Extract of a post by Author Robin Storey:

With Queen Elizabeth turning 90 recently and still looking pretty spry, it got me thinking that one of the secrets to healthy aging has to be a sense of purpose, a reason to get up in the mornings. In the case of the Queen, she has commitments – speeches to make, buildings to open, medals to give out. And hundreds, often thousands of people would be put out if she pulled the covers over her head and refused to get out of bed because her arthritis/lumbago/gammy hip was giving her trouble.

The challenge for many people after they retire from the workforce is to keep active and fill their days with challenging and worthwhile activities; otherwise it’s a short slide into a twilight of daytime TV, curtain twitching and writing daily irate Letters to the Editor.

From that point of view there are many advantages to being a mature age author. I’m not fond of the expression ‘mature age,’ but have used it mainly for convenience. And it is satisfyingly vague – you don’t have to specify an age. If you identify as being mature age, you are. But to me mature age, for a woman at least, conjures up images of a bosomy matron who wears crimplene pant suits, plays bridge and has a husband named Frank and/or a yappy terrier called Muffin.

I am none of those things, but for the sake of this blog post I will identify myself as mature-aged, even though it makes me sound like a block of Strong & Bitey vintage cheese. So here are five top benefits of being a mature age author.

To find out the advantages, click on the link or Robin’s photo below: