{"id":296,"date":"2010-06-28T17:57:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T17:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/06\/82-year-old-teacher-lands-three-book-deal-its-never-too-late-to-follow-your-dreams.html"},"modified":"2010-06-28T17:57:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T17:57:59","slug":"82-year-old-teacher-lands-three-book-deal-its-never-too-late-to-follow-your-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/06\/82-year-old-teacher-lands-three-book-deal-its-never-too-late-to-follow-your-dreams.html","title":{"rendered":"82 Year-Old Teacher Lands Three Book Deal: It’s Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I came across the following on the Writers Write blog<\/a>. <\/div>\n

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<\/b><\/font><\/span>\"The82-Year-Old Teacher Lands Three Book Deal<\/span><\/p>\n


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The BBC<\/span> <\/span>reports<\/a><\/span> <\/span>that 82-year-old teacher Myrrha Stanford-Smith has landed a three-book deal after writing her first novel. The trilogy is a fictional account of William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe’s rivalry. Myrrha told the BBC that she was really expecting to be rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’d been waiting for the manuscript to be sent back really, rejected. It was such a wonderful surprise,” she added. <\/p>\n

The Great Lie features 16-year-old Nick, the son of the late first Earl of Rikesby, who runs away with a troupe of travelling players who take him to London, where he comes to Marlowe’s attention.<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Honno will be the publisher of Myrrha Stanford-Smith’s trilogy. You can find details about the first book in the series<\/span> <\/span>here<\/a><\/span>.<\/span>
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It’s never too late to follow your dreams… <\/div>\n

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