Sad news has hit the creative লেখা community as celebrity biographer and creative লেখা coach Randy Jernigan has recently declared his retirement from the লেখা and publishing world following a deterioration in his health as a result of kidney failure and হৃদয় Disease. The Losing to Win লেখক told me of his decision to retire over a phone call I made to him about a লেখা project offer.

“There’s no guarantees in this life,” Randy explained to me of his situation. “the days of deadlines and fussing with temperamental magazine editors are over for me—at least for now,” Randy says. But despite the annoyance of his forced retirement, he’s careful to leave the door open for a potential return. “I’ve worked all my life—this retirement stuff is hard but I still believe in miracles..,”

“I still read all the offers my agency sends me—and some of the projects are really hard to turn down but I know my limitations,” Randy explains.

I felt encouraged দ্বারা a hint of optimism in my বন্ধু voice. “Things change, sometimes for the better. I’m choosing to have some hope for a better future,”he says.

As of right now the লেখক spends around 13 hours a week hooked up to a kidney dialysis machine, several hours a week in medical consultations with doctors, অথবা brunching with his best friend, লেখক Les Bailey. “My বন্ধু are very important to me—they get me through the hard times,” Randy says.

Best known for his biographical sketches of celebrities, his juicy short fiction অথবা his radio প্রদর্শনী hosting gigs, the লেখক acknowledges that his health issues leave him in an exhaustive state making it difficult to accomplish what he used to. “But through it all, I choose to look up. I’m not finished yet..,”