYS! + Mistborn Playing Cards and Regular Updates Hey, Brandon here for your Weekly Update. Things are moving along on Wax and Wayne, which I am finished with the 2.0 draft and people are doing the beta reads. So not much of an update there. On Skyward 4 I am still in the pre-writing…

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Limited Way of Kings Leatherbounds Available Now! + W&W and Skyward 4 Updates

.BlogBy Adam HorneOctober 4, 2021

Limited Way of Kings Leatherbounds Available Now! + W&W and Skyward 4 Updates Weekly Update time from Brandon. All right. Wax and Wayne 4 is off to the beta readers. It has begun that process. The 2.0 draft, as I have mentioned, is done. So that one, bing! 100% on our second draft. I, right…

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New Book Out Tomorrow! + W&W 4 Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneSeptember 27, 2021

New Book Out Tomorrow! + W&W 4 Update BRANDON: Hey, Brandon here with Janci! JANCI: Hello! BRANDON: We are here to announce that Sunreach is coming out tomorrow. We are really excited. Janci, what is Sunreach? JANCI: Sunreach is a Skyward novella that is all about the members of Skyward Flight. BRANDON: About six years…

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Sunreach Cover Reveal + An Apology

.BlogBy Adam HorneSeptember 20, 2021

Sunreach Cover Reveal + An Apology All right. Brandon here for our Weekly Update. Two fun things and one apology. Fun thing one, Wax and Wayne, bing!, 75%. This is for draft number two. I should be finishing that this week and turning it in, which leaves next we me starting on the fourth Skyward…

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HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT + W&W and FanX Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneSeptember 13, 2021

HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT + W&W and FanX Update Hey, everyone! Weekly Update time. This is a big one. All right? I’ve got a lot of stuff to talk about today. Very briefly, Wax and Wayne 4 going very well, 2.0 draft. I am somewhere around, bing!, 70% on that. But we’re going to move off of…

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Emperor’s Soul Poll + Evershore and W&W 4 Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneSeptember 7, 2021

Emperor’s Soul Poll + Evershore and W&W 4 Update Hello, everyone! Back for a Weekly Update. Sorry about last week. Producer Adam was on vacation, and he had a very good vacation, and we like him to go on vacation on occasion because we like to keep our Adam very happy because he’s the one…

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Taking a Quick Break From W&W 4 + Poll Results

.BlogBy Adam HorneAugust 23, 2021

Taking a Quick Break From W&W 4 + Poll Results Hey, Brandon here in theater mode today with your Weekly Update. Wax and Wayne 4 is, bing!, at 40% on the second draft. That’s not going to move this week because I am actually shifting gears to work on the third of the Skyward novellas…

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Launching Into the 2nd Draft of The Lost Metal + Cytoverse Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneAugust 16, 2021

Launching Into the 2nd Draft of The Lost Metal + Cytoverse Update Hey, everyone! Weekly Update time. Got a couple of cool things for you today. The first is, I have launched into the second draft of Wax and Wayne 4. This is how I do things. I finished it and took one day to…

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W&W 4 Is Done! + Way of Kings Prime Audiobook and T-Shirt Poll

.BlogBy Adam HorneAugust 9, 2021

W&W 4 Is Done! + Way of Kings Prime Audiobook and T-Shirt Poll Hey, Weekly Update time. It’s time for some celebrations because Wax and Wayne 4 is done, 100%. I finished it last Wednesday, which is last night to me but a few days ago to you. That book is moving on to second…

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W&W 4 (The Lost Metal) Is Nearing Its Completion!

.BlogBy Adam HorneAugust 2, 2021

W&W 4 (The Lost Metal) Is Nearing Its Completion! Hey, everyone! Brandon here for our Weekly Update. I am hard at work on Wax and Wayne. We are getting to the final stretch. I have it at 85% right now as this recording is happening. This recording is happening on Wednesday (the Wednesday before you…

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W&W 4 Update + Magellan Visits!

.BlogBy Adam HorneJuly 26, 2021

W&W 4 Update + Magellan Visits! Hey, everyone, Brandon here for the Weekly Update. I thought I’d bring Magellan along. He’s already bitten the button off of my jacket. I’m going to try to get him not to bite anymore. So I’m going to give him a nut. (Magellan, you want this? Yeah. Yeah, you…

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Lux Is Out This Week + W&W 4 Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJuly 19, 2021

Lux Is Out This Week + W&W 4 Update Hey, guys, Weekly Update time. This is going to be a bit of an outlier of a week. While you’re getting this update, I am flying home from Atlanta where I was at JordanCon. Hopefully, I had a wonderful time chatting with my friends at JordanCon.…

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Sanderson T-800 Confirmed! + W&W 4 Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJuly 15, 2021

Sanderson T-800 Confirmed! + W&W 4 Update I have something fun to talk about this week. I just did one of the oddest book signings of my life. I was sitting here, in American Fork, Utah, and I did a book signing in Barcelona, Spain. How did this work? They set up this thing, and…

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W&W 4 (Mistborn #7) is 2/3 Done!

.BlogBy Adam HorneJuly 6, 2021

W&W 4 (Mistborn #7) is 2/3 Done! Hey, everybody! It is time for another Weekly Update, and I’m going to talk to you about Wax and Wayne 4. Now, I was reading the comment section to one of my previous updates, and someone had been a little confused about how I was writing this book.…

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W&W 4 + New Reckoners Novel Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 28, 2021

W&W 4 + New Reckoners Novel Update All right, everybody. It’s Brandon’s Weekly Update. So, Wax and Wayne. I passed, bing, 60%. Probably a little past that by now, but that’s what I am at right now, and really excited with how the story is going. I have actually—I can’t tell you too much, I…

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Cover reveal for Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 24, 2021

Cover reveal for Lux: A Texas Reckoners Novel Adam here. I’m sure most of you reading this have been following Brandon’s social media—particularly his YouTube channel—and have seen/heard him discuss some of his upcoming projects where he’s partnered with other authors to help tell stories that he’s unable (due to other writing deadlines) to write…

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W&W 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Results

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 21, 2021

W&W 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Results Hey, Brandon here for your Weekly Update. We are super thankful to you guys for filling out the poll last week regarding the leather bounds. It’s given us a lot of good direction. Today Isaac and I talked a lot about how, number one, we can get unsigned…

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Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 14, 2021

Wax & Wayne 4 Update + Leatherbound Poll Hey, everybody! Brandon here. Couple things to talk about this week. Wax and Wayne is really close to 50%. But it’s not quite there yet because I had to take this week off and do something else. I’m actually pushing the due date for Wax and Wayne,…

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The Strangely Melancholy Ending to The Good Place

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 11, 2021

The Strangely Melancholy Ending to The Good Place I’m a little behind everyone else when it comes to this show, as my wife and I tend to give television programs a good rest between seasons, rather than binging the entire thing as once. So I only just watched the ending to The Good Place, and…

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Intentionally Blank Episode 1 — Popcornture vs Stubad

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 9, 2021

Intentionally Blank Episode 1 — Popcornture vs Stubad Adam here. If you’ve been following Brandon’s Weekly Update videos on his YouTube channel, this won’t come as a surprise. If you haven’t been, well… surprise! Brandon and his good friend—and NYC Bestseller—Dan Wells have started a podcast together where they talk about movies, TV shows, videogames,…

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New Project Announcement + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 7, 2021

New Project Announcement + W&W4 and Kickstarter Update Brandon here. I have a lot of updates this week. I have, like, four things I need to talk to you about. First one is Cytonic. We have announced the name of the third book in the Skyward series. We have announced a release date. It’s up…

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Why is Kelsier in Fortnite? Plus Cytonic and W&W4 Update

.BlogBy Adam HorneJune 1, 2021

Why is Kelsier in Fortnite? Plus Cytonic and W&W4 Update Hey! Brandon here for the Weekly Update. You might have missed our announcements this week, this last week, so I’m going to go over them again with you. The first one is Cytonic. We have a title, and we have a cover for the new…

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