Stories for Auties (and the humans who love them).
G’day, I'm Shan — a forty-something writer, teacher, and special needs mum sussing out life and parenting on the Autism Spectrum, one midlife meltdown at a time.
Let me entertain you…
HERE'S A SNAZZY, PROFESH(ISH) BIO THAT'S MEANT TO IMPRESS THE PANTS OFF YA
I'm Shan (not Shannon), a neurospicy professional swearer writer whose unfiltered words have graced the webpages of Mamamia, HuffPost, Dive Pacific, and Cheapflights back when travel writing was a thing and influencers didn’t exist.
I'm also an accidental mum, former teacher (RIP to that career), and the founder of Wild Spark Copy – a creative copywriting studio that helps non-shitty brands ditch the corporate wank and actually talk to their humans like, well... humans.
When I'm not whipping up words for others so I can pay the bills, I can be found writing my book series, ‘The ABCs of ASD’ and proudly sharing my late-diagnosed Autie story on podcasts, Instagram, TikTok, and random bathroom walls.
My own book review podcast, F*ck Your Book Club (currently on permanent hiatus because life got lifey), earned rave reviews and shares from creative legends like Trent Dalton, Dr. Richard Harris, and Samantha Wills. Yes, that was a blatant namedrop. No, I won’t apologise for it.
I live just outside Brisbane, Australia, with my ADHD chaos monkey husband and beautiful Autistic son, both of whom think I swear too much. They are absolutely not wrong, and I have zero plans to change.
This is about as social as I get.
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Listen to my awkward ass
AND HERE'S THE not-so-profesh (but fun-AF) STUFF YOU SHOULD PROBS KNOW ABOUT ME...
✱ I'm a Class of '83 alumnus who came of age in the era of Super Nintendo, Hypercolour t-shirts, and Salt ‘n’ Pepa’s Shoop.
✱ I've been reading, writing, talking, and basically annoying the shit outta' everyone with my extensive vocabulary and witty observations since I traded in my training wheels for skinny jeans and Vans.
✱ I spent 2 years living on a tiny tropical island out in the South Pacific, where I taught at the local school, landed my first international tourism client, drank coconuts, swam with whales, and missed reliable Internet connections.
✱ I wasn’t diagnosed with the ‘Tism until I was 39, but I’m okay with it - and I hope you are, too. (And if not? Then we’re not the right fit, mate.)
✱ My not-so-secret flex is kicking ass at Cards Against Humanity.
✱ When I’m not writing my butt off, you can find me reading, travelling, diving, and navigating human-ing with my ADHD husbo and our rad little Autie kiddo.
✱ I once set my face on fire in a bar in Austria. Feel free to ask me about it.