If i were forced to name any one major influence in my writing it would be the hard blows I was dealt as a youth. Writing served as an outlet from a very early age. It was a continued practice my entire life.
Later in life, working as a counselor for many years, I discovered many other folks asked the same questions I did, sought the same answers I sought... so I began to share my writings; first with my clients, then in articles, then screenplays, then novels.