I blocked out this summer to write a book for parents about everything they should know about life after high school for their neurodiverse students. I’ve got an intro and four chapters, about 25,000 words. The book should have 11 chapters or 60,000 words, so I’ll be busy for the next two months.
The writing is going mostly smoothly. This is a topic that I know backwards and forwards. But writing a book requires uninterrupted, consistent time in front of a computer, and that’s hard to get around here. My life is always interrupted.
I’m on the ground floor of an amazing new nonprofit. More on that soon. I’ve got a consulting business. I just brought Ian to autism college. Everything overlaps, which is great, but to be a successful writer, you have to sit in front of a computer for five hours a day and get words on the damn screen
I had to take off almost a whole week to prepare Ian for college. It took a while to assemble five weeks worth of items and to get up to Vermont. I needed a little emotional recovery time. So, I only really got back to work yesterday. When you put down your writing for a week, it take MASSIVE effort to pick up where you left off. Actually, it’s a good thing in the end, because you always improve your writing after a little time away from it, but the re-entry is horrible.
Yesterday, I wrote about legal matters related to transition. It’s one of the shortest chapters in the book. I did that on purpose. Most lawyers make this information too complicated for parents, so you’ll hire them. But most people only need the basic info. For the handful of parents who need more details, they can consult their lawyers.
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Apt. 11d 