Writing After Retirement: Tips from Successful Retired Writers

Contents\nAcknowledgments\nForeword\nPreface\nPart I: Starting In\nChapter One: After Retirement\nChapter Two: Following Dreams Put on Hold\nChapter Three: A Muse of One’s Own\nChapter Four: Starting Fresh into Poetry\nChapter Five: Transition from Teacher to Author\nChapter Six: What Shall I Write Today?\nChapter Seven: Using and Tuning Life Experiences\nPart II: Practical Aspects\nChapter Eight: Estate Planning for Authors\nChapter Nine: In Pursuit of Simultaneous Passions\nChapter Ten: Joining a Writer’s Group for Practical Help, Emotional Support\nChapter Eleven: The Public Library\nChapter Twelve: Some Writing Nuts and Bolts\nPart III: Finding Your Niche\nChapter Thirteen: Compiling an Anthology\nChapter Fourteen: Discover and Make Sense of Yourself by Writing Poetry\nChapter Fifteen: Grant Writing in Retirement\nChapter Sixteen: It’s Never Too Late to Start Blogging\nChapter Seventeen: My Niche, My Way\nChapter Eighteen: Using Life Experience\nChapter Nineteen: Writing about the Body in Sickness and Health\nChapter Twenty: Writing about Heritage\nChapter Twenty-one: Writing for Literary Magazines after Retirement\nPart IV: Publication and Marketing\nChapter Twenty-two: How to Become a Successful Romance Writer in Retirement\nChapter Twenty-three: It Won’t Work If You Can’t Work with Editors\nChapter Twenty-four: Promoting Your Best Writing through Good Time Management and Persistence\nChapter Twenty-five: Self-Publishing\nChapter Twenty-six: A Writer’s Marketing Recommendations\nChapter Twenty-seven: Writing Children’s Books\nIndex\nAbout the Editors and Contributors