User blog comment:Blacknumber1/Personal Pastas/@comment-25052433-20150115045936

There are personal aspects of my life in most of my longer stories, like Secret Bar and Joe Montana Saves the Princess.

Shorter ones are just that, quick short stories inspired more by random thoughts than actual life events or personality traits. Either way, I find this method of writing to produce much deeper, richer stories, because I am tapping into my own experiences or traits to create a more organic character.