Squidpawned

So I was just gearing up to write my next novel, which I was going to call King Squid, Esq., when I look up from all of my deadlines to notice that there's this other novel out there called Kraken by this Mieville guy.WTF? My novel was all about a squid cult hiding in a museum in a kind-of London setting and this guy named "Philly" Barrow, and all of the bizarre things that happen to him because of that situation. This Mieville joker's novel seems, on the face of it, to be similar. Only difference being, I've actually swum with squid. Repeatedly. In an actual squid suit.Now my agent says there's no way to sell it--I'm going to have to change everything in it related to squid to fungi instead. Tentative new title will be Lord Mushroom, Inc. It's going to take at least another year to sort this all out. And I've got to figure out how to make intelligent mushrooms swim.