It's Never Too Late for a Second Act
The real trick isn’t so much vision as it is discipline.
by Xochitl Gonzalez
Jan 04, 2022
4 minutes
You, dear reader, have met me at the dawn of my second act. Today, at the age of 44, and after what I can only call a shocking-even-to-me amount of buzz, my very first novel hits bookshelves. Later this week, a bunch of glossy profiles about me will be splashed around websites and newspapers, and soon you won’t be able to put on a podcast without hearing me wax on about my book, Olga Dies Dreaming. (Warning: I have a voice that was made for typing.)
Here is the bite-size summary of my story: A girl from a humble Brooklyn background stumbles into a career as a wedding planner and then,
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