Retirement Stories

The Queen Mother sat quietly as her daughter, the newly crowned monarch, presided over her first meeting of Parliament. She remembered her own first time, following the death of her husband the King. She knew her daughter was nervous, but also saw that she was doing well. She smiled to herself as she watched her daughter shut down one very conservative Lord with grace and tact, without letting go of her rightful authority...

In the morning, he walked to where he moored his sloop. He loosed it and sailed off to work. It was his last day. He thought of this day for a long time. When his day ended, he carried his things and tossed them in the trash. He bade his fellow workers goodbye. He untied the rope and sailed into the bay. As he sailed, he decided to fulfill his dream. He set the helm and turned into the setting sun.

INDIE RETIREMENT Recently, I had the pleasure of reading a brilliantly composed blog by Michael R. Hicks, (@KreelanWarrior), His blog, entitled: Adjusting to Being a Full-time Author, and posted in four parts on his website, , is about how and why he left his secure full-time governments job to become a full-time author. Impressed by his story, I subscribed to his blog and posted a comment, congratulating him on what he h...