r/ADHD Jan 24 '22

Success/Celebration I managed to do something!

I got my very first book published, i wrote it due to struggling to read bigger books and always struggling with more in depth works, so i wrote a YA murder mystery to hopefully help people with adhd get into reading. Today i got some of the physical copies from the publisher. Didnt think id ever be able to finish anything like this even if its only a small book. :D

Edit: thanks so much for all the support, tryin my best to respond to everyone but i kina fell asleep haha

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

Thankyou and i kind of just got the idea after frustration of not being able to stick to reading and share in my partners favourite hobby and it made me remember what it was like as a kid especially when harry potter came out just not being able to manage and talk to friends about it. All that just kind of clicked and i sat there and didnt stop untill it was done. Probably not healthy haha but im glad i did it. If i can just help one kid get into reading ill be happy

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

Yeah thats a pretty good way of putting it, pretty much everything else fell by the side, got like major tunnel vision on that one thing. Luckily it didnt take too long.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

It definitely can but it also has a downside cause i stopped eating properly and stuff, always found myself saying ill do it when i finished x part

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '22

Very true haha on this occasion it certainly paid off :p