[Fedora]

> Tolkien-based fantasy series, eh? How so? Not just another "Sword of Shannara"/"Belgariad"/"Wheel of Time" thing, I'm sure?

No, no "Sword of Shannara"--that was a little *too* close to Tolkien IMO :) What I'm doing is inspired by the Christian theory of comparative mythology Tolkien advances in "On Fairy-Stories". IMO in "Silmarillion" one thing Tolkien is doing is using his "sub-creator" theory to generate a storyline that uses the Biblical tradition to interpret elements of a number of non-Biblical traditions. I'm doing something similar, except my backstory is set in ancient historical Earth rather than Middle Earth; and it's also got a horror element to it, combining the Jewish Pseudopigrapha's concept of the Watchers with H.P. Lovecraft's "Old Ones" demonology. So far I've finished a rough draft of the first book, but I've got a lot to do yet.

[JenB]

Ha! So you're imitating Tolkien, not Tolkien's works! Good for you!

Wow, that sounds like my personal philosophy about writing.... I hope to be a fantasy/SF writer when I grow up ;-)

Ooops, time to get to class.