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- Sat May 04, 2019 9:28 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxic authors
- Replies: 10
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Re: Dyspraxic authors
I can throw in here that I am a self-published author. It took a few years to write the book. I also have four unfinished manuscripts, with the closest to completion being 80% complete. So, here's the trick... When I was younger I had lots of ideas for fiction stories. I ended up writing 100-150 po...
- Wed Mar 20, 2019 2:23 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxic authors
- Replies: 10
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Re: Dyspraxic authors
Ha. I would have written about medieval Africa if I had the resources. I'm unfamiliar with the authors you mentioned but I will keep an eye out for them the next time I undergo my wallet draining book buying sprees. People of the Book seems especially interesting. If you want to try Don Winslow, I w...
- Mon Mar 18, 2019 5:36 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxic authors
- Replies: 10
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Re: Dyspraxic authors
You know, I have always wanted to get into poetry, partly because I wanted to imitate Fraiser Crane's pretentiousness, but always struggled to comprehend what they are actually saying. So I thank you for these poems, for finally I can understand and relate to what they say. They give me hope for the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 11:02 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxic authors
- Replies: 10
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Re: Dyspraxic authors
Hi Ali and welcome I have a friend who's self-published (I'm pretty sure as a e-book) sorry can't remember title Another trained as a journalist and started www.dyspraxialifemagazine.co.uk I also know of several people who have written non fiction books and plays and others who have online blogs. I...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:25 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxic authors
- Replies: 10
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Dyspraxic authors
Hi guys. I wondered whether this belonged here or not but I will take the leap. Does anyone know any dyspraxic fiction authors, ideally on things not specifically on dyspraxia? I know there are dyslexic authors like Octavia Butler but I cannot find any dyspraxic authors. This is a bit jarring as I e...
- Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:21 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: My Introduction
- Replies: 1
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My Introduction
Hello there I'm Ali and I was diagnosed this January with an SpLD that is a combination of dyslexia and dyspraxia. Since there are no chat rooms for that, I thought I should come here to get accustomed to the more unfamiliar part of my condition. I am a history student who enjoys reading, but am onl...