What are your literary inspirations?

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  • August 5, 2007 at 11:35 am #55902
    iceman75
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    Hmmm, lets see, I get much of my inspiration from people who write very much like I write, so Michele Roppo is first and formost on my list, GBM is not far behind him, I draw a lot of inspiration from reading DTM also, even though his chicks aren't that big, he has great descriptions and strength feats. Speaking of strength, Paul Smith got me inspired early in my writing, Mr. Shhh has some really great descriptions as well. To me, muscle size and strength should be really extreme, and the one's who push their characters to the highest degree of muscle and strength are the ones that inspire me the most in my stories.

    As far as the outside of muscle world, J.R.R. Tolkien is my favorite author, JK Rowling has made a more recent impact with her Harry Potter books, Star Wars EU novels have been a staple of my reading for the last 15 years, Kevin Anderson and Timothy Zahn are my two favorite authors of those works. So yeah, when it comes to reading, I'm a big nerd,  ;D

    December 27, 2007 at 9:42 am #55903
    The Saint
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    Since you're essentially asking who inspires our 'writer's voices' — if I understand you correctly — my answers include but are not limited to:

    Peter David
    Mickey Spillane
    Stephen King
    Richard Marcinko
    Robert E. Howard
    H.P. Lovecraft
    Spider Robinson

    And remember, that's the short list! 🙂

    December 27, 2007 at 6:24 pm #55904
    stmercy2020
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    lol! resurrected from the dead-thread graveyard!

    Originally, I had intended this to be about what internet authors other writers used when seeking inspiration for the specific genre of FM/FMG; somehow, it grew beyond my control. 😉 😀

    I'm glad to see some of my favorites on your list (Robinson, Lovecraft, King)- nice to know they're in good company!

    December 28, 2007 at 3:45 am #55905
    The Saint
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    lol! resurrected from the dead-thread graveyard!

    Originally, I had intended this to be about what internet authors other writers used when seeking inspiration for the specific genre of FM/FMG; somehow, it grew beyond my control. 😉 😀

    I'm glad to see some of my favorites on your list (Robinson, Lovecraft, King)- nice to know they're in good company!

    lol, my bad. Honestly, and I don't mean for this to sound elitist, I generally don't have any favorite internet authors, and I don't even count myself as one. It's not a matter of "Well, if you can't get published offline, I'm not reading your stuff online!" It's a matter of schedule — I spend so much of my online time doing the writing/corresponding with my publisher/contributing to blogs/etc that I have very little time for actual reading online. I haven't sampled widely enough to decide on a favorite.

    December 28, 2007 at 6:18 am #55906
    Robert McNay
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    My own attempts at writing are pretty much inspired writers from a variety of genre',

    Dashiell Hammett
    Tom Clancy
    Walter Gibson
    James Thurber
    Jean Shepard
    John Marquand
    Douglas Adams
    Paul French (Isaac Asimov)

    And my occasional forays into poetry,

    Ogden Nash  😀

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