Well I shot Brandon an email from his website but as I know he will be overrun with Jordan fans in that email I came looking elsewhere and look what I found.....
Like everyone else I hear this unknown name of Brandon sanderwho? and I think, hrm... Harriet picked it, this man must be near as one can come to having a chance to do Jordan justice. I put my full faith in the shade of Rigney's heart, knowing that she has been there for the whole long ride of WOT, and that if there is anyone that would know it would be her. She holds the fate of Rand and the Two rivers in her hands more so than any living person.
As to Brandon and his skill at writing, I shall find out first hand when like so many others I pick up his books. As to the writing style and content.... LDS doesnt mean he is not capable of writing any given style. It is his religion the foundation of his beliefs. Not the end all be all of who and what he is capable and willing to do.
Have you seen an LDS member drink caffeinated beverages? drink wine? beer? Perhaps you've seen one spank their kids? Have you heard one cuss? Have you known an LDS member go into the military and use their M60 to level hoards of enemies? Have you seen the blood of an LDS woman when she gives birth to her children? Have you been intimate with a member of the LDS church? If you have, and I've seen most of this my friends, then you know that an LDS member is nothing more than a person, a human being like you or me, each with strengths and weaknesses. If we chose now to judge him by his faith then we chose to dishonor not only his religion but our own.
Within the foundations of WOT I have enjoyed greatly the sexuality as well as the battle scenes. Go read Goodkind, you will see a very similar story, but you will find a graphic nature that makes you sick. Jordan was a master at telling us how the very earth was rendered in the red blood of friend and foe without telling us the details and yet we see it in our mind. Aviendha and Rand first make love, and there is no descriptions of body parts and orgiastic pleasures... it was subtle and and we saw it better for it. I've no desire nor want to hear the minute detail of the gore of battle nor the intimate secrets of lovers. I would sooner believe that Brandon will write closer to Jordan than Goodkind. I love Jordan for his subtleties it is why I have stayed with the series so long and bought the hardbacks the moment I could.... lesser authors if I bother, I wait for softbacks, because they are not worth the money.
To Brandon, I laugh at those who would bother to bring your faith into this matter, for in my mind it has no bearing, if you were making porn perhaps it would be in contradiction, or if you were asked to run an establishment of strip clubs.... but for writing a book from an author who was the king of subtle description I would say the LDS faith should be an asset not a deterrent.
Good luck, may you find the shade and water you need to finish the series we have waited so long for. I am as yet torn at the thought of the words being finished by other than Jordan himself, and yet, like so many others I want so much to see the final story on paper, and the Wheel of Time to finish its circle that it can once more begin to spin again.
Flian