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Famous Authors Who Started Writing After 60 (It’s Never Too Late)

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I’ll confess something that’s been nagging at me lately: I sometimes catch myself thinking I’ve missed the boat. That if I was going to make a real go of resurrecting my writing career–I mean really pursue it, not just dabble–I should have started decades ago when I was younger and hungrier and didn’t need reading … 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