From Retirement to Authorship

Welcome to the website of author Gwen Wilson, aka blogger Garrulous Gwendoline The Reluctant Retiree…

With a few twists and turns along the way, life after forced retirement chose to reinvent me as an author.

Explore this website to learn more about me, my memoir I Belong to No One, and my debut historical novel, Louisa.

Or simply enjoy my blog posts, an eclectic mix of exhilarating travel adventures and random philosophical musings.

  • What an exhilarating week I’ve had. In my “spare” time I’ve been replaying interviews recorded in 2015 – at the time promoting the release of my memoir I Belong to No One – in which I confidently assert my future plans to write a book based on the life of my great-grandmother, Louisa Whitley. It…

  • Louisa was absolutely flying high yesterday – literally! A raucous bunch of her descendants gathered for an afternoon of reconnecting and swapping family stories. With some last-minute dropouts (who may have realised they had to do laundry instead), the fourteen who were able to show up were a mixed bag from Generations 4, 5, and…

  • Hi everyone, If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’ve always been a bit of a “Reluctant Retiree“- mostly because I can’t seem to stop getting involved in one project or another! And if you are new to my blog – welcome. How fabulous to have you along. I invite you to read on…