I Accept Challenges, I Have Always Done

I'm Mostly Influenced By Life, What's Around Me, And My Own Childhood.

When I Began Writing, I Didn't Read Any Other Children's Poets... I Didn't Want To Be Influenced Until I'd Found My Own Voice. Now I Read Them All.

I've Been Influenced By Poets As Diverse As Dylan Thomas, Lewis Carroll, And Edgar Allan Poe.

I'm Working Now On A Collection Of Shakespearean Sonnets, About 100 Of Them, That I May Publish If Anyone's Interested. My Take On Life Is A Little Different From The Bard's.

I Write The Poems First, With Only A Few Exceptions For Odd Reasons, Where I'm Given The Illustration First.