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Interviews: Brandon Sanderson Book Signing at JordanCon 8
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48
Date
Apr 24th, 2016
Type
Paraphrased
Location
Atlanta, GA
TourCon
JordanCon 8
Bookstore
Atlanta Marriott Perimeter
Reporter
Various (Ted, Deana, Others)
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Melissa
Do Scadrians have a piece of Harmony?Brandon Sanderson
Yup.Tags
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Melissa
Could a Rosharan be hemalurgically spiked with a gem or fabrial?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.Tags
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Ted
Does Khrissala know about the red haze and was she trying to clue Wax in on what was going on?Brandon Sanderson
Khriss knows too much for me to share. (text written as personalization)Tags
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Ted
What happened to the ministries?Brandon Sanderson
The Ministries, being a legacy at the time of the Lord Ruler’s rule, there are trappings of them left but they don’t use any of the same names or anything like that. There are cities you can go to where there are more echoes of that. In Elendel you can barely even find the trappings anymore, but you can find some of them. You can’t go in there and find the Ministry of this-and-that, because it was run by Kelsier’s crew, most of that did not make the transition. Though there were notable Obligators who made it through and so they have left their mark. You have to search for it though.Tags
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Ted
Does Lift's metabolic waste include crem?Brandon Sanderson
[Laughs] That’s an excellent question. I’m not going to answer that, but it’s an excellent question.Ted
Wow, you’re RAFOing that?Brandon Sanderson
You got a laugh. I didn’t say RAFO, I said I’m not going to answer that, which could be considered two different answers.Tags
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Ted
What happened in the Cognitive realm during the Catacendre?Brandon Sanderson
Um… so, um, the Cognitive realm for the Catacendre in Secret History, that’s some things that happened. Its like saying ‘what happened on Earth in 1960-yeah […] what you see is what you get.Tags
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Question
Will Dalinar have Shardplate in Stormlight Archive book #3? (asking for cosplay)Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.Tags
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Question
Can spren be put back together through the Bondsmith? Like Shards can be combined?Brandon Sanderson
They can be combined, but I won’t say if the Bondsmith is the method.Tags
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Question
I wanted to know your stance on gods were? If you have a message about god.Brandon Sanderson
Not really. What I’m fascinated by ends up in the books. I am fascinated by religions. But even in something like the SA, I still don’t necessarily want there to be a definitive answer. There are god (lower case) gods. Weather there is a GOD (capital case), is still, in my opinion left to the interpretation of the reader. I’m not trying to say anything specific. I’m trying to say what the different characters say. Does that make since? Jashnah doesn’t speak my belief, but neither does Dalinar. They speak their belief, and I respect their belief the best I can. It’s more trying to be true to the characters.Tags
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Question
Does Hoid learn the languages magically? Or is he just a gifted linguist?Brandon Sanderson
He is learning them magically. He’s decent with languages, but he has to speak as if he were a local in order to pass as he does. And no matter how gifted you are, doing that across multiple tongues, that’s really hard.Tags
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Question
When will we find out what the Nightwatcher looks like?Brandon Sanderson
Dalinar in the past visited the Nightwather. The next book , Oathbringer, will be visiting important parts of his [past]. You can postulate that one of those important events might be his visit to the Nightwatcher. I would really like to see a NW costume.Tags
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Question
Is Dalinar forgetting his wife the curse or…?Brandon Sanderson
That’s a RAFO. You know that was coming.Tags
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So because the MB: Era 3 is going to be Coinshots doing ear piercings?Brandon Sanderson
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Question
Am I going to see any Dark Oculators in book 5?Brandon Sanderson
You will see at least one DO in the 5th book.Tags
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When did you start writing?Brandon Sanderson
First book was around 15. It was terrible.Tags
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What is your favorite book?Brandon Sanderson
My favorite is Dragons’ Bane by Barbara Hambly. It may not be the best, but it’s my favorite since it made me want to be a fantasy writer.Tags
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Deana
Vivenna’s breaths – If she were to put all but 5 breaths into her shawl, could she then give the remaining 5 to someone else? Then she retrieves her shawl breaths.Brandon Sanderson
Summary – it’s talked about in book. The hack can work.Tags
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Question
In Secret history, it’s stated that uhm, Kelsier expanded his soul.Brandon Sanderson
Expansion of the soul. What do you mean by that?Question
It’s stated that … Kelsier, that expanding the soul … world hopping?Brandon Sanderson
What do you mean does world hopping involve expanding the soul? I’m trying to get you to be a little more specific. …. I’m going to say sometimes. And you get a RAFO.Tags
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Question
Has Wax seen the influence of Shard other than Preservation, Ruin and Harmony?Brandon Sanderson
Yes. He has seen the influence of another Shard.Question
Might that Shard be Autonomy?Brandon Sanderson
It might.Tags
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Question
Did Odium originally have a planet he was Invested in?Brandon Sanderson
Uhm…So Odium’s plan always involved not getting stuck on one.Tags
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Question
Can you clarify the structure you are planning for Dragonsteel? For some reason I have stuck in my head seven.Brandon Sanderson
Yes. It was originally going to be seven. Right now I have cut out so much of the books, it will probably be at three.Tags
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Question
As of Era 2 is Bavadin still alive?Brandon Sanderson
silence… Uhm… I’m pretty sure I’ve answered this, but just in case I haven’t, I’m going to RAFO this.Tags
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Question
Written down questionBrandon Sanderson
Kind of a little, but not completely. More along the little than the completely.Question
A pet theory is that whatever the 4th Shard that Odium shattered, people who founded Serenity.Brandon Sanderson
So you should read Khriss’ introduction to the Cosmere collection.Question
Oh! I cannot wait for that.Tags
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Question
Have Hoid and Sazed (as Harmony) interacted?Brandon Sanderson
Uhm… yes, that has happened.Question
Was it meaningful?Brandon Sanderson
Hoid considers everything meaningful. [laughter]Question
Would Sazed consider it meaningful?Brandon Sanderson
Sazed considers every individual meaningful. [more laughter from fans]Question
Are we ever going to get an official Cosmere timeline.Brandon Sanderson
Yes. Were getting really close to releasing it. I’m not sure when we will. The real trick is now that we are locking down White Sand it is close. The novel wasn’t canon, but once it’s out we will be real close to locking everything down. The trick is where is it? Like Sixth of the Dusk, we’re not sure exactly where it is.Question
So is it actually canon that MB:Era 2 takes place between SA first & second half?Brandon Sanderson
Well I haven’t written second half so it depend on when I take a break. Maybe it takes place after 5, maybe after 7. We’ll just see how it goes when I get there. The timing there is a little more tight.Question
So they are much closer in the timeline.Brandon Sanderson
Exactly. So that’s why I have to be a little more doggy on those. Mostly because they are a similar timeline.Tags
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Question
How bad was the famine after Stormwind dies?Brandon Sanderson
Breath intake. Yeah… well.Question
Depressing, but you set it up. And is salt Atlanta still growing?Brandon Sanderson
So.., it’s a whole bunch of good and not so good events took place, as a result of events in the last book. Let’s just leave it at that. And let’s just leave it at that.Tags
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What is Syl’s favorite form?Brandon Sanderson
Syl is kind of ephemeral. So her favorite changes quite often. I would say, she probably likes being in human form the most because she gets the best reaction from the people around her that she is interacting with. But that has not always been the case. But she is responding to those around her.Question
I hope to see more of her and Kaladin in the future.Brandon Sanderson
They have some fun times.Tags
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Question
I’m a huge Dalinar fan. But are you going to have more of Lift and [Ash?] and some of the interlude characters?Brandon Sanderson
Lift you are going to see the most of in the later books. She’s set up to be one of the main characters in the second 5. I have already written two scenes with her in them, but I haven’t written one with her view point yet. But the Cosmere collection which is on my short list will have a new Lift novella in it and that will have an audio edition.Tags
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Question
So I know that basically Wax and Wayne are basically 1.5, has it turned into 2?Brandon Sanderson
I wish I had called it 1.5. We just have to call it Era 2 now for consistently and clarity sake. If I’d called it 1.5 from the beginning I would have liked that to prevent slips of the tongue myself. If I called the other one Era 2 (meaning 3), I’ve thought of it like that so long it happens. Now we just have to live with it.Tags
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Does the size of a piece of metal determine the amount of Feruchemical charge that can be stored in it? So how does it scale, in terms of volume?Brandon Sanderson
It does. So I’ve talked about this before. It does not scale as logically as people would think. There are certain thresholds.Tags
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There won’t be a weird love triangle between Kaladin / Shallan / Adolin?Brandon Sanderson
I will do my best not to be weird.Tags
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Are there more places I should look for Felt? [The hidden world hopper she asked about in the Q&A session]Brandon Sanderson
Felt has been around, let’s just say. There are more places you should look for him. Whether you find him or not is another matter. There are things he said in Mistborn that are relevant in minor ways.Tags
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What character is the most fun for you to write?Brandon Sanderson
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There is a scope (scale) of unreliability: some because of … or intent. of intent in unreliable narrator.Brandon Sanderson
Hoid can be very intentionally unreliable. There are not many 3rd person viewpoint Cosmere stories. So when we are in the character’s POV, like Kelsier is unreliable in that he doesn’t go into his plan, which is technically by intent, but more because he’s like “I can’t think about this” than design. It also is him lying to the reader a bit.Tags
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Are there any characters that you see yourself more in?Brandon Sanderson
There is a bit of me in every character. There is something very different than me in every character. The something that is and something that is not me, helps make each character. Nobody is me. The closest we get is my mom claims that Alcatraz speaks in my voice. So she laughs and likes those books the best. He’s way… a super caricature of me.Tags
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The man speaking with Nale in WoR when talking about Ash getting worse. Which is he? A Herald or a Squire?Brandon Sanderson
He is not a squire.Tags
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Did Kelsier fill copperminds for any reason other than sharing knowledge? Would he want to forget certain memories?Brandon Sanderson
Yes and Yes. Those may not be causally related. You asked two separate questions and got two separate answers.Tags
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Is Austre, Endowment by a different name?Brandon Sanderson
RAFO.Tags
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Has TenSoon ever left Scadrial?Brandon Sanderson
More RAFO. I believe I have said there are Kandra on other worlds, but I have not said if one was TenSoon.Tags
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[A very technical Rhythmatist question about the ellipses. She had drawings to go with the questions, I’m not translating.]Brandon Sanderson
There is a lot they don’t know. And it has been reinforced over time. They have made assumptions they should not have made. Size of circle is not a relevant as perfection of circle and thickness of line.Tags
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What is your favorite class to play? [had 5th Edition handbook]Brandon Sanderson
I like to play hyper wizard. An Illusionist. I love Illusionist if you can’t tell from my books.Tags
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Question
Whose part are you working on right this moment?Brandon Sanderson
I am writing Lift for the novella. Before that I was writing about Dalinar.Tags
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Can you give me any writing advice?Ben McSweeney
Writing advice? No. I strictly do illustrations. The best advice I can give for drawing or writing is to keep practicing.Tags
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Jimmy Liang
Are we going to see Thaidakar in the next Stormlight book?[Oathbringer]Brandon Sanderson
You might, but it’s not guaranteed. Next book does not have major … stuff.Jimmy
Okay, so more Ghostblood stuff. I’ll wait.Tags
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Deana
Elkonar’s queen, is she being influenced by Odium? Because for her to be that stupid and for Navani to go off away and say “Eh, the queen got it” seems weird.Brandon Sanderson
You are, um, thinking along proper lines.Tags
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Have you read the Deathgate Cycle?Brandon Sanderson
I have read it. Rose of the Prophet is my favorite of theirs, but I did enjoy the Deathgate Cycle. It’s definitely among the Weis & Hickman classics.Tags
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What color are Kelsier’s eyes?Brandon Sanderson
Blue.Question
Really?Ben
Gold or Blue?Question
It’s never been specify described.Brandon Sanderson
Peter knows.Question
He said to ask you.Brandon Sanderson
He said to ask me?Ben
“laughing”Brandon Sanderson
This may be the first time you ever hear it. Is it in the books? It’s not in the book. Let’s say Hazel. Sound good to you Peter? “sure” Sounds good.Ben
The only way it will matter is if he travels to Roshar and something happens.Tags
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How effective would Pewter Allomancy and Iron Feruchemy be as a Twinborn?Brandon Sanderson
That would do some really cool stuff. Some really cool stuff.Tags
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[I wrote “Has Kelsier ever physically been on Sel?” in my book, to which he wrote:Brandon Sanderson
RAFO!Tags
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