Ahhh, I'm envious of the Gaiman outing. I saw him at a Talking Volumes reading for Coraline, and he's a fabulous reader.

I get prose envy, reading him. And I find that whenever I read an author whose style I envy, it influences my own style for a couple of weeks. It's an unconscious mimicry, and rarely a good fit for my own style, but it fades after a time and I get my own voice back.