Never Too Late to Become a Writer
Posted January 31, 2013
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I was invited to guest blog on Donna Martin’s On The Write Track site. Every Wednesday her theme is Writerly Wisdom. Today I wrote about not giving up on your dream to be a published writer. I hope you enjoy it.
Never Too Late To Become A Writer
Darlene Foster
A goal without a plan is just a dream.
Many of us dream of being a writer. After all we have tons of ideas. We spend years talking about it, fantasize signing our books, and envision people saying, “I read your book and loved it.” But there is always an excuse. We are too busy working, raising kids, keeping a house, volunteering, looking after grandchildren or aging parents; the list goes on. Then one day there is a bit more time and we say, “Now I’m too old to write a book. If only I had started years ago. It’s too late.” I have heard this many times.
I was one of those people. I had so many excuses for not sitting down and writing a book. I took writing courses and attended seminars, wrote a few short stories and submitted to the occasional contest, but the idea of writing a book was too daunting and I often felt I left it too late.
Read more………
http://donasdays.blogspot.ca/2013/01/writerly-wisdom_30.html
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis
16 Responses to "Never Too Late to Become a Writer"

Great advice, Darlene. Being a writer I still need to be reminded some days how important it is to write a little bit everyday to eventually reach my goal.


Good luck to all the would-be writers. They may not pen the next great Canadian novel but they will have fun trying.


Thanks, Darlene, for being part of my WRITERLY WISDOM series. Your post garnered the most comments so far…57 comments! That certainly shows your post hit home for many writers. I also wanted to thank you for being so generous and donating one of your books to my free book giveaway at this year’s Children’s Festival of Reading…I know they will love it!
Donna L Martin


[…] Darlene is the author of a pre-teen book series featuring a 12-year-old girl named Amanda. I’ve bought and read them all and really enjoyed them. Darlene explores local cultures with twists and turns to keep her readers interested, yet without being racy or profane as so many books are these days. I was impressed with Darlene at how she spends two hours a night writing and marketing herself. I thought I can do that, but have not yet followed up on it! She has a recent interview on how she got herself started writing. […]

January 31, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Inspiring. Thank you.