A compassionate writing guide for women who are navigating midlife’s turbulent transitions and its profound impact on creativity, identity, and self-expression. 

Drawing from personal experiences, research, and 28 conversations with other women and femmes, Writing Through the Pause: Mining Midlife for Powerful Writing reframes the challenges of midlife—not as a crisis—but as a vital journey full of creative gifts that can be mined and polished into brilliant writing.

While the paths to your writing practice may change shape and direction, Writing Through the Pause offers commiseration, reassurance, and a variety of strategies to encourage midlife writers to mine the rich depths of this pause. With a little help, writers at midlife or any other difficult period, can discover renewed authenticity and power in their writing and themselves.