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quote:Mayfield669 wrote: You might figure out I am a huge fan of Tolkien, but tried to avoid things that were too similar too derivative. Where I saw this happening I made changes.

Ahhh Tolkein...Zepplin....I see....

Getting a book published yourself is expensive. Luckilly when I did mine I took advantage of an offer at the right time in a National newspaper.

I probably need to find a literary agent to represent me. I have heard that most big name publishers will reject out of hand most manuscripts submitted to them cold.

Yes - there is always that Zep/Tolkien link:

Misty Mountain Hop
Battle for Evermore
Ramble On
Stairway to Heaven

yeah they do. most massive selling authors were rejected a dozen times outright before they were accepted...after that...youre their best friend...

If you don't try, you'll never find out.

Agreed,

Just look at J. K. Rowling. Obscure and poor until about 12 years ago and now she is richer than the Queen.

At Christmas we went to Edinburgh. Went on a ghost walk round Greyfriars cemetary. There are lots of things there that JKR used in her books. AND a headstone with the name of a guy called Ebeneezer Scroggie. Dickens walked around the cemetary and noted the name...

Don't mess up Dic(k)ens with Coc(k)er.

Poor unknown Ebenezer Scroggie - forever associated with being miserly. After all, when someone is shown to be a skinflint, ie a boss that gives you a lousy raise - what a Scrooge.