Guest blogger, Rebecca Forster shares how a flippant remark and accepting the challenge of a crazy dare launched a career and a life of thrilling adventure.

I learned about the four character requirements of teamwork: openness, generosity, flexibility and patience. Of course I thought of how this applies to writing. Many writers feel that they are flying solo when nothing could be further than the truth. The process of getting a book published requires a massive amount of teamwork and every single one of the above qualities.