I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.
The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.
I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book.