mourning; writing 

I was reminded while reading her bibliography and a related quote that Ursula K. LeGuin didn't really kick off her writing career in earnest until she was 35.

I'm 42. And Peg and I were writing Five Glasses of Absinthe, the first work of mine I'd really consider *remotely* serious or professional, by 2007.

There's no shame in starting slow and nothing stopping me from here. Thank you, Aunt Ursula, for that final gift. I hope you are somewhere, somehow, and it's nice.

mourning; writing 

@zebratron2084 I'm working slowly on it too. Fuck those early-bloomer 20-somethings who peak early. I've had tons of time to brew. :-}

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@Austin_Dern @zebratron2084

I've had a lifetime of ADHD to accumulate beginnings of and ideas for more than just five stories.

Maybe I can learn to pare that down, a bit. :-P

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