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Yesterday morning I had an MS Teams meeting with a very lovely research student who is writing her Master's thesis on recent late diagnosis of ADHD in women aged 35-65 years old. I had responded to a flyer on an ADHD Facebook page requesting participants. As this area of research is reasonably new, and women … Continue reading Adding My Voice to Research Study
It's been a while since I've written anything, and I've been mostly absent from social media. I'm not sure I'd call it a mid-life crisis, but I'm definitely middle aged, unless I live to 120 years old. My crisis has presented itself as a recent late diagnosis of ADHD, rolled in with menopause, death in … Continue reading Who Am I?
Yellow eyes, intense watching birds, rapt attention purring assassin
Do you have a work wife? I have a writing wife. ‘Wifey’, Amanda is my writing other half. I can't overstate how essential it is to have someone I can trust with my words, to share the joy of wins and the despair of rejections with, and to accompany me on bookish adventures, launches, research … Continue reading My Writing Wifey
Last time I checked in I had just had my first rejection after pitching. Later that day, I had a request for the full manuscript. The following week I had another request for the full manuscript. So now I'm in the waiting limbo that is 'on submission'. Some people like to send their work to … Continue reading The Research Rabbit Hole
And another three months slip by, just like that. Juggling all the things when you're trying to write is not easy. I 'finished' my memoir some months ago, but have been in an editing frenzy, that feels like a carnival ride that I can't get off. Where do you stop? And on the other hand, … Continue reading My Month of Miserable Memoirs
Happy New Year!! It's been three months since I posted an update. I've been busy and absent, with a month in Japan, the usual silly season, and we have a new furry family member. So, finally, half way through the first month I have the opportunity to sit, think, and write. My month in Japan … Continue reading Long time, no write
If someone had told me it would take two years to get my book to a point I could send it to an editor for a manuscript assessment at the beginning of last year, I would have laughed. I haven't gone back to check, but I'm sure I made some outrageous predictions about finishing in … Continue reading What’s Next? Kyoto
Eleven years ago, on this day, you walked out the door and never came back. When I started writing my story about what happened; your suicide; and the kids and my journey through grief and adversity, I thought it'd be a reasonably short and easy process. I was telling a story I lived through. How … Continue reading Eleven Years
Wow, editing and redrafting take so long. Who knew? I can't believe it's been a month since I've checked in. I've been busy editing, redrafting, and doing other fun writer stuff like writing a logline and a synopsis. I didn't even know what a logline was, and the 400 word synopsis was almost as difficult … Continue reading Wow, editing…
Kylie Eklund-Denman 