I think *that* is why this book touches so many different people - it isn't just me they are reading, it is a variety of women.
I then collected all those voices, and wove them through this book. What they loved about their age, and hated. I asked my readers a series of questions about their lives. I wanted to broaden my voice and share the voices of others. But also get the experiences of my readers. Not just MY experiences, which at 41, are plentiful. Most importantly about this book, I wanted to speak about the experiences of midlife and older women.
That was totally out of the blue, but like with most things in this book, I just went with it.
Some things still surprise me, like coming up with Mr. I love finding humor in everything, so that wasn't very hard.įrom there, things just started picking up pace. I recasted her situation totally, and had fun finding the humor in her life. So I went back to the beginning, and I scrapped the frowny bits. I feel like focusing on the adventure and the fresh start.īasically, I wanted to write what it would be like to just throw caution to the wind, and head out into the great wide open with all the life experience I've gleaned in my 41 years. So as I was writing, I thought to myself - I don't feel like writing the traditional approach to this situation. And honestly, I just felt like I needed a good time. It was a bit more somber, and Jessie sadder about her life's situation. When I first started this book, it had a different tone to it. I have a chance to start again, and this time, I make the rules.įor a little background to this book for those wanting a behind the scenes look. A very dangerous adventure that will change my life forever. Thankfully forty isn't too old to start an adventure, because that's exactly what I do.
That is, until I learn what the house really is, something I never could've imagined. I'll be taking care of a centuries old house that called to me when I was a kid. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path.Įager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. This time, though, I plan to do things differently. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. "Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. A cape wearing butler acting as the world's worst life coach.
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