ADHD and writing have a complicated relationship: the same brain that cannot start a task can hyperfocus through a whole draft. These articles cover ADHD and neurodivergence in the writing life, with the honesty of lived experience instead of productivity-guru theory.
ADHDSeptember 1, 2026
I wrote this immediately after finding out I was ADHD, before the autobiography. It came out of a real church I attended and eventually stopped attending. I was baptized there and then simply stopped going, and I never told anybody…
ADHDJuly 22, 2026
Richard Lowe, The Writing King, joined Sue Zawacki on Aging Info Radio as a cybersecurity expert, drawing on decades spent responsible for enterprise
ADHDJuly 4, 2026
I left convinced Christianity was not for people who could not sit still or focus. It took decades to hear a version of it that had room for me.
ADHDJuly 1, 2026
Maintain consistent daily habits. Network regularly. Follow a systematic content calendar. I tried forcing myself into that mould for years and burned out every time.
ADHDFebruary 20, 2026
Writer's block isn't one problem with one solution. It's a symptom of four different things, and you need to fix the actual cause. If you have ADHD, traditional writing advice is probably making things worse, not better.
ADHDFebruary 13, 2026
A client goes quiet for two days and my brain writes the entire catastrophe: he hated the chapter, he is firing me, the refund, the career-ending review. From he hasn't emailed to professional ruin in under an hour. If that…
ADHDFebruary 12, 2026
I am writing ten books at once: five novels in progress, plus client work, coaching, and handbooks, producing up to 12,000 words on a typical day. I also have autism and ADHD together, the combination most people assume would make…
ADHDFebruary 11, 2026
113+ books, 54+ ghostwriting projects, 12,000 words on a good day, and still some mornings a voice says I have no idea what I'm doing. It has been there through every book, including one that raised $30 million for a…
ADHDFebruary 9, 2026
I wrote my grandfather's 52,000-word war memoir in two weeks, 187 pages spanning the Yangtze River Patrol to three years in Japanese prison camps. People assume discipline or a system; the truth is AuDHD. When my brain decides something matters,…
ADHDFebruary 8, 2026
At 64, after 113+ books and a tech career, I learned I am autistic and have ADHD, and probably always was, which rewrote my entire life story. For decades I thought something was wrong with me. The same wiring that…
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