Late Start Writers
I had a lovely chat with Texan Julia Brewer Daily whose podcast is called Authors Over Fifty – which is what it is about – and like most publicity I do it is about both books.
This episode launches Thursday 25 August.
Amazon Music, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts – authors over 50.
That same day it will be available on YouTube
We talked Britain and America, what brought us to writing, methods and issues but above all, the late start.
I think there are several strong advantages to a writer starting later in life and a couple of disadvantages.
If you haven’t started early in life, better to start now than moan.
Being more financially established helps. If you have kids, them being old enough to entertain themselves for a bit is enormously useful.
Many people – not all – have wider experience when older and have their stuff more together and more things to write about.
Against that can be set
Energy and focus. If I was 25 again, I would be able to do new writing in the evenings. (I can sometimes edit in the evenings but not always.)
You get better at writing by writing and getting feedback – however busy any stage of life can be, young starters have more time in total.
Most careers build slowly so obviously if you have 40 years of writing ahead that will be better
The podcast goes into this and hope you enjoy it. Julia is keen to get more subscribers.
While I wish I had started earlier, I equally look at my current books, I fairly sure I couldn’t have written them before I had kids.