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I'm reading Warlock by Oakley Hall and I love the ways he uses adjectives. Example:

"The sun, misshapen and red, was resting on the jagged spine of the Dinosaurs (mountains) when Pike Skinner turned into the jail." (Warlock, Oakley Hall)

What are some fast-ish paced books with similar prose I could read? I'm interested in vivid descriptions and action sequences. I tend to like my books on the PG-13 side.

I'm reading Warlock by Oakley Hall and I love the ways he uses adjectives. Example:

"The sun, misshapen and red, was resting on the jagged spine of the Dinosaurs (mountains) when Pike Skinner turned into the jail." (Warlock, Oakley Hall)

What are some fast-ish paced books with similar prose I could read? I'm interested in vivid descriptions and action sequences. I tend to like my books on the PG-13 side.

After reading WaT, I agreed with many other readers that the quality of Sanderson's characterization has taken a dip. Not as in the quality or depth of the characters themselves, but the craft of how their development and characterization are communicated to the reader. The prose has lost its subtle hints and become almost aggressively heavy-handed. My main frustration is the repetitive, explicit commentary on how a characters is doing today in comparison with how they were doing in the past.

I saw minor signs of this trend in RoW but wasn't bothered. I was disappointed with some scenes in WaT but thought it could be a fluke caused by insufficient editing. Now I'm on The Sunlit Man an

Hi everyone, I'm planning on starting to submit to literary magazines and love the name "Grace Merrit" for multiple reasons, especially for the subtle oxymoron. My only gripe with it is that "Grace" as a first name feels very conventional and I want something just a teensy bit edgy or unconventional.

I've experimented with alternate spellings of Grace but haven't been impressed. Most give Myckinsliegh vibes. Any with a "y" lose femininity, which I prefer to keep as context for my work.

I'm happy with many different spellings of Merrit/Merit/Meritt etc.

I've considered variations of "Grace" from other languages (e.g. Anya, Graciella) but nothing that inspired me enough for me to let go

I mean in addition to his other issues.

I read a lot of OCD in his childhood scenes and how he struggles to relate with others and ruminates and obsession about knowing what is right. Also in his isolation from those around them and struggling to understand how they think and what they expect of him.

(I know there's some autism coding in there too--lots of people have both.)

Kaladin wouldn't know this being Roshar's First Therapist (TM), but the CBT techniques that Kaladin teaches are less than effective for a many people with OCD. I had a visceral reaction against "warrior thoughts" because the idea of "fighting bad thoughts" was DEVASTATING to my Pure O. That said thought challenging

How would shards have to combine to form Antidisestablishmentarianism?

If you know these characters well enough to recognize them by name, nothing here should be a spoiler.

I commened something like this on a comment in r/stormlightarchieve but it seemed more appropriate as its own post.

The parallels between Wax's Terri's grandmother and Kaladin's surgeon father make me wonder if there was an insufferable pacifist anti-authoritarian authority figure in young Sanderson's lineage somewhere. Or maybe he just liked the themes and character dynamic so much he accidentally wrote it twice.

Both characters represent the mentor qualities of moral legacy and inherited skills while ALSO being forces of childhood isolation and actively opposing the protagonists' chosen