writer's world

Well the book world is in a tizzy AGAIN. The whole James Frey debacle is barely a memory and now bestselling author Dan "The DaVinci Code" Brown is being hauled into court over his fictional book. The claim is that he borrowed heavily from a book called "The Holy Blood, and The Holy Grail" which was written back in 1982. Ironically, the non-fiction book is also published by Random House, the company which published Brown's book. Brown has already dodged one lawsuit, last year's claim by Lewis Perdue that Brown copied elements in the books "Daughter Of God" and "The DaVinci Legacy." Depending on the outcome, this could affect the release of the movie. The claim is not the Brown plagiarized the book "Holy Blood" but that he borrowed heavily from it. The authors should be flattered and no matter what it will draw interest in their book thanks to the publicity. It's not like non-fiction works are not allowed to be borrowed from and there are hundreds, possibly thousands of books out there that borrow from each other. Let's face it, there's no originality anymore. Everything's been done and written.

peace out,

paul