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COP25 is over. Now what?
by Mike Gerbis, CEO of The Delphi Group and GLOBE Series
This week's New York Times headline about COP25 says it all: "U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a 'Lost' Opportunity."
While negotiators worked into the wee hours of the final weekend at COP, they made no significant progress on ratcheting up ambition on mitigation, adaptation and finance to tackle the climate crisis.
Pretty sobering given the United Nations' annual Emissions Gap Report says that global temperatures are on pace to rise by as much as 3.9 degrees Celsius by 2100. In fact, even if all the countries that signed the 2015 Paris Agreement cut emissions according to the agreed goals, global temperatures would still rise 3.2 degrees Celsius.
That kind of warming means that storms and heat waves will become more severe. It puts coastal cities at risk of drowning. It will make people sicker, will lead to more extinctions, and create global security threats. And then there's the economy: a four-degree increase would result in global GDP declining by more than 30% from 2010 levels, and $43 trillion could be wiped from the stock market – i.e., people's pensions. And what's worse, knowing the science, these are probably optimistic projections.
We know we have a climate emergency. So, is it incredibly disappointing that countries from around the world didn't do more at COP25? Absolutely. Do our children and will future generations expect more and hold us to account? One hundred per cent. Young people, who have found a compelling voice in Time magazine's person of the year, Greta Thunberg, aren't hiding their anger at political leadership and their half-hearted will to act. A common refrain: "You have been negotiating my entire life." And what upsets me even more is when my youngest son tells me, "my school friends aren't coming out to the climate march this time, Dad…they think it's a waste of time because no one is listening…"
For me (and my son), giving up is not an option. Failure is not an option.
I like to look for reasons to hope, such as the diverse community that gathers around the COP negotiations each year. It includes states, provinces, cities, companies, Indigenous peoples, youth, NGOs and academics who support and are prepared to lead on climate action. Their events, statements and protests point to a truly global coalition that is determined to limit warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius.
Then there's the unprecedented public mobilization of the last 12 months, thanks in no small part to Greta and youth around the world. David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth and GLOBE 2020 speaker, says that the climate protest movements represent "a sea change in public concern."
But that is no reason to be complacent. Wallace-Wells lays down the gauntlet in his book: "No matter how hot it gets, no matter how fully climate change transforms the planet and the way we live on it, it will always be the case that the next decade could contain more warming, and more suffering, or less warming, and less suffering. Just how much is up to us, and always will be."
If the threats of climate change are not motivating enough to act swiftly, consider the opportunities of capitalizing on a low carbon economy. Recent research from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate showed that bold climate action could deliver at least $26 trillion in economic benefits and more than 65 million jobs worldwide by 2030. The cleantech industry alone is expected to continue to grow to $2.5 trillion globally by 2022.
We need to do more and we need to do it now
We can't wait until COP26 to push for more ambition. We need to go further and faster than ever before, and the only way we can do that is to do it together. We need record levels of collaboration to address the biggest and most complex challenge of our time. We can't stay in our silos—we need to work across them to accelerate climate action in areas like energy, transportation, cities, food and land use, water and industry.
GLOBE 2020 exists for this very reason: to bring people together to find solutions, to make connections they won't make anywhere else, and to inspire and push each other to make progress. When you bring together diverse voices and perspectives, you see exciting momentum and out-of-the-box thinking that can help create solutions and meaningful change.
I have worked on sustainability and climate change for 25 years, and during that time have had the privilege of working with corporate and government leaders…I know we have the ideas, ingenuity, innovation and the WILL to create a low-carbon economy. It's not easy, but we have everything we need to make it happen. I can't wait to see many of North America's sustainability and climate leaders at GLOBE 2020 so that we can do what global leaders have not yet done: turn talk into action.
Mike Gerbis is CEO of both The Delphi Group and GLOBE Series. For more information about any of Delphi's service areas (Green Economy, Corporate Sustainability, Climate Change, or Cleantech and Innovation), or how you can participate in GLOBE 2020 feel free to reach out to Mike directly at mgerbis@delphi.ca.
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EDISON PARADE: Fireworks bring the boom to Fort Myers!
Edison Parade: Horses, bands and a TV celebrityEdison Festival of Light: The 80th annual Grand Parade featured marching bands, motorcycles and reality TV celebrity Mandy Harvey.
EDISON PARADE: From our reporters' notebooksOne of the biggest events of the year in Fort Myers had people of all ages buzzing on Saturday.
EDISON PARADE 5K: Naples man finishes firstFort Myers High runners honor teammate Eric Babatz who was killed in a January car accident.
Guns n Hoses Pipes n Drums keep busyEdison Parade is one of 50-60 events they take part in free of charge.
Kayla, mom feel as one when running Edison 5KKayla Hilliard is affected by cerebral palsy so mom Charyse Smith wheels around course.
Liberty and justice for all is the American way: your sayAs an American, the label I feel most comfortable with is "Independent"
The Edison Festival of Light Parade in 3 minutesA quick look at the Grand Parade that wound through downtown Fort Myers that was part of the Edison Festival of Light celebration.
Relive the Edison Festival of Light Grand ParadeThe Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade drew thousands to downtown Fort Myers on Saturday. Relive the parade in videos and photos.
Stafford crosses line first at Edison Festival of Light 5KFort Myers alum Ryan Stafford crosses the finish line first with a time of 16:22 to kick off the evening of events at the Edison Festival of Light.
Edison Parade draws thousands to downtown Fort MyersFestival-goers hauled lawn chairs and blankets with children and dogs in tow starting around 5 p.m.
Video: Dazzling fireworks display closes Edison paradeThe 81st annual Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade concluded with a dazzling fireworks show.
Video: A street view of the Edison 5K raceNearly 700 runners participated in the Edison 5K run prior to the start of the parade on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.
Watch: Nearly 700 runners compete in Edison 5K26-year old Fort Myers graduate Ryan Stafford crosses the line first with a time of 16:22.
Watch: Lehigh marching band preps for the Edison ParadeThe Lehigh Senior High School marching band prepares for the Edison Festival of Light Parade on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.
Watch: The Mutt Strut float gets ready for the Edison ParadeThese mutts prepare to strut their stuff for the 2019 Edison Parade.
Edison Grand Parade road closures and reroutesMost roads in and around downtown Fort Myers will close starting in the early morning hours Saturday.
Photos: Edison Festival of Light Junior ParadeScenes from the Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade on Sunday in downtown Fort Myers. More than 70 groups participated in the annual event.
Photos: Edison Festival of Light Junior Fun RunMore than 300 kids raced in the Edison Festival of Light Junior Fun Run races on Sunday in downtown Fort Myers.
'Funtastic' at Edison Festival Junior ParadeScenes from the Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade on Sunday in downtown Fort Myers. More than 70 groups participated in the annual event.
30 seconds of fun chaos at Edison Junior RunMore than 300 kids raced in the Edison Festival of Light Junior Fun Run races on Sunday in downtown Fort Myers.
What Fort Myers streets are closed today for Junior ParadeA number of downtown Fort Myers streets will be shut down today for the Edison Festival Junior Fun Run and Children's Parade starting at 11 a.m.
Edison Junior Parade carries on Sunday in Fort MyersThe Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade returns Sunday with more floats, marching bands and waving kids. Plus new parade chairwoman Cindy Sherkus.
Edison Junior Parade volunteersA look at the volunteers who helped put on the 2018 Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade.
ArtFest Fort Myers artfully conducts event despite huge building projectArtFest Fort Myers kicked off a busy February for the downtown area with the Edison Festival of Light, Junior Festival and two parades planned.
Pageant of Light ball moves to Cape CoralFor 80 years, the annual Edison Pageant of Light coronation ball has been held in Fort Myers. On Saturday night, it moves to Cape Coral.
Video: New Edison Festival of Light Parade routeEdison Festival of Light Parade route changed, early marked off spots affected.
EDISON PARADE: Our very best photos from the 80th Festival of Light!
EDISON PARADE: Our very best photos from the 80th Festival of Light!EDISON PARADE: Our very best photos from the 80th Festival of Light!
2018 Edison Parade: All the sights and soundsIn case you weren't there to celebrate or just want to relieve the festivities, here's a visual recap of the 2018 Edison Festival of Light.
Fort Myers High runners honor former teammateErik Babatz was a captain, mentor to other cross country runners.
Edison Festival of Light : FireworksA quick look at the fireworks show at the end of the parade. Because of rain, the fireworks were moved to the end of the parade.
Go! Edison Festival's Junior Fun Run in Fort Myers.
Go! Edison Festival's Junior Fun Run in Fort Myers.Go! Edison Festival's Junior Fun Run in Fort Myers.
Some streets to close Sunday for paradeThe road closures will begin at noon on Sunday for the Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade.
Flanders to quit council for Edison estates jobFlanders is delaying his council departure until mid-May, to avoid the expense of a special election, for his successor.
No couch potato: 90-year-old runner has natural affinity for Blue Zones principlesA few months ago, Doreen Johnstone hired a personal trainer.
Winner: Favorite float at the 2017 Edison Grand ParadeAfter five days of online voting and 13,655 votes, the battle for favorite float at the 2017 Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade came down to a two-horse race: Evangelical Christian School vs. Sharks Lacrosse.
Local runner wins Edison 5K by a secondCharles Mathenge, who moved to Fort Myers a week ago, made a strong kick to win in 14 minutes, 47 seconds.
Edison 5K comes down to the wireCharles Mathenge, who just moved to Fort Myers a week ago, ran a time of 14 minutes, 47 seconds to edge Orlando's Raymond McCormack by a second to win the Edison Festival of Light 5K on Saturday.
Vote: Which Edison Grand Parade float was your favorite?
Vote: Which Edison Grand Parade float was your favorite?Everybody loves a parade, right? Nobody, however, loves the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade more than those dedicated souls who dress up and decorate a float for our enjoyment. You are all winners.
Edison stories: Best buddies, horse and donkey, march together in paradeSweetpea and Razzle Dazzle always march together in parades, just like they did Saturday night in the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade.
Video: Edison Festival of Light Grand ParadeThe parade featured about 150 units, including 35 floats and 18 marching bands.
Sights & sounds from the Edison Festival of LightCatch the sights and sounds from the Edison Festival of Light on Saturday, Feb. 19 with videos and hundreds of photos.
Edison Parade of Light: the parade in just over 3 minutesDid we catch you at the parade? In the parade? Enjoy a quick look at the Edison Parade of Light.
Edison 5K: Ready to runJim Stewart and Anytime Fitness members are set to take part in the Edison Festival of Lights 5K on Saturday.
Edison Festival of Light: Along the parade routeHere's a closer look at the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade from the route along the streets of Fort Myers.
Watch the full 2017 Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade- 1 of 2Watch the 2017 Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade in its entirety.
Your stories from the 2017 Edison Festival of LightCaptain America and Batgirl were in a hurry.
Edison stories: Edison parade, a family traditionIt's tradition for Eugene Leath's family to go to the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade.
Edison stories: Captain America and Batgirl prepare for 5KCaptain America and Batgirl were in a hurry.
Edison parade: What you need to knowThe Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade returns Saturday to downtown Fort Myers. Here's what you need to know.
Edison 5K runners leave pace car in dustWith police on motorcycles not going fast enough, it jams up pace car and runners just pass on by.
Edison 5K: Superhero Speedsters stop to cheer other runnersSpeedsters running club stopped before the end of the Edison 5K to cheer on other runners.
Edison parade: Sweetpea and Razzle Dazzle march togetherSweetpea and Razzle Dazzle, a donkey and miniature horse that are best buddies, marched again Saturday in the Edison Fest Grand Parade.
9 local places with Edison in their nameFort Myers is named after Col. Abraham Myers, but that's hard to tell driving through town. The name 'Edison' is splattered everywhere.


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Television // MAY 20, 2013
New Animated Series Star Wars Rebels Coming Fall 2014
Production has begun on Star Wars Rebels, an exciting, all-new animated television series based on one of the greatest entertainment franchises of all time. Scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 as a one-hour special telecast on Disney Channel, it will be followed by a series on Disney XD channels around the world.
Leading the development of the series is a creative team of exceptional talent. Screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) is an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels and will write the premiere episode. He is joined by Dave Filoni as executive producer, who served as supervising director of the Emmy nominated Star Wars: The Clone Wars since 2008. Executive producer Greg Weisman brings with him a wealth of animation experience with credits such as Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles.
Gary Marsh, president and chief creative officer, Disney Channels Worldwide, said, "The entire team at Lucasfilm has provided extraordinary creativity and innovation for over three decades, and we're thrilled to be bringing the expansive and imaginative world of Star Wars to Disney XD's viewers."
"I couldn't be more excited to explore new corners of the Star Wars universe," said Kathleen Kennedy, president, Lucasfilm. "I think Star Wars Rebels will capture the look, feel and fun that both kids and their parents love about Star Wars."
The action-filled series is set between the events of Episode III and IV — an era spanning almost two decades never-before explored on-screen. Star Wars Rebels takes place in a time where the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape. Details about the show are a closely guarded secret at this point.
Star Wars Rebels will be produced by Lucasfilm Animation, featuring many of the key talents that made Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Fans attending Star Wars Celebration Europe will be the first to get an exclusive look at the new series. Casting will be announced at a later date. More information about this developing project will be found on StarWars.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/starwarsrebels.
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Why agencies lose out on international talent
by Sasha Martens May 03, 2016
Overseas creative candidates are often overlooked for all the wrong reasons, writes executive recruiter and president of Sasha the Mensch
International advertising industry professionals are great candidates for O-1B visas. Unfortunately, the artificial urgency that dominates agency hiring practices in the U.S., and the pervasive, mistaken belief that getting a visa for a new employee is necessarily a drawn-out legal process, have led many firms to forego qualified candidates. In a sense, they're losing out on top talent through lack of initiative.
Ten years ago, ad professionals who chose to abandon agency life to work for a client had to deal with their peers', and the industry's, negative reactions; it was considered a move for those who wanted the easy life. That's no longer the case, and many major brands today — most notably, big-name technology companies — are actively recruiting top tier talent away from ad agencies.
With such tough competition to attract and retain the best creatives, agencies' lack of investment in chasing international talent is disappointing. As members of an industry that makes widespread use of awards, foreign ad creatives are uniquely well-suited applicants for the O-1B visa, which is available to "individuals of extraordinary ability." Those without awards who have solid work experience can still qualify for an O-1B visa if they have previously worked on distinguished campaigns or have worked for reputable agencies or companies.
So why aren't more ad agencies aggressively pursuing these international candidates?
One major reason is that American agencies have fallen into the trap of obsessing over how quickly they can get a candidate in the office. "We need the person here in three weeks," is a line I've heard countless times, only to see those three weeks go by without any progress in recruiting a candidate who meets the agency's needs.
The argument that "it takes too long" to bring a qualified foreign candidate on board is a red herring: the reality is, if the ultimate goal is to recruit the best talent, whether a person can start now, in three weeks or two months should make no difference. In fact, outside the U.S. hiring frequently does take a couple of months, as people have explicit notice periods stipulated in their employment contracts. This has not led, however, to the downfall of major French or British ad agencies.
Another reason American agencies have been reluctant to make use of O-1B visas is that they're discouraged from doing so by in-house lawyers who make the process appear more complex and expensive than it really is; independent immigration attorneys often charge far less for the same services.
All of this is not to suggest that hiring international talent is easy. Agencies are right to consider a foreign candidate's likely performance and cultural fit in a new setting, and getting a visa for someone does take time. But whether they're local or foreign, outstanding candidates are worth a little extra effort at the recruiting stage; I'd like to see more U.S. agencies recognizing this and acting on it.
Whether an agency is in New York, Detroit or Dallas, if it's struggling to attract high-caliber talent or not finding it locally, then pursuing qualified international candidates is a valid option in today's competitive market. The visa process shouldn't scare firms away from hiring good people.
Sasha Martens is a recruiter and president of Sasha the Mensch.
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Neiman Marcus Joins Target For Holiday Shopping Sales Bonanza
Jun. 15 2013, Updated 9:59 p.m. ET
Neiman Marcus is known for its high-priced designer goods and Target is known for carrying lower-end and lower-priced lines from many of those same designers, now the two company's are partnering for a holiday sales bonanza.
Both Target and Neiman Marcus will sell the same 50-plus limited-edition items from big-time designers including Marc Jacobs and Diane von Furstenberg among others.
Items will included jewelry, clothing and even stationary that ranges in price from $7.99 all the way to $499.99. The average price per item will be just $60.
For Target the move makes sense, the company has long attempted to be the "cheap-chic" retailer of the 21st century. Target has made waves while offering designer items at rock bottom prices, often with sold out results that have angered desperate shoppers who have waited in line for hours.
As the Wall Street Journal notes, Target wouldn't have likely been able to reel in 24 designers on its own but the Neiman name made the participation a no-brainer for many top designers.
For Neiman Marcus the store is hoping it can bring in customers that usually avoid its steep pricing. Many customers in my area refer to the company as "Needlessly Marked Up" because of its high-end goods.
The new design collection will launch on Dec. 1 and run for three weeks.
Who do you think is getting the better end of the deal, Target which relies on cheap high-end items or Neiman Marcus as it tries to bring in new customers to its overpriced retail locations?
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Another example of crappy Ketchikan boats right here. This is a Canadian transplant and boy is she ugly. Sadly, it doesn't really make up for it with capacity either. Basically another soon to be junk heap in Alaska. The times are a changin and the boats are getting uglier by the year.


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A: You have to put the character values in single quotes:
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Stop using deprecated mysql_* API. Use mysqli_* or PDO with prepared Statements.
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It's about a month and a half before the Syrup paperback (with that controversial cover) hits the shelves in the US, and it's just gone back for a second printing! This is pretty exciting, since I've never been reprinted before.
The smaller, cuter, Aussie paperback comes out in a couple of weeks time, and I'll be doing a reading at Readings Books in Melbourne on 29th June.


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back to the sword and sorcery genre: Dungeons & Dragons for many years and more recently Pathfinder.
His beginning steps in designing games for a wider audience than the friends in his gaming group came at the end of 2011, when he decided to throw his hat in the ring for Paizo's RPG Superstar 2012 contest. His haunting glass was a popular choice among the judges and his second-round entry, the Unfettered, garnered popular acclaim during public voting. (His Round 3 monster won't be mentioned here, as he's still trying to live it down.) He's incredibly excited to have his first module, Ironwall Gap Must Hold, published with Adventureaweek.com.


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'Sit Down With Steve' on Space Coast Daily TV: Sydney Aitcheson Awarded the Congressional Medal of Merit
THE SPACE COAST DAILY – FRIDAY NIGHT LOCKER ROOM TEAM IS BREVARD'S #1 SPORTS SOURCE
SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Titusville High School graduate Sydney Aitcheson talks with Steve Wilson in this latest edition of "Sit Down with Steve." Aitcheson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Merit by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey and will be attending Florida A&M in the fall. She will also be working with the Friday Night Locker Room this summer.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Titusville High School graduate, Sydney Aitcheson talks with Steve Wilson of the Friday Night locker Room in the latest edition of "Sit Down with Steve."
She will be attending Florida A&M University in the fall and her ultimate goal is to work in sports management.
Aitcheson has been impressive throughout her academic career, serving as class president at both Jackson Middle School and Titusville High School.
To cap off her high school academic career, she was awarded the Congressional Medal of Merit by U.S. Congressman Bill Posey.
Aitcheson will be working this summer with the Friday Night Locker Room (FNLR) broadcasting crew in various capacities.
FNLR President Steve Wilson said that he is elated to have someone with the "talent and capabilities as Sydney to be a part of our program."
"She will definitely be a welcome addition," said Wilson.
Titusville High School graduate, Sydney Aitcheson talks with Steve Wilson in the latest edition of "Sit Down with Steve."


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Orem signing 2014 ( Dec. 6, 2014 )
#1 Dec. 6, 2014 Share Copy
Scriptorian (paraphrased)
Will we ever read from a spren's viewpoint?
Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)
It is likely you someday will.
A book where the flashbacks are spren?
Probably not. Or it's not planned right now.
#spren #stormlight archive
Sources: Scriptorian's report, zas678's report - 17th Shard
General Reddit 2017 ( Sept. 25, 2017 )
#2 Sept. 25, 2017 Share Copy
kakarotoks
I've searched this subreddit for someone mentioning Jane Elliot before, but nobody has, so I decided to share this.
I was explaining The Stormlight Archive to a friend yesterday when he told me that BS must have been influenced by Jane Elliot, so I researched her and found the wikipedia article about her.
This woman was a school teacher who decided to teach her class about racism the day after Martin Luther King's death by segregating the class between light eyed and dark eyed children. It's a very interesting exercise and I love how the darkeyed vs. lighteyed issue was actually experienced for real on this earth, not just in the SA books. You can read more about the experiment on the wikipedia page or in this article.
The coolest part of this is that the 3rd time Jane Elliot did that experiment, she filmed it and it was made into a documentary in 1970 with the title : The Eye of the Storm
I think it's a pretty cool coincidence (probably influence rather than coincidence) and I thought I'd share!
The study sounds familiar to me, so I'm sure I've read it before--but I can't remember if it was like this (in reference to the SA, which I'd already started working on) or if I read about it before, and it lodged in my brain as something to try some day.
#influences #stormlight archive
Sources: Reddit
Barnes and Noble Book Club Q&A ( July 8, 2009 )
#3 July 8, 2009 Share Copy
Will The Way of Kings series be based on one of the worlds and magic systems you have already created or are you inventing a totally new one for this series?
It will be new. There are going to be a lot of different types of magic in the world (I see there's a question below asking about that, so I'll answer more there.) But there will be two main magic systems for the first book. The first will deal with the manipulation of fundamental forces. (Gravity, Strong/weak atomic forces, Electromagnetic force, that sort of thing.) The second will be a transformation based magic system, whereby people can transform objects into one of the world's ten elements.
#soulcasting #stormlight archive #surgebinding
Sources: Wayback Machine
General Reddit 2020 ( July 2, 2020 )
entreri22
Is it bad that I don't want to start reading stormlight until after you've finished it all. I hover over the buy button all the time, but can never bring myself to do it. Do you ever have the same problem reading a new series?
Yeah, I do--and I understand how you feel. As someone who spent years always waiting on the next book of the Wheel of Time, I certainly can't complain if you decide to wait.
My goal is for book five to come to a kind of "mid-series climax" wrapping up several of the main plot arcs, so you could read there. But there WILL be things after that book, still dangling, that I won't get to until the back five books. So I could see someone wanting to wait until they're all done.
Until then, there are plenty of finished series worth a read. Malazan book of the Fallen is done, for example, and is really well done.
For the back 5, is it gonna be the same structure as the originals? Example being, interludes, 3 primary POVs, Keteks, etc.
Mostly the same. Prologues should all be on the same day, but a different day from the first five. Will included flashbacks, in the same style, but will probably have more than three primary POVs. Not sure on Keteks yet.
#stormlight archive #stormlight archive arc 2
#NookTalks Twitter Q&A with Barnes & Noble ( Feb. 16, 2016 )
#5 Feb. 16, 2016 Share Copy
Will all 10 Stormlight books be relatively close time wise, or separate centuries like Mistborn?
They will be relatively close, time wise. Across twenty years or so, rather than hundreds.
#chronology #stormlight archive
Sources: Twitter
/r/Fantasy_Bookclub Alloy of Law Q&A ( Jan. 17, 2012 )
#6 Jan. 17, 2012 Share Copy
zas678
How long before [The Way of Kings] is Alloy of Law? I heard somewhere that it's a hundred years, but I don't think that's right.
I intended them to be happening roughly close to one another, with [The Way of Kings] slightly before.
Footnote: Brandon has since revised the timeline, Mistborn Era 2 now takes place after Stormlight 5.
#chronology #mistborn era 2 #stormlight archive
DragonCon 2016 ( Sept. 3, 2016 )
#7 Sept. 3, 2016 Share Copy
Questioner
Stormlight feels very different to me on so many levels. You've got the interludes where we get to get a lot of worldbuilding, we get to see more of the planet than just one place. But there is also this sense that a lot of your books we're experiencing the aftermath of something. And in Stormlight that something is coming. How is this affecting the way that you are building your world for us?
So, this one's going get you a story, okay? So here's the story... So, alright, darkest time in my writing career, okay? Was when I was writing books 11 and 12 unpublished. I was getting rejection letters, and they were rejection letters for things like Elantris and Dragonsteel, which I was really confident in. Elantris, Dragonsteel, and White Sand were the good books during the era of unpublished Brandon.
White Sand by the way, is out as a graphic novel now. You can also read the prose version by emailing me through my website form, we just send it out for free, so you can compare it to the graphic novel. And by the way, Dragonsteel, you're like "Oh, Hoid's origin story", we'll do that eventually. The Shattered Plains started in Dragonsteel, and I pulled them out, and I pulled Dalinar out, and a bunch of stuff, when I built Stormlight. And so it's really a schizophrenic book now-- Schizeophrenic is the wrong term, but half of it was what became Stormlight, and half of it is Hoid's origin story. So, the half that is Hoid's origin story will eventually get a book.
Anyway, darkest point-- I'm not selling anything, everybody is telling me like "Your books are too long". This is the number one thing I'm getting from rejections, "Your books are too long, and your books are not market friendly, in that the worlds are too weird". I'm getting this-- You gotta remember this is-- I love George but this is right after George got huge, and George introduced gritty, low magic, earth-like fantasy as kind of "the thing" that was big. And his books were large too, I don't know why people kept telling me mine were too big, but they wanted gritty and they wanted low magic and they wanted earth-like. So I was getting rejection after rejection on these things. What people were buying were things like Joe Abercrombie's stuff, which is great, Joe's a great writer. But you know, short things that gave people a similar feel to George RR Martin, but you know, but were low magic, kind of earth-like medieval societies. Basically shorter versions of George is basically what they wanted. So I actually would go to cons and they would be like "Have you read the beginning of Game of Thrones? Write something like that" and so finally against better advice, I sat down and said "alright I'll try something like that". And you guys do not want to read Brandon Sanderson trying to be George RR Martin. *laughter* It was embarrassing, and so I wrote these books, each something different.
And I like trying to do something different, I'm not sad I tried to do something different, but at the end I was like "I can't do this, these books are crap". The worst books I wrote were the two that were like books 11 and 12. Like I shouldn't be getting worse as a writer, the more books I write. And so I was in a funk and I finally just said, "You know what? Screw it, I'm gonna write the biggest, baddest, most awesome book that I can!" They say they're too [long], this is gonna be twice as long! They say that worlds are too weird, I'm gonna do the weirdest world that I've always wanted to do. I'm gonna write the type of fantasy book that nobody's writing that I wish they would write. And I'm gonna break all these rules that say 'Oh don't do flashbacks'. Screw you, I'm gonna put flashbacks in every book! They say 'Don't do prologues', screw you, I'm doing three prologues!" *laughter* It really does, because Way of Kings starts with the Heralds. Prologue. Then it goes to Szeth. Prologue. And then it goes to the viewpoint of the guy in Kaladin's squad. Also a prologue. And then it jumps like eight months and then we start the story. I did all the stuff they told me not to do because I just wanted to make the biggest, most coolest and baddest epic I could-- bad in a good term.
And I finished this book, which was basically flipping the bird to the entire publishing industry, right? And that-- Within a month of finishing that is when Moshe, who I told you is bipolar, got manic and read through his backlist of books that people had sent him, including one I'd sent him two years earlier, which was Elantris. He'd never looked at it, he read it in a night, he called me manic, and said "I wanna buy your book!". And actually what happened is, he called me and I'd moved since then, and gotten a new phone number. We used to have landlines back then, I know. I had a cellphone by the time he called me but before I had my landline number on it, and I'd actually--this is gonna date me--my first email address was AOL. I was like "Free email." And then I realized AOL-- I wont speak ill of-- Yes I will. AOL sucked. *laughter* And so I'm like "Well I need to get my own email address", so I went and got one, but that meant the email had changed. And I sent to anyone who actively had one of my books on submission like "This is my new contact info", but he'd had it for two years. I figured I was never seeing it-- If you were on the last panel, I mentioned that I sent things into Tor and they vanished, and I never got rejections-- I never got rejected from Tor, I sent them four books, they're still just sitting there somewhere I'm sure. But, so I finished this big beast of a book, right, and then I sell Elantris, and I'm like "Great, now I don't know what to do". So my editor is like "Oh what are you working on now, I want to see that too", so I sent him Way of Kings, and I still remember when he called me, he was like "Uhh... Well this isn't the sort of thing that new authors usually publish. Can we split it?" and I said "No, you split the book and it's a really bad book, 'cause you have all the buildup but none of the payoff". And he's like "Ughhh", and I said "That's alright, I've got this idea for Mistborn", I pitched him Mistborn. "I'll do Way of Kings later", there were some things I wanted to fix about it, it actually needed something, and I didn't know what that something was yet, and I didn't learn it until working on The Wheel of Time, but that's a different story.
But you're asking why is Stormlight so different. Well Stormlight is a series like of my heart. This is the book that I wrote when nothing else mattered, and I thought I might never get published and I just wanted to do what I felt that the genre needed that nobody was doing, right? And so I felt like fantasy needed to be pushed a little further in its worldbuilding, and so I did that. I felt like-- There just a lot going on. The interludes were kind of my solution to the problem Robert Jordan and George RR Martin were having, which, they're fantastic writers, I was able to learn from them. And Robert Jordan, I think one of the problems he had was that he fell in love with the side characters, and then these side characters took over the story to an extent that then it was hard to manage. I'm not bashing on Robert Jordan, he talked about this, he talked about book 10 and how being a parallel novel was a mistake. I could learn from his mistakes, it doesn't make me a better writer, what it means is I can learn from what they did. And I said "Okay, I'm going to put pressure valves in my book, I'm gonna put a short story collection in each novel where I get to write about side characters, and those who wan to skip them can skip them, and those who don't can read them", and I'll just make sure that I contain them in these short stories, these interludes, and that lets me do what I want but also lets the book keep its focus. So I'm doing a lot of things with these books that were like my love letter to the epic fantasy genre, and so I'm enthusiastic that you actually all like it and are willing to read them. *applause*
#stormlight archive
Kraków signing ( March 21, 2017 )
#8 March 21, 2017 Share Copy
Does titles of the five books from the first arc create a ketek?
No. I actually considered it but it's just too confusing so I actually tossed that out before I even started the first book. But I did consider it. It just was too confusing.
Firefight Atlanta signing ( Jan. 24, 2015 )
What's the hardest power you've created to find a balance for?
Hardest power to create a balance for? I'd say first is Wheel of Time, but I didn't create that... Hardest to balance… They've all been fairly easy so far. My guess is that it will end up being Stormlight just because I am doing so many books in that world, and I'm not resetting characters as much as I am in Mistborn, that I'm going to have to be careful about power creep... That's an excellent question.
#mistborn series #stormlight archive #wheel of time
Shadows of Self Lansing signing ( Oct. 13, 2015 )
#10 Oct. 13, 2015 Share Copy
When Kaladin; when he turn's a lighteyes, how come they turn blue instead of tan or something? Is there a reason for that?
His eyes turn to the color of his order.
Footnote: The Windrunners, who are blue/sapphire.
#knights radiant #stormlight archive
Starsight Release Party ( Nov. 26, 2019 )
#11 Nov. 26, 2019 Share Copy
Will we see more of Rysn in the Stormlight Archive books?
Yeah. I plan to... She never becomes a main character. I plan to have an interlude with Rysn every time.
She won't be out of the interludes?
No, she won't be, but I might write a novella with her. Like I did with Lift.
#rysn #stormlight archive
General Reddit 2021 ( Aug. 24, 2021 )
#12 Aug. 24, 2021 Share Copy
Oyeresu
The first thing in Stormlight that really blew me away was the blandness of the soul cast food.
Was the blandness due to the relationship in our world between the food source and its microbiome? If you stripped all bacteria from chicken and beef you'd have a hard time telling them apart from taste alone, so it would make sense that a soulcaster turning stone to meat would just be making cells of the grain or meat and skipping the bacteria that give it flavor.
If that's why, Would a really microbiologist/food scientist soulcaster be able to mix in the bacteria to make tastier simulcast food?
This is indeed part of the reason! There are others, though. Soulcast flesh, for example, doesn't actually have much fat--it's pure muscle, as fat/oil is a different essence. Another factor, I figured, would be water content. I decided that simulcast grain would taste stale for this reason.
These are both things you can compensate for as a skilled soulcaster, but the devices (rather than the radiants) aren't equipped to do this.
#food #soulcasting
FanX 2021 ( Sept. 17, 2021 )
#13 Sept. 17, 2021 Share Copy
Will Warbreaker have any more effect on the Stormlight Archive series?
I mean, Vasher and Vivenna are around, and Nightblood is around, so I would say yes, would be the answer.
#stormlight archive #warbreaker
General Twitter 2013 ( Sept. 11, 2013 )
j_papshmere16
How long did it take you to develop the idea / world of The Stormlight Archive?
I wrote down the first ideas 1993. Kept working on the world through college. First draft done 2002.
#roshar #stormlight archive
Sources: Twitter, Twitter
Words of Radiance Dayton signing ( March 19, 2014 )
#15 March 19, 2014 Share Copy
Each of the ten books will be named after in-world books. Because of this, "Stormlight Archive" is a play on words.
Sources: darkanimereal1's first report - 17th Shard
Skyward Pre-Release AMA ( Oct. 31, 2018 )
XavierRDE
How much work, time, care and difficulty goes into constructing each book's ketek in the Stormlight Archive and sticking every phrase into the different parts of the book?
More than I expected, that's for sure. Not being a poet, it takes a lot of work for me to get something that I feel isn't embarrassing for the keteks.
#stormlight archive #writing
Firefight Chicago signing ( Feb. 20, 2015 )
#17 Feb. 20, 2015 Share Copy
So the first one is Kaladin's backstory, the second is Shallan's backstory, who's next?
I actually haven't been able to decide yet. It's going to be one of the five for the first five books are Kaladin and Shallan and then Dalinar, Szeth, and Eshonai and I can't decide which one matches the next book best. And I'm going to have to write it...
What's the current list for the back five?
Current list for the back five... Jasnah, Lift, Ash, Renarin, and Taln.
Footnote: Brandon eventually decided to go with Dalinar for Stormlight 3.
Askhundel
Will the Stormlight Leatherbounds look like the Mistborn ones, or something totally different ?
They'll be split into two volumes each, so they'll be different in that regard. There's a chance they'll come in slipcases, but we'll see if there are any other differences. We're still a few years off of the first one of those.
#leatherbound editions #stormlight archive
Skyward Atlanta signing ( Nov. 17, 2018 )
With the ten Silver Kingdoms, what were actually their roles and what kingdoms did they correspond to? Can you say that, or-?
Well, what do you mean by correspond?
Did the ten Silver Kingdoms each have a job like Alethela was the kingdom of War?
They would all consider themselves specialized but it wasn't official like that. It was more like their own philosophy and how they view themselves. And I wouldn't align them straight up with orders of Knights Radiant or anything like that.
I wasn't saying that, I was saying, maybe different job or it was like--
They all did kind of have different roles but its not like they had any-- you know, Thaylenah is your navy, right? Its not necessarily that it's-- if that makes sense, but Alethela has like the view of itself, it had a very distinctive view of itself.
Okay, so it wasn't like each one actually had a different role?
No, they were not quite, quite, organized enough for that.
#roshar
/r/fantasy AMA 2017 ( Feb. 10, 2017 )
mmSNAKE
There isn't anything story specific I'd want to ask, I wish to discover by reading. I was wondering if Stormlight Archive books are going to get a special edition limited prints from Subterranean Press, like some of your other work?
Our plan is to do tenth anniversary books of all of the cosmere novels, though right now I plan to put the four Wax and Wayne books into two volumes. (So, sell them as two-in-one.) Likewise, it's possible that the Stormlight books will be better as two volumes each, sold in a slip case together, so that you don't risk ruining bindings by reading them.
#leatherbound editions #mistborn era 2 #stormlight archive
Skyward San Francisco signing ( Nov. 8, 2018 )
#21 Nov. 8, 2018 Share Copy
As I read about the Parshendi, can't help but think of indigenous peoples. How do you deal with that and respecting the whole experience of colonization?
I think one of the things I have to do is embrace it. Like, if I just ignore it, it's worse, and so that's why I've tried to dig into and kind of acknowledge the issues. I mean, it is a minefield, right? I'm wandering into a minefield by writing a story that is basically based off of--
American colonization?
Yes. But at the same time, ignoring it wouldn't work. And the thing about it is, most cultures in our world, this is a question they had to deal with. Whose land is it? I mean, we're still fighting this war--we, I say, we aren't--but war is still being fought in the Middle East over whose land is it, and it's both of theirs, right, depending on how far you go back. And things like that, and so I think ignoring it is the wrong thing to do. But I also think there's a danger in trying to present an answer that is too easy, and so that's the line I have to walk. Embrace it, talk about it, not present an answer that is too easy, present multiple sides on it. It's kind of like the same way like the people in Roshar are both incredibly racist and incredibly sexist, right? Writing people who are racist and sexist without the narrative itself bolstering those sorts of those things is really hard. But, you know, we sign up to do hard things, and if I fall on my face, the best thing I can do is just acknowledge that I've fallen on my face, as I have done in the past.
Shadows of Self release party ( Oct. 5, 2015 )
#22 Oct. 5, 2015 Share Copy
Do you already know how The Stormlight Archive is going to end?
Do I know how The Stormlight Archive is going to end. Yes I do! *crowd cheers* I'm an outliner, so I have lots of plans. I have not yet written the last scene. I wrote the last scene of Book 5 just so I had it in hand, 'cause there's two five book arcs. But I've known for many years and what's going to happen is hidden in the books already. So! *crowd woos* When it happens you'll be able to go "OH!!" When it happens in twenty years-- *laughter*
Oathbringer Portland signing ( Nov. 16, 2017 )
Questioner 1
The drawers with the infused gemstones. Is that the Stormlight Archive?
No. That is not the Stormlight Archive.
Is there a Stormlight Archive?
Yes. But... it means the books. The archive of books that are all named after in-world books. The Archive is a pun on archived collection of books.
Stormlight Three Update #1 ( Sept. 14, 2015 )
SageOfTheWise
Aww, was really hoping to get a Rysn book. Hopefully we still get a lot more of her anyway.
She can team up with Adolin and make their own club for people too cool for books.
Rysn will appear again. Not getting a book does not mean someone isn't an important character, just that I don't consider them as having a flashback sequence worthy of structuring a book around.
YouTube Livestream 10 ( June 18, 2020 )
#25 June 18, 2020 Share Copy
How intertwined are the two halves of The Stormlight Archive? Will you need to read the first half to know what's happening in the second half? If you read the first half, will you need to read the second half to get that sense that the story has come to an end?
I've never done something like this before. They are less intertwined than, say, Mistborn Two and Three. But maybe equivalent intertwined to Mistborn, as Mistborn is intertwined to Mistborn Two and Three, if that makes sense. It depends. Maybe even a little less than that, actually.
I think that you are going to want to view them as one big series of ten books. And we are going to come to an ending, and there will be some very satisfying things about it. But it's definitely going to be a promise there is more to come. I've never done anything quite like this. Less final than Mistborn Three, certainly.
So, I don't know. I didn't think anyone would read the Wax and Wayne books without reading the first ones, but I get emails all the time from people who started with those because those are the ones that appealed to them. I think you could start with Book Six of The Stormlight Archive, and it wouldn't feel strange. I think it would be harder to stop with Book Five, if that makes sense. Of those two options. But it's all gonna depend on your personal preferences, and things like that.
It's an excellent question. Plus, I haven't written the fifth book yet, and that's gonna inform a lot. These things change and morph as I'm going; every one of them does. So, who knows. I can explain better after Book Five is done.
#26 Dec. 6, 2014 Share Copy
Stormlight Archive is before The Alloy of Law.
Sources: zas678's report - 17th Shard
Stormlight Three Update #2 ( Jan. 20, 2016 )
#27 Jan. 20, 2016 Share Copy
HellaSober
(Until the second five books, where our primary characters will shuffle. So you Renarin fans will have to be patient.)
Do you worry that assuring us that a character will likely survive the first arc of the series removes some of the tension in their scenes?
(While you've discussed the idea that a main character can have a book about them while they are dead when Dalinar was expected to be central to book 5, this seems different)
I have said many times before that Renarin and Lift are main characters for the next five, but--as you point out--I've also said that I have no problem having a main character who is actually dead, and their story told through flashbacks and the stories of the other characters. Renarin is not safe, but you will see a lot more from him in the future, even if he does die.
To say more would be to give too many spoilers about the nature of the back five books.
#lift #renarin #stormlight archive #stormlight archive arc 2
Idaho Falls Signing ( Nov. 28, 2015 )
Shawn M. Halversen (paraphrased)
I asked him about the time between each of the original 99 desolations.
It turns out that the number 99 in the stories was made up, and that there were much fewer of them. He also then stated that the cosmere runs along a 10,000 year gap and that Roshar falls right into the middle of the timeline. He ended with "That should give you a perspective of the timeline and events of the desolations".
#chronology #desolations #stormlight archive
Sources: Shawn's report - Facebook
Firefight Seattle UBooks signing ( Jan. 6, 2015 )
#29 Jan. 6, 2015 Share Copy
Wetlander
How much time elapses between the beginning of the main part of the story [where they start out at the Shattered Plains] and the end of the series?
And the end of the series? Because the end of the series, um, we have a 15-year gap between [books number] 5 and 6. So, the first five will probably be Wheel of Time-ish, sort of, each one picks up where the last one left off; we have a little more time, maybe, than Wheel of Time, but not terribly much, so it will probably be just a couple of years for the first ones, but then we will jump.
Sources: Wetlander's personal transcript - 17th Shard
Waygate Foundation Write-a-thon ( Jan. 17, 2014 )
Would you consider The Stormlight Archive to be your magnum opus?
Yes, I would. Hopefully. It's either that or the Mistborn series, the full nine-book Mistborn arc.
#mistborn series #stormlight archive
General Reddit 2018 ( Jan. 5, 2018 )
TopRamen713
I think it's probably the remnants of the first agreement between the singers and humans. They were allowed to terraform Shinovar, and rule that area, but anywhere else, they were forbidden from. Eventually, it morphed into the "soil lands are for humans, everywhere else is for singers." Then, over the millennia, it became a religious teaching, "don't walk on stones."
Peter Ahlstrom
Brandon wrote a ton of worldbuilding down before starting to write the first book, and this particular thing is definitely something he planned from the start. He does keep a lot of stuff in his head, but sometimes that shifts over time. Part of our job is to make sure what's in his head now doesn't conflict with what has previously been published.
If the outline doesn't work for something, Brandon will change it while writing. As long as it doesn't conflict with published canon, it's always more awesome than his earlier plans.
#stormlight archive #worldbuilding #writing
Towers of Midnight Cambridge signing ( Nov. 7, 2010 )
Quantumplation (paraphrased)
I haven't read Way of Kings yet, but I've read Warbreaker and Mistborn, and the thing I like most about them is the Magic systems. Will Way of Kings have multiple magic systems?
Depending on how you count it, Stormlight Archive will have 3 or 30 different magic systems.
Footnote: Part of me wants to say he said "3, 10, or 30 different magic systems", but I can't remember for sure.
#magic system #stormlight archive #the way of kings
Direct submission by Quantumplation
Oathbringer Chicago signing ( Nov. 21, 2017 )
What comes first chronologically in the Cosmere series: Mistborn or Stormlight Archive?
Mistborn, for trilogy one.
Shadows of Self San Francisco signing ( Oct. 9, 2015 )
How far away from the original Mistborn trilogy is The Stormlight Archive?
From the original Mistborn trilogy? 300 years-ish. It's happening kind of… Just before The Alloy of Law era.
Sources: Theoryland google doc report
I was just going to ask if we're going to hear any more from First of the Sun.
I actually started writing a sequel story but it gives a lot away about Era 4 of Mistborn. I'm like, "I don't know if I can do this."
So we'll just wait a little bit.
Yeah. We'll see if Peter thinks I'm giving away too many things. Like I don't want to give away endings of like the Stormlight Archive in the short story and so I have to be careful about those things.
#first of the sun #mistborn era 4 #stormlight archive
London signing ( Aug. 4, 2014 )
#36 Aug. 4, 2014 Share Copy
For the first 5 SA books he's heavily outlined them. For the last 5 SA books he has outlines for the main climax scenes. For the flashback characters for the last 5 books he's not settled on which ones or order but current plan is for Taln, Ash (aka Shalash), Lift, Jasnah and Renarin.
He also specifically stated that for one of the flashback characters that they would be already dead (sounded like definitely dead not maybe dead).
Sources: kari-no-sugata's second report - 17th Shard
17th Shard Forum Q&A ( Sept. 26, 2012 )
moochboy
The Way of Kings was named after an in story book, as is the would be Shallan's book if you don't change like you siad you might "The Book of Endless Pages", do you plan on naming all the books in The Stormlight Archive with in world literature?
That was the original plan.
Sources: 17th Shard
#38 July 8, 2009 Share Copy
MarlonRand
Is there any information about Way of Kings that you can give us at this time?
I've wanted to do a long epic for a while. I guess that's what comes from reading Jordan and the others while growing up. And so, way back in the late 90's—when I was experimenting with my style—I started working on ideas for a longer form series. I knew the real trick for me would be to do it in a way that it didn't feel stale after just a few books; there needed to be enough to the world, the magic, and the plot arcs that I (and hopefully readers) would keep interested in the series for such a long time.
What it gives me (the thing that I want in doing a longer epic) is the chance to grow characters across a larger number of books. Dig into their pasts, explore what makes them think the way they do, in ways that even a trilogy cannot. In Kings, I don't want to do a longer 'saga' style series, with each book having a new set of characters. I want this to be one overarching story.
One of the things that has itched at me for long time in my fantasy reading is the sense of loss that so many fantasy series have. I'm not complaining, mind you—I love these books. But it seems like a theme in a large number of fantasy books is the disappearance of magic and wonder from the world. In Tolkien, the Elves are leaving. In Jordan, technology is growing and perhaps beginning an age where it will overshadow magic. It's very present in Brooks, where the fantasy world is becoming our world. Even Eddings seemed to have it, with a sense that sorcerers are less common, and with things like the only Dragons dying, the gods leaving.
I've wanted to do a series, then, where the magic isn't going away—it's coming back. Where the world is becoming a more wondrous place. Where new races aren't vanishing, they're being discovered.
Obviously, I'm not the first to approach a fantasy this way. Maybe I'm reading too much into the other books, seeing something that isn't there. But the return of magic is one of the main concepts that is driving me.
Well, that and enormous swords and magical power armor.
#shardblades #shardplate #stormlight archive
Sources: Theoryland
JordanCon 2014 ( April 11, 2014 )
#39 April 11, 2014 Share Copy
Are we going to see any chapters that are expressly Hoid now that he is becoming more and more important?
You have seen two. Are you going to see more? Yes. I would say that if you look at the structure of the first two Stormlight books, you will find several themes and those themes are likely to be repeated in future books. And Hoid does like having the last word. *laughter*
#hoid #stormlight archive
Orem signing ( Dec. 21, 2017 )
#40 Dec. 21, 2017 Share Copy
So I think you dropped like, so many cosmere bombs in Oathbringer. And I'm just low-key worried that there's not going to be much more to reveal. I hope that that's not the case and I just want a small confirmation.
There is still plenty to reveal. Remember it's two five book arcs
So we're okay?
Yeah. I've still got a few bombs to drop.
Skyward Chicago signing ( Nov. 16, 2018 )
At this point, so far out from Oathbringer, what are the best and hardest things about having spent a lot of time writing about mental illnesses?
One of the reasons why I approached Stormlight the way I did is, during the intervening years, during those seven years, I got to know very deeply some people who we would call non-psychonormative, I think is a good way to say it. And I began to see that the various different ways we perceive ourselves and the various different ways we perceive our own mental processes influence a lot of how we act and who we are. And I also noticed, speaking to them, that a lot of my friends were a little--and there's no problem if you like these--but they're a little tired of every book that represented their mental illness in a story was all about the mental illness. That the book was only just how to cope with mental illness, which are great stories. But they're like, if you look at the statistics, psychonormative is not the norm. In fact, it seems to be this mythical person that doesn't exist, in that the way that all of us think is different, and in some of us it can be really impairing for our lives. And in some of us, the same thing that's impairing to our lives defines who we are. You guys want a really good book about this, Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon is a fantastic look at this.
But this all became really interesting to me. When I was looking at my characters, one of the things I noticed, for instance, I kind of used the pop science version of autism in Elantris. The more I actually got to know people with autism, the more I saw that the Rain Man version was a very extreme representation of something that is something a lot of people deal with, the way they see the world, and I started thinking, "You know, if I'm gonna create real characters in my books, this is something I need to be looking at." And it wasn't that I set out to say, "I'm going to write a book about lots of people with mental illnesses. I said, "I'm going to write a book about a lot of people who are like the people I know. And some of them think in different ways than others." And again, in some of them, that's a thing that they don't want to think that way. And it can be really impairing. But it's not that the story-- The Stormlight Archive is not about mental illness. The Stormlight Archive is about a lot of people that I wanted to try to make as real as I could, and that I also wanted to approach some things that haven't been approached, I thought, in fantasy fiction.
What are some of the advantages? Well, I think the story has been very eye-opening to me. It's hard to talk about advantages and disadvantages in light of this. What are the "disadvantages"? I am walking through a minefield, and I have blown my foot off multiple times. And I think this is part of that whole failure thing as a writer. If I hadn't perhaps done it poorly in some of my books, I wouldn't have had the chance to talk to people who are like, "I really appreciate the book and what you're trying. Here's how, if you ever did this again, you might approach making it feel more realistic." And that made me a better person, not just a better writer, and so in some ways that disadvantage is the advantage. But that is the thing. I have blown my foot off on several landmines. And I will probably continue to do so.
#stormlight archive #writing #writing philosophy
Words of Radiance Portland signing ( March 7, 2014 )
#42 March 7, 2014 Share Copy
Swamp-Spirit
We have a lot of Renarin questions just because he is a character we both care a lot about, just another what could you-- give us a tidbit about Renarin's relationship with Bridge Four?
I can tell you this, here's a good tidbit. You know the books are about ten characters. Renarin's one of them. But Renarin, you know the first five, he's not one of. So Renarin is one of the main characters for the back five, which are focused more on the Heralds, and he is one of the characters with the flashbacks there. So Renarin, you are not going to get everything you want about him until the back five books. So just keep that in mind.
I can live with that.
#renarin #stormlight archive
SF Book Review interview ( March 19, 2014 )
The Stormlight Archive already has that feeling of an "epic" tale, not just in the size of the novels and the rich world building but the story too. Do you have any idea how long the book series might go on for?
Yes. I conceived The Stormlight Archive as a series dealing with ten characters, where each book took one of the characters and delved deeply into their past and their psychology. Granted, the other characters will appear, as Kaladin is a big part of Words of Radiance even though this volume could be described as Shallan's book. Since I have those ten characters, and there are ten orders of Knights Radiant, I built a ten-book series with two five-book arcs: five books and then a break, followed by another five books.
Sources: Interview - SFBook.com
Dawnshard Annotations Reddit Q&A ( Nov. 9, 2020 )
L0rdenglish
There's going to be more dawnshard stuff in the rest of the SA right? Like I couldnt bare it if you introduce this cool as hell concept of the literal words of creation, and then I have to wait like 10 years for more dawnshard goodness to show up.
So for the sake of my sanity can you just confirm that its not gonna be another decade before we hear/see more about them?
There will be more, but not much more in the first five.
#dawnshards #stormlight archive
Oathbringer release party ( Nov. 13, 2017 )
I'm curious to know if there are any books-- any stories or scripture in the Book of Mormon that have particularly inspired your writing, that you like.
Yeah, King Benjamin's speech is the thing that I can point to most specifically as influencing me on my views of leadership, specifically in The Stormlight Archive.
General Signed Books 2015 ( June 5, 2015 )
#46 June 5, 2015 Share Copy
kippurbird (Paraphrased)
I asked for something about Adolin.
Adolin's entire plot in The Stormlight Archive has been rebuilt because he worked so well in book one. He has a bigger role now.
#adolin #stormlight archive
Sources: kippurbird's report - Tumblr
mraize7
Have we seen any character connected in some way to actual Kelsier (era 2) in any of the Stormlight Archive books?
I'm going to RAFO that for now.
#kelsier #rafo #stormlight archive
Sasquan 2015 ( Aug. 19, 2015 )
So I know you talk a lot about the length of the Stormlight books before and how Tor has had some interesting worries there.
Oh yeah. They were more worried about it-- They would like me to write shorter, but they were much more worried before they became the explosive smash hit that they are. *laughter* Now they're just like-- They've learned. "Do what you want Brandon" *laughter*
How do you balance, you know, wanting to extend a scene or wanting to do more flashbacks, or do more characters, while still making sure you get the plot and turn out an incredible book?
Right, right. So epic fantasy does have this issue of spending so much time dallying with side stories that you lose, sometimes, focus of the main plot. So I've tried to do this thing with the Stormlight books where I consciously made two decisions. One was I would do a flashback sequence in each book that kind of focused on one character that hopefully gave a kind of soul to that book that allowed you to remember "Oh whose flashbacks was that book. Oh that was this one." and that one lead you to understanding the theme of that entire book. Hopefully that will help keep that. The other is that I try to confine my time to the side characters to the interludes, which are slice-of-life glimpses of Roshar. And if I can confine myself to little stories there, then I have a set amount of room-- It's like giving yourself this ground to play in that is bounded, so you finish when you're done with that. I get three interludes between each part, so I can write a bunch of little short stories to explore side characters. But I have to be very careful, you know, "I don't want to do this character yet because I've got this new character" I've got to balance that. And those two things together, hopefully, will help me. Now the issue is most books that-- the series that have had trouble with this in the past don't have it until books 3 or 4, so we won't know if I'll be successful until we get through books 3 or 4, where it starts to appear. So watch me for the next couple years and we'll see if it manifests.
Stormlight Three Update #7 ( March 16, 2017 )
jmcgit
You don't have to worry about him becoming unproductive, but I do worry a little about Stormlight taking more out of him and needing more and more "hamburger and fries" to recharge. I also am suddenly worried about the series growing beyond 10 books, especially with Peter Ahlstrom suggesting that story could be moved from 4 to 5, but story can't be moved from 5 to 6 without delaying the planned time jump.
GRRM started with ASOIAF planned as a trilogy, and even if he were fully healthy and productive, it's hard to see how he would wrap this up in the currently planned seven. Wheel of Time was pitched as a trilogy, and the publisher knew better, and Jordan was signed to six books, we wound up with 14. Stormlight Archive originated as a 10 book series, and now I'm slightly worried as to whether this is going to grow like many fantasy series do.
I don't think it would be by much, Sanderson appears to have a much more detailed plan than some of these other authors, but even growth from 10 books to 12 books would make a huge difference considering the interesting concepts I'd like to read that are bottlenecked behind the end of Stormlight.
I think that if he ends up with too much content, more novellas like Edgedancer are much more likely than expanding the number of books.
Also, Brandon has already moved plot elements forward in the name of awesome. Moash's plot for book 2 was originally planned to be in book 3.
#moash #stormlight archive
Salt Lake City Comic-Con 2014 ( Sept. 4, 2014 )
#50 Sept. 4, 2014 Share Copy
So Stormlight and Breath are both just different manifestations of Investiture.
So Nightblood and Shardblades are both kind of powered by Investiture?
Yes, in fact you can call Nightblood kind of a mismade, evil Shardblade... more mismade than evil but yes.
But a Shardblade wouldn't shear through Nightblood.
Yes a Shardblade would not shear through Nightblood. In fact I wrote Way of Kings first and then I wrote Warbreaker and Way of Kings came out after Warbreaker but in my mind Warbreaker is a prequel to Way of Kings, where I was telling Vasher's backstory.
Oh really, so the Warbreaker we know takes place after Way of Kings?
No, it takes place before, it's a prequel meaning I wrote Way of Kings and then I went back in time and told Vasher's backstory but Warbreaker ended up coming out first because Way of Kings wasn't ready yet.
#chronology #investiture #nightblood #shardblades #stormlight archive #warbreaker
Sources: 17th Shard's report
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Campbell's Tyrese Tafai ran for 108 yards and a touchdown in the Sabers' OIA Division I playoff win over Castle. Photo by Jamm Aquino/jaquino@staradvertiser.com
With an elimination game ahead, Campbell coach Darren Johnson wouldn't allow the Sabers to look back.
Campbell entered the final week of the regular season with a shot at the OIA Blue's top seed only to have No. 2 Kahuku roll to a 45-6 win on homecoming night in Ewa Beach. While Kahuku secured a first-round bye in the OIA Division I playoffs, Campbell finished third in the division with a week to recover before facing Castle.
Missing from the Sabers preparation for the Knights was a review of the previous week's footage and they survived an early miscue to advance with a 24-9 home win on Friday night.
"We tried to put (the Kahuku) game behind us real quick," Johnson said. "As soon as we lost.
"Going back and pointing out all the mistakes on film wasn't going to fix it for this week. We needed to just get ready for this week. We didn't even go back and let the kids look at it, we just moved forward."
With the win, the Sabers advanced to the quarterfinals to face No. 7 Leilehua next Saturday at Hugh Yoshida Stadium in Wahiawa. The Mules ended the regular-season on a five-game winning streak to finish second in the OIA Red and earn a first-round bye.
"You can see where they're peaking at the right time," Johnson said. "We just have to play good football against them and eliminate penalties."
Campbell (6-3, 6-2 OIA) and Leilehua (6-2, 5-2) last met on Oct. 14, 2014, when the Sabers knocked off the Mules 20-14 in the OIA quarterfinals.
Before looking ahead to Leilehua, Campbell had to first get past Castle.
The Sabers drove deep into Castle territory on their second possession of the game, but Tyrese Tafai fumbled just before the goalline and Castle's Ezekiel Rombawa ran it back 100 yards. But the return was called back due to a blindside block to keep the game scoreless.
After Pokii Adkins-Kupukaa's 53-yard punt return, Tafai this time finished off a touchdown run to give Campbell the lead. But Castle answered with a field goal then took the lead when Elijah-Po'o Kekiwi jumped a rout and returned an interception 51 yards for a go-ahead touchdown.
"Our worst enemy right now is us always scoring for the other team. Most of our picks have been going back the other way," Johnson said a week after Kahuku's defense scored on a fumble recovery and an interception return.
"We have to go back and work with our quarterback and makes sure he makes good solid throws and makes good reads."
Campbell quarterback Krenston Kaipo recovered quickly with a 43-yard completion to Jalen Henderson to set up Ariel Villanueva's 22-yard field goal to give Campbell a 10-9 lead.
The Sabers got the ball right back when Dylan Ursua recovered a loose ball on the ensuing kickoff. Two plays later, Kaipo connected with a Gabriel Colon-Valentin on a 10-yard quick slant and the Sabers took a 17-9 lead into halftime.
Kaipo finished with 246 yards and two touchdowns and Tafai ran for 108 yards on 15 carries in a solid two-way performance. The Campbell defense held Castle to 120 yards and seven first downs. Campbell senior Isaac Sevao caught Castle quarterback Jaylen Uyemura-Lee for two of the Sabers' four sacks in the second half.
Castle's defense turned in a spirited effort before wearing down with Kekiwi closing his senior season with a game-high 12 tackles, including a sack, and the pick-six.
"We're trying to build the culture where the younger kids can understand what our beliefs are," first-year Castle coach John Hao said.


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I bought into the summer meltdown theory and did not femulate beyond my air-conditioned abode during the summer. As a result, I could not wait for summer to end so that I could start going out again as a woman in the fall. So I began to hate summers.
In the ensuing years, I had a occasions to go out en femme on hot days and lo and behold, I discovered that I did not melt away like the Wicked Witch of the West. I did glisten, but the heat was never a deal-breaker. So my attitude changed and now I no longer shun summer forays en femme.
After all, cisgender women can not pick and choose which days to be women; they are women in all kinds of weather. So, if I am truly the woman, I must be that woman in rain, snow, sleet, hail, and heat, as well as on nice mild sunny days.
I found summer to be a wonderful time of the year because there are so many different styles and colors of clothes to choose from.
I like summer styles, too, Michelle!
I wear skirts and dresses all winter long, so I really appreciate the warmer weather, Paula!