My fellow writers came through so wonderfully for me yesterday. Thanks to cynleitichsmith, olmue, d_michiko_f, jongibbs, writerjenn, and annan_dum, who all offered words of advice for what to tell writers who avoid reading in their genre for fear of being influenced by someone else's style. @amybluesky chimed in on Twitter. My reserves are replenished for the next writers' group, so thank you all!

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