I would say that upon reading a favorite writrt one's style does change a
little (influenced in an either closer or ferther way) by the author in
question.
Roger Zelazany's writing does that to me and write now I'm just putting
some more smothness on the Mike Moorcock/Sailor Moon which has alreaddy
banged around the list twice in the last 3 years (!).
Strangely enough I can pastiche Virginia Woolfe at the drop of a hat...
which gives me "the willies" sometimes.
Neil
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"The Pink-Haired Goddess, the Blue-Haired Goddess, I can't decide....
I must have them both!"
(Me in Kuno mode thinking about Mizumo Ami and Nene)
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Robyn, Duke of Amber. Agent of Chaos. Part-time-God. Monkey-Boy
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