The Art of Co-Authoring with Janci Patterson and Peter Orullian — Intentionally Blank Ep. 242

Intentionally Blank

Brandon Sanderson & Dan Wells

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews, Fiction

4.9 • 567 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Recorded Live at Dragonsteel Nexus 2025, Dan and Brandon are joined by Janci Patterson and Peter Orullian to discuss coauthoring. Dan, Peter and Janci all have books coming out in 2026 which Brandon helped with, so the 4 discuss their unique experiences working with Brandon. The panel closes out with What historical figure each author would want to work and an audience Q&A. Janci's website: https://www.jancipatterson.com/ Peter's website: https://www.orullian.rocks/books Want to send ...

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0:00.0	Okay.
0:01.0	Now, I've never met either of you.
0:08.0	Tell me who you are.
0:10.0	I've actually known Jancy and Peter for many, many years.
0:13.0	They're both wonderful.
0:15.0	It's Brandon, who I've never met before.
0:17.0	Donald asked me to do a reintroduction since this is a new episode. Oh, okay. So, welcome
0:22.6	to intentionally Blank. Yay! We are live at Dragonsteel Nexus. Yep, and we are going to actually
0:31.6	talk about co-authoring on this episode, and we have wonderful guests. We have Jancy and we have Peter, both of whom
0:41.1	I have worked with co-authoring before, and Dan I have with as well. So we're just going to talk
0:46.7	about co-authoring. I realize this could very easily turn into the team up against Brandon,
0:52.2	sort of... Yeah. Brandon's the worst collaborator.
0:58.2	But, yeah, collaboration and things like that.
1:00.4	So Jancy, obviously, working with me on the Skyro Books.
1:04.3	There's a name for the new series, right?
1:06.6	Yeah, series title is Rift Wake.
1:08.3	Yeah.
1:09.2	So this is the continuation of the Saitaverse.
1:14.6	And, yeah, we've got a book coming out pretty soon.
1:20.6	September.
1:21.6	September.
1:22.6	This is our first announcement.
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