

All of them good, all of them fulfilling, and several of them very big. the Evil Librarians series and the ending of Era Two of Mistborn (which both came out this year), and the ending of Skyward (which is scheduled for next fall), and I began the ending of the first arc of Stormlight (scheduled for the following fall). I worked on the ending of the Alcatraz vs. The other big mark this year (other than the aforementioned “I can’t talk about this yet” things that are still happening in Hollywood) for me was finishing various series. It was, obviously, the highlight of my year-though I suspect next year’s highlight will be finally getting to see what you all think of the books. I did not expect to come back to you this year having run the most successful Kickstarter campaign of all time.

That said, last year, I’d just started planning the Kickstarter campaign-and I was extremely curious how the reveal would go. The other part is…well, something I can’t quite talk about even still. I said, “Maybe next year, I’ll be able to explain to you all why my year was so strange.” One big part of it was those novels. I can remember writing this essay last year, and being all giddy about the fact that I was hiding four secret novels from you all.
