A business trip detour to poet Emily Dickinson’s home planted a midlife pivot idea for Marta McDowell. She transitioned from a career in insurance to horticulture, and now she’s the author of five books, focusing on writers and their gardens. She talks about how she prepared for her exit from the corporate world by taking classes at the New York Botanical Garden, her first steps toward becoming an author, and a surprise moment in the media spotlight.Topics included:Credentialing for a new career through evening and weekend classesFinding the niche that speaks to youEstablishing credibility as an authorSuccess comes in finding similarities between your own life track and the subject you write aboutA moment in the media spotlightThe value of online learning for both students and the institutionExploring new paths, and feeling free to course correctMarta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and consults for private clients and public gardens. Marta's new book, Unearthing The Secret Garden: The Plants and Places that Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, will be published in September 2021. She is the author of Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, New York Times-bestselling All the Presidents' Gardens, and Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life.Resources:New York Botanical GardenUnearthing the Secret GardenEmily Dickinson's Gardening LifeAll the Presidents' Gardens

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