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If You Find Yourself Imitating Another Writer, That Doesn't Have To Be A Bad Thing, Especially If You Are A Young Or A New Writer. However, You Should Be Conscious Of Exactly How You Are Imitating Him - Word Choice, Sentence Structure, Motifs? - And Think About Why You're Doing It.

Young Writers Shouldn't Be Afraid Of Striving To Emulate Their Favorites. It's A Good Way To Learn, As Long As You Move On From It And Don't Publish Too Many Of The Results.

My Mother Is An Office Manager, My Father A Professor Of Economics And Financial Planner.

There Are People Who Must Spend Huge Amounts Of Time Composing These Online Diatribes Against Me, All About How Disgusting And Terrible I Am And How No One Should Ever Read My Books, And It's Not Enough For Them To Hate Me, They Can't Stand The Fact That Anyone Likes Me!

The Sky Is Purple, The Flare Of A Match Behind A Cupped Hand Is Gold; The Liquor Is Green, Bright Green, Made From A Thousand Herbs, Made From Altars. Those Who Know Enough To Drink Chartreuse At Mardi Gras Are Lucky, Because The Distilled Essence Of The Town Burns In Their Bellies. Chartreuse Glows In The Dark, And If You Drink Enough Of It, Your Eyes Will Turn Bright Green.