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Francesca Bossert's avatar

Thank you for this. I recently self-published my poetry collection, Illicit Croissants At Dawn, and I'm amazed by the wonderful response it's receiving. And yes, writing definitely is a wonderful for sharpening your brain as you age. I'm 63, and although I wrote years ago, I took a twenty year hiatus to concentrate on my other love, dressage and horses, and returned to writing when illness knocked the front door down and forced me to stop riding. Thank god for writing, I can tell you that! It has been a life saver.

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Anette Pieper's avatar

Thanks to all three of you for sharing your journeys! It's so interesting how women came to achieve so much. I only took up writing (again) when I retired, because I had a very time-consuming job that took me all around the globe, and I was a single mom. Now I wrote three novels, my agent wasn't able to find a publishing company and I'm going into self-publishing now. So, thanks again for the inspiration and encouragement!

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