Welcome to 2025: Writing in Public

Welcome to the first post in what will be something quite different from what I’ve done over the last few years of posting to this blog and to The Renaissance Biologist! Taking a cue from Write Useful Books, I would like to use at least the few months of 2025, or however long it takes, to share with you live-ish updates on my process for writing a book that’s been on my heart for a few years.

As you might have gathered from hints in 2023 and 2024, the Bibliovore and I constitute a pair of neurodivergent (or nearly neurodivergent) adults and parents. Because of that, our parenting and interaction styles are likely different from many in the general population. The book, on neurodivergent (ND) parenting and CM-style home education, is an expression of that. I hope it will help you if you (1) think you’re ND, (2) know you’re ND, and/or (3) are married to someone ND.

Specifically, the book will look at ways to incorporate the ND into parenting and education from a Christian perspective. You may find benefit from it if you’re not a Christian, but probably not as much.

Because this blog has been more focused on longer-form explorations of topics related to Charlotte Mason home education, philosophy of theology/science/other, I'll keep it with that focus, but will not post on here as much.

On my Substack, though, I'll post first drafts, second drafts, background reading notes, my writing process, and possibly some author videos. I'll cross-post Substack posts to Facebook too.

I look forward to interacting with you throughout this writing process!

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