a GREAT idea for a story

[Starbreeze]

Let's face it. As good as all new fantasy-writers are just cheap Tolkien-wannabes!

Argh! That is not true! I consider myself to be an up and coming (aspiring) fantasy author but much as I like Tolkien's work, I do not find myself to be a "cheap Tolkien wannabe! I have been compared to Tolkien by my friends but really Fantasy wirters today are a)not anywhere near as goo and b)often in a totally different category to Tolkien!
If you want my opinion most modern fantasy books (mine are not included in this!) are full of smut and focus too much on the *hmhm* sexual attraction between characters. This automatically removes them from "Tolkien's Category" as nowhere in his books are such attractions mentioned or even implied.
Sorry Maeglin, but you have angered me, an I may not be responsible for my actions right now, including what I write, so please forgive me if I, in turn, anger you. My purpose is only to point out that we may have a slight difference of opinion about this. I am usually very difficult to anger so prehaps you will see how much your implicated accusation hurts me (and probably most other modern fantasy writers in my category) though I will admit that some are, as you say, cheap wannabes, I feel I must make it clear that that is not the case for all, or even most writers today.
Thank you everyone for listening to my angered ramblings

~~ Angry Starbreeze ~~
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