Richard Writes: A Blog by Children’s Writer, Richard Carlson Jr.

In regards to my paranoid schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, I believe I am still recovering as I have realized certain ideas of mine are not normal including the idea that self-publishing must never be an option for a writer.

I still hear a voice, which I can hear it if I listen carefully as it isn’t very loud. To read about it, please download Schizophrenia Coloring Book. I do many things because of what the voice says, including many opinions of mine which have been greatly influenced because of what the voice says to me.

I am not going to hurt anyone though, as I am aware that my actions because of my illness have also been influenced during the difficult times we, meaning my family and others, had. I never would have done certain things that hurt others, including myself.

I know better, I hope, not to do everything the voice tells me, even though I sometimes say harmless things it tells me to say, which means I am not a threat to others or myself. I know that the voice is just my ill mind.

Maybe the voice will go away soon, we hope, that is my family, psychiatrist and I. I do not always do what it tells me as I know, as of a while ago, that might be wrong depending on what it told me.

On another subject; I have started another writing project about Arizona, Arizona Coloring Book, which is not a very complicated one, in my opinion, and will probably be available for download as soon as it is ready. Like Schizophrenia Coloring Book and Autism Coloring Book, it will be illustrated by my brother Kevin, who has autism.

Our latest completed collaboration, Schizophrenia Coloring Book, is now available for download at http://www.schizophreniacoloringbook.com. I am going to be proactive in looking for an at least decent publisher as soon as I make the time and also promote as I see fit, that is, also be proactive in its promotion.

The coloring book download was illustrated by my younger brother Kevin (http://www.kevincarlson.info), who has autism and translated into Chinese also by another younger brother, Steven who serves in the U.S. Navy; the Navy taught him Chinese as part of his job there.

I am very happy with how my entire family has been during my recovery; being patient and trying not to get angry with me when I haven’t cooperated because of my illnesses and also for being there for me in that I wouldn’t be very happy homeless or in a shelter rather than with them.

I am also thankful for my psychiatrist, Dr. Nelson, who has been patient with my recovering process which in my opinion isn’t complete, at least from what I can tell. I am also thankful for Victoria, a very considerate person, who works at Codac, where I get my psychiatric treatment from who at least once worked after she was supposed to, to help me get medication I needed refills on which isn’t to say there aren’t other people behind the scenes who also helped her and Dr. Nelson.