From The Backlist: “Writers Are Thieves” — AKA Influences on Story

Recently, I refeatured a 2011 interview with Daniel Abraham, author of The Dagger and Coin fantasy series, and co-author of the science fiction series (both book and television), The Expanse.

In the original interview, Daniel Abraham remarked that “writers are thieves” and I posted a response the very next day. For symmetry, I thought you might be interested in rereading the response and its springboard into influences on my own writing again — so here it is!

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“Writers Are Thieves”—aka Influenc...