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Nov. 18th, 2020 01:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulythis is now the second fantasy writer I've encountered who thinks "lambent" is a fine adjective and should be applied to fantasy eyes. What, was this on everybody's word-a-day calendar or something? Is this going to be the "violet orbs" of the future?
If you insist on using it on eyes of all things, you gotta set that up. Say that the eyes are lambent like something that is actually lambent - a warm fire, a candle, something along those lines. Don't just toss it in there, because if your readers don't know what it means - and there's a good chance they don't - they'll think you're talking about sheep. And if your sheep are lambent, there is something very badly wrong with either your sheep or your worldbuilding.
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If you insist on using it on eyes of all things, you gotta set that up. Say that the eyes are lambent like something that is actually lambent - a warm fire, a candle, something along those lines. Don't just toss it in there, because if your readers don't know what it means - and there's a good chance they don't - they'll think you're talking about sheep. And if your sheep are lambent, there is something very badly wrong with either your sheep or your worldbuilding.
Steel by Joseph Bruchac
How Did the Squirrel Cross the Road?
The Challenge of Black Patriotism
The Last Children of Down Syndrome
Hong Kong's new rules have created confusion in the classroom. Some parents are pulling their children out
NYC schools to close as city reaches 3 percent test positivity threshold (Not unexpected)
BioNTech and Pfizer will seek emergency US authorization for vaccine on Friday, CEO says
Inside the Chaotic, Cutthroat Gray Market for N95 Masks
Nearly a Quarter of American Hospitals Are Running Out of Workers
‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Donald Trump's border wall is a 'monument to racism,' advocacy groups say. What happens to it when Joe Biden becomes president?
Judge orders US to stop expelling children who cross border
How a Deadly Police Force Ruled a City
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Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
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Date: 2020-11-19 05:43 am (UTC)There is a character described with lambent grey eyes multiple times (it's signaling an answer to a mystery, there's a reason to use identical description in the narrative repeatedly rather than being bad writing) - his name is Palamedes Sextus - but now on reread I will just think of lambent sheep.
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Date: 2020-11-19 04:17 pm (UTC)