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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sanderson responded on Reddit and took the high road:

'But he also feels sincere in his attempt to try to understand. While he legitimately seems to dislike me and my writing, I don't think that's why he came to see me. He wasn't looking for a hit piece--he was looking to explore the world through his writing. In that, he and I are the same, and I respect him for it, even if much of his tone seems quite dismissive of many people and ideas I care deeply about.

The strangest part for me is how Jason says he had trouble finding the real me. He says he wants something true or genuine. But he had the genuine me all that time. He really did. What I said, apparently, wasn't anything he found useful for writing an article. That doesn't make it not genuine or true.

I am not offended that the true me bores him. Honestly, I'm a guy who enjoys his job, loves his family, and is a little obsessive about his stories. There's no hidden trauma. No skeletons in my closet. Just a guy trying to understand the world through story. That IS kind of boring, from an outsider's perspective. I can see how it is difficult to write an article about me for that reason.

I do want to make it clear, again that I bear Jason no ill will. I like him. Please leave him alone. He seems to be a sincere man who tried very hard to find a story, discovered that there wasn't one that interested him, then floundered in trying to figure out what he could say to make deadline. I respect him for trying his best to write what he obviously found a difficult article.

He’s a person, remember, just like each of us."

https://www.reddit.com/r/brandonsanderson/comments/1200dzk/on_the_wired_article/

Meanwhile the author is getting flamed on Twitter [/quote]

I’ve always liked Sanderson, and this makes me like him more. I thought the author of the Wired article sounded petulant and resentful; not a good look.

I loved the first three in the Mistborn series, but didn’t like the Skyward series as much. I haven’t read anything else. [/quote]

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