Exposure to the intensely mystical and passionate musical world of the Russian composers Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff has tipped my own literary style towards classically oriented form and structure. And, as reflected by my choice of musical repertoire, I feel that dramatic intensity and thorough plot denouement are essential criteria that an author should always attempt to incorporate in their writing. Which authors have influenced my own writing over the years? Predictably, Dostoyevsky, Gorky, Kazantzakis, a more...
