Writing Rituals: A notebook by the bed / in hand bag which gets whipped out on all manner of occasions: while in the restaurant, on the train, in the middle of the night, during a romantic walk under the stars Influences (in literature): hmmm don’t really have any major influences but enjoy reading Stephen Fry & Bill Bryson (for sense of humour), Michael Crichton and J K Rowling (for thinking up concepts I couldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams!)