It's an emotional release. I have depression/bipolar disorder and that equals regular emotions times infinity on some days. If I couldn't write, I swear I'd implode or explode. Writing gets those overwhelming emotions out and gives them a place to express themselves. Being able to reflect by reading my work is another huge advantage that any writer/poet has on others. I can look back and see how far I've come or how much I've changed. Everything about writing is a joy - except not being able to write as fast as I think...I lose quality rhymes this way a lot.

I have only a small fan base currently, but my fan base will always represent one thing especially: how I affect the world around me. Having a larger fan base will tell me I am reaching people the way I have intended to do. I want to help people by letting them know they are NOT alone and that no matter how bad it seems, it will get better. I want my work to inspire others to love themselves and pay attention to how the ripple effect works in all of our lives. One fan who recommends me or another writer may be the last hope for a someone who checks that author out. That author could change their life. Without the recommendation...their life will change as well. The question is: which way is better for them?

I am currently building a second poetry book, title undecided as of now. It will be shorter than the first due to the first being a "lifetime collection". I will also be writing some ebooks, however the topics haven't been decided on yet. I've been busy publishing my first poetry collection in digital & print versions. Both available on Amazon.
I will try my hand at writing different works - stretching my abilities to their max. I want to write the best I can. I want to reach the world.

Honestly, I write way more than I read. Don't get me wrong, I love reading but it's time-consuming and when you're a writer, a lot of time is already taken up. With that being said, I like the following writers/poets:
Ayan Adak - Poet/Author of "Every Cloud's A Dream" here on SmashWords
Shel SilverStein
Robert Frost
Dr. Seuss (His books started my love of poetry.)
Most of the poems/poets in the 100 favorite poem collection books
*When I read books they usuall fall into these catagories: self-help, self-improvement, poetry, kids books (fun, short reads for ones inner child), educational, alternate opinions, and humor.

I was gonna pass on this question because I really don't have a very inspirational answer for it. I find it hard to get out of bed and do anything. Sometimes everything's a chore and I don't want to do anything but sleep. Welcome to bipolar depression. However, I usually find myself sleeping all day and up, out of bed, all night. And that - that is when my best work makes itself to the page.

Listening to music, surfing net (social networks or personal research), some tv/movies, youtube, with family. I sometimes leave the house...lol.

I search topics I usually read & think about regularly. I love when i find author's who write and/or think the way I do.

No, not specifically. I remember we wrote short stories in elementary school in the 1st or 2nd grade. I remember writing them, just not the actual story. Kids stories are always great around those young ages. They still have their imagination - it hasn't been crushed by the school system.

Process? I write when it comes to me (poetry) and that includes when I'm all comfy and warm in bed and it bugs me til I get up and write it down (sometimes lasting an hour or more. (lines lead to poem which leads to another....another...another.)
Other writing, it usually gets written when I'm worked up about something. A lot of it comes out in anger in the first draft. Angry topics write themselves - you just have to edit and spell check for typos. (fast typing)

I remember the impact the Dr.Seuss books had on me. They're the reason I love words and rhyming so much, I became a poet.
I don't remember the very first book I ever read, but as a small, just starting to read, child - my favorites were Morris the Moose, Danny and the Dinosaur (along with others from this set), and anything I could get my hands on. I read, spelled, wrote, and counted at an early age and have always had a love for words.

I have an incline sorter with notebooks, a black file holder behind my laptop (with files, photos, a library book, college info, post it notes, pens), a small sorter (scissors, staples, paper clips, gratitude rocks, etc), pink stapler, clipboard with copy paper for notes, my pop, blank dvd-r's and my nextbook tablet.

I need a bigger desk. LOL.

I've written many poems that have gotten lost over the years. I think I wrote my first ones before age 5. Stories, about the same age.

Little Book Of NOT Killing Yourself: TYSKF - This was written with a mindset to prevent others from commiting suicide. Ihad been to hell and back in that dark place - DEPRESSION - and know how it was first hand. I want others to know the simple truths that depression lies about, so I compiled a list and wrote what I believed as true. Then I published it.

Words Written (Amazon): This is a lifetime up til now book of 373 poems spanning multiple topics and ranging from silly to dark.

Simple, straight-forward stories like kids books (calming) and inspirational or educating reads.

I have a nextbook tablet.