My diagnosis process
Since my post the other day, I have had a few people asking me about my diagnosis process and whether or not I had pursued an autism diagnosis. All my life, I had felt something wasn't quite right. I didn't seem to fit in places I was supposed to, or achieve all the...
Books with Autistic Characters
If you been hanging around here for any amount of time, you'll know that I read a lot of books! I always have. Growing up, the only book I read that featured an autistic character was The October Child by Eleanor Spence, and that is what I thought autism was. In the...
My Accidentally Autistic Character
I wrote Swallow Me, NOW! about nine years ago, it's been published for eight years. When I wrote it, I knew very little about autism, especially autism in girls. Recently, I realised I had written a book featuring an autistic girl, because much of this story is based...
Autism Acceptance Day 2023
Today is Autism Acceptance day and the start of Autism Acceptance Month. This is a post that, until last year, I never thought I'd write. Around this time in 2022, I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at the age of 44. I had friends being diagnosed with ADHD and the...
What I’ve Read – March 2023
March was a great month for reading with another 10 books read, and no, this is not an April Fool's joke. This group was an eclectic mix of audiobooks, picture books, novels and chapter books, including some amazing new releases. Dead Man Switch by Tara Moss - an...
Abandoning a Book!
Today I did something I don't normally do. I abandoned a book after only a few pages, mostly because the style of writing didn't appeal and reading it was hard work. Usually, I'll give the book a few chapters before I decide if it's for me or not, but this one was...
One Prompt, Multiple Stories Part 2
Last month, I posted about our One Prompt, Multiple Stories challenge in Virtual Writers Group. Yesterday, we had the last session in this series, and everyone had a lot of fun. The prompt we used was: Imagine you have picked up a stick, only to find it's magic. Write...
What I’ve Read – February 2023
After a bumper start to the year with 10 books in January, I read six books in February, and have a couple on the go. The end of February came up faster than expected! Here are the books I read in February: Unicorns Don't Love Sparkles by Lucy Rowland - a picture book...
One Prompt, Multiple Stories
We had a lot of fun in Virtual Writers Group last week, and came up with a fun challenge for participants. Starting this week, we are going to start a series of sessions where we look at using one prompt to write multiple stories. Why are we doing this? We wanted to...
What I’ve Read – January 2023
Welcome to a new year! I know I wished you Happy New Year on 1 January, however this is a new reading year. I've decided to create a new image for these posts for the year too, and I'm going to try to write a bit more about each book I've read. The year is off to a...