If you could write like one fiction author, who would it be?
Submitted by Marilyn.

I’m really into fantasy and science-fiction novels, and as such, I’d have to pick George R. R. Martin as an author I’d like to write like.

He has a way of crafting a story that grips you and doesn’t let go. Honestly, I’ve only really read his work in the Song of Ice and Fire series, but it’s really an excellent book. Probably some of the best fantasy/fiction writing I’ve read yet. He writes complex characters that I really came to care about over the course of the series, and with plot twists which I could never see coming. I’m not really that good at reviewing authors…so I’ll leave it at that I think. He’s one of my favorites.

A second choice would be Margret Weiss and Tracy Hickman, of Dragonlance fame. They’re not quite as “deep” as GRRM, but they can still write a good novel. And they’re not so good when they’re split apart, so if I picked them, I’d have to pick both of them.

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