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Tag Archives: Robert Heinlein

Freudian slip

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Muriel Green

As far as I know, there is no one from my real life making appearances in my fiction. I do not deliberately make characters out of people I have known. I have sometimes made characters who have similar demographic information … Continue reading →

Posted in Influence | Tagged Freud, Robert Heinlein, ya-te-veo | 1 Reply

You’re Derivative. Get Over It.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Larry Jenkins

How similar is my own writing to that of the authors I like? Right off the bat, I was not a fan of this question.  It really turned me off.  Maybe even pissed me off a little. I was all … Continue reading →

Posted in Influence | Tagged Christopher Moore, Ed McBain, Family Guy, Hannibal Lecter, Influence, Robert Heinlein, Stephen King, style, Tana French | 3 Replies
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