tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231991658935513946.post5548824676430599169..comments2023-09-11T01:58:00.286-07:00Comments on Janet Ann Collins/OnWords www.janetanncollins.com: Wizard's HallJanet Ann Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13234310280477491538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231991658935513946.post-11334850491163293872013-06-01T21:36:36.771-07:002013-06-01T21:36:36.771-07:00I didn't mean to imply that Rowling had copied...I didn't mean to imply that Rowling had copied Yolen. As the saying goes, great minds think alike. And I doubt that a series that long would have been under contract before the first one sold well. Janet Ann Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13234310280477491538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4231991658935513946.post-31779758939910573402013-06-01T21:10:04.329-07:002013-06-01T21:10:04.329-07:00Hi Jan, good question. I've read some of Jane...Hi Jan, good question. I've read some of Jane Yolen's books -- though not this one -- and agree that she writes well. Perhaps in Rowling's case her series was plotted out to be released annually and thus build suspense. Once the publicity machine of big publisher got involved, that made a big difference. Not to mention the film series. Yolen said that Rowling didn't copy her, nor the book that came out way before hers did about a witch/wizard school where you board a train -- all fantasy tropes. Oh, Yolen also has a home in Scotland!penelope anne colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087853387860094995noreply@blogger.com