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50 years??? Challenges
Quantus:
The single greatest impact by a series was Tom Swift, which solidified my belief that today's Science Fiction is tomorrow's Science Fact. But thats not a single author, and part of its impact is seeing the development of things over several generations. My dad used to read a little of Tom Swift and the bible to us each night when I was a wee lad.
As a single author, for me its The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay, which shaped quite a bit of my views on Free Will, Choice, Sacrifice, and Nobility.
The Deposed King:
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SO the challenge is to list your single writer who most influenced your writing and your life. Please do not list Jim, obviously he has had a huge impact on all of us or we wouldn't be here.
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Well I'd like to say whoever wrote the Legend of Huma (possibly the first fantasy book I ever read) or Flint the King (one of the best I've ever read). Or how about David Weber, my all time favorite author for many years. But honestly? Those people inspired me to a be a voracious 'reader'.
If I'm going to talk about the writers who've most influenced my 'writing'. (Can't think of any who've influenced my life, unless we're talking scriptures here) Then I'm down to three names.
I'll list them in order.
1) John Ringo: who once posted that he often wrote between 5-10k per day, and once had a day when he wrote 20k in a sitting. That single post opened my mind to the possibilities of word production, and quality production at that, an author could reasonably be expected to put out there in a single day.
2) Ilona Andrews: who once (or twice) posted on her site that you have to give yourself the permission to write poorly (the crud, the crap, etc), just get it out there, then come back and fix it all up all nice and pretty later.
3) B.V. Larson: who opened my eyes to the incredible earning potential of the Amazon indie self-publishing market in a short u-tube video I watched on amazon, and who continues to put out 3-4 books per year while holding down a full time job teaching at a University.
Without the information I received from all three of these authors I might never have gotten the gumption to sit down and actually crank out my first book. As it is, my second book is being sent through the first editing pass right now and I made a $120 last week on Admiral Who?. As things stand I'm on pace to do the same or better this week!
For me I needed the information I received from those three authors to push me over the edge. Then one day in January I took a story start that had roughly 25k on it. And three weeks later, on the very last day of January, my self imposed completion date, held in my flash drive the very first draft of what would eventually be my first 142k novel.
The Deposed King
meg_evonne:
DK, I love that your writers provided advise that supported what was doable. It gives me heart as well. And congrats. :-)
Gilitine_Memitim:
I'm tied between either Isaac Asimov or Oscar Wilde, they both influenced my writing greatly just on different aspects of my writing.
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 12, 2012, 02:50:34 PM ---DK, I love that your writers provided advise that supported what was doable. It gives me heart as well. And congrats. :-)
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They inspired me. If I can help inspire others even a fraction as much then my work here will be done.
I'm glad it helps give you heart, never give up and never surrender.
Always follow the Dream,
The Deposed King
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