I have a few free seconds, so Iām going to take advantage of them! Sometimes when I read books I canāt help but make connections to other authors or popular books. With that saidā¦
Take a second and self-assess who your writing crushes are.
Who are the authors you look up to? Why?
Who are authors that inspire you/your work? Which work(s) of theirās moves you?
This is a strange one because my favorites are a mangaka (manga artists) and webtoon creators.
In terms of novels, I donāt really have any, but I can appreciate authors like George RR Martin, Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, and other authors along those lines.
Like I love the manga One Piece and the webtoon Tower of God and those stories are inspirations for my new story idea.
So, I donāt have any authors that I truly look up to in a respectful way, but in a way, I can greatly admire the worldbuilding and stories that those authors Iāve listed above created.
Just something worth sharing.
Honestly, no idea 
I donāt have author idols.
In terms of inspirational authors and their works that inspired me
Shannon Hale: The Goose Girl
Philip Pullman: His Dark Materials
But the works didnāt move me.
Do you mean āmoveā as in āget teary-eyedā or have the feels? I do have some books that did that to me but not really inspired me.
Fair 
Moves can mean emotion or inspire or whatever you want it to mean 
Manga artists! Webtoon has some really awesome books, not gonna lie
Tower of God has been on my to read list forever but I havenāt started and I donāt know what happened but I canāt get back into one piece after knowing it never ended as a teen xD
Maruyama and Fukumoto.
They are great with characterization, engaging plots, and maintaining high levels of tension. Both of them also show the uglier side of humanity.
In no particular order my faves are:
Madeline Miller
Susanna Clarke
Emily St. John Mandel
Ottessa Moshfegh
Donna Tartt
And I suddenly realize I need to read more men. (āÆ^.^į¦)
Most of these authors only have a few books published, and Iāve read and loved them all. For Mandel, I never read her early work, but I loved her last three books: Station Eleven, Sea of Tranquility, and The Glass Hotel. Iāve only read two of Moshfeghās: Eileen, and A Year of Rest and Relaxation, but Iāve got Lapvona on my Kindle right now if I could just get around to reading it. (āÆį“.į)
For Tower of God, if you do decide to read it, just a heads up the artwork is a bit bad in the beginning and yet as the series progresses the artwork become SOO DAMN GOOD AND WAY TOLERTABLE!!!
Answerās the same for both question. Andy McDermott and Matthew Reily are my all-time favs. Both are action-thriller authorās Iāve been reading since I was a pre-teen. Huge fan. Love the works. They both have amazing characters, amazing plots, use a lot of history and mythology like I do. Honestly, their works gave me the confidence to give writing a go myself
If you donāt mind I am making this one answer:
This awesome author called Churro! Creator of the Churroverse! Writes amazing characters. Have a massive crush on that insufferable pastry 
Nah, kidding, or am I? I appreciate @NotARussianBot 's unique outlook on characters and plots and @J.L.O 's ability to add some pizzazz to tropes.
And as for published authors, I like James Sallis. He adds action and character development to his stories without it being dull. (Yes, Drive was a novel and the movie is based on that). I like Don Winslow as well for a similar reason. They inspire me because of those things as well.
Compliment of compliments, there.
And I donāt compliment muchā¦
okay then.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini was the easiest five star Iāve given any book. Inferno by Dan Brown was an awesome book, too, although the history bits did drag a little bit.
Darkness, nice 
I like how this brought realization xD. Sounds like you gravitate to lots of women. I guess they tend to write things you really like?
Ooo, Iāll def keep that in mind!
Awww, thatās sweet! Thatās something I feel like Iād read in an authorās dedication 
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I never knew it was a book! Thatās interesting! Was the book better received than the movie?
I was waiting for someone to say themselves .
You said inferno and it made me think of that really old classic book that the title is now escaping meā¦ I woke up about 5 mins ago letās blame that lol.
You mean Danteās Inferno? That book was a trip! Come to think of it, a trip to Hell. ā(ĖāæĖc)
Knee-slapper! XD But like, I actually laughed xD.
To be quite honest, it changes all the time, depending on what Iām reading. A while ago, it was Richard Morgan. Now Iāve recently finished the City Blues quartet by Ray Celestin and his dedication to historical research and weaving complex plots has been honestly inspiring.
Also my go-to comfort reading is anything by Elly Griffiths, but my favourite of hers is the Brighton mysteries historical crime series. Itās easy reading, but catchy, and really entertaining character development. I like that her characters have unlikable traits or reactions that they work through. This is something Iāve also noticed in the Raven & Fisher series by Ambrose Parry. So Iām hoping that I can do better with my character development 
People honestly seem to like both for different reasons.
And you knew who it was gonna be
sounds like youāve been inspired!!!
ooo, nice
i did XD i couldve placed a bet lol
Just in general, the tenacity to continue writing somwthing, even in adversity is a strong community thing. Thatās basically everyone thatās in here. I donāt fangirl, but its definitely admirable.
Eloquent!