Unlocking Timeless Wisdom: Nine Surprising Secrets from a Veteran Writer You Won’t Want to Miss

Unlocking Timeless Wisdom: Nine Surprising Secrets from a Veteran Writer You Won't Want to Miss

I am 72 years old and have been a columnist and a freelance writer for over fifty years.  I’ve written a continuous column for the same magazine for 45 years.  That’s probably not a record, but it is lengthy enough to have learned some valuable lessons. I hope my lessons can help you with your writing life too.

  1. Take risks.  Early in my hungry career, I sent letters and writing samples to newspapers and asked if they would need a guest columnist for a vacationing writer.  I got two jobs that way.

I also wrote non-traditional pieces such as obituaries, “Teacher of the Year” acceptance speeches and love letters for would-be Lotharios.  I wrote lesson plans for busy teachers and helped write grants for a small university, as well as political speeches for a local candidate.  I had a syndicated column in ten weekly newspapers before I transitioned to the twice- a- month column that has continued for over 45 years and resulted in two books.

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