The biggest problem many new writers have when reading books is trying to replicate an author's style rather than learn from it to make their style better.
My first video game was Sonic the Hedgehog. The first cartoon I really enjoyed was the SatAM cartoon. I've read every single one of the comics from the Archie Comics run. My introduction to play-by-post message board role-playing was on a Sonic fansite in 2001. So, yeah. I'm a fan. The community...