From Homeschool to Author, with Amos Wilson

About this episode

Amos Christian Wilson discusses his journey from being homeschooled as one of twelve siblings to becoming an author and poet.

For transcriptions and more detailed shownotes, please go to: https://swordschool.shop/blogs/podcast/episode-210-from-homeschool-to-author-with-amos-wilson To support the show, come join the Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/theswordguy Amos Christian Wilson is an independent Christian author, poet and musician. He is also a home school graduate and third born of 12 who loves reading, the outdoors, theology and history. He went from high school to a wide range of trade jobs, from carpentry to piano tuning to horse shoeing. He seeks to write books which centre around religious characters and immersive world building. In our conversation we talk about growing up as one of 12 and being homeschooled, and how a picture book about arms and armour sparked Amos’s love of swords, followed by a Fiore manual from a homeschool organisation’s catalogue of “toys for growing men”. We talk about some of the different jobs Amos has done over the years to support his true career as a writer. He describes his four-book Gwambi series as Treasure Island meets Chronicles of Narnia, with maybe a little bit of Charles Dickens thrown in there. You can find Amos on Substack and download a free ebook…

People in this episode

Host: Guy

Guest: Amos Christian Wilson

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• writing
• Christian literature
• swordsmanship
• career paths
• family dynamics

Keywords

• homeschool
• author
• Christian
• swords
• Gwambi series
• writing career
• family
• trade jobs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sword School, Patreon, acwilson.net

Books & works: Gwambi series, Treasure Island, Chronicles of Narnia, Charles Dickens

Places: Substack

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