Posting About the Things that Influence Our Writing

I have a post up today at the blog of my good friend Stuart Jaffe. Stuart was with the Magical Words blog site for some time, has published a good number of terrific short stories, and is now turning his talents to novel-length projects. He has been writing about the various things that influence our work as writers, and he asked me to contribute to the discussion. My post can be found here. I hope you enjoy it.