Writing Life at 77

Honest reflections on the writer’s journey—resurrecting a career decades after it seemed over, navigating technology as an older creator, and the unexpected second acts that come when you keep telling stories.

Writing for Part-Time Income in Retirement

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about writing for money in retirement. Not the starving artist route or the bestseller fantasy, but something in between, the practical question of whether you can actually earn some grocery money by stringing words together after you’ve hung up your corporate badge or closed the classroom door for the … Read more

Writing After Retirement: The Hobby That Exercises More Than Your Fingers

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So there I was last Tuesday morning, sitting at my kitchen table wolfing down bacon and eggs, watching the neighbor’s cat stalk a mockingbird, when it hit me: I hadn’t thought about deadlines, word counts, or monetization strategies in over an hour. I was just… daydreaming. Playing with words. Having fun with writing after retirement. … Read more

Why Your First Book Will Probably Lose Money (And Why That’s Okay)

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In my last post I shared some brutal income data relevant to us indie writers that was eye opening, to say the least. More like a poke in the vitreous humor! Well, today I want to dig deeper into something that might sound even more discouraging at first: your first book is almost certainly going … Read more