Well, I'm about ready to take a sledgehammer to George R. R. Martin. First, let me say up front that I began writing my trilogy three, maybe four years ago. I hadn't even read a book by George R. R. Martin yet (which is a whole other post about reading everything in your genre. Shut up. Whatever. I can't read it all!). Since that time I have read two of the books in the series, A Song of Ice and Fire. I wouldn't say our novels tell similar stories. They don't. But certain elements in my novels also seem to be present in his novels. Enough so that I'm beginning to get a complex about being unoriginal.
You may imagine me reading his novels and having a Hilly Holbrook reaction when coming across these particular elements. That would be accurate.
It happened again just the other day when I got an idea for something -- a fun name I wanted to use for a group of squatters who cause some trouble. As is my way, I Googled it to see how it had been used before. And, yep, there he was, that Santa-faced writer of fantasy, GRRM, with his Game of Thrones novel and the term I wanted to use. Nevermind that this specific term was probably embedded deep in my subconscious from having read the novel earlier. My point is it was perfect for my story and he'd already taken it. People, this is not the first time this has happened to me. Standard-bearer or not he's taken far more than his fair share in fantasy, and I've had enough. Next time I get an original idea I want it to be my original idea, George. Not your hand-me-down, already published, look-how-famous-I-am idea. Now I have to give the term a mustache and fake glasses disguise so I can still get away with using it in my story. Geesh.*
Ever been burned like that before on what you thought was an original idea? Which author stole all your ideas before you wrote them?
AND...
In other news, I wanted to give a shout out to Tyrean Martinson whose novel, Champion in the Darkness, has officially been released!
Champion in the Darkness is a YA Christian Fantasy, and is the first book in the Champion Trilogy.
Tyrean Martinson lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest, encouraged by her loving husband and daughters, and reminded to exercise by her dogs and cat. She has been published in e-zines like Every Day Poets, Every Day Fiction, and Mindflights, and a few print anthologies like The Best of Every Day Poets and Sunday Snaps: The Stories.
Champion in the Darkness is available at these locations:
Amazon Kindle
Smashwords
Goodreads
*this post brought to you by Monday morning.
creative commons photo by Jemimus
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Yeah for Tyrean! Can't wait to read her book.
ReplyDeleteI have an idea for another book and yes, I've already begun tracing elements of it back to other books. And a couple movies. If I write it, I'm not going to worry about the similarities.
I'm sure your story is more original than you think. :)
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem with GRRM - he used the same name for a group I had. Fortunately, I later found the same name in another novel I'd read ten years before, so at least I knew that neither of us was original. : p
ReplyDeleteCongrats! to Tyrean and best wishes for her success!
ReplyDeleteI do a lot of Googling when I have an idea to see if key words or phrases have been used before. Even my MC's boat he named No Worries. The name is like Number 50 of most popular names.
Alex - That's probably the best attitude. At this point what hasn't been written, right?
ReplyDeleteTonja - Well, some days it looks very GRRM in a wig. :P
MC - I'll bet we came up with the same name. ;) But, yeah, GRRM probably had his idea stolen by the guy who wrote it before him !!!
Stephen - Oh, I want a boat named No Worries. That sounds ideal for sailing off into the sunset. :)
Ahhh. Originality is like, so last year. I just try to copy everyone and anyone whose ever been published, hoping that if the reading public liked it once, they'll like it again, right?
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. The caffeine just kicked in.
The dreaded Google search. I know it well. I thought of a name for my villian the other day. It just popped into my head like a gift from the Gawds. So I Googled it.
Guess what?
Taken.
And by a book I had never heard of?!
Maybe no-one else has either...Hmmm.
~Just Jill
Congrats to Tyrean!!
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm a GRRM fanatic so I would see it as a great compliment that the two of you have had similar ideas. I can imagine it's frustrating though. Damn him anyway. :D
As wise King Solomon once said, 'there is nothing new under the sun'.
ReplyDeleteI think there will always be similarities in ideas, names, and themes, but as the author you will bring something new to it because you are writing it. If you think about an artist who paints landscapes, for instance, a tree is a tree, a flower a flower. Doesn't keep them from painting it. What they do add is their style--with lighting, brush strokes, shadings. Certainly movies are rarely original in idea--if something was popular you'll see lots of movies or shows with the same theme. Don't let it stop you from writing it!
Congrats to Tyrean!
Sia McKye OVER COFFEE
Yes, I have. And what I realized is everyone tells things in their own unique way, so even though something is similar, your story will be different.
ReplyDeleteKaren
Jill - I'm just going to put fake mustaches on all my writing. Perhaps the art is in making the same old look new again. :)
ReplyDeleteJulie - Oh, yeah, he's great. But I hate feeling like a plagiarist. :P I swear we had a line that was almost identical, word for word, a kind of important one in my novel. I wrote before I ever read his book! So weird.
Sia - That is so true, and a good way to cope with the whole question of originality. I suppose we can use the same imagery, but our unique take on it might be enough to make it our own. I hope so.
Karen - Just don't want to be accused of being a copycat. That's where I think we have to try to disguise the similarities as much as possible. Drives me nuts, though. :)
Luanne - Thanks for giving me a huge shout out today! I really appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, I've felt that way before . . .I struggle with character names sometimes. I really like the name Tarma, but I know it's been used before . . .so I can't use it. Then I wanted to use Logan, and then realized that name made me think of both Logan's run and Wolverine. sigh.
Again - thanks for the celebratory shout out!!!
You're welcome!
DeleteAnd it wasn't lost on me how similar our character's names are (mine is named Cira). sigh. And I had to change the name of the male protagonist in one of the novels because it was showing up in EVERYTHING. sigh, sigh, sigh.
Fake Moustaches! High-larious.
Delete~Jill
Alex, Stephen, Julie, and Sia - Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteThe most disappointed I've been is A) when I saw the title for one of my books in print for yet another stupid vampire story (not that I don't love vampires but this one was a rehash of ten others - not original in the least) and B) when my character's last name was used because it is the perfect last name and I can't even begin to think of a different one for her. Grrr.
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations Tyrean!!!!
Oh yes. It is frustrating. What is interesting is when I find that same element in multiple books (by different authors). They all are slightly different but the element is the same. Ack. So, I think we have to put a new twist on it.
ReplyDeleteHi Luanne and Tyrean .. is that why I don't write novels or books - I'd be replicating everything all over again!
ReplyDeleteTyrean good luck with your book ... cheers Hilary
Originality is misunderstood. It doesn't come from the base elements of your story, but from your author's voice and perspective.
ReplyDeleteI once saw someone summarize the base elements of the Harry Potter books (at least, it seemed like he was obviously describing the Harry Potter books while he was doing it) and then end by saying that the story was actually the Harry Dresden books. And it was true. If you go basic enough, they were exactly the same. But I can't imagine two books about wizards being more vastly different.
That's where originality comes from.
I don't think it matters if Martin used a term first. If it fits your story, and it's not being used in the same context, then go for it.
You hit on one of the most aggravating things for a writer in the midst of a book, LG. When I first started my scifi, I walked through the bookstore to see if any similar titles were being used.
ReplyDeleteMost of the books which used the same main word in the title were fantasy. Arrgh! Changed it again, same thing happened, so I reduced the title to one word and said that's it, no more changes. So what if it's been used. Doesn't seem to both many other writers. Some words are overused too - 'Mortal' is one. . .
Couldn't this be called, writing in the style of . . .(fill in the appropriate big name)? Could be useful for the blurb.
I do agree, it's aggravating and frustrating.
'seem to both many other writers' should be 'bother . . .'
DeleteOh bother!
Loved this post. You're not alone. I belly-ached about this when I visited Livia's late last year. Change its clothes, dye it's hair or shave it bald. Do whatever necessary to keep writing it. :-)
ReplyDeleteAs a fan of George R.R. Martin (and I've analyzed his books in numerous posts on my blog), I think all you'd have to do to be original is to 1) actually finish your story 2) write a book that is a quarter of the size that his are and 3) not spend so much time talking about food. For crying out loud...he has spent hundreds and hundreds of pages describing pickled this and that and berries swimming in cream and blah blah blah.
ReplyDeleteHalf of his repertoire of characters I could give a rat's ass about. I don't particularly like any of the Dornish chapters, I can't stand Sansa, and I can't stand any of the Greyjoy chapters or Bran for that matter. I think the white walkers should just eat him and get it over with (and I suspect the Children of the Forest have already eaten Jojen because he's completely disappeared as of A Dance With Dragons and I really don't care).
Give me Daenerys, Jon Snow, Samwell, Arya, Circe, Jaime, and Tyrion. That's it. That's all I want.
But George isn't about to do that. No he's going to go on and on about Theon Greyjoy (renamed) and he's going to continue to give me updates on Katelyn Stark who is now a zombie and he's going to bombard me with Sansa and Littlefinger (who I think should just get overrun in the Eyrie by the White Walkers once the wall comes a tumblin' down).
Anyway...if you want to be original, I think it's easy enough to do. There are more people out here who follow George R.R. Martin who are deeply dissatisfied with his body of work than you realize. I know people who purposefully pirate his works to pass them on to others just to snub him of royalties because they hate him so much for taking eight years to write a sequel to "A Feast for Crows."
Do you realize that HBO's "A Game of Thrones" is the most pirated television series in world history?
Do you really want to be that guy? Infamy and fame...they are synonymous with the fat man that is George.
mshatch - We get sooooo attached to our characters' names. Titles of book can be repeated, but it's not good if you share it with something you don't like. Yeah.
ReplyDeleteSouthpaw - Yep, things are apt to repeat, but I'm starting to hold a grudge against GRRM. It's like he traveled to the future to read my mind before he sat down to write. :PP
Hilary - It happens. Stick to non-fiction. You're very original with that. :D
Sarah - Oh, yeah, I agree. That's what I meant by putting a disguise on it so it can still be used. There's stuff that books have in common, but you have to find a way of distinguishing your version of it. A fake accent works too. :)
DG - One of the first things I did was Google my titles. Didn't find any out there, so I felt some relief about that. I Google most of the major elements in my novels...names, places, characters...if it isn't TOO overused I'm good with it.
Jeff - Yep, I do think there is a way to make it our own, if we're willing to dig a little deeper and slap some lipstick on it. :)
Michael - Hahahahaha....now that's a diatribe!! But you make an interesting point about deliberate pirating. Or even fanfiction. People do it, but I don't think it's noble or should be rewarded necessarily. And I don't think I have to worry about infamy, I just want to write something that feels original or unique. It's just a weird feeling to read a book and see things in it you swear came out of your head first!! I shake my fist at GRRM!
Also, George's "brilliant" idea to use rotating narrative is not his either. He stole it from William Faulkner. Read "Absalom, Absalom" and you'll see what I'm talking about.
DeleteAlso the White Walkers are just the Nazghul.
Jaime Lannister is just Aragorn, but Aragorn was cooler.
And George uses the same trope that most fantasy is guilty of...the mysterious "continent" to explain super powerful magical objects.
Allow me to explain: whenever something super powerful is brought to bare in his novel, he will attach the word "Valerian" to it. "Oooh that XXX object is from Valeria...destroyed by dragons...and blah bluh blah bluh blah..."
All it means when you hear that is he's about to yank some bullshit out of his ass to explain away how something happens without really explaining ANYTHING AT ALL.
I totally thought up Valeria first. :D
DeleteI have to admit I love Michael's diatribes. They're quite entertaining.
Delete"Because: magic!" is a popular explanation in fantasy and I have to say I find it less than satisfying. But then I'm a bit science-minded and like to at least have some pretense at believability before I'll swallow "Magic!" as an explanation :P
Aragorn never got hot and heavy with his sister (that we know of; and at least it was never a major plot point) and never, to my knowledge, threw a boy off a tower. Jamie is a terrible reincarnation of the ranger king.
DeleteThat is NOT one of the similarities I noted. I do not have incest in my novels or the throwing of children out of windows (though, well, sometimes other bad things happen). Wow, yeah, he is the anti-Aragorn right there.
DeleteNo, I don't think I've had that problem, but then again, I'm probably not a wide enough reader. Readers have told me my book is original, so I'll take that at face value. But the idea of revenge is not new. I think its all in how you handle the idea that makes it original. Your own spin should make it so. So go for it, with or without the Groucho disguise.
ReplyDeletethis happened to me and my fashion designs.... a few years ago when I first watched a show from Elie Saab I had a feeling he stole all the ideas from me... he and me are like twins in creative vision :) He and Zuhair Murad always have very similar ideas to my own.
ReplyDeleteNancy - See, that's the thing. If I had never read GRRM I would be living in total bliss. I never would have known he'd done a Vulcan mind meld on me and stolen all my ideas. :P
ReplyDeleteDezzy - Oh, I'll bet stuff like that happens all the time in design. And it's weird how in the history of human beings certain inventions happen at the same time in different parts of the world too. There's like some weird hive mind evolution at play where people get the same ideas at the same time.
yes, but the weird thing is that both me and Elie are extremely unique in our work :) It's not like we repeat things which repeat in fashion every decade or so. It's more like being fashion soulmates or something LOL
DeleteYour design brother from another mother. :)
DeleteDang that GRRM! And, yeah, I know how you feel. So give it your own unique twist. If it's all been written before then GRRM is copying someone else and making it his own. You can, too.
ReplyDeleteYes, I take consolation in the fact that GRRM wasn't the first to come up with a lot of the stuff he writes about either. I think maybe we all pass around the same ideas and just put different costumes on them. :)
DeleteI had a moment of panic when I first started reading the Dresden books. Not that House is at all similar, but there are definitely some of the same ideas going on. After I thought about it, though, I was okay with it, because it just shows that we grew up with a lot of the same cultural influences. You can't get away from that stuff. And, in the end, there's not much similar between House and Dresden except that there's magic.
ReplyDeleteThat's sort of been my evolution of thought on it too. I figure GRRM is interested in the same Anglo/European history and mythology I am, and so it's natural that some of the same ideas would be explored. But damn him for getting to them before me. :P
DeleteAnd I still need to read the Dresden Files books. I've read a short story by Butcher using the Harry character but none of the novels.
I have the first two of his epic fantasy sitting here to read, too, but I haven't gotten to them yet. I really like the Dresden books, as surprising as that may seem.
DeleteWhaaaaaat? You are going to read GRRM? I enjoyed them, but they are a little too descriptive of minor details sometimes. That's just a taste thing, though.
DeleteAnd I have to read those Dreseden books. So many people like them.
I am not, under any circumstances, going to read GRRM. I read Jordan, and I am not again going to read an overly descriptive series by an old, fat guy that is going to die before he can finish it. Not gonna do it.
Delete(Just in case I wasn't clear, I have the first two books of Butcher's epic fantasy series waiting to be read. As soon as I get caught up on Dresden.)
Ahhhh, that makes much more sense. I DID think you meant GRRM, which went against all your previous anti-GRRM rants (see above). :)
DeleteI agree with L.G.'s complaints about GRRM's details (definitely skimmed large swaths of Book 2). But I have to say I'm still withholding judgement on Dresden, although 2 books in I'm less than impressed. Definitely wandered off to do something more interesting (i.e. check Facebook) during a werewolf scene that I believe was supposed to be tense. I completely adored Butcher's Alera books though, and plowed through the series in a sleep-deprived week.
DeleteCongrats to Tyrean!!
ReplyDeleteI hear you, girl! A gazillion authors keep stealing my ideas! Doesn't matter that they are all published! Doesn't matter that I read their books and their ideas became mine... they are still MY ideas! Sheesh! ;)
(another reason I have this feeling I need to rush to get published because more of my ideas are stolen, lol)
LOL. I hear you on this. J.K. Rowling, you know I'm talking about you! I also had a great idea for a story about a high school for junior secret agents called Spy High. I was really excited about it until I Googled it and discovered it had been done already. Same idea, same name, and I swear I'd never heard of it.
ReplyDeleteBut your idea is great and screw those similarities. GRRM better watch out.ha
Congrats to Tyrean!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it happens to us all, LG. I borrowed from Firefly to create my space opera world. I wish I had coined 'shiny' first. I think we all borrow from somewhere whether consciously or not.
Although GRRM's first couple of books were great. He majorly dropped the ball on #4. I'm still mad at him about it, too.
Lynda - See, you understand!! Just 'cause I wrote it second doesn't mean it wasn't my idea. :)
ReplyDeleteMarsha - Oh, Rowling is another one I'd like to take a swing at. I got all kinds of magic stuff I want to write about, and the glutton went and used it all up in one book series. Hrmph. :P
M Pax - I think we're all swimming and peeing in the same pool, to put it another way. And I haven't read beyond the first two, but I've heard unflattering tales about book four before. It's like the saggy middle of those long books series. I didn't like book five of the Harry Potter series either.
Congrats to Tyrean!
ReplyDeleteI've had the "Oh no, it's been done before" thing happen to me too. :)
Robert A. Heinlein. I still maintain a grudge against him for a particular term in The Cat Who Walked Through Walls. The most frustrating thing was I hadn't even read the book before writing mine.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Tyrean!
Yes, but I refuse to dwell on it. I've also written something, seen it on the news weeks, months, years later. That's a little freaky.
ReplyDeleteTyrean is everywhere today . . . including my blog:-) And yessss, it is hard to be an original. I've encountered the same problem many times!!
ReplyDeleteNicole - Well, there's "done before" and then there's "crap, he stole my whole scene." LOL.
ReplyDeleteGolden Eagle - Oh, good for you. What a no good, rotten author. There oughta be a law... :P
Carol - Just let it wash over, that's a very adult attitude. One of these days I'm going to try that. :)
Jamie - Yes, Congrats to Tyrean! She had a very successful launch, I'd say.
I have to say that I wasn't that worried about this (hadn't given it too much thought) but after reading this and all the comments, I'm pretty sure that all the fabulous ideas I've collected could be found out there, already done, polished and published!
ReplyDeleteNo matter how your great ideas have been filched by this sinister Martin fellow, it's your voice, your story, your unique style that makes your work terrific.
Still. It sucks when that happens.
Tyrean's book looks amazing! I'll have to put this on my To-Read list! :)
Awww. That's the worst! *hugs L.G.*
ReplyDeleteLove the link to Hilly's reaction. I totally know what you mean. I had one of those moments last spring when I saw The Avengers and there was friggin LOKI with the complete attitude and look and the-world-should-bow-to-me arrogance that I'd imagined for MY villian damnit. But then I saw the bright side of it (Maybe I should be looking at Norse mythology for inspiration) and became obsessed with The Avengers to quite possibly an unhealthy degree.
One of my favorite writers (Clare Dunkle) once said that she never reads anything in her genre because of it possibly subconsciously influencing her (unintentionally stealing other people's ideas).
@Callie: I love Norse mythology. I use some in House. Of course, House came out way before the Avengers, but I did grow up reading Thor comics. Among others.
Delete@Andrew: I've been enjoying it so far. I had previously been into Greek/Roman mythology and any Native American mythology I could get my hands on. I had read some fantasy based on Norse mythology and quite enjoyed THAT, so not sure why I'm just recently getting into Norse mythology.
DeleteYou are so funny! It really is tough though. I mean we're all using the same words and the same premises. There is nothing truly new. It's all in what you bring to the old crap. I had a weird experience while FCF was on subs. I read a memoir and in the beginning it had some line that was eerily similar to a line I had written in FCF. It totally freaked me out. But I wrote my book before hers was published and the lines were slightly different, fiction v. non-fiction so I left it alone. Still, it was disconcerting.
ReplyDeleteLexie - Any time I can stoke another writer's insecurity...um, wait, that's not right. I think it just comes with the territory. Things are always gonna overlap when everyone is working off the same mythology/history.
ReplyDeleteCallie - THAT was a good movie. Loki is my favorite. And, yep, Norse mythology is hot right now. There's the Viking show on History channel coming out and some new Viking movie. Vikings are the new zombies. :)
Lisa - That's when it's really freaky, when you read a line that is almost identical to one you wrote. That happened to me with Game of Thrones. And I wrote that line before I ever even heard of GRRM. Just a weird coincidence, but the kind that would have others accusing me of plagiarism or copying. That's when I feel like I gotta put a disguise on it and see if no one notices. :)
Oh good! I do like me some zombies, but... are you saying this is a good time to buy a horned helmet? For, uh, all the midnight opening night showings. Yea, that's why. You have to have a reason to buy a horned helmet. Cosplaying at the Viking movies! Oh, J is going to be so mortified...
DeleteHorned helmets are a must for securing the best seats at the theater, yes. Invoking the wrath of Thor works too.
DeleteOh, zombie vikings! That's what we need!
ReplyDeleteOkay, MY idea! I'm claiming it right now. Do you hear me, George?! Viking zombies are mine!
DeleteHey, wait a minute! I said that! But, um, you can do it, because I'm booked up on the writing front for at least three years of projects. Maybe more. So someone better do it before that Martin fellow does.
DeleteDamn. Already done. http://bit.ly/VR11vr
DeleteYou were just too slow. That's what waiting ONE day causes.
DeleteYay for Tyrean!
ReplyDeleteI'm almost positive that Jane Austen stole my ideas :D
I haven't found anything that made me think "whoa, that's really similar" yet. I've noticed the rise in strong female characters though (which mine has). I'm not too mad about that though :)
Many congrats to Tyrean!
ReplyDeleteI have only read one book in my specific genre because most of them are written by real life people and most likely bloviated. Although, I am sure I've written scenes or characters that are spot on with other authors in movies or the like because it was lurking somewhere in the recess of my mind. I think it's human nature.
Samantha - That little idea thief! She seemed so meek and polite too. :P And yes to strong female characters!! We should all write those. :)
ReplyDeleteElsie - It is pretty common, you're right. I mean, if you're writing about the mob it's pretty much a given that there's gonna be a scene where someone gets a body part removed while being interrogated for information, right? Trick is to make it your own and maybe go for the toes instead of the thumbs or something. :))
Congrats to Tyrean!
ReplyDeleteAs for your story being similar to GRRM's, I'm sure you'll put a fresh spin on it, and make it all your own,
Julie
Babe, we're all a web. We're in closer proximity to others in that web and those with whom we share that space, we're going to think a bit like, talk a bit like and be a bit inspired by similar things.
ReplyDeleteNo author is an island. :) Incidentally, I *love* the moustache and fake glasses idea. You are a dolly and a love with that.
Julie - That's the challenge, right? I mean, Shakespeare gets a lot of credit for his stories but, really, he had a five hundred year head start on most of us. :)
ReplyDeleteSuze - I'm truly going to rebel if I start looking like GRRM, though. I draw the line there. :D
Everything you see or hear rubs off on you in some way, so it's inevitable it'll come out in your writing. Making something new out of a lot of old elements, that's the trick. :)
ReplyDeleteUgh! Don't you hate it when that happens? In my WIP the MC's name is Dante Walker and he's in Purgatory, but he made a deal with Lucifer that allows him to come back to life.
ReplyDeleteI'd written half the book before I heard about a YA series where the MC is named Dante Walker and he's a soul collector for Lucifer.
I was SO irritated. And I don't want to change Dante's name cause it's seared into my brain as his NAME and now I can't just think of him as something else--but it's never gonna work cause, apparently, this other series is pretty big.
The fact that they both work for Lucifer makes it ten times worse even though, other than that, the plotlines are entirely different.
I still want to scream!!
Nick - That is the trick. And I don't think we have to avoid writing what others have written about, but we should find a way to differentiate it to avoid comparisons, especially if it's similar to a well known writer's work.
ReplyDeleteTamara - I do hate it when that happens!!! And, yes, that's the kind of stuff that happens to me sometimes too. And if you don't change it then you're the one who'll be called out for copying. Sigh.
King Solomon said "There is nothing new under the sun" in the Bible. Now I'm wondering who said it before him. I deal with this kind of thing as a musician too. No matter what new piece we've composed someone has been there before us.
ReplyDeleteI do like George RR. Marin though (please don't hit me)
Yes, music would be very much the same way I would think. Easy to get a few notes in your head and inadvertently repeat them. I'm thinking right now of that Bob Dylan song Forever Young and the one Rod Stewart did later by the same name. I heard they were so similar that Stewart pays Dylan part of the royalties on his song. :)
DeleteAnd you are safe from my sledgehammer...for the moment. :P
It is hard to be original. I guess I just hope my unique voice will lend something to an unoriginal idea...or what could be seen as one. To me it's new! :)
ReplyDeleteThat's the best we can do, right? Try to infuse a dose of our individual take on things and hope for the best. Good to be aware of what's out there, though, so you avoid the GRRM type land mines. :)
DeleteI know the feeling. I've read so many books, and sometimes I think I've come up with a great idea. Yet when I google it, there it is in a book I've read. It's frustrating, but you've just got to keep writing your story.
ReplyDeleteYou know how many of my ideas Stephen King has stolen? Makes me mad :(
ReplyDeleteAnd Congrate to Tyrean on the release of her novel. Love the cover.
......dhole
Christine - Gotta keep writing -- regardless of what the gods at Google say. True.
ReplyDeleteDonna - Damn you Stephen King!! So frustrating when these famous authors hog all the ideas for themselves. :P