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Cosmere.es

I remember that in the beginning the idea was the same thing that we had for Cytonic. That somewhere between Cytonic and Defiant, we'll have a new series of novellas. So I'm not sure if we are keeping this still in mind?

Brandon Sanderson

What happened is over time, there's not a time jump between Cytonic and Defiant. I just jump right into it. And there wasn't as much time in the course of the book for novellas to happen. Those slowly transformed into a trilogy of novels to take place after Defiant. So that's what we're planning right now.

Cosmere.es

It will still be published before, or after, then?

Brandon Sanderson

It will be published after. I will come, and then we will have a trilogy with Janci and me. Kind of expanding on a lot of the characters she delved into in the novellas.

Adam Horne

The next question is from... someone, I'm not going to say their name because I don't know how they say it. "Now that Skyward is finishing up, any plans for your next YA series? Apocalypse Guard maybe, or do you have something crazier in mind?"

Brandon Sanderson

Right now it's probably the next Skyward series.

Janci Patterson

Yay!

Brandon Sanderson

It's the next YA thing I will do. Finishing The Rithmatist is still on my radar. Apocalypse Guard is still on my radar, but I think that the next thing I will be doing is these next Skyward books with Janci.

Janci Patterson

The Rithmatist had some stuff you needed to work out.

Brandon Sanderson

Yeah, The Rithmatist has some issues, and the biggest one, honestly, is that it's just been so long. I've moved to different parts of my career, and it's real hard to pick up a thread that old. People are like, "Why didn't you do it when it came out?" When it came out, it was already old, because I wrote it in 2007, and I sat on it for years. That's part of it, but there's also some sensitivity issues with it, and things like that.