{"id":1722,"date":"2010-03-09T00:56:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T05:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=1722"},"modified":"2010-03-09T00:56:57","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T05:56:57","slug":"go-to-tor-com-and-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/go-to-tor-com-and-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Go to Tor.com and read this."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Brandon Sanderson’s story of how he decided to become a writer is very interest.\u00a0 It goes back to elementary school, when he hated books and reading in general.\u00a0 A wise teacher put a copy of Barbara Hambly’s Dragonsbane<\/em> in his hand, and it started a chain reaction that led to him becoming a bestselling writer.<\/p>\n

As one of Brandon’s students, I’ve heard the story several times.\u00a0 However, I had no idea how significant a role that Michael Whelan, the illustrator of that book, played in it all.\u00a0 Tor commissioned Michael Whelan to do the cover for Brandon’s next book, The Way of Kings. <\/em>In response, Brandon wrote a blog post at Tor.com<\/a> explaining how significant it is to him that Mr. Whelan was chosen to do the cover art for The Way of Kings.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s an awesome and moving blog post.\u00a0 You should check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In unrelated news, I am 110 pages into outlining Bringing Stella Home 3.0<\/em> and enjoying the process immensely.\u00a0 I’ve got some awesome first readers.\u00a0 Even with all the honest criticism, I’d much<\/em> rather be writing than doing office work at my internship.\u00a0 Ah, well, April 15th will be here before we know it.<\/p>\n

As for graduating and finding myself in the real world…not quite as thrilled about that.\u00a0 More like scared s***less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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