As a paid subscriber, the door is open to you Donna. (And thank you by the way) The canyon is pretty active in Book 1, Whispers of Echo Canyon. Have you read that yet?
Are you looking for stories and/or memoirs by women over 55? Like a story about how an RV and Jeep rollover changed my perspective just as the aging process has also changed my perspective? Does that sound like something that might be of interest to readers?
Naming the gap is half the work — once you name it, people realize they've been feeling it without having words for it. "Who will I become now?" is the question I keep circling in my own writing. Not in fiction, but in memoir — the same pivot point, just without the protective distance of a character to stand behind.
I've been thinking about how much harder it is to ask that question in first person, on the page, under your own name. Your women get to refuse to disappear inside a story. I'm trying to figure out how to do it out loud. I think we're working the same territory from different directions.
I can't wait to read more of your work. I too am writing novels in that genre. I am editing my first now and writing my second. I am toying with starting my a publishing company specifically for this genre called Not Done Yet publishing.
Sounds like a setting where I would enjoy learning more.
As a paid subscriber, the door is open to you Donna. (And thank you by the way) The canyon is pretty active in Book 1, Whispers of Echo Canyon. Have you read that yet?
Yes! Loved it! I’m not sure where you post the chapters of your newer book. I’m new to Substack & still learning my way around.
Are you looking for stories and/or memoirs by women over 55? Like a story about how an RV and Jeep rollover changed my perspective just as the aging process has also changed my perspective? Does that sound like something that might be of interest to readers?
Naming the gap is half the work — once you name it, people realize they've been feeling it without having words for it. "Who will I become now?" is the question I keep circling in my own writing. Not in fiction, but in memoir — the same pivot point, just without the protective distance of a character to stand behind.
I've been thinking about how much harder it is to ask that question in first person, on the page, under your own name. Your women get to refuse to disappear inside a story. I'm trying to figure out how to do it out loud. I think we're working the same territory from different directions.
I can't wait to read more of your work. I too am writing novels in that genre. I am editing my first now and writing my second. I am toying with starting my a publishing company specifically for this genre called Not Done Yet publishing.
Tam, that sounds like a great idea.
Ohhh - I’m excited! Please keep me posted!