I write like myself... Not that I am any good at it, but I enjoy the written word... With so many words, there are so many ways an artist can paint the picture with them...
Not read any of Harry Harrison's work, but it makes sense based on what the site says. My biggest inspiration for writing when I started was (unsurprisingly) Michael Crichton, but I also read other authors like HG Wells, CS Lewis, and JRR Tolkien.
A middle aged white woman from the Victorian period that had a disdain for the mundane and for the main anti-hero male character in the novel that likes to describe every detail their senses have come into contact with for an entire chapter.
anne rice (a darker, non-smut post), kurt vonnegut (a lighthearted starter), and dan brown (a thriller/action-filled scene). that's pretty cool with me i think?