I have no genre of writing that I stick to--I have done fantasies, memoir type stories and historical short stories. I have had three short stories published by Minas TIrith-Evening Star the journal of the American Tolkien Society--I always have the habit of jotting down my short story ideas, and come back to them when the muse hits me for that particular story. I also have a few novels in the works, but as I've indicated my biggest lack is the lack of time to do all that I want to do. One major influence in my life has been reading the books by Julia Cameron, especially The Artist Way more...