Your Invitation to a Private Club (Plus the Secret Handshake)

I should be happy, but I’m not.

Wild Rose is enjoying a 4.7 star average rating on Amazon. Book two in The Late Bloomers Series, English Ivy, is half-written and may be released ahead of schedule.

I did a 24-km hike yesterday and can still move today.

What’s not to be happy about in my world?

For one thing, emails like this:

“I don’t have friends like this in my life.”

“Where can I find some Late Bloomers?”

“You just can’t make friends like that after forty if you don’t already have them.”

It seems as if finding Mr. Right is easier for us after forty than finding a strong group of friends, women who will tell it like it is, share the mystery and wisdom of midlife, and offer unquestioning support when the shit hits the fan.

Women with a sense of humor, a quick wit, and open arms.

Women who can keep secrets. Women like The Late Bloomers.

I write about women like this because I know women like this. I rely on them, a sisterhood that greatly enhances my life. And they rely on me.

And now, you can have the same thing.

The Late Bloomers Private Facebook Group

There are only three rules to this free group:

You must be a woman to join. I won’t ask for ID, but starting around forty and up to Gloria Steinem’s age is the target demographic.
You can state or ask anything you want as long as you do it with respect. No subject is off limits, and no one will be censored. (Unless you’re being disrespectful, and then I’ll boot your ass. No bullies in Late Bloomers.)
You can never talk about what goes on in the group outside of the group. Ever.

Right now there is exactly one member besides me, a real-life Late Bloomer friend of mine, and I hope you’ll join us. You pretty much get all my attention at this point!

Every week I’ll be posting questions, updates, and discussion topics, but the group is for all of us. You can start a discussion or reply to a post as freely as I can, and I hope you will.

No matter where you live in the world, you can have a Late Bloomer circle of friends.

Click here to join the private group!

The Secret Handshake

Once you join the group, please introduce yourself! We can’t become friends if we don’t know anything about you. Remember, this is a private group on Facebook that requires permission to join. No one outside the group can see what you post, not your family, not your coworkers, not anyone but us.

A few suggestions for a fun introduction:

Write an online dating profile of yourself. Why stop advertising all your good qualities just because you’re not dating?!
Share one thing most people don’t know about you, but you wish they did. (This is what I shared.)
Tell us what you’d do on a day off with absolutely no responsibilities to anyone but yourself.

I can’t wait to get to know you better and to see you create strong, Late Bloomer friendships with other great women.

Click here to join the private group!

PS: I have to approve all requests manually, so please be patient if you don’t get immediate access. It’s coming!