Why am I so obsessed with Bram Stoker and Dracula? The sad truth — I spent too many years too afraid to ditch a series of soul-sucking jobs. But at least Bram had a creative solution!
Verne graduated from law school, but never practiced. He took up playwriting, but never made a living at it. Desperate for funds, he sold stocks. How did he finally become the father of science fiction?
The Guardian UK has called Fitzgerald “one of the finest British novelists of the last century.” She started writing in her late 50s and won the Booker Prize at age 63.
Alex Haley took a meandering route to his calling. He dropped out of college to join the Coast Guard and honed his writing skills at Playboy magazine before publishing Roots at age 56.
You might have heard Fleming was a playboy and spymaster before he penned Casino Royale at age 44. But did you also know he wrote a famous children’s book?
Sue Monk Kidd published The Secret Life Of Bees at age 53. Her spiritual journey took her from nurse to minister’s wife to writer of fiction and the sacred feminine.
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