On the occasion of Brandon's completion of AMoL final draft.

 

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I look forward to continuing to meet many of you at conventions and signings as the years move forward. Thank you, Wheel of Time fandom, for accepting me in and putting up with my mistakes. (There have been many.) Thank you, Brandon Sanderson fandom, for putting up with my deviations in the Wheel of Time universe. I know it has slowed down you getting your books, but this was something very important for me to do.

 

Robert Jordan was a great man, and was the single greatest influence on my development as a writer. What I have done these last five years has been an attempt—a sometimes flawed but always earnest attempt—to show my appreciation. This entire genre owes him an enormous debt. My debt to him, and to Harriet, is greatest of all.

 

Mr. Jordan, may you rest in the Light. Everyone else, take a breath and get ready for the end. May you find his final words as satisfying to read as I did when I first picked them up five years ago. The very last scene is his, touched very little by me, as are significant chunks of the ending at large. I have achieved my goal in writing the books so that they pointed toward this ending he wrote, allowing us to include his words with as little alteration as possible.

 

Once again, thank you. May you always find water and shade.

 

Brandon Sanderson

Written July 30th, 2012

Posted August 1st, 2012

 

May you always find water and shade, Brandon Sanderson.

 

TOR.com article on the occasion

Edited August 2, 201214 yr by Theodril

On the occasion of Brandon's completion of AMoL final draft.

 

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I look forward to continuing to meet many of you at conventions and signings as the years move forward. Thank you, Wheel of Time fandom, for accepting me in and putting up with my mistakes. (There have been many.) Thank you, Brandon Sanderson fandom, for putting up with my deviations in the Wheel of Time universe. I know it has slowed down you getting your books, but this was something very important for me to do.

 

Robert Jordan was a great man, and was the single greatest influence on my development as a writer. What I have done these last five years has been an attempt—a sometimes flawed but always earnest attempt—to show my appreciation. This entire genre owes him an enormous debt. My debt to him, and to Harriet, is greatest of all.

 

Mr. Jordan, may you rest in the Light. Everyone else, take a breath and get ready for the end. May you find his final words as satisfying to read as I did when I first picked them up five years ago. The very last scene is his, touched very little by me, as are significant chunks of the ending at large. I have achieved my goal in writing the books so that they pointed toward this ending he wrote, allowing us to include his words with as little alteration as possible.

 

Once again, thank you. May you always find water and shade.

 

Brandon Sanderson

Written July 30th, 2012

Posted August 1st, 2012

 

May you always find water and shade, Brandon Sanderson.

 

TOR.com article on the occasion

ditto from me to,thank you brandon good job.:)

http://www.dragonmount.com/forums/topic/72524-amol-finished-sandersons-facebook-post/

Ditto from me as well, thank you Brandon, you have done a wonderful job.

what brandon did to take the reins of this series is way beyond any call of duty that robert would have expected.light to you and yours brandon.

Great job on taking on this massive project of a series and carrying out RJs vision. But also props to really renergizing the series and putting your writers touch on it!

Yes. Thank you, Brandon for finishing the WOT series. Soooo looking forward to the last book! You have done a fine job.

i would also like to thank all the dragonmount community for there undying love of this series.this is one of the best places to be on the net.i love you all folks.fain loves you too lol.

Before I read the final book I would just like to say: Thank you RJ (rest in peace), Thank you BS (You did a great job on finishing a series that was not your own) Thank you TOR, Dragonmount, Harriete (sp) and all the other people that made my WOT expierence this great!

Thanks Brandon :p and everybody else working to give us the last book