B. Lynn Goodwin will be on our panel of writers getting started after 40. This was a topic in demand last year, so we added it to our conference proposal wish list. We received so many submissions for the topic that we decided to invite a few of them to serve on a panel instead!
HM: Tell us a little about your involvement in HippoCamp this year. What are you most excited to share during this session?
BLG: I’m excited to share my story, of inventing a new career, a new purpose, and a new life one day at a time. Parts are unique and parts are universal.
Why do you love true stories?
Amazing what people have been through, how they’ve handled it, and how it has shaped them.
What made you decide to submit a proposal to speak at HippoCamp this year?
It’s never too late–to tell your story or to fall in love. When I saw the idea of launching a later-in-life writing career, I knew I had lots to share. Real stories matter, and everyone should learn to tell them well.
Attendees can learn more about you on our speaker’s page, of course, but there’s more to you than that bio! Share a fun fact with us, something we may be surprised to know.
I learned to drive in a ’55 Chevy classic, which my father purchased when I was in first grade, and still remember how to operate a stick shift. My husband bought a 2006 or 06 Mustang that reminds me of my father’s next car, a ’66 Mustang.
Aside from preparing for HippoCamp (of course!), what are you working on?
Writer Advice, book reviews, and a series of scenes and flash pieces currently called Scenes from a School Shooting.
Since you’ll also be attending the conference, what are you most looking forward to learning or doing when you’re not wearing your “speaker hat?”
I’m always trying to find out what makes memoir compelling and how to make my writing tighter without eliminating the details that make it sing.
We love introducing Lancaster to attendees. What are you looking forward to about your visit or, since you’ve been here before, what would you recommend?
I think I was there in my thirties. I loved being in Amish Country, where I saw a young man in black and white clothing driving a buggy and smoking. See Amish Country if you have a car.
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B. Lynn, we look forward to hearing your story!
And, reader, register to reserve your place today.
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