User blog comment:Gott wisst/Hypothesis about why B. J. is wrong about J. R. R. Tolkien/@comment-1209332-20090421013420

I know, but I am an advocate of this authorial rule: You're not an author if it's not original. A wordsmith maybe. I recognize that Tolkein can tale a good story, but he didn't make that story for the most part. That's why I don't call myself on author because I write Fan Fics. I don't classify Christopher Paloni as an author for the same reason. (Star Wars with changed names and a total of five original details'')