Then, the Final Ballot is sent to members for the last stage of voting. In addition, I produce at least two short stories a month, in between working on larger projects. Of the short work, there's over a hundred pieces out there, published in various on-line and print magazines. I'm lucky in that I manage to sell short work on a fairly regular basis, owing, I guess, to my output. I write every day.
Good writing has a definite rhythm in both what is being said to the reader and how it is presented.
I think my drumming background, as well as my writing style, both came from whatever internal sense of music and rhythm I have. I listen to words as I write, following the melody, so to speak. I'm a big fan of both Harlan Ellison as a person as well as his writing. Harlan and I met over the phone one day when he called in response to my mailed request for a comment on Censoring the Censors . I've followed his work for over twenty years and point to him as the biggest influence in my own writing.