Hello  my name  is Perry Schwartz I'am thirty eight years old I am a inspiring musician karate student as well as the author of the book The Forgotten Child and its sequel The Unforgiving Hand I also write poetry and short stories as well I've written for various newsletters on different topics but were mostly music related. I first started writing when I was fourteen years old and in eighth grade back in the year 2000 when i wrote my very first thing that ended up being published in my school's yearbook all of my influences are classic authors such as Charles Dickens Mark Twain J.R.R. Tolkien Ernest Hemingway Edgar Allan Poe  Jules Verne William Shakespeare and sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Lewis Stevenson to name a few. My favorite Author is Charles Dickens and my favorite book by him is Oliver Twist which I only read once but have many different copies of the book and movies and series adaptions. I prefer to write more then to read because I like to be creative and come up with my own ideas because it keeps me occupied I hope people on this platform like what I write and will also enjoy it that to me is more rewarding then anything.