Aspie authors writing social interaction

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I am a published author who is on the spectrum. My first published work was s story in the Anthology, The Dragon Lord's Library. It didn't pay because the book didn't sell enough to earn royalties. I have had other stories published in magazines that don't pay. So don't quit your day job. It took a lot of hard work to get where I am. Solicit feedback on your work and listen to what people say. Try to find a writing group. Try not to get mad if their reviews are bad. It is important to listen to what people say, particularly if more than one person says the same thing, and follow the advice. I am high functioning and can interact socially. I've gotten better at it as I've grown older. Also, an autistic person can observe others and use their interactions in stories. Your autism gives you a different angle on things. Use this to your advantage. Have your main character act the way you would.

Thank-you 'Robert312' for sharing your experiences and advice.

In order to digest, and review this discussion thread of over 600 posts, are there compiled lists specifically of authors on the Autism Spectrum?

Publications which have achieved popularity with NT and AS readership alike, probably incorporate social interaction in fictional stories, as well as fiction based on truth.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1707413894/re ... 253&sr=1-2

Here's my latest literary effort.
I genuinely hope I don't come across as an ass by posting this on more than one thread.
... Who am I kidding! I'm damn proud of my novelette!

I think I may have found myself a potential literary agent!

A meeting will be this Friday at 11:30 at the agency's office so here's hoping I don't panic.

https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Horses-Writ ... 248&sr=1-1

While I've already posted this on it's own thread, I wanted to tell my fellow authors in particular that I had been invited to contribute a story in the anthology, Dark Horses.

From first page of this thread.. not a fan of diagnosing ppl after their death.
Just cuz someone is verbose and seemingly solitary (that too, in their old age )

Mark Twain did not have Aspergers.
If someone is gonna assume he did and claim something without proof I can claim the opposite...

Anyone who reads his books particularly his humourous travel writing will see he picks up on and makes fun of things that someone with ASD may actually display.
He had tons of friends, got on socially and was asked often to deliver humourous speeches for clubs and companies.
He noticed social ineptitude and awkwardness in people, including things that we would now call echolalia and poor theory of mind and stimming--and made fun of it.
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Back in the day the majority of middle-class people didn't go to rock concerts and watch Kardashians and talk like Homer Simpson to 'fit in.' They were actually expected to be well-read and intelligible. Writers were expected to be observant.

The slower nature of life back then itself made the writing and personalities at an easier pace and afforded people like him (or Dickens who people will also no doubt label with ASD if they haven't already ) time to think, read, meet, research, discuss, and perfect their craft. Hence, quality.
Like how we have comic book and film conventions now - across the board entertainment - writers like him were celebrated in that cult-ish way.

He was actually very gifted and GIFTED= ASPERGERS isn't always or even mostly the case. I've met and noticed very socially adept gifted people. Sharp mind = aspergers, etc
Oh he liked routine and his own country's food/etc preferences? Do you know someone who truly doesn't - how many people are ok with day to day changes, and a gypsy lifestyle? Is there anyone totally without a routine who is successful in this world??
Was it to a debilitating extent? No. Was it quite, quite normal? Yes.
Let's just keep diluting the definition too, to suit our whims and ego. That won't do any damage for those who actually have these things and actually struggle greatly.


This kinda stuff makes me SO angry.
edit to add: let me give an example of a writer from back then who almost definitely was on the spectrum- if we are to guess: hans christian anderson. dickens (who i love but am not blind to his glaring flaws) and his equally snotty daughter ACTUALLY made fun of him and disliked him, even basing Uriah Heep on him, despite having him over as a house guest. other writers - his colleagues- while admiring him -
admiring his work - in correspondence, got on--
did NOT get on with him in PERSON, the way Twain and Dickens and others got on - because he was just so ... Aspie.
if you read about him and what they and others wrote of him, you get an idea of why i'm saying this.
even his writing displays that stoic flawed theory of mind, attempt at dialogue in stories but reads like what a person such as myself would IMAGINE the person in that story to say based on observation and our own understanding and feelings--
rather than a natural flow u can get when hearing people or comparing against other writers-

which to those judgemental snobs (didn't know better, still) showed something creepy (like hidden malintent) about him. even his characters, when he tries to make them elaborate, show 'aspie'-ness to me.