Thoughts on writing and life for February 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we shouldn’t let milestone birthdays stop us from pursuing our creative goals.

This is an edited excerpt from my January 2024 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

A few weeks ago, I found myself singing the “Milestone Birthday Blues.” Everybody has one of those birthdays—the ones where the number stops you dead in your tracks and you look in the mirror and ask...