This Folklorist Rewrites His Own Stories When He Gets Details Wrong | Episode 459

0:00Hi, everyone. It's Justin here. Our voices for voices. Thank you so much for joining us. Whether you're watching or listening, whether you're here in the United States or any point across this beautiful world of our planet Earth, we are so grateful to have you with us. We are all over 450 episodes in our portfolio and it's only thanks to you that we are continuing that we have the demand to put content out. So thank you for that. If you can give us a thumbs up, like, follow, subscribe, share, maybe even reach out to 25 or 50 contacts and your phone. We know about the voices for voices, TV show and podcasts and just voices for voices in general. Along with that, we have as an asset, mythical creatures around the world.

1:05As you know, in the latter part of 2025, we acquired mythical creatures around the world and we wanted to take this time, this episode, to have a little update on what's going on with mythical creatures around the world. As the episode progresses, also the pressure and the trauma they can come with having so many eyeballs on mythical creatures around the world and I echo having that with voices for voices. It's something we're grateful to have you and so many others across the world and there's Lucy. She wants to see herself on a show.

2:13Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Lucy, but we're going to continue. Okay. And yet as if you've caught up the last few episodes, our family has grown by one dog. And so here she is. She wants to be a part of this. So we're going to open up the show talking about mythical creatures around the world updates about that. That great platform with the, you know, the CEO, the person behind mythical creatures around I got my nose. That was the first one first kind of first time. And so with us today, we have David Solomon. So David, I'll try to work through Lucy while you work through sharing about mythical creatures around the world and the, you know, the stress and the trauma that can kind of come, come with that pressure of having so many people watching and listening.

3:30And listening. So I'll open up the floor for our guest. Thank you, Justin. Yeah. So go ahead. I had it. I had to laugh so hard when I saw the dog just crawl right up on you. Yeah, yeah, she's like, it's like almost like a, and obviously she's not a bird, but she'll just purchase off up because how, how short she is. She likes to see what's going on. And so she just wants to be part of the show, you know, she wants to be part of the show. Yeah, so you take it from here. Yeah. So right off the top, before we do anything, there's a lady named Andy. And she commented on one of my posts. And it was in 2017. And I made a mistake in my 10 years of running this.

4:31It was during the time where my mom is really sick. And I forgot to post one of the states that this, I was from, which was Mississippi. And this person called me out on it. And so I personally want to do apologize for that. When I see I've made a mistake on mythical, it's crazy as it is. I will go out of my way to make it right no matter, you know, what it is. And this isn't the first time. I'm a folklorist, but some countries you get wrong because again, different regions in different countries can think something else. And, you know, you can have a culture crisis very easily if you are not careful. So I want to do apologize to Andy for that from Mississippi for those comments. I thank you very much for, you know, commenting on that.

5:38I think the cool creatures around the world is my passion. It's why I write. It's why I breathe. And it's a God-given gift. It also comes with a lot of pressure and a lot of anxiety with it. And part of that anxiety is a lot of people look up to it. That's going to use it in the coming days and weeks and months and years and decades and centuries to bring people to him that don't even know who he is from countries that just don't even know anything about the Bible. And it's a lot of pressure because a majority of the big Christian panacea writers, maybe like the top five are against me and against the odds.

6:45And it's been hard because one of them was my mentor. And it's made me doubt myself. Really doubt myself. And mythical was my mom's legacy because technically she created it not me long before it was Facebook. So it's been going on a long time and it connects to my great grandma, actually, the stories, the originals. So I wanted to talk about mythical, the pressure that I feel and also how to be accountable with mythical and in a way forward. Add some prayer with the two good people about two days ago. From all the stress and all the anxiety, my jaw swelled up to about five times its size on top of being blind and when I don't you love it.

7:54And they prayed over me and the jaw went down and I was in deep prayer over that over what that meant, what God was trying to show me. And another person who I look up to as a mentor who saved my life many times, he is openly involved with a project called the dance man. And he always keeps me on focus trying to tell me which way to steer the ship. And I get sidetracked very easily because I have so many projects, so many people wanting my attention. And sometimes it takes away from family too, which I'm not ashamed to say I neglected and not on purpose either. But when you're CEO and you run things, you do the best you can. And sometimes it's not perfect. And sometimes you miss opportunities and miss moments. And I have on top of that.

9:19My my nine year old now 10 is also taking the reins with mythical and telling his own stories and we're going to see those come into fruition and my beautiful and wonderful wife also released her first published book. And so she's coming into fruition with her writing and her work in mythical not just as an editor, but as a creator. And I love that about her because she has such a brilliant mind when we first met. She helped create some of those characters you see on mythical and she has a very brilliant mind on how she creates. Mythical for most is a family business of doing these folklore characters reaching culture and telling the stories that we forgot telling the marble and DC of where those heroes came from.

10:26And it's my honor and my privilege to be able to have that opportunity and that experience to let someone learn history, culture and heritage of where they come from. That matters to me. And today, finally with the ice stroke, which is healing, I'm probably going to be blinding one eye for a little bit. We're looking at a nine months recovery. You know, we just don't know. So I'm getting used to drawing one eye, if you will. And this week, we're going to start posting on mythical regularly.

11:28You're going to see a little bit of a change back to what it originally became when my mom started taking the reins in 2018 and 19 with rescuing Santa from Portland, Oregon. We're going to continue those stories. We're going to continue from Fort Worth, Texas. So you're going to see a lot of Fort Worth, Texas going on. And Oregon is still a big part of mythical because let's be honest, that's where I was, that's where I became a writer. I was baptized. That's where God gave me this gift to write 200 pages a day. And that's why mythical exists. So Oregon is always going to be that big part. The one thing that I've learned in watching everything go down with people that hate me and all this negativity.

12:39I don't ever want to write a story that's going to bring someone down. And I don't ever want to mock someone just because it's funny. I want to build people up. I want to make them laugh and cry and think about their life and become a better person when you come out of that story. That's why I write. Some of the stories I write are going to be preachy, some of them are not. But they still are going to take place in the Christian world based story of mythical creatures around the world. And that was a hard decision to make because I've done secular stories and how to go back and get a little more Christian in there. But that's how I'm going to do it. I'm going to release my full catalog of novels over the years with our publishing house.

13:48So you guys can get your hands on it and big things are coming for mythical. Today is also St. Patrick's Day and we're going to post a special myth for that just because of St. Patrick's Day. I really wanted to talk about what God's been doing in my life as a writer because I haven't been able to write. I get teared up at this, but the stories that God gives me when I write them, I learn from those characters. And then I show that to someone else and they go, wow, I never thought of God that way or I never knew that about the Bible.

14:49These stories are going to be classics like token or CS Lewis, not because of me wanting fame, not because I want my name and lights. But because God literally breeze the words onto the page and it's out of my control. I tried writing secular for a few days and it just doesn't work. God doesn't breeze the words onto the page. It just doesn't work. And I'm honored to be his messenger and if you will, we're cool to share the gospel and share truth in these stories to countries that don't even know him.

15:56The problem is mythical is so big. Every character is now going to be canonized and you guys are going to see a timeline like Star Wars where every story I've ever written on my Facebook is going to actually happen in real time. I'll give you an example. When I published in Dallas, there was a tornado that hit and me and my mom were in Dallas at the time during that tornado. And so I wrote about the myth of that tornado, you know, the native myth of the tribe there. There's a modern day myth that this hero saves people from storms in Dallas. Dallas PD talks about it. And I put that in there. And then the next day we had a hurricane hit North Carolina.

17:01And so I posted about all the heroes from North Carolina, the mythology heroes from myths and legends and they get together and they save people from the hurricane. And then a few months later, a national disaster of the Santa Rosa fire and all these heroes from North California and southern Oregon come together and help the community of paradise in Santa Rosa. And you can't go back and remake that. They're great characters, but they served their purpose in that moment to help those people during those heroic times. And unlike Marvel and DC where we keep rebooting, I see it as pointless. You do the next generation of heroes and this goes on for hundreds of years.

18:01As my mom wanted it, one major aspect is I will be publishing something that is older than me. I have about 100 years of when mythical was first created as a idea. And I'm honored and privileged to do that. Mythical is going back to its roots, but also going to keep that canon alive where every story matters and there's going to be a timeline. So you guys can have that timeline because slowly, but not too slow. We're going to see adaptions from comic books to video games to movies to TV shows and also audio dramas and music. We're going to see things come into fruition and you reap what you sow and we're seeing that in real time.

19:11And it's really blowing my mind what we're going to be able to accomplish. A lot of people have doubted Justin said this is, you know, a bunch of fruit cake and David Solomon is a hater and I don't hate anybody. I want to make the world a better place and give back to people that have been taken from because I was taken from and I was hurt in the Christian writing community. And I want to create a safe space for future authors that want to step in and tell their story. And voices for voices publishing is going to stand on that platform to create new genres within and create new moments in history. Whether culture, country, maybe even space, we really don't know there's a lot of things that are happening.

20:19And we're not trying to be negative. We're not trying to beat anyone down. We've called out things because it's simply wrong. And that's all we've done. And I don't think we need to call that out anymore at this moment. I think people have heard it and I'm happy. But now we have to focus on what to do next and that is like that path for families to come and go, oh, I can read your book and not worry about content. You know, secular authors have so much sex and language and drugs. It's not even funny. You're watching a porn in a teen novel now. And parents are actually complaining on TikTok all the time. My friend Sean told me that one. So, you know, we've really got to learn a lesson that parents are seeking clean content like what we're going to put out.

21:30During this, I created a concept to go back to mythical's roots, SCI, where there's going to be police that are mythical and human, but also the superhero aspect keeping it there. And, you know, we want to merchandise. We want to do everything we can to reboot a genre and bring life into a dead genre that has been damaged by people that say they're good, but have bad intentions. And I just praise God for that gift that he's given me and my family and those that support me and are around me and have my back. I was talking to a studio mic last night and he's been so patient, so kind, so loving, and we've been delayed through one demonic attack after another.

22:34And we're going to get this done. We're going to see this to fruition. We're going to be shooting a project in LA in the future. And it's going to be based on my mom's vision. We're going to be shooting in Texas, and we're going to be shooting in other states. And we have actors on board. We have producers on board. We just had a lot of delays because the devil has gotten in the way. And there's, there's nothing wrong about that. Literally, I mean, I stroke this jaw thing. It's just been catastrophic. And then you look at the little things in life, and it makes it all the worthwhile. It's, it's a lot of pressure, though, because I have a lot of celebrities that I talk to every day, too.

23:38And now I'm learning that like it or not, I am one and Justin for lack of better term is kind of one. People in Oregon were citing my writing for myths and legends and stories and people are citing voices for voices on different topics, even government now. We are playing a big role in the world. And that's an honor and a privilege, but it's also dangerous if you use it to put people down in any way. A lot of you have said that there are some dark episodes, Justin has done absolutely. There was a dark moment where those needed to be done. But we're in that light now. We're things are coming to light.

24:39And God is saying no child is for sale and these things have to stop. And the Bible says that we are in this world, not of this world. And it's better to be hated than love if you're taking a stand for what is right and leaning on him. And following him and he will direct your path. Search me, oh God, I know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts and see if they're being a wicker way of me leaving in the way of everlasting. Tells us that. And so I searched my heart and I've let God know my thoughts and I want him to lead me on that way. Lead me on that path. And God is doing that. And part of that is healing for giving and writing stories that you're uncomfortable with that have such a powerful impact on people that maybe hurt you or harmed you.

25:48And maybe the stories for them to come back to God. That is not an easy moment to be in. But it has happened. So mythical creatures is going back to its roots of love and community. But we're also going to build something better, bigger and brighter than anything out there for countries for community and for Christians alike. You want a marble and DC. We're going to give it to you. You want a Star Wars universe. We're going to give it to you. But we're going to do this a little differently and we're going to have accountability. I struggled for a long time, whether I put my mature content in our publishing house and the answer is yes. Because adults need God too.

26:52But you got to know the kids may try to read it so there has to be. We have to have on these books because we live in a time where kids are just picking up these photographic books. And there are all these sex scenes in there and it's wrong. I want adults to pick up my book. No, there's going to be something in there. And no, the kids shouldn't be reading it and learn something from it. I want to talk to those adults about what's right and wrong. I want my stories to impact. I want my stories to be like Superman but have a bigger impact than Superman.

27:59And we're going to see that in real time. God has promised that to me and to my family and to Justin and to all those involved. And there is going to be more push back than ever. And the devil is going to try to attack and you just got to keep going and you got to keep climbing that hill and you got to not fall down. And that is the hardest part, relying on faith of something you cannot see but something that you are believing in. That is faith on fire. And I'm climbing that hill right now and there's a lot of valley to get through to get to the other side after more hills until you get to the ocean to the end.

29:00A lot of valleys, a lot of mountains that were climbing and going through. But that is what life is when you're a Christian, when you're called to walk with Christ. It is a burden to walk with Christ because the world does not love you. And there's a lot of evil in the world right now. The devil is very much at work playing a role in people's lives and weird Hollywood and you know what you watch, what you read. And we can impact that and have kids come back to truth. You know, I've learned so much this week as a father, as a husband, as an author, as a creator, as an artist.

30:05And the one thing I can take away is don't ever put others down. The words of your mouth are sharp and your words can hurt someone else and they may not hurt you. You don't know what that person's going through and you may cause them to end their life. I have learned so much with the eye stroke, with the jaw swelling, all of the health complications that have come up. I've learned a lot. As a new dad to a baby, as everyone knows, I've learned patience.

31:11I've learned how much hard work my wife goes through and I have a lot of respect for moms of what they go through because it's not easy. We say they're not working when they're taking care of the kids and there are certain things we just cannot do as fathers, as guys, as husbands. But we should not be putting them down either just because they're not wearing a suit and tie and doing all the work and you know, they are doing work. They're doing work. They're just doing work that we can't. And that's how God made it. Also, that's really taught me a lot. It's truly an adventure every day in a privilege and to watch this family grow also. I'm excited for mythical, shout out to Mike, to Blake, to the two people that prayed for me.

32:27Thanks for being on my team to my family for staying here and letting this moment happen where we can be. It can happen where we can be a difference in an impact on culture, country, people, hearts, minds and change. So we can change and learn from the past and create and pave the way for a better future. That's what I'm excited for. So the stories that you're going to see on mythical, some of them are going to be out of order because like I've been an ice stroke so I'm learning how to draw all over again. And that's not easy. So some of them are going to look really bad and some are good and that's okay. But we're going back to what works in the beginning, what's good and loved and respected and that is stories that matter.

33:36And so Fort Worth is going to be a big one that you're going to see. Like I said, it's going to be a continuation of the first Santa's rescue. And that was important in Oregon and then directly tied to that Dallas Santa's rescue, which I did when I was in Dallas. And then that crossover event that I did two years ago, three years ago. So a lot of changes from mythical coming, you're going to see a lot of books coming out that I'm bringing over to voices for voices. I'm deciding on stories I go through for certain authors if I do that as well. And so we're in talks about that because those are my original content for mythical and I really uncomfortable with people holding on to those and using those for the wrong reasons. Again, mythical is about lifting people up and we're going to bring families.

34:40We're going to bring millions of people on board to unite and not divide people until stories of hope, love and faith. Despite our differences, despite our creed and color, our gender, we all love. And that's what mythical is all about. So that is what I wanted to update people on is that's where we're at with mythical creatures. And you're going to be seeing a lot of changes coming. Thank you for staying on board for our loyal fans of 95k, if I might add. Thank you for being there in the hard times. We're going to be creating a lot of content in the coming future and it's going to be worth it.

35:41You're going to see so many projects so we're going to be doing kick starters for certain events. It's not because we don't have the production money for movies. I want to be clear. But it's because we want to do more than what we have. And so we're thinking ahead. When you see kick starters for books or comic books, if you give a dollar, you know, there's going to be tears. And a tear is going to be we're going to reward those that give with souvenir stickers or a toy or, you know, there's different things, different events, different venues that we're going to be doing. We're going to be really big in the music industry also with mythical and we're really excited to partner with some big names in the upcoming year and years to come.

36:42And with music with anything we do, we just want to be a voice and have impact. Religion aside, we want to impact people's hearts and minds with joy and love and think about how to make a change in their life and others. And I'm very excited for what happens next and where it takes us. We've had a lot of trials and tribulations for voices for voices and mythical creatures around the world and me personally David Solomon and God is rewarding that he rewards those that follow him that know him.

37:44We reap what we sow and we we are learning what we are reaping now through what we sowed in our seeds. And people have heard us and heard our cries and heard our prayers and God is going to reward that. And he also rewards people that stand on truth. And that is what we are doing is we are bringing the truth. So again, I'm excited to bring content to you. Check out Brody James and and the Christmas rescue by me, the young siren born, the dream dimensions by David Solomon, me. The search for Drake Colton by Ryan Solomon, a nine year old at the time now 10 who published his first book and wrote it. That's a pretty big accomplishment. Liberty by Amanda Solomon.

38:46That is her story, her book, phenomenal. Check it out. You don't want to miss it. Our first comic in our mythical creatures around the world series. It's called The Adiland by David Solomon. Please check it out. Look it up. It's going to be really cool to see what God brings in that journey. We bring so much the seaman by David Solomon. I wrote that in Boston. My mom did some of the editing before that. And then I went and the ending to honor her. Check it out. The nominal Santa's rescue. We're going to be republishing that. We're really excited. And then a new title to chosen ones is going to be for kids at ages seven and up really excited for it takes place in southern Oregon about God choosing this group of kids that hear him and no one else does really excited to bring that to you.

40:03Miss of Oregon. So and then turning the tides as you know is a project that we're involved in in Oregon. Agering and jazz to name a few. So we're going to be pushing. We're going to be doing a lot of content over the blue boy and the fin kitty is going to be one that we're going to push over as cannon. And there'll be some new artwork new everything just remake and model if you will. And again, we're going to be doing that canonized timeline. So everybody who follows mythical here's how it works. Every year since six years old, I've written a story.

41:04And it's going to be canonized in that year that I wrote that story. So you're going to meet all these characters and have about four hundred and fifteen novels to get through. That universe, maybe you connected with the characters I created at six. Or maybe you connect with how old they are now. We're going to watch these heroes age. We're going to watch next generations. We're going to watch future. We're going to go back to my mom and her story telling back in the eighties. We're going to see different projects emerge from different times. Including World War One in Oregon actually. And in cowboy times in Texas, biblical times, really excited for that. So, think a bit like a anthology almost to where I've created this since I was six.

42:06And I could do what Marvel's done. You know, this writer created this at six and now he's publishing it now as an adult. But I don't want to be everyone else. These characters were created for that time. And they served their purpose to bring me closer to God. And also others. I also preached my first sermon when I was ten. Because of those characters. And that's going to be brought into because people actually came legit to God. So these stories, I'm talking about the staff. One of my most famous projects that I did at youth camp. I think I was 11 at that time. People came to God through the story I did. And so we're just going to watch God work. We're going to just be mind blowing how it works.

43:07And touches generations. And I'm really excited. I'm excited for Justin because Justin gets to have this moment. I'm saddened by the people who have been lied to also with people saying they're mythical and trying to publish and embezzle money that was mine. A special shout out to Joe Trujillo for sticking in their Tyler Sexton. Mark Westaway to name a few that have been so loyal and loving to the cause. Mythical creatures around the world. Although we'll be doing fundraisers will be doing it the honest way. And not the wrong way with kick starters with go fund me for other projects. Separate from from the TV projects that we're going to be doing.

44:12RPGs are going to be a big way that we're going to hit the market. So we really want to get into the gaming environment and get Christian gamers together. So that's the update for now. And I hope everyone is just encouraged by this message on the St. Patrick's Day. And also by Easter coming up resurrection day. So being encouraged Justin. Yeah, thanks Dave for that update covering so many different areas. And again, a big shout out to all the viewers and listeners that have stuck with us from the beginning or even if you're just jumping in now. It's it's amazing what can happen when you just kind of stick stick through kind of good times, the bad times and and everything in between.

45:26And that that we are very very excited and what what what is to to come over the next months and years. And we're happy to bring you along and you know where to find us. And check out our social media pages where everywhere and of course with voices for voices TV show podcast that you're either watching or listening right now. If you can share again, you know, something that's that's free. And like follow subscribe share reach out to people in your contacts and in your phone, let them know about the work, the mythical creatures around the world is doing it will be done as well as voices for voices.

46:27It's really going to be an amazing time and it has had we have had some very very deep valleys in this in this time and just stick in. Stick into kind of the the morals and the ethics and you know having that faith is has been huge. And so I want to thank David for joining us today on on this episode to give us all those updates and given us a little peek into the future and again big shout out and thank you to those individuals that David mentioned that we're going to do things the right way. It may take a tag longer or might not, but just know that when you hear or see voices for voices, if you don't see me, it's a fraud if you don't see David with mythical creatures around the world, it's a fraud.

47:44And we're just calling it what it is because you know we're not going into other people's business to do things and and so we don't we don't believe that others should be coming into our our business and and trying to claim anything with as as it relates to mythical creatures around the world and voices for voices. Because it's just not it's just not right and and so there's going to be a lot of a lot of people there has been and still is there are people that are claiming to be you know running the organization and and you're you're looking at and you're hearing the two people that are running mythical creatures around the world and voices for voices. So if you don't see us hear us when when these projects come up when these kick starters and co fund me's.

48:50If you you know there's going to be fraudsters everywhere which we've already learned that that's something where you just have to be on the lookout for and so we're asking you to do the same thing. Please do your due diligence before you step into a project with us and make sure that it is truly a voices for voices and a mythical creatures around the world project and not a fraudster trying to make some money for for themselves. You know pay back loans that they took out and you have a Ponzi scheme or whatever the whatever may be so you're looking and you're hearing the individuals that represent mythical creatures around the world and voices for voices. So with that we want to thank David for joining us on this episode and we look forward to the the work the projects the calm and we're excited to bring you and all your friends and colleagues love ones teammates and more with with you.

50:06So thank you very much and please let's celebrate the voices of everybody and let's be a voice for ourselves or somebody else that may be in need of sharing their voice that may not be able to so we'll see you next time by everybody.