Editing Karen Ahlstrom

'''Karen Ahlstrom''' is an employee of [[Dragonsteel Entertainment]]. She is [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s continuity editor.

==Wiki==
Karen maintains an internal wiki for Dragonsteel that started out as Brandon's own notes and has continued to grow.{{wob ref|9610}} The wiki ensures that Brandon does not contradict himself, and contains a high level of detail on everything in the books such as characters, objects, and locations.{{wob ref|7833}} It also contains relatively esoteric information that is not explicitly covered in the books, like the speed of [[highstorm]]s and the house colors of all of the [[Alethi]] [[highprince]]s.{{wob ref|10231}}{{wob ref|10274}} Because of her detailed knowledge of [[spren]], Karen also suggests good places for Brandon to add them when she reads early drafts of the ''[[Stormlight Archive]]'' books.{{wob ref|8888}} [[Isaac Stewart]] also checks with Karen to ensure continuity in artwork, including maps.{{wob ref|13170}}

==Timeline==
She also maintains a master spreadsheet with the entire timeline of the [[cosmere]]. She is often forced to reconcile timeframes that are described differently on different planets, or are only given as relative dates in the text.{{wob ref|7833}} She ensures that the events of each book do not occur in an impossible timeframe.{{wob ref|10665}} ''Stormlight'' books are particularly challenging for Karen since the cyclical storms must be taken into consideration, and there are a large number of flashbacks.{{wob ref|10665}}{{wob ref|14042}}

==Personal Life==
Karen was a member of one of Brandon's earliest writing groups named "Here There Be Dragons".{{book ref|Perfect State|part=ack}} She is commonly an alpha reader of Brandon's books and often appears in his acknowledgements; ''[[Skyward]]'' is dedicated to Karen.{{book ref|sky1|part=ack}} 

Karen's tendency to be ultra-prepared inspired a similar character trait in [[Steris Harms]].{{wob ref|13949}} She is married to Brandon's longtime friend and assistant, [[Peter Ahlstrom]]. 

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