Will I Ever Write More Wheel of Time/How Was I Selected to Finish the WoT?

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  @zmagicsolutions · 5 years ago

  I want to BRAG on myself just a bit.<br><br>When I read Mistborn, I actually wrote an Amazon review saying that if anyone could do justice to the ending of WOT, it would be Brandon Sanderson.<br><br>In some ways, I thought Mistborn was stronger than Jordan&apos;s later books.<br><br>After I learned that Brandon was selected to finish the series, I was elated. I printed off a copy of my Amazon review and drove 4 hours to Seattle where Brandon was doing a book signing. When I brought him my copy of Mistborn to sign, I gave him my Amazon review and told him what I had said about him.<br><br>He signed my book, &quot;Thank you for your prescience&quot;.<br><br>A treasure!

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• MR

  @MrMaxBoivin · 5 years ago

  &quot;GRRM, at this recording, was still not done with ASOIAF&quot;<br>And when you are reading this comment (not only at the time I am writing it), he is still not done.

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• VA

  @VAARBLM · 5 years ago

  The metaphor of Brandon being Sam and not Frodo was simply beautiful.

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• AR

  @Argosh · 5 years ago

  I am really sad that you never got to discover the ending of the wheel of time as a fan. But as a fan myself I&apos;m super glad you wrote it.

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• LA

  @laconsuela69 · 5 years ago

  The Brandon Sanderson schedule for success:<br><br>12pm: wake up<br>1-5pm: write<br>5-10pm: family time<br>10pm-2am: write<br>2-4am: gaming/hobbies<br>4am-12pm: sleep<br><br>God I wish this were my schedule

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• BR

  @bryanmiller5713 · 5 years ago

  The wheel of time saved me. I grew up in foster care and group homes. I&apos;m 35 now but I was 15 when I read the first book. I was able to get through those last few years because there was this world I could escape to. It kept me sane in an insane situation. Being able to finish the story really meant everything to me. I laughed and cried and smiled. When I set down the last book I didn&apos;t feel the loss I sometimes feel when finishing a series, I felt relieved. Finishing that book felt like I laid to rest that messed up part of my life, in a good way. I got closure that I couldn&apos;t get anywhere else. Now my son is reading WoT and wants to be a writer. No series has spanned so much of people&apos;s lives as this one. Thank you so much for finishing it and doing it better than I could have hoped.

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  @Werelight · 5 years ago

  Brandon, your finishing The Wheel of Time meant the world to me, and it’s how I discovered you, after Wheel of Time was there when I needed it. &nbsp;Then, you were there when we needed you. Thank you.

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• EM

  @EmceeCommon55 · 1 year ago

  I love how I&apos;m watching this 4 years later and George still hasn&apos;t finished Song of Ice and Fire.

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• KI

  @Kihen9 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;m just shocked that Brandon &apos;&apos;writes half million words books&apos;&apos; Sanderson was at a loss for words. That&apos;s how big a moment this was for him

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• IN

  @indianajim · 5 years ago

  Christopher Tolkien finishing his father’s works is one thing. Someone writing new books in Middle Earth? Unconscionable.

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• NA

  @nahuelibor · 5 years ago

  I don&apos;t think you&apos;ll ever read this, but here it goes. I started reading The Wheel of Time about 5 years ago, and I was totally hooked. Then, around October 2015, my 25 years old sister was diagnosed with cancer, and they found 3 tumors in her brain. There wasn&apos;t much the doctors could do, so that sucked. The thing is, my sister wanted me to stay with her in the hospital every night, so that&apos;s how I finished the series. I read the last 3 books during her final weeks, and she passed on November 18th 2015, and now, after 5 years, I&apos;ve been thinking about re-reading the whole series... It&apos;s hard to even think about it, but honestly I don&apos;t really remember much, I just remember that I loved it and that it was just what I needed to get away from a crap situation.<br>Obviously, after reading The Wheel of Time, I had to start reading your books, and that&apos;s when you became my favorite author. I recommended your books to my girlfriend, and you&apos;ve become her favorite too. Also, I convinced my aunt to read Mistborn, she loved it and asked for more books hahaha.<br>Thanks for being such an amazing author, and for helping me get through such a painful moment of my life. I&apos;ve loved every single page you&apos;ve written.

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• TO

  @tomhorsley6566 · 4 years ago

  You could write a prequel: &quot;The Lever of Time&quot; or a sequel &quot;The compound Pulley of Time&quot;.

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