Jonathan Riley

Writer. Lawyer. Father. I invent worlds, negotiate reality, and lose arguments to my children. Author of THE GATEKEEPERS.

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

I’m finally showing up here and looking for my people—readers and writers who love YA horror, sci-fi, Black speculative fiction, and stories where the world slips sideways.

Writer, lawyer, husband, lots of other things.

If this is your lane too, say hello and tell me what you’re reading.

[H O N E Y @HoneyTooRaw]

the funniest thing about social anxiety is realizing nobody is thinking about you as much as you think they are 😭 everybody too busy thinking about themselves.

[Viktor @FB_viktor]

Introverts become talkative once you mention their niche interests, you’ll beg them to shut up 😂

[alfie @alfienxo]

Do you ever pull out your phone to check the time but you have to do it again because you forgot to look at the clock or am | just stupid

[Keeks 🦋 @DietCoke_Esq]

All the clocks in my home and office are set 20 mins ahead. ADHD time blindness is a mindset. Similar to jet lag, you can just simply refuse to have it

[𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 @LEGENDBANKS]

fun fact ADHD people can't use the produce drawer. anything behind a door stops existing. my whole fridge is arranged around the fact that i cannot be trusted with a closed compartment.

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

Lemme tell you about this thing called ADHD and task paralysis. . .

[𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚊 @byokpara]

lazy. we’re all guilty of this, aren’t we? 🙃

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

Not even sure about boundaries. Some folks are habitual line-steppers.

[Josh @JD_Quotes2017]

Unfortunately, sometimes you have to be a little mean to make people realize you're not someone to be played with. Not everyone respects kindness, but they will respect boundaries.

[gigi🫧 @gigi_sofly]

setting boundaries after being a people pleaser is such a weird experience because why do i feel guilty every time i choose myself 😭 like no, i’m not being mean. i’m just finally listening to myself too.

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

Been doing this for as long as I can remember. It’s like my own little blooper reel.

[yimika. @yimikaaaa]

I cringe sooooooo hard when I think about some moments in my life like WHYYYYYYYYYY DIDDDDDDDD I EVERRRRR DO THAT!!!

[yimika. @yimikaaaa]

I cringe sooooooo hard when I think about some moments in my life like WHYYYYYYYYYY DIDDDDDDDD I EVERRRRR DO THAT!!!

[Nora @nora_mindnotes]

I used to think being reachable all the time was a sign that I cared. Now I'm learning that being present when I actually have the capacity to be present matters too.

[MAJOR @Squeeze1i]

Every neurodivergent person knows that if you have an appointment at 3:00 PM, the day is over at breakfast.

You cannot start anything. You cannot relax.

You just orbit the appointment like a haunted little moon.

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

wait what do you mean you don't constantly worry that you said something wrong and everyone is mad at you and not telling you

[Connor Ewing @ConnorMEwing]

Writing is fun. You endure hours of excruciating pain and self-doubt. But in the end, you’ve created something. And then you get to hate that thing.

[Barred and Bearded @RileeDHarrison]

It’s always funny to me when someone says a legal issue should be “pretty straightforward.”

In the history of the legal profession nothing has ever been straightforward.

[caitie delaney @caitiedelaney]

Don’t you love when your brain is like “hang on I feel pretty good. Wasn’t there something I’m supposed to feel really bad about” and then it doesn’t stop searching til it remembers

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

[ily @luhyoumf]

i may be wrong but i think overly kind people eventually become the villains

[Kathleen Li @KathleenLiReads]

Happy Pub Day to my daughter on publishing her FIRST NOVEL, a dark fantasy titled "A Child of Winter"!!! I am so immensely proud of my teen author. Please check it out and support her if you enjoy reading fantasy: https://t.co/X4QarqZvSF

[Jonathan Slater @slater57649]

Commas, please

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

@_Ellimac__ Super low budget indie film from the early 2000’s?

[Jonathan Riley @JonJon1906]

Fellow ADHDers who ruin books by page 12 and movies ten minutes in:

What actually stumped you?
I want a plot so twisty even our brains won’t see it coming.