Epic Plains

Tonight should be a fun night. Brandon Sanderson, (author of Elantris, the Mistborn Trilogy, and The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, Book 12)) is going to be at a book signing tonight in Minneapolis – just a few miles from my in-laws. So driving down a little early (working from the road) in order to make it.

Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss are my two favorite authors, so getting to see/meet one of them is awesome. I grabbed my copy of The Gathering Storm to hopefully get signed, along with the paperback copies of Mistborn (book 1) and Elantris.  Though I am not sure if I will bring either of the paperbacks since they are kind of worn.  I am thinking I might pick up a hard copy of Warbreaker to support the store and if Brandon will sign more than one, have that one signed as well.

Getting The Gathering Storm signed in person would be awesome.  (Hopefully *will* be!) The series that I have been reading since the mid-90s that is my all-time favorite, inspired me to write, signed by an author who also helps inspire me to write… yea will have to try and avoid fanboy antics.

I hope to post some pictures up here later!

I have added a couple of more author blogs to the resources page.  Jim C. Hines and Kelly McCullough.

Both of these authors are actually new discoveries for me.  I just discovered them in the past year.  Both have had reviews done fairly recently on this site as well.

Jim is the author of the Princess series which takes the classic Disney characters and puts a Grimm’s meets Charley’s Angels sort of spin on them.  Read the review for The Mermaid’s Madness.  He also has a Goblin trilogy out that I have read great things about.  Since I know I like his writing style, I will have to pick those up and review them at some point as well.

Kelly is the author of the Ravirn series.  I have reviewed Cybermancy, Codespell, and MythOS so far on this site.  These books are a fun mix of Greek mythology, cyberpunk, and fantasy.  They are a blast to read and his fun quirky style is a pleasure to read.

I encourage you to check out their sites and if you haven’t, pick up a copy of their books.  I enjoy following both of them outside of their novels and you might too.