Category: lifestyle

• The Novel Pitch

  

  Here is what I am working on this morning over a coffee flight. Elizabeth Benet Grey, named after her mother’s favorite Jane Austen character, finds herself tumbling into the trials of middle age with the unfulfilled dream of writing a great American novel. As her life starts to unravel, she convinces a trendy new bookshop […]

  Kelly Rogers

  July 23, 2022

  aging, empowerment, inspiration, lifestyle, marriage, parenting, women, writer, writing

  grief, middle-age, passion

• Today

  “Today is the greatestDay I’ve ever knownCan’t wait for tomorrowI might not have that long” ~Smashing Pumpkins Today I decided to own my pending middle age. I turn 50 next year. 5-0. 5-Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I practice saying the number in the mirror as I study my face for new lines and spots. I’m okay it’s coming, […]

  Kelly Rogers

  July 22, 2022

  aging, empowerment, inspiration, lifestyle, marriage, parenting, Uncategorized, women, writer, writing

  grief, middle-age, passion