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I've been thinking about this a lot the past couple of days. I'm taking part in an online writing class and my reviewers have been very helpful. I've been unanimously told that I have an amazing character voice and the humor, pace, and fun are all there. They love my main character, but they seem to be worried that it's too close to the Dresden Files...what if they are right? My MC is a P.I., he's a wise-ass, broke, and I even have a Bob-like character with a ghost that speaks through and old radio. The story-line and flow are certainly different; main characters die, people do drugs, my language is a lot rougher, and the story really takes a turn for the worse right off the bat. Are these differences enough? Do I wait until an agent tells me this? I'm just wondering how worried I should be about it being to similar. In all honestly I was going for "alike but different" it's the type of book that I as a Dresden Files fan would like to pick up.