But all of that needs to be balanced with the numerous film and television meetings that have been happening lately. That means being involved, as long as it doesn’t impact my time TOO much. Dragonsteel has kind of grown up the last few years, and I want to do it right. Other meetings are editorial related, or publicity related. More and more, though, Isaac and I feel that we should have specific canon examples for continuity. This is something I resisted for a while, feeling like it was all right if different artists interpreted the singers (for example) differently. Others involve deep dives into concept art for characters and settings, so that when we create products like the upcoming Stormlight miniatures, they can fit with a canon version of the characters. Things like reviewing the production of the secret projects and leatherbounds to make sure things look and feel right. The first category is meetings with my team. I still reserve three days a week solely for writing, but that’s down from four days a week in previous years. Lately, I’ve needed to dedicated more and more of my time to running a company. The third reason is one I haven’t been able to gauge as easily as the first two-something new to my life. I didn’t want to be rushed on it, and-though it may shock you-an 18-month production cycle wasn’t going to cut it. It will likely be the longest of the series to date, and I have to be careful to juggle all the storylines properly. The second reason I pushed the book back is that I knew this book, of all the ones in the sequence, deserved a little extra time and attention. I’d planned for these revisions, and could have done those while working on Stormlight. However, that isn’t the primary reason I’ve ended up pushing back the book. I still have two books to revise, though I’ve been spending all of August on Stormlight. The first is that I set myself up for a TON of revisions this year, and they’ve been taking more time than expected. And, as I feared, I have been forced to let the date slide quite far into 2024 because of three issues. I have tried to be very forthcoming about this one-warning people for a while that 2023 might be too optimistic. When will the book come out? I’m looking at fall 2024. I’d like it to fit the format of KOWT or KOW, but I don’t like most of the options that have presented themselves. So, let’s get the obvious questions out of the way. I probably should have written one of these back in January, but it’s been an odd year for me, full of unpredictable timing issues. It’s time for the first in a series of updates about your book! I wanted to wait until I’d made good progress this month before I stopped to write one of these updates, and I do apologize for leaving you in the dark for so long. ![]() ![]() Hello, all! I know some of you may have been waiting for this.
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