My name is Thomas Claude Snider. I am a writers in general. I write poetry and I write prose, specifically fantasy and science fiction. I started writing when I was in about the sixth grade. That was when I felt the pen and paper were the key to channeling anger and emotion. Well, I kind of grew on it and grew on it, I still suck, but it's not about being good or bad it's about the feeling in the poem in my opinion.
I'm now a graduate of high school, in my first relationship with the most amazing girl on the planet. I love my family, my girlfriend, and my friends. Heck, I love everyone. I'm an easy going guy.
Writing isn't just writing for me, it's a portal to something else. It's an artform that harnesses words as the paint, the canvas almost anything, and the brush can be chalk, a pen, pencil, or even a knife.
I'm influenced by the things around me, and the things that happen in my day usually. Or, just how I'm feeling. Sometimes, things just happen, or a few of my writes, I wrote while day dreaming! It was pretty groovy.
I also have a little sister who is also a poet. Check out her profile: http://www.writerscafe.org/profile/looloo22/