Richard Writes - A Blog by Children's Writer, Richard Carlson Jr.

My blog is being written while I have been recovering from my illnesses, therefore it has been influenced adversely by my condition. I apologize in advance for any confusion.

I have been cheating on my diet. I ate ice cream with a lot of chocolate syrup. I'm sorry as I shouldn't have eaten the ice cream with any chocolate syrup, actually.

I am still mentally ill. I have been realizing certain things with regard to writing, in particular, whereby I need to add more details to my children's novel manuscripts. The way they are written (the first two novels, as I've already gone though and added more details today to the third manuscript in progress), is that they are lacking important detail such as colors, smells, and the like.

I have been improving mentally which isn’t to say I'm as better as I'm going to get. In my last blog entry, I mentioned an aspect of my condition that my psychiatrist speculated most likely would not get better–it has, which is not saying that it won't improve even more!

I've been writing the third manuscript in my children's novel series. Everything seems to be coming along very well, even though I still have to add more content to the second novel's manuscript which has a great ending to say the least.

My younger brother Kevin who has autism has been drawing potential illustrations for two writing projects I am working on, assuming his artwork is accepted along with my writing by a decent publisher.

I have also been exercising more in that I have been running, jogging and walking instead of just walking.

I've been avoiding beverages with a lot of sugar in them for over a week which has worked out very well for me in that I don't miss them very much and I am sure I feel better without them!

I've been doing some thinking about a full-time job and discontinuing social security disability which I look forward to doing very much.

I saw my psychiatrist a few days ago and afterward made up my mind to drastically decrease the amount of beverages I drink with sugar in them. It's been two days and everything is going as planned in that I do not miss them very much. I will limit my intake of sugary beverages to one or two over the weekend possibly.

My father and I had a talk recently about my condition. Unfortunately, there were some points that I should have mentioned to him before my appointment so they could be discussed with my psychiatrist.

I might be getting better, but I am confused. My ill mind tells me things. My father and brother disagreed with one that we talked about. This means unfortunately I am still not all better.

My psychiatrist mentioned one aspect of my condition that probably won't get all better, which I will not divulge at this point.

My second novel in the series is probably not long enough and I will have to add more content. Recently, I began writing the third novel in the series which is coming along very well.

I have been putting more thought into finding a decent job. I have one employer in mind in particular. As I have already mentioned in previous blog entries, I plan to become self-sufficient and move into my own apartment.