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Dan has been a part of Brandon's writing group since it was created,{{wob ref|9723}} and in that role has presumably provided significant feedback to Brandon on his books. The soldier [[Wellen]] in [[Mistborn Era 1|''Mistborn'' Era 1]] and one of his descendants, the member of the [[Set]] [[Wellid]] in [[Mistborn Era 2|''Mistborn'' Era 2]], are cameos for Dan;{{wob ref|5404}}{{wob ref|7803}}{{wob ref|16110}} the constable [[Wells]] in ''Mistborn'' Era 2 may be as well.
After Brandon wrote the first draft of ''The Apocalypse Guard'' in late 2017, he felt that the book wasn't working right and decided it put it aside and write the [[Skyward (series)|''Skyward'' series]] for the published that was promised ''The Apocalypse Guard'' instead. He then reached out to Dan, who he considered "the best writer" he knew to see if Dan could help him fix it.{{wob ref|8581}} As a result of their collaboration, the book got "weirder" and by late 2019, they considered it to be "pretty good," but it still had some issues and they decided to shelve it for the time being.{{wob ref|14282}}{{wob ref|13257}} In April 2021, Brandon indicated he might work on getting the book into shape between when he finishes the fifth book of
Brandon has also indicated that he would likely work with Dan on ''[[Dark One: Prophetic Histories]]'', the audio novelization of Brandon's original ''Dark One'' outline.{{wob ref|13968}}{{wob ref|14683}}{{ref|name=DarkOneNovellas}} In August 2021, Dan commented that he was collaborating with Brandon on ''[[Dark One: Forgotten]]'', a [[wikipedia: Serial (podcast)|''Serial'']]-style podcast about a journalist tracking a serial killer, and had finished work on the project.{{wob ref|14985}}{{ref|name=DarkOneNovellas}}
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