by admin | Apr 5, 2023 | Blog
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...
by admin | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog
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...
by admin | Apr 3, 2023 | Blog
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...
by admin | Apr 2, 2023 | Blog
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...
by admin | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog
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...
by admin | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog, Events, Writers Group
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...
