Who are my writing influences, you ask? Well, there are quite a few. I have listed some in previous posts and I hope to find more as my journeys continue.
I have been on a bit of an older genre of authors kick as of late. I just finished all but a couple series of Edgar Rice Burroughs and I am currently going through H.P. Lovecraft’s work.
But if we jump in the way back machine, there’ll be some staples, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Heinlein, Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey and Frank Herbert.
In the middle, some of my favorites were Daniel Keys Moran, John Steakley, Christopher Hinz, William Gibson, Joan D. Vinge and David Gerrold.
And currently, I have a tendency to read:
Steven Brust (http://dreamcafe.com/)
P.C. Hodgell (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/p-c-hodgell/)
Joe Abercrombie (https://www.joeabercrombie.com/)
Jim Butcher (http://www.jim-butcher.com/)
I am also looking forward to read Carrie Vaughn’s (http://www.carrievaughn.com/) Martian’s Abroad.
One of the biggest influences on me writing wise has been and probably always will be is Roger Zelazny (https://www.fantasticfiction.com/z/roger-zelazny/). The flow of his stories always grabbed me and shoved me through the pages. He covered Sci-Fi and Fantasy. He also blended them together in a way that I haven’t come across anyone else having done.
Another of the biggest influences on me would be C.J. Cherryh (http://www.cherryh.com/WaveWithoutAShore/). The biggest universe I have ever come across in story is her space series. It spanned hundreds of years and multiple planets/systems. And the stories wouldn’t necessarily connect. I have yet to come across a ‘world’ as large as hers.
So if those weren’t a clue, (or possibly confusing) my first book will be in the Sci-Fi genre. It’s pretty much heaped up with a lot of the things that I like and some of the things that I think are missing from Sci-Fi.
So, yay for influenza! Or influences I mean. Yeah not the other thing…
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