aprilhenry

how odd. are they two stories about the same kid?

Different children. I understand the authors only learned about each other recently.

Oh, no. How hard for both authors....

Yes, your book is your baby nearly as much as your baby is your baby. Now each has to worry that the other will suck up all the available attention and space.

odd theyboth chose ezra.

That's their kids' names, and we all know these things come in waves. My generation it's Nancy, Debbie (or variant) and Lisa.

You called it, April. We know an Ezra. It's starting to rival Aidan.

We got lucky with Sadie. Hopefully it's like April. Usual but not weird.

What a nightmare! I wonder whether they'll be reviewed together, compared to each other, etc. Makes me think of David Lodge's essay "The Year of Henry James," about the year when his novel about James was eclipsed by Colm Toibin's novel on the same subject. Almost painfully honest.

The closest I've come is having someone use the same title a few years later for a different type of book. His did much better, but then again, he's Stephen King's son.