My influences are diverse. They include but are not limited to: Oscar Wilde, Morrissey, E.A.Poe, J.K.Rowling, P.J.O'Rourke, Robert R. MacGammon, John Saul, David Eddings, Dave Barry, C.S. Lewis, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Fr John Corapi, St. Augustine, St. Francis, St. Maximilian Kolbe, My Dad, the Army, the Police, Leonard Cohen, Carol Culver-Rzadkiewicz, Alan Tatum, William Peter Blatty, Judy Budnizt, Jeffery Deaver. The list goes on and on, and on.