There is the mud, and there is the lotus that grows out of the mud. We need the mud in order to make the lotus. —Thich Nhat Hanh
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- Agatha Christie: Her Brilliant Late-Blooming Encore as an Archaeologist
- Alexandra David-Néel: Her Mystical Adventures in Tibet and Beyond
- Alex Haley: His Inspiring Journey from College Dropout to Pulitzer Prizewinner
- Andrea Bocelli: Horseman, Winemaker, Lawyer, Late Bloomer
- Anne R. Allen: How She Turned a Publishing Fiasco into Hilarious Late-Blooming Fiction
- Anne Ramsey: This Beloved Actor’s "Overnight Success" Took 39 Years
- Arthur J. Penn: After Decades as an Educator, He Wrote a Thriller Set in Sardinia
B
- Beatrix Potter: How Her Passion for Conservation Shaped England’s Lake District
- Ben Franklin: The Septuagenarian Who Helped Birth a Nation
- Book Review: Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
- Book Review: Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields
- Bram Stoker Wrote Dracula at Age 50. Was It Inspired by His Soul-Sucking Boss?
- Buster Merryfield: “I’m in the enviable position of being an actor with a pension"
C
- Carl Gordon: How a Divine Calling at Age 40 Transformed His Life
- Caroline Herschel: She Triumphed Over Abuse to Become the First Woman to Discover a Comet
- Celebrating More Than 140 Stories of Late-Blooming Success
- Charles Darwin: He Published His Masterwork at Age 50 but Scholars Still Call Him a Procrastinator
- Charles Perrault: How He Became Father of the Fairytale at age 69
- Claire Cook: A Passport to Reinvention from the Late-Blooming Author of <i>Must Love Dogs</i>
- Come MOOC With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be
- Creative Irish Late Bloomers: The Hidden Archives
- Cynthia Morris: Why Books Can Take So Long
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- E.R. Braithwaite: The Late-Blooming Author of "To Sir, With Love" Turns 104
- Edgar Rice Burroughs: How He Went From Snake Oil Peddler to Late-Blooming Media Mogul
- Edith Wharton: Downton Abbey Dropout, Pulitzer Prize Winner, Late Bloomer
- Eight Must-See Movies for Creative Late Bloomers
- Erma Bombeck: Her Hilarious Late-Blooming Wisdom Never Gets Old
- Eugenia Lovett West: The Brilliant Mystery Author Who Wrote Her First Novel at 56 and Her Second at 84!
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- Fabulous Tales from Dozens of Late-Blooming Writers
- Fittest After 50: Bodybuilding Brain
- Fittest After 50: Get Off The Treadmill
- Fittest After 50: Me and Rachel McLish
- Fittest After 50: More Inspiration
- Fittest After 50: Pump Some Iron
- Fourteen Classics from Late-Blooming Authors Available for Free on Kindle
- Fourteen Fascinating Legal Late Bloomers
- Frances Glessner Lee: How One Late Bloomer’s Deathly Dollhouses Influenced CSI
- Frank McCourt: How a Brooklyn High School Teacher Published "Angela’s Ashes" at Age 66
- Freya Stark: A Freak Accident Inspired Her to Become a Late-Blooming Explorer
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- Happy Trails, Dear Don Mittelstaedt
- Heinrich Schliemann & the Truth About Troy, Pt. 1
- Heinrich Schliemann & the Truth About Troy, Pt. 2
- Henri Rousseau: This Late-Blooming Painter Famous for Exotic Landscapes Never Left Europe
- How Bertha Benz Made the World’s First Road Trip—When There Were No Roads
- How James Michener Derailed My Career
- How The F-Bomb Changed David Seidler’s Destiny
I
- Ian Fleming: After Creating James Bond at Age 44, He Still Kept His Day Job
- Ina Garten: Cooking Up a New Career at Age 51
- Inge Ginsberg: The 99-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Who Become a Heavy Metal Sensation
- Inspiring Hope One Story at a Time
- An Inspiring Poem for Late Bloomers: Sean Connery Reads "Ithaca"
- Into The Wild Blue Yonder: A Late Bloomer’s Tale (Guest Post)
- Is It Time To Downsize Your Bucket List?
- Is There Anything New Under The Sun?
- It’s Never Too Late To Do Archaeology
J
- J.K. Rowling Talks About the Fringe Benefits of Failure
- Jerrie Thill: A Remarkable Nonagenarian Jazz Drummer Who Started During Prohibition
- John Muir: This Late-Blooming Naturalist Could Have Been The Father of Steampunk
- Jules Verne: The Failed Stockbroker Who Foretold the Future
- Julia Child: Eat Well, Live Big, Bloom Later!
- Julia Margaret Cameron: She Received a Camera at 48 and Transformed the Art of Portrait Photography
K
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- Ladies, Know Your Limits!
- Late-Blooming Athletes: 5 Books to Inspire Your Healthiest Body Ever
- Lee Child: Fired at 40 and World Famous by 50. Is His Legend Real?
- Leo Fender: The Accountant Who Revolutionized Rock Music in His 40s
- Lew Wallace: The Victorian Forrest Gump Who Wrote Ben-Hur
- Lilian Jackson Braun: A Late-Blooming Author and Her Fabulous Feline Detective
- Lindsay Edmunds: Interview with the Author of a Mind-Blowing Sci Fi Novel, Cel & Anna
- The Literary Art of Melissa Zink
- Living the Creative Life at Burbank Senior Arts Colony
- Liz Smith: "I’ve never considered a facelift because I earn my living by looking old"
M
- Madeleine L’Engle: Why Her Beloved Novel <em>A Wrinkle In Time</em> Almost Wasn’t Published
- Margaret Dunning Drives to College—At 102!
- Maria Sibylla Merian: Her Daring Midlife Expedition Changed How We View the Insect World
- Marie Lyon: The Artsy Adventures of a French Farm Girl from Prince Edward Island
- Marta Becket: Death Valley’s Brave Late-Blooming Dancing Queen
- Mary Granville Delany: She Invented the Art of Mixed Media Collage at Age 71
- Mary Norton: This Late-Blooming Author’s Nearsightedness Helped Her Create Tiny Worlds
- Mary Somerville: The Woman Who Became England’s First Scientist at age 50
- Matthew Henson: The Extraordinary Artic Explorer You’ve Never Heard Of
- May Your 2023 Be Dangerously Weird
- Micaela Bensko: "Life’s Most Beautiful When It’s Raw"
- Midweek Motivational: The Rightness of the Timing (Guest Post)
- Movies, Misfortune, And The Making Of Roget’s Thesaurus
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- Saloma Furlong: Her Courageous Path to a University Degree at Age 50
- Sam Spade and Richard III Walk into a Pub…
- Sharon Kay Penman Takes On William Shakespeare
- Shirley S. Allen: Beyond Publish or Perish
- Sue Monk Kidd: Her Late-Blooming Spiritual Quest and The Secret Life of Bees
- The Surprising Story Behind the Poem "When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple"
- Susan Boyle: How She Triumphed Over Bullies and Naysayers at Age 48
- Susan Shankin On Designing "The Artist’s Way" Cover
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- Wallace Stevens: The Lawyer Who Won the Pulitzer for Poetry at Age 75
- What’s With Writers and Late Blooming?
- What’s Wrong With the Term "Late Bloomer"?
- What Nanowrimo Taught Me
- When Truth Is Truly Stranger Than Fiction
- Who’s Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher?
- Why Amerigo Vespucci Recognized a New World (and Columbus Missed Out)
- Why Are Some People Late Bloomers?
- Why I Write Science Fiction by Lindsay Edmunds (Guest Post)
- Why Not All Who Wander Are Lost
- William Gay: Eulogy for a Luminous Southern Gothic Writer First Published at Age 55
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Opening Artwork: Red Water Lily of Southern India by late-blooming botanical artist Marianne North (1878).