Kelly Capers

Kelly Capers is a freelance editor and journalist who facilitated a writers’ conference held for many years at UGA.

8 Posts

Boomer Life

Author! Author! Boomer Writers Abound.

Kelly Capers - October 20, 2019 0

Following their passions and learning the book business Writing the Great American Novel may be a pipe dream for those of us in later life,...

Boomer Life

Read All About It. Not Your Grandma’s Book Club

Kelly Capers - October 27, 2018 0

The term book club often conjures thoughts of grandmothers and spinsters of yesteryear, chatting over tea and cookies. Popular movies have promoted it as a...

Boomer Life

Game Changers Sports Remain a Lifelong Passion for Many Men

Kelly Capers - August 10, 2018 0

Along the journey from boys to men, playing sports is a constant for many that shapes character, and adds value to life. As time...

Boomer Life

Not stopping now! Boomers in Business

Kelly Capers - June 8, 2018 0

Not stopping now! Boomers in business continue to disrupt aging stereotypes. Those of us over 50 are among the country’s most active entrepreneurs, starting businesses at rates higher than millennials. Read profiles of area boomers in business.

Boomer Life

Dare it! Do It! The Over-50s Do Not Have to Live a Quiet and Resigned Life.

Kelly Capers - March 19, 2018 0

Some say there’s a virtue to aging gracefully, easing placidly into Golden Years. But for some daring Athens residents, life is about saving the...

Boomers Write

A Lonely Heart

Janet Martin - January 10, 2021 0

I’d been telling myself for months that I should go down to Florida to visit her. But between working and graduate school, a free...

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Memoir

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bowen Craig - January 10, 2021 0

Publishing a book used to be so much simpler, and so much harder. While the 21st century has democratized the process of publishing— it’s...

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Boomer Life

Bloom Where Planted

Tracy Coley - January 10, 2021 0

OLLI @UGA remains strong during pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Athens in March, the University of Georgia’s closure of in-person classes, lectures and activities...

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Opinion

Just a Thought

Betsy Bean - January 10, 2021 0

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Knowing what to...

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FYI

FYI: Need to Know, Good to Know, Fun to Do!

BoomAthens - January 10, 2021 0

Need to Know Dementia Friends Georgia In Georgia, 140,000 people are living with dementia and continue to be vital members of their communities, shopping, dining, working...

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Kelly Capers

Author! Author! Boomer Writers Abound.

Read All About It. Not Your Grandma’s Book Club

Game Changers Sports Remain a Lifelong Passion for Many Men

Not stopping now! Boomers in Business

Dare it! Do It! The Over-50s Do Not Have to Live a Quiet and Resigned Life.

A Lonely Heart

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bloom Where Planted

Just a Thought

FYI: Need to Know, Good to Know, Fun to Do!

Magazine

Boomers Write

Editor Picks

I need a new bra

Letters from Vietnam, 1967