I am an unpublished writer. I have finished my first novel and am working on my second. The problem is, I've found certain similarities between my story and a series I've just discovered by Tamora Pierce, the Wild Mage series (I'm not sure if that's the exact name). My character can understand animals' needs, and they can understand her words though she has to speak aloud (and can't change into an animal or communicate with them silently). Also, my character's name is Veranene, and Pierce's character is Veralidaine (my character's nickname is Vera, Pierce's is Daine). My character even has a pendant (which she later learns is a dragon egg), like Daine has a badger's claw, and when my character's dragon egg hatches, she looks after it, so both Daine and Vera have dragon charges. Are these too much, should I change all of the similarities? I want to be published but I don't want to be accused of plagerism. Or since having animal-related powers isn't a new thing, is it okay to keep? Help!
2006-07-22
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