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Art depicts a dog watching a dragon in flight. https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/hoids-storybook-collection-backerkit 2026-03-03T14:36:23-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_1-1_Updated_Blog_Banner_eee5bc7b-3b81-4a87-86d5-f4bda11176c7.jpg?v=1772558511 We Are Back on BackerKit with Hoid's Storybook Collection! The cover image for "Hoid's Storybook Collection" live on BackerKit. Depicts Hoid and Shallan meeting in a garden. https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/will-wight 2026-03-09T11:00:05-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Self-publishing_with_Will_Wight.jpg?v=1772838801 Self-Made Gnome: Will Wight from Cradle to Kickstarter https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/how-to-run-the-cosmere-rpg 2026-04-03T11:09:14-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_GM_Chasmfiend_Image_2194ffab-e017-4b51-9bef-bf3740318817.jpg?v=1775236154 How to Run the Cosmere RPG How to Run the Stormlight RPG blog, with a chasmfiend in combat with three armored shardbearers. https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/project-hail-mary-what-fantasy-can-learn-from-science-fiction 2026-03-23T13:55:33-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Project_1.jpg?v=1774286930 Project Hail Mary: What Fantasy Can Learn From Science Fiction The cover of Project Hail Mary that reads "What Fantasy Can Learn from Science Fiction" https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/meet-hoids-artists 2026-03-26T10:27:28-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Faded_Corrected_e158144e-8916-4c1b-b2f1-1cf4bed012b9.jpg?v=1774542448 Meet the Artists of Hoid's Storybook Collection Illustrations of a blonde robed woman, a dragon, a warrior in armor, and two youths with the text "Meet the Artists." https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/creating-characters-for-the-cosmere-rpg 2026-04-16T11:00:34-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Stormlight_RPG_Character_Sheet-2.jpg?v=1776358674 Creating Characters for the Cosmere RPG https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/brandon-sanderson-and-dragonsteel-atlanta-2026 2026-04-15T12:41:28-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Dragonsteel_atlanta_884c2fbd-cb54-4ec8-bd8a-718dd214232f.jpg?v=1776278488 Brandon Sanderson and Dragonsteel Head to Atlanta: JordanCon, John Scalzi, and a Pop-Up Shop Sanderson and Dragonsteel head to Atlanta https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/dragonsteel-picks-summer-2026 2026-05-07T11:00:05-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Hand_wide_LOTR_1.jpg?v=1778170507 Dragonsteel Picks: What We Are Reading This Summer https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/shards-and-shattering-the-cosmeres-biggest-mystery 2026-05-15T13:46:52-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Who_are_the_shards_Newspaper_66104ec5-83e1-4d38-a159-57db9ccc047f.jpg?v=1778874412 Shards and Shattering: The Cosmere's Biggest Mystery https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/brandon-sanderson-dragonsteel-london-2026 2026-05-22T05:11:36-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_4k_1-1_3f99d783-677b-4c16-8d1a-39bd56b8cae5.jpg?v=1779193644 Your Guide to Brandon Sanderson and Dragonsteel in London 2026 Brandon Sanderson and Dragonsteel in London 2026 https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/i-love-comic-shops 2026-05-22T09:30:06-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_comic_shop_b94909d9-cf85-4a8c-8f77-92201955ae8e.jpg?v=1779460520 I Love Comic Shops A Dragonsteel employee in a deerstalker cap reaches for a Spider-Man comic book on a shelf of other comics. https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/songs-of-the-dead 2026-06-29T10:05:23-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Songs_of_the_dead_1-1.jpg?v=1781811136 Songs of the Dead  https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/all-about-dragons 2026-07-15T15:00:34-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_HTBD.jpg?v=1783615837 Here There Be Dragons https://www.dragonsteelbooks.com/blogs/the-cognitive-realm/twenty-years-of-mistborn 2026-07-22T16:11:25-06:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/6633/6336/articles/SEOon_Twenty_Years_of_mistborn.jpg?v=1784305726 Where Were You? 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