Qualities needed to become a published writer

Here is a segment of a long interview I did this morning. The interviewer is a lovely young woman from New Zealand called Amelia Brenchley, and she's interviewing me as part of a school project. I was floored by how interesting Amelia's questions were so I thought I might share some of them. This is probably the poorest sound quality of the entire interview, but it's easy enough to hear. I really liked this question! No-one had ever asked it of me before. ( I'll be putting the rest of the questions on youtube later)

Thank you, Amelia! It was a real treat to speak with you this morning.