#sunnydwrites

Hey! Yeah sure, I will try best. Couple points, the first being a disclaimer that I’m not an expert, much of this is from my therapists/prescribers over the years and my own experience. also rambling bc its 10:30pm on a Friday night and my meds wore off hours ago

1. So the thing about ADHD (and many mental health disorders, like anxiety/depression, etc) is that a lot of people (if not most people) experience some of the symptoms some of the time. That’s partly why a lot of ADHD posts online are so popular - many ppl can relate to them to some degree! It only becomes a Thing you need to deal with when the symptoms of it are starting to interfere with your life and health and happiness. 

I’ve told this to several people IRL when they’ve asked me (an infamous haver of ADHD): If the things that make you think you have ADHD are things that are disruptive to your life in some way, it may be helpful to look into an official diagnosis and treatment. Otherwise, there’s really not much need to worry about it, beyond a chuckle and a “hey, i do that!” 

That said, I have diagnosed ADHD, and have been medicated for it for like 5 years. I don’t know if this is important, but I felt like it should be clarified.

2. I’m not sure if organizing specifically is a mark of ADHD, but hyper focussing on projects definitely IS.  

Many people actually like to organize things, especially the things they enjoy. People LOVE to categorize stuff and humans LOVE to find patterns, it just makes sense.  

I’ve noticed from the notes on the post in question that a lot of ppl say their HOBBIES (embroidery floss, fancy tea, beads) are organized, but their everyday life stuff (fridge, laundry, paperwork) is a hot mess.  That is to say - it’s fun to have a project of organizing to hyper focus on for a bit, but not so much fun to keep coming back to it for routine maintenance day after day. And with ADHD, if thing fun: brain do; if thing not fun: brain no do.

3. Final point: I made that post as a joke about myself specifically! I had just had a hyper-focused session where I spent 3 straight hours organizing my computer files, only to have forgotten where I put a certain type of file literally immediately upon completion. It was never meant to be an all-encompassing statement or fact! I’m glad ppl find it relatable and funny, but in the end it’s just a goof about my own brain and my inability to find my own tax forms on my computer. 

I am finally getting around to answering the old asks in my inbox. I wasn’t answering them before because my blog was strictly writing-only then, but now that I’ve opened it up to non-writing posts, I figure I should do these.

So yes! Here’s an ask from 2 years ago!

Oh, wow, thank you! This was really sweet to wake up to. 

I haven’t been active on here in a veryyy long time so I’m planning a little revamp and then you can absolutely be the first person on the Sepia tag list! (I think I lost the last one when I switched laptops whoops)  

As for the most intriguing part of writing it, I think that’s probably a tie between the research itself and writing the epistolary format of a lot of it. 

I have a lot of generalized knowledge about the social dynamics in WWI/WWII/The Interwar Period, however, it’s a lot more challenging to find good sources on queer relationships at the time. I love to dive into research tasks, though, so most of that has consisted of digging up primary sources. 

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My favorite thing about Stellar Black so far is just how different it is from my usual projects. Many of my stories are about adventure and exploration but here Riore’s more trapped wherever her parents guide her and she’s being lied to for the most part, and it’s just fun and new.

I like Riore’s dynamic (or at least what I have it planned as) with both her siblings? I rarely write poor sibling relationships but with these three, they struggle to communicate and when they finally start to work together, it isn’t sunshine and rainbows.

As for the idea, I’m not really sure, I ran with the small idea of chosen one being deceived and it spiraled out of control because Liv and Charlie (no-url-ideas-tho and spacebrick3) encouraged me to plot it out.

I started adding all the various ideas and concepts I had and let it develop more and more.

And, the only thing I have developed is the magic, which is fancy and everyone has a Signature that they must use in order to do magic!

I’m going to attempt it, if I’m late due to mother nature or sickness whoops. But the book I’m going to write about on Tumblr along with my other projects is:

Teen boy who has to help solve the mystery and relieve the curse of a girl that his family apparently damned for eternity years ago.

Will post page one later!!