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Twentynine Palms Book Festival director Patrick Zuchowicki Jucaud hosts Heidi Eagleton, Lynette Robb, Mike Vail and Nancy Glowinski for a conversation about writing after 65. The panel covers later-life paths into writing, practical ways to build a creative routine and the work of turning accumulated experience into stories worth publishing.
The panel begins at 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 13, inside the Twentynine Palms Community Center at Freedom Plaza, 6547 Freedom Way. Desert General organizes the festival.
