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It's been a busy week for Brandon Sanderson. In addition to teaching his writing course (which you can watch online) and writing his numerous series, Sanderson recently sat down for a lengthy interview with Tim Ferriss, the author behind The 4-Hour Workweek and host of theTim Ferriss Show podcast. Ferriss grilled Sanderson on a wide number of topics, including how he got his start as an author, his philosophy for storytelling, how he built his booming business Dragonsteel, how he shattered Kickstarter records with his four Secret Project novels, and much more.

Sanderson has said he considers this "the definitive interview" on his career to-date. If you're a fan of his work, I can't recommend watching it enough. We've already discussed a few interesting tidbits from it, like the fact that George R.R. Martin was in the running to finish The Wheel of Time following Robert Jordan's death, before...

The Wheel of Time is one of the most beloved fantasy sagas of all time. Over the course of 14 books, author Robert Jordan's tale of a young farm boy and his friends fighting the forces of darkness enthralled readers, selling more than 100 million copies around the globe. But the tale of how these books were made is almost as epic as the story of Rand al'Thor itself. In 2007, Jordan passed away from a rare blood disease; at the time he had only written 11 mainline Wheel of Time books and a prequel, leaving the future of the series very much in doubt.

Enter Brandon Sanderson, the hyper-prolific author behind such series as Mistborn, The Stormlight Archive, Skyward, and more. Sanderson was hand-picked by Robert Jordan's widow and editor Harriet McDougal to finish the series. Before his death, Jordan asked McDougal to find someone to finish his books, which Sanderson says she considered Jordan's "dying request.