#faq friday

[cosmerenaut]

Oh i’m crying

[imaginarycosmere]

Q: If you could make one change to the Cosmere that is impossible to change now, what would it be? A: Hmmmm.... I gave this some thought all week, and had trouble deciding because the the things I would change are more about individual books, and less about the cosmere as a whole. I don't know if I'd change anything about the big story--mostly because the things I would want to change would all take place in the Dragonsteel era, and that book isn't canonical anyway. Once I write it for real, I can change any of the things that I don't think are working. As for the core of the cosmere... I might make some small tweaks to Allomancy. I have never liked how the signal of sixteen worked in Hero of Ages. (For those not in the know, I talk about this in the annotations-I was looking for a sign that Preservation could send that Ruin wouldn't notice, along with help for mankind.) In the end, I think this ended up being a little clunky. Other things (like slatrification in Sand Mastery) are small enough I can change moving forward, but not Allomancy. So l might take another stab at that. On the whole, though, I'm very pleased with how the larger cosmere story is playing out.

Brandon’s FAQ Friday

[warclad]

FAQ Friday

Considering all the new faces I thought it might be time for another one of these! I’ll be around all day ready to answer any questions you might have. 

[southparkdigital]

Dr. Mephesto is still alive and well, experimenting on multi-assed monkeys and trying to get different animals to have sex with one another. He's been seen as recently as the past season in "The City Part of Town."

[southparkdigital]

FAQ Friday

It's been forever since I've seen Dr. Mephesto and his weird monkey-man sidekick. Is he dead?

[divergentofficial]

We asked Jean, the Senior Director of Subsidiary Rights at HarperCollins, to tell us which country was the first to buy/receive international rights for the Divergent Series outside of the U.S.:

Q: Which country was the first to buy/receive international rights for the Divergent Series?

A: “Verlagsgruppe Random House in Germany was the first to offer on the series, just days after Harper acquired the rights from Veronica. Danke schön to Veronica Roth for giving me one of the most exciting and aggressive translation offers of my career! It’s a wonderful success in Germany and she just spent a few days this past week meeting her German fans face to face in Berlin. The above photo is from said visit!”

[divergentofficial]

We asked Aurora, a designer on our art team, to tell us about how she helps select the fan art that’s included in the Allegiant Collector’s Edition (on sale next week!):

Q: What do you look for most in Divergent Series fan art?

A: I love finding artists who put their own spin on Veronica’s words. Work that has a distinct style, tells a story, and shows how excited and passionate the artist is about the series! - Aurora

[divergentofficial]

Q: What was your favorite part of editing Veronica Roth’s Divergent series?

A: My favorite part about editing Divergent was discovering those perfect sentences that Veronica writes - each word hanging like a pearl on a string. Her sentences say so much about life in so few words. - Katherine Tegen