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Which authors have been most influental on your writing style?
Steve Patton Hello again and thanks for the question! I am not sure I can recall all the names here, but oddly enough it would be the classic authors. My motto is to write something in the old-style but with fresh ideas. Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Those would be my top picks with a lot of "runner-ups" after this. I should throw in Ernest Hemingway, although he is not one of the Classic authors.
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Also I love the development of your characters in The Marsh Adventures! Which author's have influenced your character development the most?
Steve Patton Hi Aidan! Thank you for the nice compliment! I thoroughly enjoyed creating the Marsh Adventure characters as the story progressed. Richard Adams, Watership Down, was the most influential author and book I would also add E.B. White (Charlotte's Web) and Rudyard Kipling (Rikki Tikki Tavi). I am sure other books in my childhood had influence, but I cannot recall the names. I will say, The Sun Also Sets, my second book, is completely different - and I can see fans of the Marsh Adventures not liking The Sun Also Sets. I do plan to come out with the prequal to Of Times and Places in 2025. Thank you again and enjoy reading!
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Steve Patton Well, I don't think anyone could pick just "one", so this is one of many. I would go to 20,000 Leagues under the sea and learn about Nemo's past, where he came from, how he built the Nautilus, and more about the penal colonies he so hated.
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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Steve Patton "Where is my body?" The head looked around and then screamed.
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What books are on your summer reading list this year?
Steve Patton A Piece of the Moon by Chris Fabry...just arrived today. I listen to him everyday on my drive home from work, and I love when he reads portions of his books on the radio. I'd heard a lot about this book, and decided the time was right to read it. It will be up next after my Tom Quest book. About 1/2 way through that one!
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Steve Patton Whatever happened to Tony?
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