Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Last year I wrote a very popular blog post titled “Tolkien’s 10 Tips for Writers”.  It was the product of several months of pouring through Tolkien’s letters found in “The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien” by Humphrey Carpenter.  I performed all of the research into the letters myself, designed all of the tips tailored as I felt Tolkien would express them, and have enjoyed some pretty excellent blog activity because of it.

Sometimes we write content that is original and interesting.  I am always trying to do that. “Tolkien’s Tips” was completely original in that it was a result of my pouring through Tolkien’s letters to figure out what the master of fantasy would think about writing and the process of writing.  I am not a plagiarist.  Apparently, however, some bloggers seem to want to use the success I have had with that post to boost their own blog activity.

It is frustrating to…