I’ve always secretly wanted to write fiction. (I said it out loud in this episode, so I guess it’s not a secret anymore. 😅)
Which is exactly why I loved this conversation with Leslie A. Rasmussen. Leslie spent years writing TV comedy for legends — Roseanne, Norm Macdonald, Drew Carey — then stepped away from Hollywood to raise her boys, earned a master’s in nutrition, ran her own business… and THEN became an award-winning novelist in her 50s.
Not in her 20s. Not when it was “the right time.” In her 50s.
We talked about baby steps, about giving yourself permission to change your mind, and about the community of women that shows up when we finally start telling the truth about our lives.
If you’ve been staring at your own blank page — whatever that looks like for you — consider this episode your nudge. Hit play above and go take the baby step.
And Leslie's got a whole shelf waiting for you — After Happily Ever After, The Stories We Cannot Tell, When People Leave, the prequel Before People Leave, and her brand-new novel, Allison Turns the Page, available for preorder NOW. Grab them wherever books are sold, and find her at lesliearasmussen.com ✍️
We’re going LIVE TODAY — Thursday, July 30 at 10:00 AM ET — with Mary Michele Nidiffer, The Visibility Stylist™, and we’re talking about going from invisible to UNFORGETTABLE with what’s already hanging in your closet. 👗 👚 👖
Click here to join us LIVE on Substack — see you there!
Oh — and that little confession from up top? Consider this me putting it in writing: the fiction dream is officially on my someday-soon list. 😉
Until next week — go write yourself a new story. ✍️
See ya later alligator!
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