I have no authorship background, unless you count writing stuff for primary and high school publications (which were highly limited in their scope and audience), so I really have no claim to fame.  This is just what I do.  Major influences include the literary works of authors such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist, David Eddings etc, and also the poetry of Robert Frost, who I consider to be the greatest poet of all time.  I was first introduced to great poetry when I was selected to recite 'The Highwayman' by Alfred Noyes in front of my school in about Year 6.  I still believe it's one of the most brilliant poems ever written, and can still remember most of it from memory.  And that's where it all began.