#callingouttheshadows

10 months down and one month to go.

Episode 05 of Calling Out the Shadows: A Clarity Over Comfort Podcast. The other day Amazon showed up with the first paperback proof of the book. Ten months in. One month and a day to go.

There are many people right now that talk about using the abuse of AI. And then there are others out there saying, no, I do not use it that way. Well, how? Prove it.

One of the things I wanted to do, and did from the first day, was track my writing time. I can show on a calendar the last 10 months. 999 hours and 9 minutes. Not a vanity number. The audiobook took 51 hours to record a 14-hour audiobook. Not in the greatest of health. But it was all me.

Consider marking that journey and laying out that journey.

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The book is days away. Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current by Neal Winsomer is a memoir and practical guide, written with no AI generation and no ghostwriter. One father's documented choice to answer chaos with clarity, meet secrecy with transparency, and choose love over anger for his daughter. Story and tools in one book, in six formats. All of them sit in one place on the publishing site: https://nealwinsomerpublishing.com/store/

Proof became an attack in her eyes.

"Proof contradicting her claims became attacks in her eyes. Facts meant to ensure my daughter's stability were dismissed as attempts to control the narrative. Instead of discussing reality or considering the evidence, she insisted I was trying to make her look bad."

Quote from Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current by Neal Winsomer, Chapter 18. Available June 16, 2026.

Many books in this space are presented as self-help, telling you what you must do, or as memoir, telling you what happened to someone else. This one is a memoir for all and a practical guide for some, while remaining non-prescriptive.

-Book Basics-

Title: Calling Out the Shadows

Subtitle: A Father's Stand Against the Current

Tagline: Clarity over comfort. Transparency over secrecy. Structure over spin. Love over anger.

One-liner: A chronicle of overcoming disappointment and adversity; defining legacy not by what broke me, but by how I chose to respond.

Author: Neal Winsomer Publisher: Neal Winsomer Publishing LLC Genre: Memoir / Narrative Nonfiction Publication date: June 16, 2026 Word count: 119,864 Page count: 504 Structure: 58 chapters across a five-anchor framework, 63 total sections, 10 appendices Trim size: 6" x 9", cream paper

LCCN: 2026907360

First edition: 2026, printed in the United States

© 2026 Neal Winsomer. All rights reserved. Case #: 1-15115927401 TX © 2026 Neal Winsomer. All rights reserved. Case #: 1-15157775141 SR

Paperback: 979-8-9953351-1-5 Hardcover: 979-8-9953351-6-0 eBook: 979-8-9953351-7-7 Audiobook: 979-8-9953351-2-2 Library Audio Edition: 979-8-9953351-0-8 Large Print Edition: 979-8-9953351-4-6

Audiobook: Runtime: 14 hours 9 minutes Narrator: the author, reading his own words