Thoughts and Influences

So my experiences over the past few days have all accumulated to this post of rambles. First, the use of elevators. They are all great and convenient, but why do people take them only a floor or two up? Seriously, I have been in two elevators where able-bodied, college women have taken the elevator one freaking floor I don't understand why they cannot take the stairs. I think elevators should be used if you're elderly or with a lot of packages/luggage. Otherwise the lift is off limits.
So enough about elevators, and on to other topics. Like how spiders scare the shit out of me. Or how electrochemistry is a bunch of half reactions of oxidation and reduction of atoms. Or even how I think about things and sometimes cannot put them into words. Now I am seriously rambling.
How about influences on my writing style? I read a lot of books as a child. I believe I started reading when I was about two years old. But anyway, my tastes have refined themselves into political thrillers, action thrillers, comedies, and science fiction. My favorite books from each of those genres are as follows: The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy; any of the Sean Dillon books by Jack Higgins; the Stephanie Plum adventures by Janet Evanovich; and the Star Wars Republic Commando series by Karen Traviss. Tom Clancy and Jack Higgins have been huge influences on my writing styles, as well as Robert Ludlum (the Bourne series), and Max Brooks, author of World War Z. Brooks was a large influence on the dialogue aspect of writing, like interviews and first-person accounts told through stories.
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Until next time.