1.0Women Writers, Women's Bookshttps://booksbywomen.orgDiana Y. Paulhttps://booksbywomen.org/author/dianapaul/Rebirth as Authors - Retirees Reinventing Themselves - Women Writers, Women's Booksrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CWiy1xfv6y"><a href="https://booksbywomen.org/rebirth-as-authors-retirees-reinventing-themselves/">Rebirth as Authors – Retirees Reinventing Themselves</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://booksbywomen.org/rebirth-as-authors-retirees-reinventing-themselves/embed/#?secret=CWiy1xfv6y" width="600" height="338" title="“Rebirth as Authors – Retirees Reinventing Themselves” — Women Writers, Women's Books" data-secret="CWiy1xfv6y" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://booksbywomen.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_2439-225x300.jpg225300As a debut novelist after retirement at the age of 55, I’ve been intrigued by the increasing number of retirees reinventing themselves as authors. Perhaps some of us have been scribblers all our lives but had to wait until the day job allowed writing to happen. Others wrote all along, some professionally, and just wanted […]