I ran across this and this on their sites. Having recently attempted for the umpteenth time to read the first Harry Potter book and having glanced at the first Twilight book, I was stuck by the deep notion that if that crap can get readership, why the hell not try myself. My book is now in Alpha form and I have a few volunteers to ridicule rip apart make fun of my dyslexia do the heavy lifting and first edits.
Anyway… I dropped sections of my book into the Analyzer.
Here are the results.
For dialogue only, I rang up as Cory Doctorow.
For dialogue intermixed with action/descriptions, I seem to be running over Steven King.
For some um… how to put this… less than wholesome romance (But PG-13), I scored an H.P. Lovecraft. Fitting given the scene.
For some demonic rantings, I made James Joyce roll over in his grave.
For general romantic scenes (and I mean romantic interactions between two people, not Boom Chicka Wow Wow…) I came up so MPD that I can’t being to list the authors.
But when I went out on a lark and had it analyze the book as a whole, I nearly deleted all my work and gave up my dream of having people enjoy my stories. DAN FRACKIN’ BROWN! The same name that came up in my general action sequences.
I’ve never read a Dan Brown novel, mainly because Mr. Brown seems to have a hard on for the Catholic Church so I tend to not give $$$ or time to people who dislike a fundamental part of me. I don’t know if his stories are well written or not. I know people find his work interesting, but they find Twilight and Harry Potter spend worthy too. Would it be morally correct to seek to publish a book that could land me the moniker, “A Catholic Dan Brown?” *Shiver*
My immortal soul is in danger. Oh the woes of being a tortured artist. 🙂