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'''@kikastrophe:''' Any idea how many books will be in the series?
:Tor asked me not to lock myself into a length. But I plotted KINGS at 10 books.
 
'''@Alphashard:''' It is difficult to think of questions that don't deal with the plot! Will there be romance in WoK?
:Yes. Two of them, actually.
 
'''@Theodor89:''' What tone will "The Way of Kings" have? Darker or Lighter then your previous work?
:My goal is to blend some of the wit in WARBREAKER with darker edge of Mistborn. It certainly won’t be lighter. But there should be moments when you laugh. The greatest authors out there--RJ and Martin come to mind--can do both at the same time.
 
'''@HalBrandenburg:''' can reveal anything about the setting in Kings?
:The setting with be the most unique I’ve done. Entirely new ecology. The world is hit by a huge hurricane every few days. Everything has evolved to deal with that. There is no soil, just rock, and even plants have thick shells they can withdraw into.
 
'''@kikastrophe:''' So, is Kings in any way like your other books? Shall we expect an unexpected twist?
:KINGS is like my books in some ways. But in order to be grand as a series, it had to start--oddly--more humbly. Yes, there are twists. I wrote it so that the epilogue redefines the entire book and series. Each of the 4 viewpoints has an epilogue. Much as RJ had huge prologues, this series will have huge epilogues. Those epilogues, like the Elantris first lines, are intended to be ‘BANG’ moments.
 
'''@goddessladyj:''' Any idea when The Way of Kings will be published?
:KINGS will be coming out in September or August of next year.
 
'''@kqrpnb:''' Brandon, how do you think WoK will read as a complete set with your voice in the last books? Did you plan ahead for that?
:Short answer is yes. We’ll see if I can pull it off. Original plans for my series was for a 36 book arc. I thought that would intimidate readers.
 
'''@rhPieces:''' Elantris and Mistborn had darker settings, Warbreaker lighter. Where does WAY OF KINGS fall?
:Closer to Mistborn.
 
=== Wheel of Time Questions ===
 
'''@Banvard:''' Snake or the Fox?
:Fox. They look cooler.
:All my gold on the Fox beating the game for only a ta'veren can cheat at the unbeatable. Cough, Mat
Maybe the answer should have been “Fox or Snake? Neither. Raven.”
 
'''@eliyannakaiser:''' How goes loverboy's Min/[Elayne]/Aviendha thingee? And which girl would you go with?
:It’s interesting, as could be expected. I’d pick Min for me, but Avi for Rand. Know that RJ was very clear on how that whole thing was to end up. So no guesswork by me. (whew).
 
'''@kqrpnb:''' Brandon, how do you think WoT will read as a complete set with your voice in the last books? Did you plan ahead for that?
:I tried very hard. The characters should read right, the plot should read right. I think it will read cohesive. These books will not go off on random tangents. In fact, I’m hoping that the narrative will feel like a shift back toward 4/5/6, which are my favorite WoT books.
 
'''@chrisoubre:''' any talks of writing other novels based on Robert Jordan's world: The Age of Legends, the 4th age...?
:RJ was very uncomfortable with the idea of people writing in his world. I want to respect that. You might see the Outriggers or the two prequels he planned to write. But no age of legends or Hawkwing. At least, that has been my suggestion to Harriet. It is her call.
::'''@Graendal:''' Yes! Please do what you can to get the prequels or outriggers published once you've finished writing AMoL.
 
'''@Isabelsedai:''' Will there be an Intro (explanation) at TGS? Which explains 3 books for people who aren't online?
:I wrote a foreword for the book explaining my involvement and the three book split. We were going to have Harriet do it, but the time grew tight, so I did it and had her revise it.
 
'''@HalBrandenburg:''' Did you kill Asmodean?
:Yes. Twice. WITH MY MIND.
 
'''@joshuapatrao:''' Can you offer us anything at all on the status of The Eye of the World movie?
:I don’t have much time to keep an eye (no pun intended) on the movie too closely. The producer was at JordanCon, though, and I was put at ease somewhat by speaking with him. As far as I know, it’s still in preproduction an in the scriptwriting stage. When they have a script, I’ll ask if I can read it. Maria, RJ’s assistant, is in charge of that. I’ve got my hands full writing the books!
 
'''@Banvard:''' Was there any character you disliked writing within the Wheel of Time universe?
:As an author, you get very good at being inside someone’s head. And so it’s hard to dislike writing anyone. That said, there’s a certain Cadsuane scene that--when I read the notes--I didn’t look forward to.
 
'''@timee1989:''' Will you also work on the other two prequels?
:It would be almost as hard to let someone else do it as it would be to let them do a Mistborn book. But Harriet and Tor seem more interested in the Outriggers right now. We’ll see.
 
'''@Graendal:''' How do you feel about the degeneration of Rand and Egwene's relationship? Could Amyrlin and Dragon work?
:I think it was one of the best things RJ did. It played with our expectations in a great way. And I think Rand has his hands plenty full right now without adding Egwene back in. They have gone different directions in life. It was quite well done, though sad.
 
'''@Congo_Red_Jr:''' congrats dude! isn't it custom to celebrate? You should tell us who killed Asmodean as celebration! =P
:I’ll tell Asmodean’s killer in one of the books, I promise.
 
'''@Congo_Red_Jr:''' Will we see the Dark One in WoT? Will he walk the earth and physically fight with Rand & Co?
:I can’t tell you for certain about the Dark One. There WILL be a confrontation, though. The last seals will be broken. I think you’ll be pleased, but my contract forbids me from saying anything more specific.
 
=== Warbreaker Questions ===
 
'''@jeremy208:''' Can we expect any short stories set in the Warbreaker world anytime soon?
:Short stories in Warbreaker world are unlikely. I’m working on some Mistborn ones, though.
:If I were going to do more Warbreaker, I’d just write the sequel, Nightblood.
 
'''@Graendal:''' A question that's been on my mind for a while. If Returned can't have children, how are Siri and Vivenna descended from one?
:Excellent question. One I have to RAFO. When I was writing WRBRKR, I was planning on two books. I seeded two questions to be answered in the next book. One was the origin of the royal family. The second was how Vasher was able to survive while hiding his divine Breath. I will answer these questions. Eventually. (It has to do with restoring Breath and life to the child while still in the womb.).
 
'''@Thistledown:''' When will the Kindle version of Warbreaker be released?
:I wish I could answer that. Amazon always takes its sweet time getting my books in Kindle format. We’ve been bugging them. Hopefully soon. It’s annoying to not have one up for sale yet.
 
'''@jeremy208:''' Is Clod Arsteel?
'''@greywanderer:''' I second jeremy208's question, Is Clod Arsteel?
:Yes. [Note: confirmed by Ookla]
 
Graendal: Did you ever notice how similar Graendal and Blushweaver are in personality?
I didn’t until I started work on the WoT book. I wrote WRBRKR years before I was offered the WoT. I noticed and laughed. RJ’s books are dug pretty deeply into my subconcious. I think they’re very different as characters, but Graendal was obviously an influence on Blushweaver. [sic]
 
scarplat: at the end of warbreaker you said that they split up their breaths, how if they can only do all at once?
I talk about this in the annotations. But Denth was lying to Vivenna at that point.
 
onelowerlight: What first gave you the idea for Warbreaker? What was your first inspiration for it?
WRBRKR came from a lot of sourcres. Siri and Vivenna were side characters in a book I never finished. Vasher came from the line that starts the book. No space to post it here, but give it a read. Nightblood came because...well, I just wanted to have a talking sword.
 
Graendal: Do you know when the audio version of Warbreaker will be released?
Like ELANTIRS, there will be two audio version of WRBRKR. Performed and straight read. Both are in production. Dramatic is coming October http://tinyurl.com/nsrr3l. Looks like unabridged is October too. http://bit.ly/15rJFF
 
jddennis: I was wondering why you chose to capitalize the "b" & the "c" in BioChromatic.
To be honest, it just looked better that way. I thought it made the word easier to read. Might be my Korean language study influencing me.
Other Book Questions
 
pfchristopher: Why didn't Vin know the Atium bead Zane gave her wasn't real? Cant she sense how big reserves are?
Atium reserves always look bigger than they are to an allomancer. It burns so quickly. She just didn’t have enough experience with atium to realize she’d been duped.
 
mnehring: How did you come up with what metal would give what powers in Mistborn?
The metals just worked out right. I see I misunderstood. The assignment of metals to powers was done mostly randomly. I started by trying to mix and match colors and hues, but that ended up not working. I also originally wanted the physical to be more common, and then move toward less common with mental and others. Hence, iron is physical, Gold is mental, [sic] Atium is temporal. The mentals don’t quite fit this, though.
 
King_Yoshi: How did you come up with the amazing plot twitst at the end of HoA?
Honestly, I did it by plotting out all three books at once. It feels right because I’d been planning all along.
 
joshuapatrao: Do you plan to ever interconnect your worlds or at least allude to past worlds in your books?
Hummm. What an odd question. I’d never do that, would I? (Look for Hoid/Adonalsium).
 
Thistledown: Any plans for a kindle Elantris version? Is The Way of Kings slated for 2010 along with WoT book 2?
Now that you've revised WoK, do you think you'll release 2 books next year (WoT and WoK)?
Yes, if we can get Amazon to pay attention. (Grr.) And yes, two books next year. WoK and WoT13. 2011 will probably have just one, though. I don’t know if I’ll be able to write the WoK sequel in time.
 
rrjr010: Would you be willing to take bribes to start "Nightblood" before finishing WoT!?
Heh. Nightblood will happen someday. Bribes of cookies or Magic Cards at signings might help. More seriously, I do intend to do this--and post it online as I write it-but it probably won’t be for a few years.
Then you shall have both when you come here this winter. Help turn a few years into six months, right?
lol. Well, it can’t hurt. But I DO have a lot on my plate... We’ll see. I want an ELANTRIS sequel out for 2015.
Wow, an Elantris sequel would be awesome too. Where would it fit chronologically after the end of Elantris?
Elantris direct sequel would be 10 years later and use Kiin’s children as viewpoint characters living in Fjorden.
 
Czanos: Would anything interesting happen if an Allomancer Burned a Hemalurgic spike, or a Feruchemist Tapped one?
Er, well, it’s possible. But you’d have to be burning a Hemalurgic spike that killed you and took your power... Just like you can’t gain anything by burning a metalmind unless you infused it yourself.
 
ecurbmp: Any chance of an Elantris or Warbreaker revisit down the road, or are you done with those worlds?
I hope to do a 10th aniv. edition of Elantris (revised and updated) in 2015, with a sequel the same year.
 
Meeeeech: Who would win this three way fight? Vin vs. Vasher vs. Lan? I vote Vin...
Depends on how much metal Vin has, how many Breaths Vasher has, and if Lan can get the jump on them. Probably Vin, though Rand would blow her out of the water.
P.S. Vin would lure Rand to Far Madding and take him down.
 
Czanos: If a Feruchemist Taps warmth, does it actually warm them up physically, or do they just feel warmer?
It actually warms them. It’s not just a feeling.
 
Feifner: Can Hoid travel through worlds? or, in other words, are all of your "Hoids" one person?
Well, ‘Hoid’ the name is an alias that a certain person is using, and he stole it from someone else. But the person named Hoid in Elantris, Mistborn, and Warbreaker are all the same individual. For the record, this is not a ‘name cameo.’ This is, indeed, the very same person.
 
Anusien: Why did Lord Ruler not destroy the logbook knowing what trouble Ruin could cause with it?
A few reasons. First, Ruin had his fingers in the LR’s soul by then already. Subtle things are easier to influence. He played off the LR’s natural nostalgia and desire to hold onto something so important to his past.
 
Feifner: Do you think you will ever include dragons in your books?
Dragonsteel, a series I’ll do someday, has Dragons in it. Hint: This world/series is very important to Hoid.
 
=== General Questions ===
 
Rinzi: or visit Albuquerque, NM! I'll work on getting cookie and magic card bribes for you...
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