Age is just a number

Frank McCourt. Mary Wesley. Norman Rush. What do these three authors have in common? They became published authors well after age 50. These writers – and their works, which have affected the landscape of literature – show that you’re never too old to start writing and get published. Now who is next to join their club?

Perhaps Diane May, one of our contributors who is not giving up on her lifelong dream.

Diane tells us about how her father would whistle like a mockingbird to call her home for dinner. Today she is in her mid-90s, and every bird she hears reminds her of her childhood.  She even wrote a children’s manuscript, entitled “The Perfect Whistle,” about a mockingbird named Mockswell that whistled pleasant songs to soldiers during the war to help remind them of home. Well, despite her age, Diane hopes to get it published some day.