Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

A collection of 55 posts

Actually Autistic

Representation Vs Autism: Good When Useful

Kind of makes an Autiste like me believe that society will only think me worthy of my keep if I'm somehow profitable.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Whoopsy Doopsy

I'm feeling like a slacker despite getting lots of stuff done. The grindset has got to me, my dear readers. I feel like I'm failing you if I miss just one thing that I should have done. Never mind playing catch-up the next day, as I

Dear Diary...

Anger at the Details

Over the passage of several baking days, I began to suspect something was awry.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Action Needed

If you’ve been following my daily diary entries on my hub site, or paying attention to my Tumblr feed, you may already know that I’m more than a little miffed with the Department of Status Quo of late.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Working Things Out in Meatspace

There have to be thousands of tools to help writers out there. I automatically avoid all the ones that are pay-to-play because I'm firkin broke.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Adventures in Meal Prep

I have not been looking after myself that great. I know this. I recognise this. I would much rather be writing something because that’s the fun bit.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Seasonal Seasonings

‘Tis the season…

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Adventures in Myopialand

Yes, folks, this is my Nightcrawler build D&D character.

Personal Illogic

These Humans Are Crazy – It Ain’t That Bad

Statistically speaking, a mentally disabled person is more likely to be attacked or harmed by a sane person than the other way around.

Actually Autistic

Follow, Follow-up

Let me tell you about this cock-up of epic proportions called “diagnosis”.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

The Unobservant Effect

I would like to make this clear that I have absolutely, positively no idea whether or not this is a co-morbidity of my ASD, if it’s a Writer Thing(tm)…

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Autism and Me, Part Two: Coping Strategies Good, Bad, and Atrocious

I was a child for the era in which measles could kill a kid. Hell, I had schoolmates who thought I had died, the year I caught all the spots. They were greatly disappointed that I was still alive, but that’s not the point of this particular diatribe.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Autism and Me, Part One: Public School Attitude

Back in the 70’s, Asperger’s didn’t exist. Even if it did, I didn’t fit all the checkboxes.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

I Keep on Hurting Myself

I have a part of my own brain that hates me. There have been times where I’ve joked that there’s a gremlin living in there and causing havoc.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Gone With the Prophets

This is the last message my friend shared with the world. On Sunday, the 24th of March, she posted this picture.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Who Cares?

I've been working on this blog for some time now, and I thought I had followers. I thought people were reading these things. Turns out, once again, I'm shouting into the darkness of the void, with no response whatsoever from the enormous gulfs of whatever. I

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

H.A.M. Explained in Detail

So I have a new PLN of attack for my daily regimen. I call it HAM and it stands for Half-hour Action Model.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Another Tumblr Apocalypse

Tumblr was once popular amongst nerds and creative types because even plebes like myself could get the word out.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

This is... not...

I have less free time because I can't keep focus. I can't keep focus because I'm always tired.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Head Fog

TLDR: I forgot to write this yesterday because my brain is like a sieve.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

MRINYRATOK

People like to go through the things that famous people do as if that’s a guaranteed recipe for anyone else to have the same success. Spoilers: it isn’t.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Hocus Pocus, When I Need to Focus

There are days when I can keep things running on rails. Those are rare, rare creatures.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Running Out

It’s just about my bedtime and I currently have no revelations to -uh- reveal. I do apologise.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Distracted, Disorganised, Distressed

It’s half-past September and the good news so far is the lack of a rejection from Eighth House.

Life, Fuckups, and Trivialities

Publisher Hunt: The Longer Short List

First off: I found another list of publishing houses that don’t care if you have an agent. And I immediately weeded out all of the ones who wouldn’t touch my material with a 40′ barge pole. The bad news out of this is that it raises the short