My guest in this episode of Midlife Schmidlife is New York Times and USA Today's best-selling author, Jane Porter. She's written over 70 romances and women's fiction novels has had 3 of her books turned into Movies of the Week, started a publishing company at forty-in to give writers more opportunities, and now at 58 works placing Tule Publishing stories with film producers.
In our conversation, some highlights we spoke about:
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Jane shares her journey of becoming a writer, including the many times she could have given up but didn't.
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How menopause affected her creativity.
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The shift she made in her career in her 40s and why.
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How women should be supporting one another.
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Her take on being happy (hint - you have to choose it!)
Jane believes you're never too old to reinvent yourself or create the life you want. I know you will love our conversation!
You can learn more about Jane, her books and her publishing company at: JanePorter.com.
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