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A lot of people imagine authors as reclusive beings hunched over a typewriter in the wee hours of the night, trying to weave prose together in such a way as to ignite something in their prospective audience. But there’s so much more to putting words on the page, as I found out once I committed…
I began writing my debut novel, Getting By, two weeks after I turned 17 in the October of my junior year in high school. After years of work, it finally became available in August 2020, two months before my 27th birthday! Since I decided to take the self-publishing route for my novel, I controlled the…
After finishing the first draft of my manuscript, I made self-edits and revisions using Grammarly before seeking a professional book editor (I highly recommend you connect with one!) After spending some time researching to find potential editors to work with, I reached out to one I felt would be a good match for me and…
In my last blog, I mentioned that I didn’t have a rigid strategy for planning my novel. Instead of preparing any outline or notes, I wrote whatever came to mind, starting the plot of my book from the beginning. However, over time, I decided it was best to create an outline for myself while my…
With Getting By, I knew a crucial step I would have to fulfill before publishing a book: Editing my manuscript. Even though I had finished it a bit before, it was in December 2019 that I began searching for a book editor because it was the right time to hire one financially. But I didn’t…
Before I wrote Getting By, my only experience with writing fiction stories was in elementary school. Back then, I had a yearly assignment where students had to write short fiction stories for class. From third to eighth grade, I wrote six short fiction stories and provided illustrations with my drawings. Students had the opportunity to…
Getting a good job can be a challenge and for many people on the autism spectrum, the road to stable employment is not easy. As a college graduate with autism, this has certainty been my experience. Statistically, at least 85% of college graduates with autism are unemployed and at least 79% of young adults with…
I want to share that I received a book award for my debut young adult novel, Getting By. Not long after I released my debut book, I submitted my novel for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. After my submission, I had to wait at least half a year to hear any announcements. At the…
If I had any sort of skill that could be described as a talent, it would be drawing. I’ve been doing it since I was a child, but a part of me has always doubted my abilities because of how limited I am when it comes to the activity. As demonstrated in the featured image…
I revealed in my previous blog post that I was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at 21. A common symptom of Asperger Syndrome is having restricted interests in specific topics or objects. That was certainly the case for me. I had participated in multiple activities as a child, such as piano, karate, aikido, clarinet, and swimming….
I received my diagnosis of being autistic when I was 21 years old. In high school, I had displayed social-communication deficits. Although I had displayed social-communication deficits during my high school years, there were not addressed until I was a junior in college. Unlike high school, I was entirely friendless in college and incredibly displeased…