Author Archive: tyunglebower
The Autistic Writer: Personas and Masks
People on the Autism Spectrum will often talk of “masking.” I myself have mentioned it several times in this series, but I’ll explain it in brief once more. When someone with Autism masks, they are presenting a personality, state of being, attitude, or even an opinion that runs contrary to their nature in order to …
The Autistic Writer: On a Whim
Over the years, I have been criticized for a lack of spontaneity. It’s an unfair assessment. Not that I think there is anything wrong with those are not spontaneous; I dare say it’s a somewhat overrated trait. It’s just that in the interest of accuracy, I refute the notion that I am never free-spirited.
The Autistic Writer: Deadlines
Many writers have a love/hate relationship with deadlines. That is to say, writers love to hate them. Jokes aside, deadlines are a crucial pillar of a writing career. Mostly for the benefit of the publication for which the writer is working, but for the writer as well, though many may be loath to admit it. …
The Autistic Writer: The Spectrum In My Fiction
It could be said that everything I ever write is to some degree influenced by Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD is after all fully a part of who I am, and my writing comes from me. Still, and I’ve mentioned this previously in this series, I’m not making a statement about or on behalf of Autism …
The Autistic Writer: Interviews
Taken as a whole, my writing usually falls under either fiction, or creative non-fiction. (personal essays or books about writing itself.) As a sometime freelance contributor, to a regional magazine in particular, about a quarter of what I work on requires interviewing others.As you might imagine, my Autism plays a larger role in this than …
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