Brandon Sanderson recently surprised his fans with an announcement about what he’s been doing during the pandemic, along with a Kickstarter for a worthy cause…
…which quickly broke all the records and became the most funded Kickstarter of all time.
I watched his “flabbergasted” response to the news, followed by some videos discussing what this may mean for traditional publishing (as well as salty comments from writers and fans of SF/F about the situation).
And then, for some reason, YouTube recommended “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” as the next video to watch… which was exactly the spark of inspiration I needed.
So, for those few fans of both Brandon Sanderson AND Encanto who might be following my blog or who might happen upon this, here’s “We Don’t Talk About Brando”
We don’t talk about Brando Sando, no…
We don’t talk about Brando…. BUT!
It was the other day (just like any other day)
They were gonna livestream and there wasn’t a doubt in my mind
(No doubts, no, everything’s fine)
Brando walks in with a mischievous grin (Update!!)
You watching this? Yeah, so am I (I’m sorry what’s going on?)
Brandon says, “I must come clean” (What will he tell us?)
“You all should know where I’ve been” (I started getting nervous)
Drops four brand new books on screen
What a joyous day, take my mon-ay!
We don’t talk about Brando Sando, no…
We don’t talk about Brando….
hey! How does he complete every book idea that hits him?
Other fantasy authors love to hate or diss him
But their fans are waiting for sequels in their hand—tick tock tick
Four secret books, it’s a gift, mind-blowing,
Gotta take a look at the deals he’s showing,
Gonna kickstart, wanna see the swag he’s planned
You can understand
Seven books a year,
Projects in the stack
When he takes a “little break”
Four novels join the pack
Yeah, his output is a dream
and makes other writers scream (hey!)
We don’t talk about Brando Sando, no…
We don’t talk about Brando…
He told me Cytonic’s done, and now — proofread!
The draft of The Lost Metal – finished like he said!
He said that Evershore and Skyward Four have been put to bed…
I need Stormlight Archives Book Five playing in my head!!!
He told me that the answers I need
Would be coming, just Read And Find Out
He told me that the Cosmere would grow,
There are Shards yet to know, have no doubt
He told me that my fan the-o-ry would be mostly revealed
But mixed with another
I’ll go kickstart him now – Hey fans, we want no spoilers out of you
I’ll go kickstart him now!
Um… Brando…
Yeah, about that Brando…
I really need to kickstart Brando…
Gimme the swag boxes and books, Brando…
Everybody, go kickstart here!
We don’t talk about Brando Sando, no…
We don’t talk about Brando…
If you only recently got that song out of your head, I’m sorry for putting it back.
The original announcement is worth a watch, if for no other reason than to admire Brandon’s insane writing discipline.