At 35 I quit my corporate job and decided to have a baby. Writing my novel helped me be a better mom.

• 03/29/2025, 12:44 PM
• businessinsider.com

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I blew up my life at 35, leaving behind a decadelong career as a corporate lawyer to pursue my newly discovered passion for creative writing. When I graduated from my MFA program, I expected to have a completed novel. Instead, I had hundreds of pages with notes in the margins, showing me what could be.