A new start after 60: I gave up teaching, started doodling – and became a cartoonist
by The Guardian
The Guardian— As retirement approached, Nancy Beiman wanted to do something creative. Before long she was sketching out the story of a very unusual blended family When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue as to how she would fill her days. “Many people take up an artistic hobby. But what was I, a professional artist, supposed to do? Take up accounting?” Before she could embark on a crash course in spreadsheets, she woke up one morning with...
The Guardian—A new start after 60: after a decade of rejections, I got my first novel published. Now I’ve got my dream, I won’t stop!. After a successful career as a talent agent – representing Michael Parkinson, Ulrika Jonsson and Adam Ant – Melanie Cantor became disillusioned with TV. So she took up writing – and refused to give up on her passion. Sign up for Well Actually: a free weekly newsletter about health and wellnessAt 61, after a decade writing four unpublished manuscripts and receiving hundreds of rejections from agents and publishers, Melanie Cantor got an email in 2019 from the literary agent Felicity Blunt. “It...
iHeartDogs.com—Tiny Pup Rescued From Puppy Mill Was 'Introduced' To A New Friend And Starts His New Life. Ruggles, a tiny Shih-Tzu puppy was rescued from a puppy mill and was then introduced to a 'new friend' to signal a brand new beginning!
iHeartDogs.com—Tiny Pup Rescued From Puppy Mill Was Introduced To New Friend And Started His New Life. Dog who was on the streets was finally rescued and given the home they truly deserved. The stray dog went on to live a better life!