...it's been a while. I'm not the kind of person to update my position every week/month or so as you can tell, but things have changed (a lot) recently and though I'm finding myself not as active on here as much as before, I still would like to keep the old thing running. I'm not the sort who strives for attention and love and all that crap - not that a little now and again would hurt, mind you - though I do like to talk and keep myself active in communication. Communication and interaction is, after all, a department I lack in. ASD can be a bitch sometimes.

Anyway, good news. I said I was interested in doing some writing and whatdoyouknow, I've kept to that interest. It's one thing to write a book - and like art, something of which I've had long depressive anxiety over - it's another to get it out in the open. FORTUNATELY, though I may have never gone through a tunnel in the first place, I have at least found the light at the end of whatever I was traveling through. I've found a publisher and much-to-my-delight, they have accepted my manuscript and agreed to publish it for retail sale. Finally, a good break in life, thank you very much.

I'm not going to reveal too much about the book itself, but what I will say is that it is the first past of (hopefully what will be...) something big. It's something I found to be a sort of creative medicine - a breakaway from life, an opportunity to remise in youthful visuals with an adolescent/adult undertone. Or to put it another way, something which I hope is fresh and new. The book itself is expected to be released (if all goes well) somewhere around February/March of next year. Only me, the publisher and a few close people have read the manuscript so far and I'm hoping it's the start of a good career. True, writing can only be classed as a hobby at the moment, but tbh, I have ideas for 30 different stories at present, so it's not as if I don't have the creativeness to last me for some time. I've already begun on Novel 2, so I'm eager to get these ideas down onto paper.

Other than that, University is (so far) 50-50 on the emotional & physical scale, art has come to a stand still but I do want to start it up again, and my whole ASD thing is getting some friendly help from the council, the disabled support AND a new social group I've become a part of. THANK GOD for that last part, I needed some fresh air and an excuse to spend £30 a week.

Anyway, that's the end of my "update". I have no idea who I'm speaking to here, but if you're (still) reading this, thanks. I don't want to get all sincere and emotional here, but the communication keeps me smiling even if it is virtual. Sure, I am a loner, but talking makes the Autism go around (does that sound OK). Regards people of dA.