I am - of course - a life-long, starving writer. I am self-educated in the Liberal Arts and my primary influence has always been Shakespeare, but Poe is in me as well. However, I do not try to imitate them, just learn from them.
The motivation for Stories of the Life of Tiffany varies from story to story. The first (Nevermore) is a morality play, but its sequel (Sundown) will be horror/drama/comedy while the intended third (The Gates of Babylon) commences her adult life and is action/adventure/scifi. I wrote Nevermore to ma more...