Begin again, in your own words.
A Sunday letter, a book called Late Bloom and a circle for writing your own story, for anyone starting late.
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- Paperback · Ships worldwide$18
Late Bloom: essays
Twenty-two essays on beginning again. Paperback, 224 pages.
- Signed copy · While they last$28
Late Bloom, signed
The same book, with a typed note from me.
- E-book · Every e-reader$9
The Second Drafts reader
The best forty letters, 2022 to 2024.
About
For thirty-four years I took down other people’s words as a court stenographer.
At sixty I sold the house, bought a typewriter and started on my own. Now there is a letter every Sunday, a book, and a circle for anyone who wants to begin too.
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