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Hey, all. I've long wanted to start using my Goodreads account, and it seemed like reviews would be a good place to begin. Eventually, I hope to be able to get some more questions answered there-for now, I'm just going to try to post periodic book reviews.

Be warned, I'm not intending to be a real reviewer. As I explain in my review guide here, I ( Read more... )

Hey, all. I’m back from tour at long last, and am hard at work on Stormlight 3. In fact, because it’s national novel writing month, you might see me posting daily wordcounts on social media. Back in 2002, I finished the original draft of The Way of Kings over NaNoWriMo. (Finished it the Friday after Thanksgiving, I believe.) Seems thematically ( Read more... )

In this week's new Writing Excuses episode, Q&A on Beginnings, we answer some of your questions on the matter. Here are some of the questions:

• What are there differences between the beginnings in different forms?
• How do you begin in media res when you’re not writing action?
• What’s the biggest mistake that can be made when plotting the beginning?
• I ( Read more... )

Just a quick note to say that tonight in the Salt Lake City area I'll be at the launch party for my good friend Brandon Mull's book Five Kingdoms: Crystal Keepers. Come join Brandon Mull and me along with: Richard Paul Evans (Michael Vey series), Chad Morris (The Cragbridge Hall series), Christopher Paolini (The Inheritance Cycle), and several ( Read more... )

I woke to the news that Sir Terry Pratchett has passed away. I knew this was coming, but-as with the passing of Robert Jordan almost eight years back-it still hit me like a slap to the face.

Many of you know of my fondness for Pratchett’s works. If you aren’t aware, here’s a piece that I wrote about him a while back. When I wrote it, I worried I ( Read more... )