tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post2571428382122956153..comments2024-03-28T13:53:43.222-07:00Comments on Laws of Gravity: The Same IdeaLiz A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-27748428590912413332017-12-06T18:16:13.182-08:002017-12-06T18:16:13.182-08:00Interesting thought. If you were first, how would ...Interesting thought. If you were first, how would that be perceived? I wonder...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-26708446340955304742017-12-06T18:15:14.256-08:002017-12-06T18:15:14.256-08:00That's a really good idea.That's a really good idea.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-66232807355777432872017-12-06T15:44:38.449-08:002017-12-06T15:44:38.449-08:00I have a feeling it would be a noI have a feeling it would be a noBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-37894495878310991092017-12-06T15:11:02.231-08:002017-12-06T15:11:02.231-08:00I would have to abandon my manuscript. But I woul...I would have to abandon my manuscript. But I would also be proud, in a way - and I would wonder, if I had sent it off to publishers first, would it have been published? (Here we assume I am an unknown, which I am in real life). Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.combookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-84641064818260963992017-12-06T14:36:50.721-08:002017-12-06T14:36:50.721-08:00That's probably every writer's nightmare. ...That's probably every writer's nightmare. I'd send them my manuscript and ask them what they think.Pinky Poinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113333763119897898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-60238321033237960052017-12-06T08:35:54.038-08:002017-12-06T08:35:54.038-08:00I think we all start out mimicking people's st...I think we all start out mimicking people's styles we admire.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-36445396472267812372017-12-06T08:35:25.087-08:002017-12-06T08:35:25.087-08:00You might like their books. Obviously you both hav...You might like their books. Obviously you both have wonderful taste.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-49504935627057502442017-12-06T08:34:56.974-08:002017-12-06T08:34:56.974-08:00LOL. True.LOL. True.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-25539330355040431902017-12-06T07:14:50.570-08:002017-12-06T07:14:50.570-08:00First I would cry and scream and pull all my hair ...First I would cry and scream and pull all my hair out. Then I would wait four years and query my novel using the famous author's novel as the perfect comparative title. Tamara Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03725262301091012950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-34053602016783184482017-12-06T05:27:11.334-08:002017-12-06T05:27:11.334-08:00I bet this happens a lot, sad to say. At one point...I bet this happens a lot, sad to say. At one point my own stories were a little too much like the series of someone I admired. Heh...Darla M Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212760625717298992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-25258610619158612562017-12-05T21:20:25.848-08:002017-12-05T21:20:25.848-08:00Well I'd probably cry first! And then I'd ...Well I'd probably cry first! And then I'd try to figure out how he got into my head!Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406717262345866373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-14471256019846397212017-12-05T20:22:18.755-08:002017-12-05T20:22:18.755-08:00I'd be upset I didn't get mine done sooner...I'd be upset I didn't get mine done sooner for consideration to be published.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-26225778185211895692017-12-05T19:29:45.132-08:002017-12-05T19:29:45.132-08:00I'd feel bummed that I hadn't had the darn...I'd feel bummed that I hadn't had the darn thing published sooner!Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-87075035321328450612017-12-05T17:10:38.419-08:002017-12-05T17:10:38.419-08:00That might be a good thing :)That might be a good thing :)Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-89543415346548147562017-12-05T17:10:11.646-08:002017-12-05T17:10:11.646-08:00I would so hope you wouldn't scrap it entirely...I would so hope you wouldn't scrap it entirely.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-40025468217008458152017-12-05T17:09:40.670-08:002017-12-05T17:09:40.670-08:00Hopefully you could salvage something?Hopefully you could salvage something?Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-35486013614772896092017-12-05T14:14:24.174-08:002017-12-05T14:14:24.174-08:00I would be floored and thinking that she must be m...I would be floored and thinking that she must be my soul sister or brother and on the same wave length as me.....which could be scary in the long run.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211965720334593365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-69316480809273309792017-12-05T13:49:27.462-08:002017-12-05T13:49:27.462-08:00Agreeing with a lot of the others and would scrap ...Agreeing with a lot of the others and would scrap it if it couldn't be changed up to make it "unique"LilyElementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04791827655749184355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-53750571780884319132017-12-05T12:54:40.253-08:002017-12-05T12:54:40.253-08:00It would depend on how similar it was. If it was p...It would depend on how similar it was. If it was possible, I'd try to change it so it doesn't look like a rip off. I'd be so bummed if I had to throw it out.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-79697752543959703832017-12-05T12:52:42.768-08:002017-12-05T12:52:42.768-08:00Well, That would suck but they beat me to it so i ...Well, That would suck but they beat me to it so i would have to go back to the drawing boardBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-81625476199576148602017-12-05T10:31:59.176-08:002017-12-05T10:31:59.176-08:00My first thought - crap! And then I'd scrap mi...My first thought - crap! And then I'd scrap mine as well.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-75410380381374252422017-12-05T09:32:25.967-08:002017-12-05T09:32:25.967-08:00Kinda what I was thinking...Kinda what I was thinking...Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8925412579189247293.post-35915627984923817312017-12-05T08:55:08.038-08:002017-12-05T08:55:08.038-08:00That would be a little unsettling! I guess I'd...That would be a little unsettling! I guess I'd have to scrap my story, because people would most certainly think I got my idea from the famous author.Sherry Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844837212122243321noreply@blogger.com