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The Next Chapter: Writing in Retirement
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Crafts GeneralGeneral ReferenceSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9780976327493
Publisher: I-Form Ink Publishing
Published: Oct 1 2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
- Write and Publish a Novel, Memoir, Non-Fiction Book, or Blog Become a Freelancer or Travel Writer as an Encore CareerPen Poetry, Start Journaling, or Write a Play
Whatever Your Dream, This Ultimate Guide Will Help You Begin your Creative Journey
The Next Chapter: Writing in Retirement contains a wealth of information to help any aspiring writer. But, if you're retired or looking for an encore career, this book is written specifically with you in mind.
As an international award-winning author, blogger, and freelance writer for over three decades, Julie A Gorges has written an empowering book to help you write your way to a happy and fulfilling retirement.
After all, you're never too old to pursue your passion!
The book provides the inspiration and motivation you need while sharing Gorges' extensive knowledge and experience to jump-start your writing during your golden years.
With plenty of encouragement and help, you'll explore all the many options available today - whether you want to write for pleasure or profit. Once you decide which direction to take, this book will guide you down your path with easy-to-understand steps to accomplish your goals.
The comprehensive guide includes vital tips on how to:
- find inspiration for ideascreate the perfect writing space and develop a writing routinewrite a novel, non-fiction book, or your life storyfind an agent and/or publishing housebecome an indie writer and self-publish at no costpromote and market your bookwrite articles that sell and find freelance gigs on the Internetstart, promote, and monetize a blogwrite travel articles and bookspen poetry or write a playstart a journal
For further inspiration, the book includes interviews with retirees who successfully took up writing in their golden years. They share a variety of viewpoints, share a practical and realistic portrayal of what it takes to get started in this industry, and explain how they overcame challenges.
Don't wait any longer to reimagine your retirement and turn your writing dreams into a reality!
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