Brandon Sanderson & Joe Abercrombie talk fantasy in London

I travelled down to London this evening to see fantasy authors Joe Abercrombie and Brandon Sanderson in conversation. I don't get out to these events as much as I used to, but this was too interesting an opportunity to pass up. Waterstones hosted the event at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster.Joe and Brandon are a similar age and launched their careers relatively close together, with Brandon's debut novel Elantris released in 2005 and Joe's debut The Blade Itself following a year later. Both have been highly successful, with Joe moving close to 10 million books and selling his latest novel The Devils to James Cameron for a movie adaptation, whilst Brandon has sold over 50 million books and is writing the screenplay for a Mistborn movie for Apple.Brandon went over his career in some detail, such as writing thirteen novels before he got published, a good way of getting acquainted with failure and honing his skills of characterisation before hitting the big time. They contrasted their…