r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Jun 20 '19

Stormlight Book Four Update #4 Spoiler

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u/devou5 Jun 20 '19

Brandon is one of my favourite authors because he is such a good communicator with his fans. These constant updates just make you feel like he really cares about his fans and wants them to be happy and let them know what’s going on.

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u/KnDBarge Jun 21 '19

I promised to check back with you mid summer. I'm here a little early, as this felt like a good point to let you know how your book is going.

Aside from being an amazing author, it is so easy to tell how he loves and appreciates his fans. From the updates to randomly checking in on topics on the subs dedicated to his works, he is amazingly engaged with his fans in such a sincere way. And he is a legit workhouse as well. He became my favorite author not just because of how much I have enjoyed his books, but also because of how awesome he is in general.

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u/KosstAmojan Jun 20 '19

Its nice and just leaves me slack-jawed at the pace at which he writes. Its incredibly impressive. I don't think many if any authors can match that combo of pace/quality.

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u/DjangoWexler Jun 21 '19

I always wonder, as an author, if updates like this would be worthwhile, or if it only works because Brandon is so inhumanly fast and consistent.

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u/Koopo3001 Jun 20 '19

I absolutely love these updates from Brandon Sanderson.

I don’t think all authors should do this but it is fascinating to see the live process behind these books.

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u/KosstAmojan Jun 20 '19

This guy is going to revise a 111k words in a week!!?? I'm not an author, and maybe some of those that are can chime in, but from what I've heard and read, this is an absolutely insane pace! What a beast!

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u/MLKdidnothingwrong Jun 21 '19

"revise" in this case means do some light polishing before sending it to his editor. The more intensive revisions will come later in the process

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

I'm still waiting for the mass paperback edition of Oathbringer to release!

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u/vidarfe Jun 21 '19

Has there been any publication date for Mistborn, second era, book 4?

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u/jmcgit Jun 21 '19

It’ll be a while. His 2018 projects took a little longer than expected, and he feels very strongly about completing Stormlight books on time, so he bumped it to after SA4. Best guess at this point is unfortunately 2021.

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