Thank you for the add XD. Hrm it comes from various places. Music would be most likely my largest influence since I'm always listening to music. Job = driving so music passes the time. As for when I do have time to read and write Robert Frost's poetry, Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, Leo Tolstoy (especially his book My Confessions), T.S. Eliot, Poe, Beowulf (no author. Those are a few of the authors that inspire me to write and continue reading. There also the authors that made me want to major in English Literature, more exactly British Literature. Currently working on my degree for that XD. As for music, System of a Down, Skillet, The Brilliant Green, Does, Last Alliance, Stereo Pony, Hearts Grow, Mucc, X-Japan, and most classical music of piano or violin. All the bands above mentioned except for the first two and the classical music the rest are Japanese Rock/Pop bands. I find the Japanese culture very influential in my works. There culture is highly enriching and never grows static and so mentioning that anime also plays a role in influence as well to some degree.