Sanderson has been vocal about his prolific writing, often discussing the many novels he wrote before being published. The one story that he couldn’t seem to get out of his system formed his very first (still unpublished) novel. After finding ...
Read More »The Bands of Mourning: If ever someone should have taken a hint, it was you
As we come to the end of another fantasy series from bestseller Brandon Sanderson, I wouldn’t blame you if you were wondering how he manages to keep up such a grueling publishing schedule. Along with his Mistborn novels, the finale ...
Read More »Consistency is king: Magic and powers in fantasy stories
Fans of SFF works have a bad reputation for being nit-picky, especially when it comes to the details of world-building. Strong world-building, however, is a big part of why readers are drawn to science fiction and fantasy. If we were ...
Read More »Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson: Stop talking to your hat and get over here.
Sanderson is currently the poster child for popular fantasy writing. And there’s a blood good reason for that – he’s great. It was the original Mistborn series that first made me fall for Sanderson’s storytelling and since then The Stormlight ...
Read More »Brandon Sanderson’s Steelheart to be adapted for the screen
Dystopian YA adaptations have been breeding like bunnies at the Box Office. The success of The Hunger Games made other studios desperately try to find their own teenage audience golden ticket. Fox, having had only middling success with The Maze ...
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