The Journey Begins….

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My name is Leslie M. Jasper and I am the author of the book entitled, Construction Tales: Volume I: A Woman’s Journey to Become an Electrician.  I would be embarrassed having a young person reading my book.  Therefore, I created a teen version of the book.  My edited teen version is entitled, Construction Tales: A Young Person’s Guide to Accomplish Anything in Life.  For the sake of simplicity and the power of hashtags, my book goes by the hashtag #ConstructionTales. 

My first children’s book is entitled, Not All Girls Play With Dolls.  It serves as a prequel to #ConstructionTales.  My illustrator Anastasia Taranenko, who hails from Russia, finished my illustrations despite the stress from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.  My children’s book went live on Amazon by March 15, 2022.  My books are in paperback, e-book, and audio on the following platforms: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and Audible.  The book was featured, via the Combined Book Exhibit, in a few different book fairs.  I even used my Combined Book Exhibit trailer on the Verbally Disastrous YouTube channel. I write various Kindle Vella short stories under the title, Construction Tales: Told By A Woman in the Kindle Vella Library.

As I have mentioned before, I am a journeywoman electrician by trade.  I now work as a site safety manager, as an independent contractor, on projects throughout New York City.  I started my electrical career back in 1993 as a Construction Apprentice in the U.S. Navy Seabees.  I then continued my electrical career as an apprentice electrician when I joined Local #3 IBEW since 1995 until today.  I worked with the tools until the year 2014.  During that time, we were still suffering from the effects of the 2008 recession with a huge block- between one to two years of employment between jobs.  I started working in the office via learning autoCAD and engineering with the largest electrical contractor in New York City.  Over time, I got a shot to work as a project manager within a team in the company.  I did PM work for a few other electrical contractors on a variety of short-term projects.  By 2019, I got an opportunity and was encouraged to study and take a series of safety credential exams.  By the end of 2021, I earned my Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), Associate Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), and my NYC DOB Site Safety Manager license.

I pulled the trigger on creating The Verbally Disastrous Podcast and releasing my very first episode back on February 08, 2021.  A few people had suggested, over the years, for me to create a podcast since I bring unique perspective.  I didn’t know where or how to even start.  It took some patience and some exploring to actually make it happen.  I am the host, along with my occasional co-host Melissa Polito, of The Verbally Disastrous Podcast With Leslie & Melissa.  The Verbally Disastrous Podcast is hosted on Anchor and is available globally on +20 podcast platforms. Some of those major podcast platforms include: Apple Podcasts, Deezer, I Heart Radio, Pandora Podcasts, Radio Public, Spotify, and YouTube.  We are just two random career chicks sharing our thoughts on a variety of topics.  Now that I got a new laptop, I will be working on figuring out how to incorporate video with my podcast episodes.  I need to learn how to go live on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.  Our goal is to make a best effort to try and steer clear of religion and politics!  Those subjects are heavy, fill people with emotion, and just ruins the vibe of a discussion.  Our goal is to find very odd, funny, unusual, and weird topics to discuss.  I have previously laid out some topics that we will discuss in the Season #1, Episode #2 podcast episode.  However, we randomly switch gears with our topics at a moment’s notice.  Why?  Because we are…. Verbally Disastrous!!! 😛

Light travels faster than sound.  This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. — Alan Dundes

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