I have been reading for as long as I can remember, books ranging from sci-fi to fantasty and sprinkled with a few mysteries here and there. I have written articles, as well as short stories and am currently working on four novels (sometimes at the same time) that are one main world and character oriented, sci-fi/fantasy. This started out as one novel and has turned into novel-zilla! I write to get a lot of ideas down on "paper". I get ideas all the time, and wish I had that time to write them all completely. I love to create new worlds and populate it with characters and unusual beings. My first inspiration was Ray Bradbury. I still have an old copy of The Martian Chronicles and have always loved sci-fi and fantasy. I am not into the "current world" and prefer writing and reading about very old worlds or fantasy worlds. Some of my favorite authors are Ray Bradbury, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Anne McCaffrey, and Katharine Kerr. I also love to do artwork and some of my art is on the same genre as sci-fi and fantasy and old world myths and legends. My next biggest love is the hand drum. I have been a hand drummer for ten years and am a member of two drum ensembles. We play world fusion, world beat music as well as drum circles.