My motivations behind my writing is the belief that I have something to say, which would be the particular reason why anyone would ever open their mouth to speak. My goal is to continue to have something to say, and to find an audience who will listen. The writing part is laborious enough, but lacking of an audience is like the person speaking and not being heard. It just takes so much unflappability to continue speaking.
My influences are literature itself. Being from the South, I do like Southern writers, but dislike the insinuation that more...