Shifting Gears

On A New Leg Of My Writing Journey

I hope the holiday season is going well and that the year is winding down nicely for everyone. It’s almost difficult to believe that a new year is nearly upon us, isn’t it?

So I have some significant changes materializing in my world, which may mean I have to cut back on long-form posts to either a bi-monthly or once-per-month frequency. I feel like, in my efforts to post frequently enough to stay visible to the algorithm, I have really been faltering in the quality of my long-form posts lately. For that, not only must I apologize, but I also thank you, for those of you who have remained subscribed despite my decline in quality, for granting me such grace.

Starting in December this year, I will focus most of my efforts on compiling my second book and developing it into a polished manuscript before I need to move next year. Some of you may already know that next year, for a variety of complex, multifaceted reasons, I will likely be moving back to Washington State from Kansas.

So, between writing and editing my second book manuscript, promoting my first book as much as I can, and preparing to move halfway across the USA, I will need to cut back on my longform posts and only keep those relevant to my second book, which I am currently working on. I’ll still be posting in notes, and hopefully improve the quality of those. I also hope to do some live streams and video updates every so often, as I want to become more comfortable appearing on camera and using other technologies related to writing and promoting my work. So, that will be another focus while I step back slightly from my long-form posting routine. Hopefully, this will at least keep me visible to the algorithm while I’m posting less frequently.

As I may have written in other posts here on Substack, given my neurotype’s slow cognitive processing speed, I just can’t juggle too many things at once.

In case you’re wondering about my second book, it will be a single-author anthology titled “Uncategorizable: An Alt-Neurodivergent Dyspraxic Anthology.” It will feature fleshed-out, elaborated, and edited versions of my selected Substack posts, divided into three thematic “parts,” if that makes sense. I have so many posts that, for the sake of brevity, I didn’t elaborate on as much as I wanted, and many of those will be included in my book. The first part will consist of essays that mainly address the theme of “understanding dyspraxia.” The second part will focus on the theme of “dyspraxic life.” The third part will include chapters that are exclusive to the book, focusing on neurodiversity politics, political strategy, and the “long game” of how I ultimately envision a neuroinclusive human society—along with how my dyspraxia informs that worldview.

While on the subject of books, I will post a link to the one I published earlier this year, if anyone would like to take a look. It’s my memoir titled Disrupted Pathways: A Dyspraxic Odyssey. The link is embedded in the title.

While my presence within this amazing Substack community will likely span many different phases over time, I look forward to being part of it for many years to come.

Also, if anyone has any general thoughts on platform algorithms, the frequency of content posts, or anything else, please drop a comment or question in the comments section. I always enjoy the discussions that result.