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At 68, I started a new chapter in my life: I moved to France. Alone. It turned out to be quite the page-turner. Still is — even when age insists on a part.

Ditch the Niche: My writings borrow significantly from personal experiences. I attempt to provide detailed and insightful narratives on a wide range of topics.

Lily (the dog) and I are on a quest to help educate and inform writers about this craft that we all love, join us!

Conscientious Emigration, Equitable Conservation, Interracial Families. For emigration support: https://www.silleckconsultingservices.com/emigrationsupport

I’m an artist who’s creating an epic graphic novel. The things that’ll be posting here will be of the lore involved, as well as written excerpts.

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://substack.com/@saraburdick

Joe Guay, a recovering people-pleaser, is an essayist, actor/voiceover guy with musings on mental health, LGBTQ, humor and travel & nature as church