My writing is eclectic and has included: a humorous newspaper column, creative nonfiction, short stories in two Northwestern Ontario anthologies, poetry in Christian and literary magazines, a chapbook of poems and the first in a series of fantasy novels for young readers. The variety probably reflects my varied taste in reading, from Thurber to Doestoevsky to C.S.Lewis.
    I see writing, along with all art forms, as entertainment with meaning. Or, as the writer of Ecclesiastes put it, "He chose his words to give pleasure, but what he wrote was the honest truth." If writing, even humour, does not reflect some aspect of truth back to the reader, it is a waste of paper and ink.
    C.S. Lewis' work has undoubtedly been the greatest influence on my thinking  and, ultimately, my writing. His conviction that truth is not elusive, but knowable and attainable has been a shaping force on my understanding, and my desire to communicate through clear, accessible writing.