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My stories have been read 130332 times
and 117 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Care worker, writer, memester, autist, dissenter.
I like people who not only think outside the box, but reshape the box into something else!
I've been writing since I was 10. It's my sanctuary - though the structure often needs maintenance. Over the last twenty or so years, I've won some writing prizes (nothing major) for short fiction, poetry and playwriting. In 2013, I published my first novel, 'In the Day'. Looking at it now, I can see all sorts of things I would change - but I suppose that shows progress. I also have a collection of short fiction, 'Still Life', available for Kindle.
In 2015, at the grand age of 56, I was finally diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition (Asperger's). I live alone with my cat, Daisy, and lots of books.
And it's a very common
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2019
And it's a very common experience with high-functioning autistics - as I read and hear all the time from others. Even in my last job, with an autism charity, the lack of proper understanding was profound. I left in the end because of a bullying...
Read full commentPosted in The Love of the Loveless (Chapter 6) (8)
I understand the info
Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018
I understand the info overload! It's all a lot to take in, and it takes time to process. I'm 3 years past diagnosis now, and I'm still running the numbers. To use the old cliche, it's a rollercoaster. So many positives... but the other side...
Read full commentPosted in Aspie Life
Thanks, Stephen. It takes
Posted on Tue, 06 Nov 2018
Thanks, Stephen. It takes some processing - and we're good at that! I over-analyse everything.
I tried to make this not so much about behaviours and more about how Aspies perceive the world. It's one of the reasons that diagnosis is so...
Read full commentPosted in Aspie Life
Legalise it now. Either that
Posted on Fri, 02 Nov 2018
Legalise it now. Either that, or I'm emigrating to Canada!
Read full commentPosted in Ode to Cannabis Sativa
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
A beautiful tale, Lindy. It lifted my heart to read this today.
That's sounds like exactly my kind of holiday, too! The travel agents never quite understand, do they.
I especially love the hope embodied in this - the...
Read full commentPosted in Monochrome
So many things going on in
Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2014
So many things going on in this one, Tina. Love, loss, disappointment, aging, the sense of growing isolation... and the comfort, still, in those small familiar things. That final stanza is perfect in capturing it all.
Read full commentPosted in Definitely Not Just Another Dog Story
Ah, The Blind Beggar. Oh,
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Ah, The Blind Beggar. Oh, the times...
Great memories, mate.
That scene where Ollie runs out in front of the fire engine and jumps in the back of the van - I watched that being filmed. It took six takes over about 40...
Read full commentPosted in Things I Did On My Day Off
Cassiopeia - 'the big double
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
Cassiopeia - 'the big double-you!'
One of the few constellations I can remember, because of the shape.
A first reading has resonated with my own thoughts at this time. I may not be able to decode the images, but there's an...
Read full commentPosted in Fading of Legends
As long as you don't get
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
As long as you don't get shouted at for writing in English! Unlikely, I'd think
Read full commentPosted in Poking James MacGuigan’s Pig
A fine piece of folklore, it
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
A fine piece of folklore, it sounds!
'I suspect it's the Reverend Ian Paisley.'
Hahaha! Never! Never! Never!
This made me smile this morning
Read full commentPosted in Poking James MacGuigan’s Pig
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