I jump around in the plotting stage, where I basically just make a bulleted list of every damn thing that happens in the entire book.

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• Peter V. Brett:

  The ward designs were co-created by myself and Lauren K. Cannon. She read how they were described i

• Peter V. Brett:

  I think each book sort of finds its own theme as it goes on. 'Warded Man' was fear. 'Desert Spear'

• Peter V. Brett:

  I was heavily influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, C. S. Friedman, Terry Brooks, Ro

• Peter V. Brett:

  I've been obsessed with demons since reading 'The Elfstones of Shannara' and 'Master of the Five Ma

• Peter V. Brett:

  Book four is tentatively titled 'The Skull Throne ,' and book five is 'The Core .' It's kind of har

• Peter V. Brett:

  There have been discussions of doing 'The Demon Cycle' on both large and small screen scale, and wh

• Peter V. Brett:

  My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot

• Peter V. Brett:

  Tolkien is considered the grandfather of fantasy and, for me, I consider myself the grandson, with

• Peter V. Brett:

  I think George R. R. Martin made fantasy grow up. He brought a level of reality into the storytelli

• Peter V. Brett:

  I read every review online, and I want to respond to those, but I resist the urge to do that.