Lisa Taylor Huff

When I hit my 40s and found myself labeled "Over 40 and Still Single", I decided to create a different sort of life for myself. I was tired of living on the fringes of other people's lives, always the daughter, sister, best friend, granddaughter, neighbor, but bored out of my mind and tired of regretting what I wasn't doing.

I decided to move to Paris. Everyone thought I was crazy or at least full of shit. For a while, I planned it and talked about it. Then I finally DID it at the age of 45. Yup, I sold half of everything I owned, put the rest in storage, packed my suitcases, rented an apartment and got on the plane. Voila! And Paris proved to be the perfect fit for me, the place where I am at my best and where I can be my complete self. When people would ask me how long I was planning to stay, I'd reply, "As long as I'm still having the time of my life." I'd waited 45 years to get here, so I was in no hurry to leave.

A year later, out of the blue, I met him here in Paris. THE Guy, and a FRENCH guy no less. The Coup de Foudre. The One Worth Waiting All That Time For. We were married on July 12, 2008 -- my first marriage at age 47, and the LAST marriage for both of us. And Paris is now my home: me, him and his three kids, together in a quiet little house behind the big hill of Montmartre.

Sometimes even I can't believe how my life has worked out. It's like a movie. And yes, I'm writing a book about it.

In 2006, I finished my first book: "The Writing Coach's Guide to FINALLY Writing Your Book!", and in October 2007 it became available as a paperback via the major online book sellers (see the picture in the sidebar? That's it.) This book is for everyone who has ever thought of writing a book but doesn't know where to start and what to do. It's written from my perspective as a trained life coach, someone who has coached hundreds of people to achieve a wide variety of personal and professional goals -- and in this book I apply that same coaching philosophy to provide readers with a step-by-step program they can follow as they work on writing their first books. Check it out via my website and buy a copy! And no, that's not a picture of ME on the book cover.

You can write to me here: Lisa (at) LisaTaylorHuff (dot) com.