Worldbuilders 2016: Pat's Book Three Q&A;!

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Donate to Worldbuilders! http://www.worldbuilders.org/donate/ Thanks to all our supporters, we've raised over $2,000,000 for Heifer International! As a stretch goal for our 2016 fundraiser, Pat agreed to answer questions about Doors of Stone and whatever else people wanted to talk about. There were a LOT of questions. Questions including, but not limited to these: 05:13 Is there a publication date for book three? 06:04 Will the same audiobook narrators read book three? 12:02 Pat talks about his revision process. 18:26 How much to you love Lin-Manuel Miranda? 19:23 Pat talks about celebrity crushes. 25:09 Is Kerrek a play on the word "character?" 25:15 How was your time on Critical Role? 25:18 What is your opinion of Twin Peaks? 27:38 Do you have a certain image of denner in your head? 27:52 Why is your magic system so similar to Lyndon Hardy's Master of the Five Magics? 28:56 Will book three be the last in the series? 32:21 What do you have to say about Joe Abercrombie? 33:06 Will book three be one volume or many? Will you tie up all the loose ends? 35:27 What is your biggest fear in releasing book three? 37:49 Will it be longer or shorter than The Wise Man's Fear? 39:57 Do you base any of your characters on people in your life? 41:57 Will we learn more about Simmon in book three? 43:23 Can we get an update on the Name of the Wind show/movie? 48:10 Beard talk. 51:17 Have you read Brandon Sanderson's Way of Kings? 55:56 Will there be more Fela? 56:03 Will you guest on the Writing Excuses podcast again? 56:50 Do you have any Laniel Young Again updates? 57:13 Is How Old Holly Came to Be a Yllish story? 59:58 Has playing Dungeons & Dragons helped or influenced your writing? 01:02:16 Will you have any sway over casting of the NotW movie? 01:02:53 Are you involved at all in the movie? 01:03:29 Do you have a recommended reading list? 01:04:18 Do you have a dream cast for the movie? 01:05:21 Are you planning more supplemental novellas of Kingkiller characters? 01:08:55 What's it like working on book three vs. the other books? 01:09:34 Reveal of Caesura IRL. 01:12:49 Was the third book always called Doors of Stone? 01:13:02 Will you write any books not set in Temerant? 01:17:10 When did you first start writing The Name of the Wind? 01:17:29 Will you add Persian or Arabic myths into your books? 01:17:49 How many pages have you thrown out of the series? 01:19:20 Will you consider publishing Kingkiller outtakes? 01:19:49 Has growing up and having children affected your writing style and ideas? 01:20:45 Are there things in the first two books you wish you could change? 01:25:18 Do you still like book three? 01:25:57 Will book three make us cry? 01:28:22 How will the books be divided into the TV show/movies? 01:28:41 Have you been to Madrid? PAX West? 01:29:56 Will Storyboard ever return? 01:30:06 Where can I get an Eolian mug? 01:31:27 Do you have plans after book three? 01:31:52 Who would win in a rap battle, Kvothe or Hamilton? 01:32:32 Would you speak with the Cthaeh if you had the chance? 01:33:40 Is the naming magic in Kingkiller based on that in Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea series? 01:34:47 Will you do voiceover work for a Kingkiller game? 01:36:09 Do you use a specific writing application? 01:36:20 Describe book three in one word. 01:36:46 Do you get approached in the street by fans? How do you feel about that? 01:41:12 How accurate are the name pronunciations in the Kingkiller audiobooks? 01:42:02 Are there any ethnically Asian people in Temerant? 01:44:07 What is taking so long with book three? 01:47:01 The Big Announcement: NotW 10th Anniversary Edition 01:48:05 Why NotW10A instead of book three? 01:50:55 Okay, but why reissue a 10-year-old book? 01:56:43 Really. Book three. WTF. 02:01:03 Pat talks American politics. 02:09:24 Outtakes. TL;DR: He's working on book three, and it's slow going because this book has to hold its own against the first two. Link Stew: MBMBAM: http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/my-brother-my-brother-and-me Letterkenny: https://youtu.be/9rSBmOgpcDE Writing Excuses: http://www.writingexcuses.com/ Pat's Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/922495-patrick The Draccus plushie: https://thetinkerspacks.com/products/draccus-plushie Amanda losing her @#$% over the Draccus plushie: https://youtu.be/3vutXQOCrpo Jalic Blades: http://www.jalic-blades.com/ Caesura preorder: http://fourcornersforge.com/caesura/ Storyboard archives: http://geekandsundry.com/shows/storyboard/ Eolian Bar mug: https://thetinkerspacks.com/products/eolian-mug Delilah S. Dawson's "How to Approach Authors": http://www.whimsydark.com/blog/2015/1/21/how-to-approach-authors-in-the-wild Pat's revision blog: http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/08/fanmail-qa-revision/ Tak preorders & purchases: https://thetinkerspacks.com/search?q=tak For more information: Worldbuilders: http://www.worldbuilders.org Heifer International: http://www.heifer.org