If you're worried your writing might be too old fashioned, find a couple beta readers and have them tell you. That's probably the easiest way to know.
Do The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings count as "old books"? The Hobbit was, after all, published in 1937...
I think you can see where I'm going here.
Do The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings count as "old books"? The Hobbit was, after all, published in 1937...
I think you can see where I'm going here.
Tolkien has an exemption by virtue of already being famous. I can't think of any well-known writers in the past ten years who use his prose style. (Then again, that could just mean it's due for a revival.)