No. It's good. It's not the same.

OH VERY TRUE! (intellectually I know that anyway. Maybe I need to post it somewhere. Like a bumper sticker?)

I could write like lizzerbeathan

My if only list includes snowpuppies, kwritten, clockwork_hart, quinara, beer_good_foamy (esp for his wit)....et cetera and so forth.

My friend Kendra Saunders has published several novels and she cites Neil gaiman as an influence. We learn to write by reading so might as well learn from the best, right?