Random happenstance, coincidence, or something else?
April 21, 2008 – 11:25 pmSomewhere I once heard that imitation is the purist form of flattery. Below is the cover of my book, A Wiccan Bible. I had wanted the title to be: A Wiccan’s Bible but learned along the way that authors do not get what they want from their publishers unless they make absolute tons of money for the publisher. The book was first published August 2003.
In December of 2003 Gavin and Yvonne Frost released A Witches Guide to Psychic Healing with a curiously similar cover. Then, a just slightly a year after the publication of my book, A Wiccan Bible the Frosts released The Solitary Wiccan’s Bible in November of 2004 with what seems to be another very similar cover.
The photos of the Frosts books are not the best. If you held the product in your hand, you would see striking similarities in the texture of the background. I asked some folk at New Page (my publisher) about the similarities and discovered something very interesting; the Frosts (or their publisher) reportedly hired the same artist that created the cover for my book.
Ya know, if this is just random happenstance it is one hell of a coincidence. Seriously, if it had been any other author(s) I wouldn’t think a thing about it. But with the volume of discontent I have shown with the Frost’s teachings and what I find to be the foundation of the Church and School of Wicca in pedophilic rituals, well it just seems very odd.
What ever the reason for these similiarities, it just goes to show that this is probably the strangest life I have ever lived.
3 Responses to “Random happenstance, coincidence, or something else?”
So do you think, (shudder) that the Frosts are trying to establish some sort of vague association with your body of work and thereby assume some measure of additional credibility in the mainstream Wiccan community via this ploy?
Or would it be that they just want to attempt to ride some of your success hoping that the unobservant might pick up their book along with yours due to the similar appearance?
Then again, maybe its just plain old ignorance and laziness.
meh.
By Umhal on Apr 23, 2008
Is there any way that you can ask the Artist about it?
By Jaden on Apr 25, 2008
*shudders to think it* I think I almost bought one of their books when I was first getting into wicca right along with yours. . .but then I just didn’t have the money so I didn’t buy any of them. Thank god for little miricles (I later bought your book).
By Raineyes on May 16, 2008