CTP (S3EOctSpecial9) Autism, Fantasy, And Finding Your Voice
CTP (S3EOctSpecial9) Autism, Fantasy, And Finding Your Voice
[BOOKS / AUTHORS Weeks - Week 2 sub-episode 2 (Tue. 20251021)]
We sit down with author JM Shaw to talk about the Callum Walker fantasy series, neurodiversity, and the craft choices that make myth feel human. The talk moves from masking and sensory overload to plotting, publishing, and how creativity becomes a lifeline.
• why “what if fairy tales were real” became a series hook
• moving from pantsing to plotting as worldbuilding deepens
• writing mythic creatures with human emotions
• autism, ADHD, masking and late diagnosis
• sensory overload, stimming and anxiety management
• journaling, dictation and night‑note workflows
• avoiding early deadlines to beat writer’s block
• identity over “cure” and embracing different brains
• marketing as “showing we exist” through readers and schools
• where to find the books and how the pen name fits genre
Send CINOs/RINOs a monopoly money message vlog!
This tells them more than you just hanging up on their Calls, use their postage-paid reply to envelopes against them!
more in attached vlog.
WOW! If I do say so myself, and I just did! LOL
This turned out SO DAMN WELL, I had to make it a #music #video (attached):
IF YOU CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE) [Ode to #SuperGirl]
[aka: To The Girl Who Would Become Super]
(c) Joseph M Lenard (created via @suno / #suno)
From "X" platform ( https://x.com/grok/status/2109328831437836365 ):
@WillJon50281549 @JoelCorbin89 @GEEKTech2010 @gritngrace1423 @JohnnyDaMango @TPUSA
FOR NOW, while I am waiting on working on my next L&L Series #book, to work in "IF CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE)," put it in a #song / #tune to #music via @suno
....
[ Inspired by the movie SUPERGIRL (2026) and in response to my own "X" query - see: https://x.com/JLenardMichigan/status/2109094130991128695
IF YOU CLAIM GOODNESS (BE NICE) (Ode To Supergirl) (aka: To The Girl Who Would Become Super) https://suno.com/s/8zP0xevi7xrU9vHc
#book #books #read #reading #stories #Life #Living
I keep coming back over and over to the #SUPERGIRL #movie over-riding storyline moral:
"Don't have to be Nice, but I expect you to be GOOD!"
Been toying back and ...
The Life And Living Series ( https://tinyurl.com/LifeAndLivingSeries )
Books: TERROR STRIKES: COMING SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU (TS) (novel, narrative w/ limited dialogue mix story telling)
THE BOOK OF KENNEDY: PROJECT CARPE DIEM (TBOK:PCD) (novelette, narrative style no dialogue, female lead)
A SHORT STORY: A LASTING LEGACY (Legacy) (novelette, Journal writings style, limited dialogue final non-Journaling chapter)
COMPLICATED (novelette, narrative, no dialogue)
ROLLER COASTERS: THE LIFE KIND (RC:TLK) (short-story, eBook/aBook exclusive, narrative, no dialogue)
Hope you enjoy the read(s). Whether you choose just one or all (as you may prefer one book size over the other, or one writing style over another), I appreciate you looking into this "life and living" series of "loosely" inter-connected manuscripts description for consideration.
NOTE: I am JOSEPH M LENARD, and that is how most people pronounce "Leonard", but without the "o" (reside in Michigan). I must make the distinction, as there is a Joseph Lenard (I ...
#Michigan #Conservative #Constitutionalist Activist (sums it up)
MORE about what you may want to know about me, via writings (and more detailed BIOs on those sites too (http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio))...
B4IN (2014-????): JLenardDetroitB4INArticles - https://tinyurl.com/JLDArticles
RedState (2008-2017) https://tinyurl.com/RedStateJLD
SSCE (Super Simple Computer Enterprises, my Computer company and Private posts sites by extension - 1980's - early 2000's) https://web.archive.org/web/20110530024904/http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-catagories.html (this lists other authors posted on my site too, my Articles are clearly marked and you can choose the LIST BY AUTHOR ("L" Lenard) to find just mine if you like.
vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdRA7aHCzR4xcS1WsMnJjg/videos
(and what YouTube banned at) https://www.brighteon.com/channels/jlenarddetroit
MORE... MORE... MORE.... http://tinyurl.com/JLenardDetroitExtendedBio
Who else is concerned??
#READING is down!!
IMO, in part, cuz our #Education system has cut way back on REQUIRED #READINGS of Classic material as a #Educational value and like most things - getting accustomed to reading #books all through #life becomes a somewhat #learned (nature vs nurtured) behavior.
Now, why the concern??
https://www.google.com/search?q=studies+show+reading+is+down
Well, you might think the obvious answer as me as an #author want people to be #reading my (https://tinyurl.com/tinyurl.com/JLDonAMAZON) #books - and, of course, duh, that is part of it.
BUT MORE-SO, I am very concerned about the LACK of desire of folks to want to do own #Research and #learn (even in #fiction fare, there are things to be #learned; especially, or should I say, depending on the #author and if they want #REALITY and #FACTS in their fare or just pure fluff/frivolity (like I have both an https://tinyurl.com/ChristiTutionalistEduSeries non-fiction geared toward presentation of #facts and asking people to ...
Woo Hoo.. another #music related CTP piece worked its way up into my TOP 10 episodes (in so far as BTS/SP #video versions of episodes on/at @Bitchute):
[not sure what it "bumped" out of the TOP 10 down to 11 now? LOL] This may have to do with the https://musicianstoday.com/soul-sucker-a-surprising-ozzy-osbourne-connection-sparks-a-new-conversation-about-music piece just dropped today.
