Hunter Wentworth and Alice McGown of Spiral Entertainment recently released a video blog update about their upcoming documentary of Robert Jordan’s life, “The Wit of the Staircase”. They filmed part of it on location at Dragon*Con this year, and they intend to be at the upcoming JordanCon in April. I personally can’t wait to see the finished product.

WotS Phase One Message from Alice McGown on Vimeo.

Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete the Wheel of Time series and a recent addition to the JordanCon guest list, is on the New York Times bestseller list this week.

THE HERO OF AGES
Book Three of Mistborn
By Brandon Sanderson
A Tor Hardcover
ISBN: 0-7653-1689-7
$27.95 / 576 pages
On-sale date: October 14, 2008

Publicity News Flash

THE HERO OF AGES by Brandon Sanderson is a New York Times bestseller!

This is Brandon’s first time on the New York Times bestseller list. Congratulations, Brandon!!

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER LISTS

#21 – The New York Times Adult Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers List – November 2, 2008 (debuts on list)

Congratulations Brandon! We have a feeling this won’t be the last time.

Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.

Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29 – September 1, 2008) in Atlanta, GA.

Fri 02:30 pm A707 Marriott Marquis Who You Callin’ a Kid?
Sat 11:30 am Hanover C – E Hyatt Regency Meet Brandon Sanderson
Sat 05:30 pm Regency V Hyatt Regency Wheel of Time Costume Contest
Sat 07:00 pm Regency VI – VII Hyatt Regency Awards Banquet
Sun 11:30 am Regency V Hyatt Regency Robert Jordan Memorial Panel
Mon 11:30 am Roswell Hyatt Regency Dragon*Reading: Brandon Winn Sanderson
Mon 01:00 pm M301 – M304 Marriott Marquis Dragon*AutoGraph

Sanderson will be doing an additional free signing at the Badali Jewelry booth (A9 & A10) from 10:30 am to 11:30 am on Sunday.

For more information, please see http://www.dragoncon.org/

We’re passing this one along, because we think its a really cool thing for them to do.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Randolph, MA. – July 17, 2008 – United Fan Con Inc., a small not-for-profit fan-run group located in Randolph MA, has stepped up to give the fans in Boston the fun-filled weekend that they were anticipating.

On Tuesday afternoon, July 15th, the Milford, NH based event promotions company, JumpCon LLC, cancelled a large Science Fiction / Pop Culture event scheduled for this weekend July 18th-20th at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. This is a second time in the last two months events like this have collapsed at the last minute, in June Fed Con USA in Dallas , TX canceled the rest of their show during the actual event itself.

United Fan Con has been producing fan-run events in Massachusetts for the past 17 years and knows when events are canceled like this it leaves a bad taste in everyone’s mouths; it hurts everyone involved: actors, agents, hotels, other promoters and especially the fans. This time it is different, a lot of fans that were planning to attend the now canceled Jumpcon Boston have rallied together to put on there own mini convention. It started with online forum posts discussing the situation and then moved to the realization that many people were still coming to Boston regardless of the JC cancellation. These fans decided to organize and started planning a mini fan event. United Fan Con stepped in to help the fans make it happen, giving the fans the funds to rent space at a new venue and use of any and all equipment and supplies needed to host an event. In addition UFC is contacting actors, agents and vendors with the hope of making this an exciting weekend.

This Fan Con will be free to all attendees and include; games, videos, fan panels, auctions, vendors and more. The event will take place at the Hilton Back Bay, located at 40 Dalton Street, Boston MA (directly across the street from the Boston Sheraton). The event will run from 3pm – 10pm on Friday, 10am – 6pm on Saturday and 12pm – 6pm on Sunday.

For more information, please see their website: http://www.nefe.us/

The 4th Age, a Wheel of Time podcast hosted by Dragonmount.com recently devoted a whole mini-episode to the Jordan track at DragonCon and to JordanCon as well.

If you aren’t already a listener, you can catch the show here: http://www.dragonmount.com/Podcast/?p=63

Dragon*Con

Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the USDragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29 – September 1, 2008) in Atlanta, GA. Our host hotels are the Hyatt Regency, the Marriott Marquis, the Atlanta Hilton and the Sheraton. Rooms in the host hotels should be booked by now, but check the Dragon*Con website for information about overflow hotels.
The “Wheel of Time” track is sad to announce the death of our favorite author, Robert Jordan on September 17th, 2007. We will be marking this solemn occasion with special memorial panels and events.
Brandon Sanderson, the author tapped by Jordan’s family to complete the final “Wheel of Time” novel will be our guest this year. We will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of Dragonmount.com, the largest WoT fansite on the web and will feature a special presentation by the organizers of JordanCon, the first “Wheel of Time” fan convention.
Our tentative schedule has been posted. You can view it here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pxcLYQxiWbLxHTRAZDiwLKQ

As always, feedback is welcome. You can send it to wheeloftime@dragoncon.org or post it in the forums.

JordanCon

JordanCon is the first convention dedicated to exploring Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series and his rich, literary legacy. It will take place April 17-19th, 2009. Our host hotel is the Alpharetta Embassy Suites, in Alpharetta, GA.

Our Guest of Honor is Harriet McDougal, the late Robert Jordan’s wife and editor of his series. Our Fan Guest of Honor is Wilson Grooms. Wilson is a cousin of the late Jim “Robert Jordan” Rigney. He typically describes himself as the “fourth of three” Rigney brothers. Wilson is known to fans of the The Wheel of Time as “that guy that updated RJ’s blog when he couldn’t”.

Pre-registration is currently open. JordanCon membership covers all three days, all panels, events, demonstrations, concerts, performances, contests and a host of other activities. Workshops requiring a materials fee will be noted in the program.

Representatives from JordanCon will be at Sci Fi Summer, popular media convention held in Marrietta, Georgia. Sci Fi Summer bills itself as “The official start of summer sci fi s.e. fandom”. It will be held at the Crown Plaza Atlanta-Marietta from June 6-8. Sci Fi Summer membership is $30 at the door.

JordanCon is the first Wheel of Time fan convention. It will be held April 17th-19th at the Alpharetta Embassy Suites in Alpharetta, GA. Pre-registration is $50 until August 18th.

JordanCon

http://www.ageoflegends.net/

Sci Fi Summer

http://sfscon.tripod.com/

Brandon Sanderson to Attend Dragon*Con 2008.

Brandon Sanderson, the author chosen to complete A MEMORY OF LIGHT, is scheduled to attend Dragon*Con 2008.

Brandon’s current fantasy series is the Mistborn Trilogy, the final volume of which will be published in October 2008. His first novel, ELANTRIS, was picked by Barnes and Noble editors as the best fantasy or science fiction book of 2005, and is forthcoming in fourteen languages. He released his first children’s book, ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS, in 2007. Brandon lives in Provo, Utah, where he is hard at work on A MEMORY OF LIGHT, the twelfth and final book of the WHEEL OF TIME. He teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University.

Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US.
Dragon*Con 2008 will be held Labor Day weekend (August 29 – September 1, 2008) in Atlanta, GA.
This will be Brandon’s first appearance at Dragon*Con.

http://www.dragoncon.org/

http://www.ageoflegends.net/

http://www.brandonsanderson.com/

Our first flyer is currently printed up and terrifying me in the living room of our house. We’ll be passing them out at Chattacon this weekend and the Atlanta Comics Expo Feb. 9th. Check us out!