Friday

[ksmith]

Given that I've heard that writing production starts decreasing by age 60, and realizing that other writers who are younger than I am have already surpassed me in number of books written, I found the following Yahoo movie blurb reassuring:

E. Annie Proulx (rhymes with "true"), who wrote the story 'Brokeback Mountain' that the screenplay closely follows, didn't become a novelist until the age of 50. Eight years later, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her book 'The Shipping News.'

Comments

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

"...didn't become a novelist until the age of 50."

-->Does that mean she wasn't published until she was 50? Or that she didn't start writing novels until she was 50? Or didn't become serious about it until she was 50?

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

According to http://www.answers.com/topic/annie-proulx, Proulx made a living as a non-fiction writer before turning to fiction in her 50s.

So she knew the drill. But she really switched gears.

I still tend to think it's reassuring.