Hi Friends! Today, I have a few smaller items for you, rather a book excerpt or full essay.

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With Ian away at college for only two more days, I’ve been writing up a storm this week. I finished off Chapter 6, which discusses various options for autistic young adults, ages 18-21, who aren’t ready for college. 5,249 words! Boom! 

Now, I’m working on Chapter 7, which discusses the best way to fit a neurodiverse kid into the traditional college ecosystem. It’s super rough right now, with a lot of cutting and pasting from other material. It’s 6,122 words, but those words need lots of love. I’ll be busy today.

I hope to be done with Chapter 7, and mostly done with Chapter 8, by the time we go to Spain next week. But real life is intruding. We’ll be gone all day on Saturday picking up Ian from college. On Sunday, we have to celebrate my parents’ 60th anniversary. All good stuff, but I need a solid rough draft with 11 chapters by the end of the month. 

I need a writer’s cabin in the woods. 

I’m in a huge rush to finish this book, because things are going to get even more crazy in September. Ian’s life needs oversight – driving him around and making sure that he’s on track at the community college. I’m starting a new gig (more on that soon), while maintaining my consulting business. It’s all great stuff, like I said, but not the ideal conditions for producing written content.

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