I’m wondering how it will affect the masculine energy. I’m starting the journey soon so I guess I’ll see myself. Did you notice anything in that matter?
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This is actually a good question which am surprised at myself for not asking. I reread the DR sales page after you asked this and reflected. I came to the following conclusions:
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Dragon Reborn is intent on helping us become the “person we desire to be”. Even though this is a unisex title, DR will aid in masculine development if that is our desire.
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Not only that, but after an absolute breakdown and building up of our energies and personality which include our masculine selves, there is bound to be an effect on that part
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Regarding noticing it, I will keep my eyes open on how my personal masculinity is being affected by Dragon Reborn and will post when it develops and shines. In two days time, I can say that am kinder even though I feel “manly”. There has been a few instances when I was irritable but I was quick to bounce back from such situations.
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Yes me too, great question.
That and focus, ambition etc.
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From the sales page of DR ST3 Dragon Flight: “Possibility, ambition, vision and wisdom are what you will grow and what you will use to soar to ever greater heights”
Woooohooo!
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That’s the part of the description which spoke to me most. WISDOM 
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Was writing a welcome message on Voytek’s Dragon Reborn journal and the following paragraph just rolled out. Dedicating it to all our fellow Dragons @Sub.Zero, @Leandros, @James, @d1gz, @Avengers68, @subliminalguy, @DarkPhilosopher, @Gemstone, @RVconsultant, @Simon. Hope it inspires you:
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Day 2: Tuesday (Week 1)
Dragon Reborn ST1 x 1
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Unlike yesterday, I slept well through the night while playing DR. Woke up well rested
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Mood was meditative throughout the day with certain interruptions of irritations which were on the verge of blowing up but fortunately didn’t end up that way
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Noticed that my lips which are normally dry and which I usually bite to remove the skin, is much smoother today. Possible healing from DR already! Will keep watch whether my lips stay that way longer.
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When I asked over DM, SaintSovereign has assured me that Dragon Reborn will help maximize Physical Healing along with any other treatments and healing modalities that I do. Felt a huge sense of relief when he said that. Also, others running DR have already started to report physical healings in their various journals! And it’s just been a few days since DR was released!
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Was feeling a sense of self-disappointment mixed with hunger during the evening. I sat with it for a while when I couldn’t distract myself with reading Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer. Hey @Malkuth! Am already on the 3rd book. Heard that the 4th one was released very recently.
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Yes, and founder of the Sibling-hood of the Dragon. 
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Ah okay. Just wanted to tag you in a post
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Yes, indeed. The Rhythm of War. I’m going to enjoy reading it. This is one of the things that has gotten slowed down for me right now. I’ve found that with my subliminal stack as it is, there are a number of things I would usually do which have been paused. One of those is reading. Another is composing music. Many things related to creativity are currently on pause. It’s been like this for a while, but the realization of it hit me very suddenly last weekend. I think that my creative energy is currently being dominated by what my subconscious is building. Pretty wild to observe that.
But I can feel that as my mind adapts and grows, I’m gradually having more energy and bandwidth available to direct externally.
I think it’s a bit like what trees do during winter. They draw all of their energy into the core to nourish and sustain life during the cold time, and they also gestate and feed the new life that will burst forth when the temperature warms.
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Am in a situation where i can’t use my internet a lot especially for youtube videos. That leaves me with SubClub Forum (which doesn’t consume a lot of internet since it’s mainly text) and my trusty kindle reader. Reading is the only option these days. Good thing too.
Have you started Rhythms of War? How is it?
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haven’t started it. because I like to re-read the other volumes before I read a new one. This will be the last time you hear from me about it for a while. I’m spoiler-phobic! You’re also an intuitive type so you probably know the feeling. Hearing even two words can often reveal too much to me and negatively affect the experience.
What I can say is this: with Brandon Sanderson, you’re in good and competent hands. The guy’s a solid creator.
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@Malkuth - the interesting part is that I don’t mind spoilers at all. But at the same time I can understand people wanting things to be spoiler-free.
Although I do find Sanderson to be extremely good at storylines and dialogues (especially love the humorous parts in his books), I do prefer the characters and world building of Robert Jordan, GRR Martin and Steven Erickson.
But yes, Sanderson is an extremely competent writer.
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I’ve read all three of those authors and each is excellent for different reasons. I think Sanderson is a younger (in age and in craft) writer, and he’s still developing to his own apex of craft. But, wow, the progression has been amazing. The thing about Sanderson is that he’s methodical. At first, that deliberateness eclipsed some of his other strengths. I find that with each successive book, his mastery grows.
My son and I listened to his children’s series Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians. That one is chock-full of humor, and was very enjoyable.
Another younger writer (compared to those you mentioned) who I love in a very different way to Sanderson is Patrick Rothfuss. He’s the kind of prose writer who you can tell is also well-steeped in poetry. It adds a lyricism to his writing that is quite distinctive and transporting. Of course, probably as a result of that same quality, he also takes a very long time to complete his book. But The Name of the Wind. It’s actually high-time that I read that one again. All I remember is the wonder I felt. The first page, the prologue, was already excellent. It’s called A Silence of Three Parts. So excellent.
But, yes. I like to have a very pristine experience with a story. I want to give the author a chance to speak to me directly and as unmediated as possible. I’m pretty sensitive to tropes (even though I don’t know the names of most of them), and when I hear a few details, I often automatically intuit a whole bunch of other ones. I’m distracted by the sense of knowing what’s coming already.
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@Malkuth - you know? Am not normally critical about writers since I know the challenge of writing things that capture people’s imaginations. It’s interesting that I do it with Sanderson. Maybe it is because I have read too much fantasy that I like things a particular way. Possible that I want fantasy worlds to have so much mystery and history at the same time that it makes me have this sense of awe and wonder.
In Sanderson’s case, I admire his dedication to the craft and his craftmanship. He knows his stuff and is dogged in his work. The funny thing is that it is possible that if I start writing, I might end up like him BUT expect more out of myself and hence expect more out of him. So I guess am being self-critical?
But yes, he is a younger writer and he still has loads to write. He is also consistent in his output unlike GRRM (but I don’t complain since writing isn’t easy). And what he writes is still awesome. No wonder am digging The Stormlight Archives so far.
PS: it’s high time I get The Name of the Wind. Heard too many good things about it.
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Have you read any Peter V. Brett? He’s also from this younger crop of writers. Well, in their forties, but younger than some of our original reference points. Haha. I may have said this to you before, don’t remember right now, but when I first started reading these younger authors, I could tell that they’d grown up watching movies and television. The sentences feel more clipped and visually descriptive. Sometimes almost screenplay-like. I’ve gotten used to it, but sometimes I still get that feeling. This is compared to the authors of my youth LeGuin, Tolkien, L’Engle, and later Jordan, Williams, Martin, maybe also Hobb. Of course television and film existed in their lifetimes, but their authorial voices seemed to emerge more purely out of an engagement with literary tradition and lineage. They write like they spent hours reading more so than ‘watching’.
Some of these younger writers seem to do extremely well with writing physical action.
Anyway, I’ll be interested to see what you think of Peter Brett (The Warded Man, titled The Painted Man in the UK).
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