Yet when I write a line or a paragraph, when I turn to a new scene, or craft a character, I ask ???Where did that come from???? This is not to deny that I???ve been deeply influenced by the greats, writers such as John Steinbeck, Gabriel Garc??a M??rquez, Sor Juana In??s de la Cruz, Leon Tolstoy, and so many others, nor is it to say that my own memories don???t surface to form my writing.