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Talent AntFolk
- Name:
- Mary I.
- Location:
- MN 55104 United States
- Web Presence:
- Deviantart | Photography
- Genres:
- Children, Fiction, Narrative, Novel, Science Fiction, Young Adult
- Roles:
- Writer, Illustrator - Traditional, Illustrator - Digital
- Specialties:
- Small things, insects, flowers and plants.
Selected Work
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I believe the best way to kick off Autism Awareness is by communication…
Autism Awareness Month Tips
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The Worrier
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This essay I wrote to give people without autism a glimse at what the world may be like not just to me, but other autistic people.
Shopping at Walmart with Autism: A True Story
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Sunflower Seed
Soapbox
Writing is a journey.
One of the great joys about writing is not always the final result but what comes out of it in the process. I love the things that come as I write. The characters evolve and come to life. The characters I write about become like real people that live, breathe, eat, sleep, and have to use some kind of toilet. The characters face their own dilemmas and personal struggles on top of the greater struggles in the series. How each character overcomes those struggles depends on that character’s strengths, weaknesses, abilities, disabilities and beliefs. The characters of my stories make their decisions and I am the hand that records their actions. This, I believe is how writing should be done. I still plan to find an agent and be published some time, but in the mean time I follow my characters and the interesting plot twists they throw at me. You may or may not see new things here, but be assured I am working behind the scenes, and waiting to buy a new scanner.
Latest Acknowledgment
From Ambianced1 (submitted 3 days ago)
Writing
I have been enlightened beyond expectation reading your work and by your perspective you share living with autism. I am awed by your strength to face the Wal-marts in your life because there are so many bright flashy noisy things and peaceful quiet serene places are few and far between. I am also very entrigued by your art and the characters that you make come alive with your stories. Who would have thought ants would be so magical and deep. I only recall one ant story from my youth and it was the ant who prepared opposed to the grasshopper you didnt...and that in no way compares with the light, fun, involving, and touching characters you have given birth to. So as diffucult as living with autism must be, in its difficulties you have given life to a whole new world of imagination and for that I am sincerly grateful. Wonderful art and words of insight you have given all of us NT's that havent a clue what it is like to walk in your shoes. Thank you.
