Author Archives: Tyler McNamer

About Tyler McNamer

Hi! My name is Tyler Allan McNamer. I became one of the few kids that wrote a book during my school days, and I'm still proud of that. Most of my information comes from my book Population: ONE. Other information that's not in the book has been spoken by me as a motivational speaker. In this blog, I'll give out information about the book, and my ways of thinking about the world we live in.

After Writing the Dancing Article

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Like I said on the article, “I love to dance!” I do it for fun. When I saw my peers doing the sexual bending, I got very confused and asked myself “Is this normal for teenagers to do this?” I honestly thought that teenagers were more creative in their dance movies more then writing a book or painting a picture… but even those two things are hard. I don’t know, I think dancing is a lot more fun then a lot of stuff, and there should be creativity on those things. To me, I thought that’s how people get impressed by different dance moves and having fun.

But when people do the same thing, that’s what I call major peer pressure. I called it a “Snake Horde” Because snakes mate in a large horde. Seeing the sexual bending lead me no choice but to leave; because if you’re the only person that dances with style and no one else does it, it’s just no fun. In fact selfish because there are other people who don’t want to do that.

In fact, after posting that article, I started a revelation on the dances at my high school. Later on throughout the years, there have been not a lot of people going to the dances lately. It was all a part of the plan; finding real dancers who know how to break it down. Later on, I’ve noticed more dancers came, and then more. Pretty soon, the school dances are a little more enjoyable.

Then you get the senior students who want to torment the lower classes. Peer pressure is a terrible thing. They think that it’s natural for a senior to change a freshmen, for me. It’s the other way around. As a freshman student, I did things that every other freshmen didn’t do, and that is have courage and have the ability to stand tall in being one’s true self.

After writing the article, I have been bullied badly. I thought it was because that the article was so huge that it’s going to change the dances later on, and many people don’t like that. I was ready for that, because it was big, and there are a lot of people who did not like it.

I never regretted that article, and I keep it in my archives always.

A Freshman Freelance Article About Flash-dance (AFFAAF)

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Let’s Fix Our Dances, BHS!

Tyler McNamer

Guest Reporter

Dance Enthusiast

I love to dance! Dancing is one of the things I like to do for fun. But when it comes to school dances, I begin to lose my dancing spirit. It all started at the last dance I went to. It was the end of the basketball season and all the fans had gone wild cheering for the BHS Spartans. To celebrate, we went to the dance where the fans got a chance to move around just as much as the basketball players moved around. In the commons, it was dark, lights were everywhere, the DJs’ were playing music, and the whole crowd filled up the dance floor. As I was dancing, something didn’t seem right. There was rap music and people doing dirty dancing. I heard a report not long ago that kids drink and smoke outside the commons. No wonder most of the kids never want to dance. That’s just my thought. With that, I left the dance for good.

Dancing is all about having fun and moving with your hands, feet, hips, and your whole body. When I read a dictionary, Rap is defined as a talk, conversation, or discussion in music. Out of all the dances I have been to for weddings, parties, and other celebrations; I have to say that high school nowadays is not a safe place to dance. Personally, I’m trying to show my BHS spirit when I dance. I have a hard time talking to people at lunch. To show my high school spirit and have fun with my classmates, I dance. To me, dancing is a language through which you can speak with your body, but not with your tongue.

So if you like smoking, drinking alcohol, and doing dirty dancing as if you’re in a nightclub, why don’t you come up with your own club off-campus?

Building a dance party is simple, with 5 easy steps.

Step 1: Have an open space to dance.

Step 2: Put up the lights.

Step 3: Use a D.J. turntable to play music.

Step 4: Dance like crazy!

Step 5: Clean up afterward.

At Union Grove High School in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, there are strict rules for school dances. The thing that bothers me most at BHS dances is what Union Grove calls “Sexual Bending.” It bothers me because I don’t think it has much to do with dancing. Almost everyone does it. I come to dances to dance. Those who do this “Sexual Bending” stuff, would immediately get kicked out of a dance for good if they were at Union Grove High. In my opinion, kids have more fun dancing without doing the “Sexual Bending” routine. As a matter of fact, “bending” can lead kids to be sexually active, and that leads to danger!

I have done interviews with Ms. Duvall, Ms. Lemmon, and Mr. Peterson and talked to them about what goes on inside dances. Ms. Duvall said that dancing was really different back when she was in high school, when there was none of that bending stuff. “I’m not a fan of this dirty dancing routine. Dances should be fun and safe,” said Duvall. I then talked to Ms. Lemmon and Mr. Peterson about the same topic. Both agreed with Duvall, saying that the type of music in school dances tempts kids to do the “grinding” stuff. When my freshmen friends and I were in 8th grade, we had strict rules for our dances. But now that we are in high school, freshmen feel that they are free to dance however they want, following the example of kids in higher grades. According to Ms. Lemmon, more kids are showing up intoxicated at school dances than ever before. “Those who are drunk or high are handed over to the police and are suspended from school for 10 days,” said Ms. Lemmon. I then asked Mr. Peterson why, besides the music, he thinks kids dance like this. “Kids are influenced by older kids at BHS and even TV,” commented Peterson. I know what he means. The higher the grade, the more influence they have on the grade below. For example, seniors influence juniors, juniors influence sophomores, and sophomores influence freshmen. The administration is going to talk to the disc jockeys at dances and ask them to change the music to make it less tempting for students to grind and bend. In school dances, everyone hears a lot of rap, and rap is the music that tempts kids to grind. Dancing is dancing, grinding is grinding, and bending is bending; you simply can’t combine them. Rap is just talking. I’m not a talking person, I’M A DANCING PERSON!

2009 Tyler McNamer

I was going to blog about Crazy Taxi

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I was going to blog about Crazy Taxi. You know, that crazy cool arcade game of 99? The object is simple, pick up the customers, drive them to their destinations in record breaking time, and rake in the crazy cash. Do it all before the time runs out.

I have been thinking about that game for a while, and was thinking about blogging about it. I remember my Dad playing it and got a crazy score, he would play as the character Gena and he was amazing at it. He is kinda of a crazy driver in real life too, would speed up, slow down quick, take tight corners, and even drifted at one point. Every time  he would say “Son, don’t do what I do.” I know it’s not fully right to drive like my Dad, but it sure is a fun way to drive.

Not sure if this blogging idea would be cool, but after thinking about Crazi Taxi, I had this crazy cool idea about turning the arcade game into a feel good movie. Four friends making crazy money. The only problem is about that is that there needs to be a good plot in the movie, and have the ability to make taxis into convertibles where customers can hop in and hop out.

I personally think that it’s possible to make a feel good movie based on a feel good video game, and I have been thinking about it for a while since I was six. That’s why I was going to blog about Crazi Taxi. But hey, it was just a thought. I guess that’s what’s in the mind of McNamer at some time.

The Rainbow Seed

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In a faraway farm, there lived a little boy named Ted. Friends called him Teddy for his nickname. He lived in an old broken home with his mom, Susie, in the middle of nowhere. They couldn’t see any flowers surrounding them—nothing but dry land and a roadway to the store.

Then one day, Teddy decided to walk around the mountains with his friends when he met an old man. “Hello, young boy!” said the man. “I am Old Man Harry. I want to do something good for you and your mom.” Then Harry brought forth a beautiful brightly colored seed that changed color over time. “What is it?” asked the boy. “It’s a Rainbow Seed. I want you to plant it,” replied the jolly old man. The boy Teddy had never planted a seed before, so Harry took him down from the mountains and showed him how to plant a seed. “You see, young fellow, you place the seed in the ground; you water it once in awhile, make sure the sun shines down on the seed, and let it grow over time.” So Old Man Harry gave Ted the rainbow seed and left with a warning, saying, “Remember, boy; this seed is gifted; you will be up for a big surprise,” and off he went into the distance.

Teddy rushed home to tell his mom about what had happened and she got excited about the seed. They both went outside right at the back side of the house and planted the colorful seed.

Then all of a sudden, the seed grew a huge rainbow and stretched far over the fields. It was a hot and sunny day, so the sun melted the rainbow slowly. With the rainbow melting, the droplets from the rainbow turned into little seeds and went straight to the ground. With that, the seeds quickly turned into rainbow flowers. They had different colors of flowers everywhere all over the fields.

Teddy and his mom, Susie, were so happy to see all that happening to their field, and they began to smell the scent of the flowers all over. People all over got to see the flowers, and everything was just amazing for the boy and his mom, all thanks to a little seed that needed to be planted.

The End

2003 Tyler McNamer

How to Write an Amazing Book

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I wish the process is easy and quick, but this kind of thing is a lot longer and harder then it sounds. If I could sum it up it in simple words it would be…

  1. Write
  2. Tell
  3. Edit
  4. Cover
  5. Print
  6. Sell
  7. Collect

Well, I’m still a little new to this, but I think it’s good enough for the process. Did you know that #1 is the hardest part of the whole process? That’s right! Writing the book is the hardest part. It’s where most of the work goes as a matter of fact.

Telling others is one of the the most important ones in the process. Why is that you ask? It is because it’s all in the advertising business  The more know you and love you, the more likely they will buy the book. Be friends with lots of people and tell them about your upcoming book. But you have to write it first.

There are a lot of editors who are willing to help you make the book better. Here’s how I did the process with my Dad.

  • My Dad got in contact with a professional speaker, author, and publisher named Patrick Snow.
  • We got in contact with him and I told him all about my upcoming book and how it’s going to be so cool.
  • Patrick told us the process in the book business and how book covers are made.
  • After a while, me, my Mom and my Dad went to one of Patrick’s classes on how to self publish a book and how the whole book selling thing goes in full detail with a time to practice a speaking engagement telling an audience what the book is about
  • Patrick told me about an editor far away named Tyler Tichelaar. Called him one of the best editors for best selling books.
  • I got into connection with him along with my Dad and Patrick and had a meeting on how Tyler Tichelaar does his editing on books.
  • I showed him my book’s outline
  • He caught every grammar and spelling error there is and fixed them all. He even talked it through with comments on Google Docs on what needs to be explained more or what needs to be taken out or anything that would make the book understandable for all readers.
  • Fix all of the suggestions the editor had said.
  • Proof read it once more.
  • Finish!

Quite a lot of stuff there is to know on how to get an editor isn’t it? It was all worth it. I’m glad Tyler Tichelaar was my editor for Population One. I thank him for all of that hard editing work.

On the cover part of the book. It all happens similar to getting an editor. Mr. Snow knew this woman named Shiloh Schroeder. Amazing name isn’t it? She has been doing book covers for other best selling books, and she was the right choice for my book. We talked about the book, and what the main theme is. I showed her pictures of the concept of what the book was about. I got the photos from istockphotos. It’s a website where great photographers capture amazing photos and people can look them up and buy them or print them.

Printing the book is used with a special printer that makes books look like books. Not the 10 ring office printed stuff. But books that you see in book stores and in libraries.

Must I say more about the selling part? Sell it everywhere possible. Before making the cash, the book must always be advertised as free copies. Especially to the ones you love. Unless if they are willing to pay for it, still refuse the money. Let’s put it in a different way, if you set up a stand for your tiny book selling business at a school, kids who heard about the book and are eager to read it would stand in line and buy your book.

The final part of the list is collect. Collecting the cash seems silly to me, but collect as in collect the support and appreciation on the book itself. You feel proud that you’re book became a huge success and your team helped you make it up to the top. In fact, right after I did the writing part my Dad said “You won!” After hearing that, I can see the future of my book being read by people from all over the world. Collecting that great feeling of victory, that’s worth more then money on my opinion.

For a while, I’ve been keeping this book a secret and wanted to surprise my peers, but my Mom always said “Tell it to the world, they would be excited to see this new book of yours.” For that, I did, and I did a blog on it.

This is what I did to create an amazing book, and all that time getting it put together was worth it.

About This Book, Being Different, and Being a Hero

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“The best kind of freedom is the freedom to do good. It’s what makes heroes.” – Tyler McNamer

Different. That word alone is extremely common in everyday life. Especially when it comes to living beings. The way I used to see the word “different” was that it’s a lonely thing, and because I am different, because I have autism, I felt like I didn’t need anybody and needed to isolate myself from everyone.

Overall, because I was different I felt as if the planet needed me as a hero. That’s what I thought before writing this book. In reality, I can’t self-proclaim myself a hero. I’m just an individual. Are you an individual? If you are, then you are never alone. There are great people in the world we live in. People are great when they do good to themselves and to others. That is why, with this book, I want to prove that being an individual with or without autism can affect the world in a positive way.

All these years of being alone with freedom, I discovered something I wrote as a quote for my high school graduation: “The best kind of freedom is the freedom to do good. It’s what makes heroes.” I kept that quote as a reminder that doing good makes me feel like a hero to anyone and to anything. When I was little, I felt like a hero giving flowers to girls. It felt great. When creating this book, I felt like a brave hero because I was open to the thoughts coming from my heart and mind when writing and had the courage to help people young and old.

So many people in the world can write about anything, but only one person can write a book about me, and that is me. This is an autobiography about my childhood and how I viewed the world and what challenges I’ve faced over the years. Maybe most of you can relate to me when it comes to childhood stuff.

This book is not in an orderly fashion in terms of its chapters. I wrote what came up in my head. Most of the people I know are not named in this book.

This book can be described as many things. It can be a journal, a diary (not really), a survival kit, and a guide for everyone with or without autism. It can even be a comic book, but I can’t draw comics. Although they look so cool! See, that’s the thing about books and stories, there’s a lot of imagination that’s realistic most of the time.

With my help, I hope you can show great leadership, determination, and ambition. My book will give you examples of how to do that. Feel free to use my examples. If not, that’s totally cool, because everyone is different and entitled to the choices he or she makes in life.

Enjoy the book.

“The best kind of freedom is the freedom to do good. It’s what makes heroes.” – Tyler McNamer

The Big Web Picture.

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The first thing that most people might say in mind is: “Why is Tyler’s picture so big?” In response… I asked the same question on why the picture is so big. Well, I guess we can blame it on my Dad, Jody cause he made the website, and I still thought it was so amazing for my Dad to make this website for me to blog on. I just wanted to say thanks again for this website. Still, while coming to this website, I kept on thinking why my picture is so big.

After staring at my face for a while, I’ve thought of something cool and amazing.

Tyler

Tyler

As you can see, it is not photo-shopped or edited or anything like that because my tiny uni-brow is still there. (To tell you the truth, I hate uni-brows  they make me look silly.) I still have little facial hair on me even though I did one of my closest shaves. I got little holes all over my face because when I was 9, I had one of the worst cases of chicken pox, and it was really bad.

Of course, this picture is going to be edited or remixed, but I’m going to keep this one for the blog for other reasons.

In fact, believe it or not, right when I was finishing up that paragraph, my Mom came into my room telling me that the picture must be photo-shopped. I said sure, it would be done, and she also said that this is business related, I said that’s true, and it would be done soon.

Anyways, what I can see by this big web picture is a boy. A boy smiling. Everything in it’s natural and not edited or photo-shopped. Anyone who come across this not knowing that the pictured boy had autism would think of him as a regular person posing in front of the camera, in front of the leaves.

I believe that when people want to be an inspiration on others or to be a motivational speaker, or even a rock star member, they should have smiles on their faces. It’s impossible to force a ‘good’ smile, because then it would be ugly. Think of something amazing and makes people happy and then fill it with the smile. That’s what I think when it comes to a happy face.

I was thinking of that cool old BMW motorcycle. I forgot what year it was or what the model is called as a matter of fact, but it was really cool, and it made me happy.

I think this might be the reason why my Dad put this picture up and why it’s so big. It’s like a sign or something. Only my Dad Jody can explain why, but it’s cool to come up with reasons why things happen.

Why it’s up there? Possibly because…

  • Natural looks, and no edits on facial features
  • Unique because of the size
  • Smiling to the readers of this blog
  • Looking stylish for the fans

There are a lot of reasons why everything here for anything, but there’s going to be some true answers.

Hello my Friends.

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Welcome to my new website Population: One. My name is Tyler Allan McNamer.

This website is named after my upcoming book called Population: One. As of today, it is still in the process of publishing and hopefully will start selling this month. I wrote everything in the book, my editor helped me with my spelling and grammar, and my cover designer is in the works of creating my book cover. I have a great team working on this book with me.

My book is going to be about me talking about how I see things in the universe including the planet earth. There are a lot of people who see the world differently, but for someone who has autism, it’s a whole new experience.

Why hear it from me? Because in my childhood, I saw things that people never saw before. I began reading before talking. I understood the words but didn’t have the ability to say them yet until I was 3. I had the ability to start writing a book at age 17. I am now 18 and will be turning 19 on the 10th of July.

I am looking forward to sell this book starting in Seattle and Portland and then soon all over the world. I will soon become a professional speaker for adults, teenagers, and kids as a motivational speaker; because I believe that when your a cool young dude like me who likes to have fun, it’s possible to get people pumped up on inspiring themselves for the better with or without autism. I… just said what teenagers would say when wanting to have some fun. That’s alright, it’s okay to be excited about the future. Right now, I’m focusing on the book… and high school.

Follow me on my blog and enjoy my friends.