The benefits of being an older debut author
How being older benefits writing your first novel, comparing hybrid and traditional publishing, notes on being a voracious reader, and a few points on exclamation points.
As an editor, I've lost count of how many fantastic inquiries and discovery calls start with an unnecessary apology about age. "I know I'm probably too old to be starting this," writers tell me, as if literary talent comes with an expiration date. Some days, it feels like the entire writing community is caught up in a bizarre game of beat the clock, wit…