Author Archives: Nick Enlowe

The most depressing thing about my foray into writing has been when I’ve tried to share my struggles with other writers. They…just don’t get it. They can relate to struggling through a project, sure. But your average writer can’t relate to a FOURTEEN YEAR tug of war with a novel they’ve been passionate about theContinue reading “Reaching Out”

These days, I have very little trouble getting over my wall and getting started on (or continuing) a project. I’m able to mentally prepare myself for such a task fairly quickly, and if I can’t do it on my own, urgency goes a long way in helping me scale that wall every day, ensuring IContinue reading “The Bridge”

I’m not sure if I’ve made this point clear yet, but it doesn’t matter if I have ADHD or not. I mean, the questions psychiatrists ask to snag a diagnosis are borderline criminal. They are worded as broad and vague as possible, probably by design to sell more stimulants. For example, number 21 on theContinue reading “The Brick Wall”

Today, I have free time. I should spend that time writing. This is not the same as editing for me, or working under a hard deadline. Those things come easy. This is the age-old art of writing original fiction. I have no real deadlines, no real stakes. Nothing to work off of. Just pure creation,Continue reading “Could it be? Am I actually … writing?”

The experts say people with ADHD tend to be intelligent, creative, empathetic, and have the ability to “hyperfocus“. All the people I know would consider every one of these as positive traits. Most people want to be known as intelligent, creative, and empathetic, right? Like, you can send someone a greeting card with a listContinue reading “Could I REALLY Have ADHD?”

My very first post here was an ultimatum I set for myself, but they say that man plans and God laughs. Selling a house is a torrential whirlwind of activity, from packing to repairing to painting to staging to signing documents to negotiating. There’s the obligatory nightly runs to our storage facility, countless body aches,Continue reading “It’s Now…Or Later”

For anyone wondering if I completed that comprehensive manuscript edit, it’s done; three or four days ago, in fact (and then I got to packing and moving more of our stuff). The manuscript was completed weeks ahead of schedule, and now I have breathing room. My work quota is looking a whole lot better, andContinue reading “The Corrective Path”

I’ve always been a fan of staycations. The problem with vacations, especially long vacations, is that by the end of them, I feel exhausted rather than relaxed. They were fun as heck when I was a kid, but on the grown-up side, vacations are a lot of responsibility. It feels like we’ve got to keepContinue reading “These Hands…”

If you’ve been following my blog closely, you’ll know that vacations are one of the main things that can wreck my productivity. When I’ve been writing up a storm, few things can disrupt that storm better than a long vacation away from home. Oh, I try to continue my writing regimen during these trips. IContinue reading “My Old Nemesis Returns: A Vacation”

Remember that whole moving thing? Looks like my family’s committed to making it happen before Winter this year. That’s a tight schedule! Lots of house projects, lots of packing. The plan is to sell while the housing market is still hot, and then buy after the housing market has cooled down. We know we wantContinue reading “Stuff’s Getting Real”