David Rose asked S.K. Epperson:

You have a clear individual writing style. How do you keep your editor/s from turning you into a clone of, say, Stephen King or Roald Dahl?

S.K. Epperson Hi, David. I'm happy to be mentioned in the same company (who wouldn't be?) and yes, there were attempts by editors and agents to steer my work in view of like comparisons, and by reviewers complaining that this work or that one fell out of identifiable genre. I've never tried to write like anyone. When I write, it's always been like seeing a movie in my head, and if I had to define my style I couldn't do it with any intelligence. Rather, I think, I'm just trying to leave out the boring parts of the film and sticking to what happens so people will stay all the way to the end. :)

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