Barbara Rose Brooker – författare

A funny, fearless, and inspiring novel about dating after the age of sixty.THE NOVEL THAT PROVES THERE’S PLENTY OF LIFE—AND HOT SEX—AFTER SIXTY! Just because Anny Applebaum qualifies for a senior discount doesn’t mean she’s ready for retirement. But if she wants to keep her job at the San Francisco Times, she’ll have to find a way to spice up her lifestyle column. Even if it means posting her profile as an eligible single on JDate .com. Sure, Anny’s a little out of practice. She hasn’t been with a man since she found Viagra in her ex-husband’s suit pocket, and he wasn’t taking it for her. But she’s got her friends to help her fumble her way through the strange and intriguing world of online dating. After hearing cautionary tales from the trenches—about “boomer oldies” who drag around pictures of their dead wives and fixed-income misers who wine and dine their dates at chain restaurants—Anny is relieved to meet Marv Rothstein, a charming . . . 75-year-old diamond dealer. Unfortunately, he’s also a Digital Age Don Juan who prowls singles sites for younger women. Not be outdated by this “Serial JDater,” Anny realizes Marv is the perfect subject for her flagging column and chronicles his sexcapades for the reading public. But when the new column becomes an overnight hit, Anny can’t help but feel conflicted—because now she’s having sex with Mr. X . . . and it’s nothing less than extraordinary.

Anyone Can Write Is For Every Writer.Everyone has a story! Anyone can write and publish a book. This book is for every writer at every age and every genre. The most ordinary incident, recollection, dream can develop into a novel, a movie, a short story. Use your life experiences, and write! ANYONE CAN WRITE /WRITING AEROBICS/is an anecdotal book about the author''s process and experiences with agents, publishers and process. The writing aerobics are a step by step guide into the beginning, middle and end. The author will take you from an idea into a premise and table of contents and logline and storyboard and all elements of craft. These simple aerobics enable you to get started, help you to develop your idea into a structure and finally show you how to get your work published.

Anny Applebaum is a seventy-eight-year-old author who wonders if great sex and love are possible after sixty. She wants it all. A novelist and journalist, she writes a successful column, interviewing and dating men of all ages. She records her sexcapades, insights, and telephone conversations into her columns. As she struggles with her relationships, ageism, and Hollywood, wanting to find her truths and authentic self, she goes deeply inside her dreams, her past, and her poetry. She wins it all.

Träume hat man immer, das hat mit dem Alter nichts zu tun.Anny ist attraktiv, lebenslustig, Single – und fünfundsechzig. Die Suche nach Mr. Right hat sie noch nicht aufgegeben. Doch immer wieder stellen Anny und ihre Freundinnen fest: Männer ihres Alters vergnügen sich lieber mit deutlich jüngeren Frauen – im Zeitalter der kleinen blauen Wunderpille kein Problem. Auch beruflich sieht es nicht gut aus für Anny. Ihre wöchentliche Kolumne steht vor dem Aus, zu langweilig, meint die Chefredakteurin. Da sowieso schon alles egal ist, schreibt Anny sich eben ihren Beziehungsfrust öffentlich von der Seele. Und die Berichte aus dem Haifischbecken Singlewelt treffen einen Nerv. Vor allem ihre Erlebnisse mit dem geheimnisvollen Mr. X elektrisieren die Leserinnen. Zu dem gutaussehenden Kerl mit Silbermähne fühlt Anny sich sofort hingezogen – doch dann ist es plötzlich sie selbst, die sich nach einem Jüngeren umschaut, als sich ihr charmanter Nachbar Ryan für sie interessiert ...