My name is Barbara Graver. I started Writing on the Spectrum to share my writing and a bit of my journey as a neurodivergent writer.
My Story
Writing is my way of processing—and has been for most of my life—but full length projects were always a challenge.
Manuscripts and short stories piled up on my computer, but none of my novels ever came out “right.”
I found structure and character arcs and other aspects of the craft difficult. Workshops and critique groups and how-to-write books didn’t help.
Then, in 2022, I was diagnosed with autism. I started to learn about neurodiversity and how it affected my writing. Three years later, a diagnosis of ADHD provided even more information.
Long-form writing is a challenge for me but I love doing it. I started this newsletter to share my process, and what I’m learning along the way.
🩸Trancing Miranda
📖 Blurb | When fae energy reader Miranda O’Malley comes to after a brutal attack, she learns that blueblood vampire Nick Markovich has saved her life. Now Nick wants her to help track down the dangerous half-vamp who attacked her. Miranda’s life is already complicated: her old tormentor is on the loose, her vampire second-cousin and ex is pressuring her, and her PTSD—and everything that goes along with it—is spiking. After spending her life around vampires, Miranda knows what they are capable of all too well. Nick seems different. But that doesn’t mean she can trust him. Or herself.
Trancing Miranda is a full-length paranormal romance with elements of magical realism and true-to-life characters and themes.
⚠️ Trigger Warning Possible triggers include addiction, abuse, co-dependency, patriarchy, self-harm, coercion, violence and PTSD.
Access
Installments 1-5 of Trancing Miranda are now available for free on Substack.
The full ebook will go up on Amazon and KU as soon as the final edits are finished.
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The Spirit Dream
📖 Blurb | I was always different. Sensitive. Passionate. Clueless. People didn’t understand me, and I didn't understand myself. I made mistake after mistake. I turned myself inside out trying to live a life that didn’t suit me. When that life imploded, an unusual dream set me on a spiritual path. But the spiritual systems and traditions that worked for others never worked for me. The Spirit Dream is the story of my journey to a late-diagnosis of autism and ADHD, and the dreams, synchronicities, and creative writing that guided me along my way.
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