A Writer Needs Five Hands

Mar 31

And An Army

I often wonder how do authors manage to write, design, edit, network, tweet, Instagram, Facebook, work on YouTube channel, market, respond to email, manage their book group, review other authors books, and blog in one day. I think it is very unlikely that they do it all in one day.

And if they are still working a full time job like I am, it is impossible!

I tried to do it on one of my days off from work. I got as far as responding to emails (46), managing my Facebook page, designing my next book draft and responding to LinkedIn notifications and messages.

Oh I did manage to fit in one meal with 4 cups of coffee!

Now I see why some Authors have a team of editors, proofers, illustrators, and God knows who else on their team. When I draft a general outline for a book, that takes me a minimum of four hours to complete. The outline of the individual chapter's can take weeks depending on the size of the book. The reason why is because I've found from my past books, with a thorough outline, writing the book becomes quick and painless.

So the point I'm making is that just one facet of the writing to publish process takes up a lot of time. That is why I find it amazing that proponents of "what it takes to be a great writer", who suggest tweeting or blogging daily, are actually able to do so. If they are, I suspect they are either writing full time and only getting 1.5 hours sleep per day.

Stonecastle Publications

"Throwing Stones At a Glass House”

Jerrimiah Stonecastle

Born and raised in the slums of New York, he was raised by a single mom who earned her Master's in Early Childhood Development while working as a teacher's aide. She sent young Jerrimiah to the prestigious Power Memorial Academy for Boys, the Alma mater of NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He worked part-time after school to help his mom pay for his tuition.

He declined a full scholarship from Concordia University and joined the US Army and became a combat medic. He returned to New York upon his discharge where he was hired by the NYC Chief Medical Examiner’s Office as a medical stenographer.

In 1982 he joined the New York City Police Department. In 1983 he was recruited by the Organized Crime Control Bureau (OCCB) as an undercover officer in their narcotics division. He finished out his career as a detective assigned to the Bronx Homicide Task Force.

When he retired in 2002, he relocated to Florida to pursue his passion for writing. After hundreds of rejection letters and reading Amanda Hocking's story, he decided to self-publish his own works. In 2016 he formed Stonecastle Publications LLC and has published 30 books so far. He has an additional 400 fiction and nonfiction novels in draft form in his company's literary vault.

On October 31, 2018, He launched his first horror novel "FRANKENSTINA" and released the sequel "FRANKENSTINA REBORN" on Halloween 2019. There are two more books in the horology.

On March 7, 2023, he received the Literary Titan Book Award for the apocalyptic thriller "A Flash of Light".

Stonecastle Publications LLC

"Throwing Stones At a Glass House"

https://jerrimiahstonecastle.org/

A Writer Needs Five Hands

And An Army

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