A Splintered Mind

When an adult with ADHD sets out to complete a goal, it is a rare day when he remembers he set it. Heck, I'm lucky if I remember to bring my wallet when I go out shopping. Yet, keeping my goals in mind is exactly what I did for the past thirteen months. I've grown and stretched, and now it is finally time for the reckoning. After all, what good is setting a goal publicly if I don't just as loudly report on my successes and failures? The Goal: To finish a picture book, a chapter book, and a novel by December 23, 2010 and submit them to a publisher. Each project has its own unique challenges, not the least of which is actually reaching the end after the beginning has been written. I aimed high to test myself. I knew I wouldn't likely finish the whole list, but I wanted to shoot for the stars and land on the moon, not shoot for the end of the street and talk about how nice the moon was this time of year.  I listed ten obstacles that would get in the way of me reach...

Originally published at Absentminded Author, v1 .   Sometimes I forget simple things. It's my nature. I forget my keys and lock myself out of my home. And car. That's a lot of fun.  I occasionally forget to go to sleep if I'm busy doing something. That's not so fun the next day. Most annoying of all, though, is that I often forget epiphanies I have had. Rereading my journals is like reading the musings of a brilliant man with intermittent amnesia. That can be humorous, especially if I've rediscovered something a few times, but when the epiphany was a particularly enlightening one, it can be frustrating. Who likes to reinvent the wheel when they already have a bike in the back ready to ride? Take my tongue in cheek Distracted Writers Club . I put that together three months ago — I even have a large badge advertising it on my other blog's side bar — yet I completely forgot about it. Here I am three months later struggling to write daily again. You'd think that...