CTP (S3EOctSpecial15) Not Shakespeare, Not Sorry, Still Hitting Publish

CTP (S3EOctSpecial15) Not Shakespeare, Not Sorry, Still Hitting Publish
[BOOKS / AUTHORS Weeks - Week 3 sub-episode 3 (Wed. 20251029)]
We turn a last-minute interview cancellation into a clear statement of purpose: write for the present, welcome many voices, and let listeners decide. We share why style should serve meaning, not replace it, and preview October’s multi-author lineup with a moving story teaser.
• books authors weeks plan for October
• why the canceled interview sharpened our focus
• modern writing vs Renaissance-era expectations
• guest appearance as conversation not endorsement
• openness to genres and viewpoints beyond our own
• name and brand clarity for finding our books
• short story teaser on love, loss and legacy
• listener choice as the final gatekeeper
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Chapters

• 0:19 Setting The Stage For October
• 1:49 A Canceled Interview Sparks A Rant
• 3:28 Writing For Today, Not The Renaissance
• 4:50 Why Any Author Can Take The Mic
• 7:26 Clarifying The Name And Brand
• 8:46 Calls To Support And Book Plugs
• 10:20 A Short Story Teaser And Closing

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:00

Welcome to the Institutionalist Politics Podcast, aka C T P. I am your host, Joseph M. Leonard, and that's L-E-N-A-R-D. C T P is your no must, no fuss, just me, you, and occasional guest type pod. Really appreciate you tuning in. Hello everybody. Uh up front, full disclosure. This is the beginning of October that I'm recording this intro for a what was a video exclusive. Excuse. Here we go again, can't talk, right? Video exclusive. I'm not Shakespeare and what that really means. Uh for books, yes, plural, more than one book, authors, yes, plural, more than one author, weeks, yes, plural, more than one week, right? Books, authors, weeks, October of 2025. It's the very beginning of October. I'm recording this. The video exclusive I'm gonna that was formerly, I should say, a video exclusive that I'm going to tack on here. At this point, I'm putting all the pieces together for books authors weeks. So I don't know if this will slide into week two or maybe be a leftover for the next week, midweek drop. Depends on how all the author interviews shake out. Whether this fits in at the end of the second week or is a leftover. Won't know till it airs. You're discovering as I'm discovering the day I'm dropping it. Okay? So books authors week number nine or ten, possibly left over, number 11. Here it is. Hope you enjoy it. Hello everybody! Uh this will be short. I was supposed to do an interview today at one o'clock, and I which already was pushed off from last Friday when we were supposed to do it, pushed off to this Friday, and I was literally sitting in the online studio with the green screen down, ready to go for the interview, and I happen to check email five minutes to one. Ah, sorry, I'm not gonna do the interview with you. Why he didn't like my writing style. I hate to break it. For anyone that doesn't do I look like Shakespeare, I'm not Shakespeare. I'm not living in the Renaissance era. Neither are you. I write. I write for people living in today's real world, in real world fashion, about real world things, not fantasy. Fiction, yes, I have fiction books and I have nonfiction books. Fiction, but based on real life things, life and living. Uh, in the book of Kennedy, like I said, the mass holes that are miserable and want everybody else, they try to make everybody else miserable while we try to sew good in the world. So, and I also have during interviews before joked, I am Joseph M. Leonard. It looks French, it's not Lennard, it's Leonard without an O. And I have to put the middle initial, Joseph M. Leonard, because there is a Joseph Leonard spelled the same way out of South Carolina, who is also a Christian author. So gotta make that distinction. But uh, and my show, this show, I have authors on all the time. I I love to have fellow authors on. I don't have to like their book, I don't even have to have read their book. Some of them are in genres. I'm not a fantasy guy. I don't read the fantasy genres. Usually, I have read a couple, like uh oh once. Oh god, I'm forgetting his name. The Eternity series guy that I've had on my show a couple times, and was guest appearance with him, Zachary Hagen. Zachary Hagen and I were both on Not Quite After Midnight a few years ago. Happened to be on together on the same show, had him on my I've read his books. I like his Eternity series, He Deals in Fantasy, though that's not my usual genre, right? I can't I don't have to like your book genre or even your book concept to have you on my show. I want to give you the chance to make your pitch to the audience. I don't act as a gatekeeper blocking them. Now, obviously, I can't have every author in the world on. I just don't have the time slots. So, yes, some picking and choosing comes on, but a whole lot of people who they're you know, you see it on social media post, right? In their bio. Repost does not mean endorsement. Well, guest appearance does not mean endorsement, it means good conversation. I've had atheists on this Christian show. I have had communists, if you recall a few episodes, on this very pro-western free society show, right? So I don't take, I'm sure you won't take this around. I don't care about your writing style or your book content, it is just a conversation with you if you're on, to then give your pitch and let the audience decide, right? I let you decide. So again, no, I'm not Shakespeare. If you're expecting Shakespeare, if you want 1000% Oxford English style writing or AP style or Chicago style enforcement, like like was done with terror strikes coming soon who's sitting near you, the editor, proper Oxford-accredited editor, right, adhered more to traditional writing, but my writings beyond that, and since then, I write for normal people who want to read normal stuff about other normal people and normal life situations, not some, you know, oh look, I'm like Shakespeare stuff. Anyway, thank you all. That's all. Uh take care. God bless it. Love you all. I guess some people need to explain. This isn't the era of Shakespeare. Thank you for tuning in to books. There will be several different books, authors, several different authors, books, authors, weeks for October of 2025. And remember, you can check out my books at josephmleonard.uslash shop. And again, Joseph M. Leonard, it looks French, it's French, it's not Lennard, it's Leonard without an O, and I have to put the middle initial in there because there is a Joseph Lennard, who is also a Christian author out of South Carolina, so I have to make that distinction. And going in line with books authors of weeks, I've joked as guests on other shows. I am not he, he is not me, and neither of us will be confused for Shakespeare. And frankly, most writers out there are not going to be confused for Shakespeare. They're not trying to be. There might be a few that, you know, looking for that Renaissance era feel, but hey, it's a new millennia, people. Right? This is the here and now. It isn't Shakespearean Renaissance area. If you're looking for Shakespeare, reread Shakespeare. Take care, God bless, love you all. Like and subscribe to Christitutionalist Politics Podcast and Terror Episodes. We need your help. Thank you for having tuned in for Christitutionalist Politics Show. If you haven't already, please check out my primary internationally available book, Terror Strike, coming soon to a city near you. Available anywhere books are sold. If you have mostly one bookstore still near you, they can order it for you and let me know mine. Over time, the things to high production ID will come, but for now, a starter is just new as a very appreciated person by me. All subjects, no floor, just straight to keep discussion for. A show that opens a variety of topics mostly politics to a Christian U.S. Constitution. So again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Take care. God bless.

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