The Brando Sando Plando

So apparently Brandon Sanderson broke the internet a few weeks ago with his record-breaking kickstarter campaign. I have only read two of his novels so far, but I do own several of his books that I’ve been saving back to start reading.

More importantly, back when I was writing Shooter in 2012, I watched EVERY SINGLE LECTURE of Sanderson’s from his time as a writing professor at BYU. I watched them multiple times and it was, hands down, the single greatest resource that helped me with my writing and figuring out how to actually complete a novel.

These lectures are still available on YouTube and I highly recommend that anyone who is thinking about or in the process of becoming a writer to watch them. He’s a great teacher with very practical ideas and exercises and his lectures are a wealth of information that I couldn’t do without.

I donated to his campaign because there was no way I was missing out on FOUR! new books available in leather-bound editions.

So congratulations to Sanderson for this well-earned victory! He is so generous with his time, his advice, to his fans. He’s an inspiration and has single-handedly helped launch the careers of more writers than he will probably ever know about.