What book or author has most influenced your writing and/or storytelling style?
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"J.R.R. Tolkien. It's a bit of a red flag to admit this, but my stories have no hobbits or dark lords in them, I promise (though possibly some elves). I really like the mythical quality of his writing and his depth of world-building." - Stefan Bachmann, author of The Peculiar.
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"The most practical writing advice I’ve ever read came from John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction and Becoming a Novelist, and Stephen King’s On Writing. My books are set in late nineteenth century Russia, so before sitting down to write, I read and reread translations of Tolstoy to get a feel for the language and sentence structure of the time period." - Robin Bridges, author of The Unfailing Light.
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"If you mix Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Tom Robbins together and add a dash of Catch-22, I would say that’s the cocktail I drink before I sit down to write." - A.S. King, author of Ask the Passengers.
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"The world of Middle Earth is what got me writing in the first place. After re-reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the early 2000s, I immersed myself in the Silmarillion, trying to learn everything about everything. It was shortly thereafter that it occurred to me that I could create my own worlds, so I went upstairs that evening and started writing. Middle Earth was so rich, and though I doubt I will ever create a world so deep, I still always go back to it." - P.J. Hoover, author of Solstice.
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"I don’t know how much Nicole Krauss shows up in the final product, but I will always aspire to include the importance of memory in my stories like she does." - Lara Avery, author of Anything But Ordinary.
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"Since it’s impossible to choose one I would say Daphne DuMaurier, for long, lovely, and descriptive sentences, and Megan Whalen Turner, for brief, concise, and perfectly worded sentences." - Sharon Cameron, author of The Dark Unwinding.
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"Roald Dahl definitely! When I read his work, I always feel that he wrote it especially for me. I love his dark, quirky humor." - Suzanne Selfors, author of The Sweetest Spell.
"It varies with every book. With Ash and Huntress, I was very clearly influenced by Robin McKinley. With Adaptation and its sequel, I actually think I've been most influenced by television, particularly shows such as The X-Files, but I've also been inspired by many thrillers and mysteries I've read, so I can't pinpoint one single author influence there." - Malinda Lo, author of Adaptation.
Find out Tuesday if the authors save bits and pieces of scrapped scenes to use later!
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