This is probably a bad idea, but I'll give it a go anyway...
Well, I'd been checking whether there was any demand for autistic writers recently, and came upon your 2023 article in Publishers Weekly (Does the Booker Have an Autism Problem?). Then I located this Substack and lo and behold, the very first thing I read was that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was your favourite series of all time.
To explain, I'm a fully diagnosed autistic author (probably washed-up), but got pitched into an incredible series of events involving Drusilla, Juliet Landau, an NAS-sanctioned overland trek across America and a mythic meeting on Sunset Boulevard.
This led to "Dear Miss Landau" (Chaplin Books, 2012), specifically written "to inspire people with autism" and four unofficial novellas about Drusilla and the Buffyverse which developed a lost story arc from the original series but which remain unpublished.
Long story.
"Dear Miss Landau" was wonderfully reviewed on BBC Radio 4's "A Good Read" and the first of the four fanfiction novellas ("Drusilla's Roses") pretty much turned Juliet Landau into a fan.
In brief, a fuller explanation of all this can be found in the most recent blog on my Goodreads page ("Buffy Embattled"), and the first two Dru novellas ("Drusilla's Roses" and "Drusilla's Redemption") are on the website "Archive of Our Own."
But nobody ever noticed. I'm quite satisfied just to have been published, but I wish the full story could come out. Nowadays, if I see a possible opening I give it a try and hope the electric lightbulb will go on.
I'm pretty certain we're at opposite ends of the political spectrum but what the hell, let's give it a go...
Dear Mrs Walsh,
This is probably a bad idea, but I'll give it a go anyway...
Well, I'd been checking whether there was any demand for autistic writers recently, and came upon your 2023 article in Publishers Weekly (Does the Booker Have an Autism Problem?). Then I located this Substack and lo and behold, the very first thing I read was that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was your favourite series of all time.
To explain, I'm a fully diagnosed autistic author (probably washed-up), but got pitched into an incredible series of events involving Drusilla, Juliet Landau, an NAS-sanctioned overland trek across America and a mythic meeting on Sunset Boulevard.
This led to "Dear Miss Landau" (Chaplin Books, 2012), specifically written "to inspire people with autism" and four unofficial novellas about Drusilla and the Buffyverse which developed a lost story arc from the original series but which remain unpublished.
Long story.
"Dear Miss Landau" was wonderfully reviewed on BBC Radio 4's "A Good Read" and the first of the four fanfiction novellas ("Drusilla's Roses") pretty much turned Juliet Landau into a fan.
In brief, a fuller explanation of all this can be found in the most recent blog on my Goodreads page ("Buffy Embattled"), and the first two Dru novellas ("Drusilla's Roses" and "Drusilla's Redemption") are on the website "Archive of Our Own."
But nobody ever noticed. I'm quite satisfied just to have been published, but I wish the full story could come out. Nowadays, if I see a possible opening I give it a try and hope the electric lightbulb will go on.
I'm pretty certain we're at opposite ends of the political spectrum but what the hell, let's give it a go...
Goodreads URL:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/21351025-buffy-embattled-and-joss-banished-all-is-lost-but-for-the-return-of
Archive of Our Own URL:
https://archiveofourown.org/users/JamesChristie68
Thanks for your time,
James Christie