Nathan Bradsford’s Post
Posted on: June 17, 2010
Nathan Bransford – Literary Agent
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| You Tell Me: Who Have Been the Most Influential People in Your Writing Life?
Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:54 AM PDT Writing a book is a serious commitment. It’s something that just about everyone thinks about doing at one time or another, but actually sitting down to devote hundreds of hours to one task takes a big dream and lots of elbow grease.
Whether we came to it early in life or late in life, chances are there was someone along the way who crystallized that feeling of, “Hey, I want to do this” or, better yet, “Hey, I can do this.” Who is the most influential person (or people) who set you on this path? Was it an author, a mentor, a loved one? My most influential writing personages have been Roald Dahl, who made me want to be a writer when I was a kid (I subsequently moved onto other dreams), and my wife, whose support was there whenever I battled the Am I Crazies. My thoughts on who influenced me would be the authors of the Velveteen Rabbit and Little Women. Who influenced you?
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June 17, 2010 at 3:25 am
So many writers.
But above them all, my uncle Oliver who inspired the novel, Blackwatertown I have just finished writing.
There’s an excerpt at http://wp.me/pDjed-7I
Writers? Andrea Camilleri who shows who to mix in humour with suspense.