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Stella Fosse is the nom de plume of an author of a certain age, who in her sixties started writing sexy stories as a creative antidote to the ageism and sexism older women face in society.
She champions older women’s creativity by leading workshops in seasoned romance, erotica, and memoir writing.

Stella is a frequent guest on podcasts for women past midlife. She has been published in many online venues. Stella also blogs about issues of interest to Women of a Certain Age, including creativity, romance, and older women’s health.

Her new book Write & Sell a Well-Seasoned Romance empowers women to tell vivid stories of late life love.

Traditionally published works include her book Aphrodite's Pen: The Power of Writing Erotica after Midlife.
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	Brilliant Charming Bastard 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vampires of a Certain Age 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aphrodite's Pen: The Power of Writing Erotica after Midlife 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock On: Power, Sex & Money After Sixty by Stella Fosse (Goodreads Author), Diana Rosinus (Illustrator) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terraforming 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Write & Sell A Well-Seasoned Romance by Stella Fosse (Goodreads Author), Diana Rosinus (illustrator) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Erotic Pandemic Ball by Stella Fosse (Goodreads Author), Diana Rosinus (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Erotic Pandemic Collection: The Love in Lockdown Complete Collection by Stella Fosse (Goodreads Author), Diana Rosinus (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Vampires of a Certain Age: Five hundred years of loving by Stella Fosse (Goodreads Author), Diana Rosinus (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stella Fosse wrote a new blog post Crafting My Book of Essays Crafting My Book of EssaysLet’s say you have been writing essays for years. Might be blogs; might be Substack essays; might be short nonfiction in mag Read more of this blog post »
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Stella Fosse liked Nk's review of Write & Sell A Well-Seasoned Romance: "I've read a lot of books about writing romance novels, and this is one of the best. This book is very thorough and well-organised (without becoming overwhelming), using a friendly, easy-going tone, and takes you from idea to published author and beyo" Read more of this review »
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Stella Fosse liked Stella Fosse's blog post: It Started With a Coffin "It Started With a CoffinIn the late nineties when the book and movie of The Garden of Good and Evil were all the rage, my husband and I traveled to Savannah to see the locations in the book. We stayed in a Bed and Breakfast on one of Savannah��s ..." Read more of this blog post »
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