Check out my interview on the Fruitcake Files. Thanks to Jude for asking the questions!
![the Fruitcake Files](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MdO16S1byKU/Tqhj1f31HlI/AAAAAAAAADY/Y7VHjtgKDXU/s220/Jude_Final.jpg)
My ideas arise from settings. I grew up in the country outside of Baltimore, MD and York, PA. Many of my stories have a country attitude. Naomi and the Horse-Flavored T-Shirt came about because I traded the story to my friend Naomi for a T-Shirt. I asked her what kind of story she wanted and the book arose from her request.