I believe a writer needs a questioning mind, determination, a lot of faith, and a hopeful heart.
And, by the way, my camera's flash reflects off the window of the 100-year-old outhouse that sits in our yard. This (unused for decades!) two-seater inspired a chapter in my first novel, TENDING TO GRACE, which received the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award for its empathetic portrayal of a young girl who stutters.
www.http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/1/all_years
