Each author's website are very colourful and with cool, original designs and they place each paragraph carefully on their websites in order for people to read all the information on the webpage. They also tell the readers who they are, what they do and sometimes, how they become authors. These would appeal to readers and some amateur writers might gain tips as to how to become a successful author.
James Roy has always been interested in writing, even as a kid but he started to do some serious writing when he was older because he was sick of the job that he was currently doing. James's inspiration for writing probably came from his favourite authors. Some of them were Roald Dahl, CS Lewis, Arthur Ransome and William Price.
Michael Gerard Bauer had gotten his writing career by making stories during his regular breaks from his job as a teacher. Like James Roy, Michael has always been interested in being an author and his skills improved over time by writing his experiences into his diary. He started writing at around the year 2000 and he had no inspiration from anyone in becoming a novelist.
Steph Bowe's debut novel, Girl Saves Boy, was the book that started her career as an author..................and she's only 17 years old! I couldn't locate any other information about her on the blog but it is recommended she should.
From Lauren Fuge to Michael Hyde, their writing inspirations are all very unique (I love that word :D) but how they started writing is basically the same but they are all good Australian authors although Lauren Fuge has impressed me by getting her book published when she was only 14.
The two authors I am going to compare are Dan Brown and J.K. Rowling, two of my favourite authors. I love both of their writing styles and have an ability to make me want to read and finish their books. Dan has a awesome style of writing- mixing the real world with his fictional stories- to create a realistic novel with realistic characters and environments and incorporate controversial subjects into his plots that his fans commonly see in his books. J.K. Rowling, on the other hand, creates intriguing characters, designs stories with many twists and turns, makes her books suit the age of their readers (e.g. Harry Potter 1-4, Ages 11-14, Harry Potter 5-7, Ages 15-17), and appeals to readers with her amazing imagination.
The author of the novel "The House of the Scorpion" is named Nancy Farmer.
(http://www.nancyfarmerwebsite.com)
Nancy was born in Phoenix in 1941. She joined the Peace Corps after finishing college instead of actually getting a regular job and was eventually sent to India in 1963. She came back to America in 1965, went to Africa in 1966/1967 and started writing in 1981 (40 years old) but she had experience as a child using a typewriter. She improved her skills by reading Tarzan books and novels by Stephen King and Edgar Rice Burroughs, studying their styles of writing. At one point in her life, Nancy became a professional author and had no more career plans/options for life although she trained to be an explorer, something she wanted to become as a kid. She doesn't read much fiction and has a common theme in her books- self-reliance and beating every problem or issue that is thrown at you. Nancy prefers to write books with heroes/heroines instead of "victim" books.
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