Seems to me that editor will probably be finding another line of work soon.
I do not understand how that much money got attached to a project this questionable. What was it, Eragon effect?
I suspect it will be hard for the editor to overcome this -- even at the most simple level, why hasn't s/he read more of the books in this sub-genre they're courting?
I have not read Eragon -- I've heard it's derivative (as in solidly based in several well-known branches of fantasy without stealing from any of them) but that he's not a plagiarist. It does surprise me that something this blandly derivative (Eragon) succeeds so well when NY constantly encourages us to write something unique.
Perhaps we need to discuss the question a few of the blogs have brought up. If schools are assigning projects so difficult the parents have to not only help, but DO the project, how can we explain to our children that you don't "borrow" in a whole-hog fashion when creating something? I know I didn't understand that until junior high -- and that behavior is much, much worse than when I was a child.
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I suspect it will be hard for the editor to overcome this -- even at the most simple level, why hasn't s/he read more of the books in this sub-genre they're courting?
I have not read Eragon -- I've heard it's derivative (as in solidly based in several well-known branches of fantasy without stealing from any of them) but that he's not a plagiarist. It does surprise me that something this blandly derivative (Eragon) succeeds so well when NY constantly encourages us to write something unique.
Perhaps we need to discuss the question a few of the blogs have brought up. If schools are assigning projects so difficult the parents have to not only help, but DO the project, how can we explain to our children that you don't "borrow" in a whole-hog fashion when creating something? I know I didn't understand that until junior high -- and that behavior is much, much worse than when I was a child.