I like being entertained; Terry Pratchett does it for me, as does CS Lewis, TH White, Sir Thomas Malory, Stephen King. Look out for Lucy Skuse - her writing is fantastic. I've written a novel called 'The Funny Old Game' which revolves around football & other important subjects. Also a few short stories: 'Fan XI', 'Magic'. Currently working on a sword & sorcery type of historical romance novel. Another of my interests is music, and I've written a large number of songs, as well as poetry. An incurible romantic, I get a lot of my ideas while walking in the rain. Being an Englishman I get plenty of ideas. I'm also interested in the history of my hometown, Bristol - which is NOT in Ohio! Am building up a collection of books about Bristol, and I occasionally add characters and details from local legend into my stories.