Jason Norman

I’m Jason Norman, a struggling writer (also known as a “writer”) in Chesapeake, VA, the most happily married man (to Jennifer) and father (to Kennedy) alive, who’s spent the past eleven years helping local college students work their own English magic in colleges across Hampton Roads. I’m still doing that, but authoring is my other area. A movie nut for my whole life, I got an idea out of almost nowhere a few years ago to put together some work on an area of the film world that doesn’t really get too much thought, except for those in it. Preparation. We see so many performers working so hard to entertain us, doing their thing on stages, TV screens, and the movies. But how do they make that happen? You’ll find out! Read on to learn about some of the acting world’s legendary stars, who managed to turn so far into others that we forgot who they were for a few hours. From 2014 to 2017, I managed to churn out four books on the acting prep world. McFarland Publishing was nice enough to do my debut book, Welcome to Our Nightmares, a look inside the horror world. It’s available for purchase everywhere, like below! Over the next few years, BearManor Media has knocked out Behind the Screams (also on horror), Actors in Action (a piece on action prepping), and Before the Camera Rolled (a guide to get somewhere in the acting business). Then I branched off. Diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of autism, I wrote a running diary of my first year of fatherhood after learning I was an Aspie. We live in a world FAR different from those not on the autism scale, although certainly not a worse one. Fatherhood (and "husbandhood") can be tough for anyone, but with Asperger's, there's a whole other set of challenges. But I wrote this piece to let everyone know just how great it can be to have Asperger's, and how we can and should embrace it in every sense, ESPECIALLY to our most special people. A longtime fan of professional wrestling, I looked for a way to step inside the combination of sports and entertainment that has entertained me, and millions of others, for so long. From late 2018 to the summer of 2019, I worked with Jerome Young, known MUCH better as New Jack to fans of pro wrestling of the most hardcore and extreme type, to tell his life story in a way that had never been told (or read) before. That piece finally came around in early 2020, and here's hoping its the first of many! Please check the spots below to grab up my books – and if you have any questions, comments, rants, concerns, please check my site at normanwrites.wordpress.com. Thanks for visiting! New Jack: Memoir of a Pro Wrestling Extremist: https://www.amazon.com/New-Jack-Memoir-Wrestling-Extremist/dp/1476679770/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= An Aspie Daddy: My First Year as a Father With Asperger's Syndrome: https://www.amazon.com/Aspie-Daddy-Father-Aspergers-Syndrome/dp/1792112874/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Jason-Norman&qid=1583213105&s=books&sr=1-3 Welcome to Our Nightmares: https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Our-Nightmares-Behind-Todays/dp/0786479868/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530113106&sr=1-1&keywords=Jason-Norman Behind the Screams: https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Screams-Jason-Norman/dp/1629330698/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530113137&sr=1-2&keywords=Jason-Norman Before the Camera Rolled: https://www.amazon.com/Before-Camera-Rolled-Jason-Norman/dp/1629331228/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530113230&sr=1-4&keywords=Jason-Norman Actors in Action: https://www.amazon.com/Actors-Action-Favorite-Became-Characters/dp/1629332038/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530113299&sr=1-7&keywords=Jason-Norman