I am an unpublished writer.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 01:46:06 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
i have read the series and the thing is that tamora pierce tries to personify the animals when daine talks to them so i think that you're ok if yours is more the needs. also, when the animals communicate after being in contact with daine they tend to become more human and when, and if, she writes their thoughts, they are usually in a very humanistic (i don't know if that's a word but you know what i mean) manner. also, the badger claw is supposedly from a badger god that chewed it off his own paw and gave it to her so that shouldn't be a parallel to a dragon's egg. another thing with the dragon charges it that skysong (kitten) is an orphaned dragon whose mother was killed in a fight for daine but the mother had already had kitten and daine took control of her. the only difficulty in telling the difference between these two is that tamora never has any communication with the baby dragon, just the mother who she made intelligent and "human" smart. honestly though, animal powers and pet dragons are nothing new so i would not really worry about it!
Good Luck with your book and i hope this helps!
2006-07-22 12:35:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
the publishing house would be able to assist you, and as for Tamora Pierce, I wonder if she is related to Anthony Pierce, the Author of the Xanth series. Hmmmmm
2006-07-22 09:04:47 · answer #2 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would be o.k. If you want you can change a few similarities....but see what the publisher thinks. I think it sounds really cool.....so if the book gets published i will be sure to read it!
2006-07-22 15:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by nickollete15 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that sinces you have already written the storys and that the similarities aren't that bad , you should definately not change it especially if it will change the outcome. if and when your book gets published i will try to find it and read it!
2006-07-22 08:52:57 · answer #4 · answered by sydsoccer15 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋