Long time, no post. Life doesn’t stop for writers anymore than it does for anyone else.
Here are some recent changes:
FIRST:
I’ve said GOODBYE to my 60s and embarked on a new decade.
Here’s an interesting take on growing old, by Jonathan Rauch writing in The Atlantic:
Copious evidence shows that most of what people think they know about life after 50 is wrong. Aging per se (as distinct from sickness or frailty) is not a process of uniform decline. It brings gains, too: greater equanimity, more emotional resilience, and … the positivity effect — a heightened appreciation of life’s blessings. Partly for that reason, the later decades of life are, on average, not the saddest but the happiest.
We’ll see!
SECOND:
My long-time publisher Odyssey Books is restructuring — or words to that effect; it’s not completely clear what the status is. I’m a bit dizzy as I watch the changes unfold before me, and see friendly, familiar fellow authors leave the group. It’s rather sad.
But publishing is a mighty tough industry. Onwards and upwards is the only way. Time doesn’t spool in reverse.
THIRD:
I’m writing two new novels and I hope to have news on them soon.
Here is to moving forward, especially over a lovely glass of wine, and with plans for new writing projects! I have so far found that every time I leave a decade behind, I am feeling a bit more liberated and a bit more appreciative of all that life has permitted me to experience. Your words inspire me.