of cult fantasy writer to authentic “superstar” of the book

There is no current fantasy author more celebrated and read than Brandon Sanderson, COSMERE CREATOR (The fictional universe where most of his epic fantasy books develop). The attendees know the latest edition of the Fantastic Literature Festival Celsius, held last week in Aviles: tails and agglomerations to get an author’s signature are not remembered with any other recent. And his secret, beyond the quality of his books, is to have turned his name into more than a literary seal: it is a registered trademark. What he has written. Brandon Sanderson He began his career in 2005 with the novel Easterris. Is mainly known for its aforementioned Shared Universe, The Cosmerewhere your most famous series takes place, ‘Born of the Bruma (Mistborn)‘, which has several ages: an initial trilogy and a second series that expands the world. Another emblematic saga is ‘The Archive of the Storms’, an ambitious decline that began in 2010 with ‘The Camino de los Reyes’. With a clear, simple and direct literary style, which facilitates the immersion without complications, his work is characterized by complex magic systems and multiple interconnected worlds. He has become famous for his ability to exhaustively plan your workswhich allows you to integrate multiple plots and universes. What makes it different. 42 million books sold. But in addition, the creation of the company that is responsible for managing its fantasy emporium. Sanderson began to transform his simple writer’s career to an entrepreneur with the creation of Dragonsteel Entertainment, in the late 2010 decade. Although since previous years he had considerable control over his works, with Dragonsteel formalized and expanded this business structure to handle all aspects of production, commercialization and multimedia expansion of his work, which has led him to have a team of around 70 people. This transition allowed him to move from a traditional editorial model to an independent and multifaceted one, controlling from the publication to merchandising and related events. What is Dragonsteel. It is not a traditional editorialbut a multidisciplinary company that covers both the editorial division and that of merchandising. That is, Sanderson controls from there not only his novels, but also games, collectible letters, luxury editions and other derived products that expand the universe of their books and, Eye, connect with their fans community. The queues in the last Celsius They were not only for the author to sign books, but to buy special editions and merchandising exclusive in a booth installed for this purpose. Virtually no author in the world can boast a deployment of these characteristics. But writes something Sanderson? Precisely. Thanks to the internal structure of Dragonsteel, Organized in different departments (including human resources, production, conceptual art and logistics operations, managed by his wife Emily Sanderson and an executive team), Sanderson can focus on writing without losing control over the entire editorial and commercial process. And among other things to develop with a meticulous and long -range vision for the cosmere universe. AND Plan everything in view. To do this, although the writing of the novels is yours, the great scale of its production is supported thanks to a team that helps you. Their assistants and collaborators do not write the books, but support tasks such as correction and planning. Sanderson wants Crowdfunding. This independence from the editorial wheel is what allows Sanderson to organize campaigns of Crowdfunding Very successful and that, although they have not made him completely distance from the traditional market, they have given him a notorious independence. For example, in 2022 he launched a campaign to Finance the publication of four secret novels That he had written during the pandemic, initially asking for a million dollars, but that raised more than 41.7 million dollars, becoming the most successful campaign in the history of Kickstarter. This financing model It allows Sanderson to accurately measure the real demand of his books and products derived, avoiding unnecessary risks and costs of traditional publication. This has led Dragonsteel to maintain a constant strategy of Crowdfunding To finance editions, projects and new releases. An independent author. Sanderson writes his books, yes, but controls his editorial model: a lifetime edition mixture (his books continue to be sold in airports, such as those of any other author of Best Sellers) and use of the possibilities that open roads such as the Crowdfunding. A RARE Av Among the fantasy authors: Brandon Sanderson is not only an author, but also a registered trademark by readers around the world. In Xataka | There is a book by Stephen King that is sold around 100 euros and I got it for five: the strange story of ‘rage’

Opposite is the boring dream of millions of people. And the Spanish fashion writer has made him a book

“I tell the people I appreciate, he said, so I also tell you, that the important thing in work is security,” says the official Beni to her young interim partner Sara, thus encouraging her to oppose. We could change those names for almost any other because, although they are the ones he uses Sara Mesa In his latest novel ‘Opposition‘They are the reflection of a reality. And the writer captures the thought of the majority of the Spanish population with her last work: the tranquility of a stable work is synonymous with a public square. Once again, the writer of the awkward truths tells us about a fact that floods the conversations and the future of the population. The study ‘State of the discomfort: the labor turn towards the public sector’, prepared by OPPOSITATESThe states that seven out of ten Spaniards would leave a stable job in the private sector for a fixed position in the public sector. Besides, it makes clear Who would lead that change; 72% of women would abandon the private sector because of that dream of conciliation and stability that seduces the official, something that especially captivates the strip between 18 and 24 years. All this added to the duration of the working day, the possibility of accessing a better retirement or the good eyes of the banks when admitting a mortgage of a public worker. Being an official in Spain looks like a vital option More than attractive. (Unspash) In addition, the pulse of society is marked by social networks, and it is clear the interest among a sector of the population to oppose when there are many Dedicated videos To this on platforms like Tiktok. Give advice for the study, what you should know before starting, hauls of material … All this enjoys great success Within the vertical video platform. But there is even more revealing fact and that it seems that Sara Mesa drinks in ‘opposition’: the 42.4% Of these young people between 18 and 24, they confess that they consider opposing or are opposing for the fear that the employment situation raises. A writer who radiography to society Sara Mesa has become In a key figure of literature in Spainwith a work that challenges you and many times it bothers you. His narration feeds on what defines us as a society, of what blushes us as individuals, and becomes that internal voice and at the same time that is installed in your thoughts, moving as a dictation, word by word to the paper. That theme that frames us and places, in this case in the world of oppositions, serves to talk about many issues and set a photograph of the now. Already in ‘Scar‘(2015) tells us about a disturbing love story, but also of guilt, submission or consumerism. On the other hand, in ‘Bread face‘(2018) faces us without surroundings with the taboo and with the discomfort when narrating the relationship between an adolescent and an older man, exploring and exploring the issue of maladjustment. With ‘A love‘(2020) and its subsequent adaptation to the big screen by Isabel Coixet, tells us obsessions and drives, shows us a little explored place of female desire in its most primitive form, while reflecting on social classes or types of male. With the interesting elections made by Coixet in its adaptation of 2023 we can see in image that internal dialogue of Nat, as well as the roughness and acidity of the work. Already in 2022, ‘A family‘, repeated the pattern of addressing a topic that would already give for books and books such as family relationships, but took the opportunity to touch insecurities, emotional education and how power within relationships is an actor who forges and molds them. Its wealth is that, despite the variety of stories, the magnetic pen, dark and polished table is not lost at any time; Like your star theme, incommunication. Word after word we see on paper a complete breakdown of human relationships in the purest style Sally Rooney; immersing ourselves in the cause of the beginning of that personal connection between the characters, and the uncertainty and knot in the throat that holds the end of it. The terrifying hope of knowing your future On this occasion, ‘opposition’, it is a precise portrait of the pressure of a society that offers the opposition world as the only profitable future. The author introduces us to Sara, a young woman who has achieved an interim post in an administration office and who considers that the opposition may be the next logical step in her future. We find a reading of the public institutions that shows enough sneer, but without forgetting to be truthful and scathing. Sara arrives at a job where he literally has nothing to do, immersing himself to the Kundera in the unbearable lightness of the administration and thus beginning the doubt, tedium and discomfort. Those rigid hierarchiesthe hostility of the environment, the absurdity of many of the tasks of the official and unconditional obedience are wearing the protagonist, which is strengthening in his psyche the idea of ​​moving away from that day of the Marmota that replaces Bill Murray’s bed with an immense building that catches you and tries to expel you. The anguish of what your day to day will be after the opposition is another cause of restlessness. What is left of life is going to be like that? It is the question that, as a ghost, is around the protagonist daily, and what most likely is the same issue that much of the public staff is done and, why not say it, also the rest of society. Face to face we face what we are willing to give up To submit to the rigidity and stability it offers, such as a siren song, the public administration. The wet dream of all Spanish: a little year in a ministry. It would be perhaps a more simplistic story if we only stay in that layer, speaking of … Read more

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