[NyteSky]

I was incredibly relieved to find how long it took Tolkien to write his books. I've been working on mine for a little over a year now and there's no end in sight.
The temptation to imitate Tolkien, who is undoubtably the master, is very strong sometimes. I'm afraid I did borrow quite a bit from him for certain types of my elves, but other than that managed to resist.
I highly recommend David Eddings as an author. He's my favorite and I'm afraid I borrowed a little of his sorcerors as well.
I'm amazed how many seem to have written/ are writing here. Very impressive.