Can You Hear the Trumpets?

Mar 30

On November 2, 2019 I started the character list for the above named novel. This book is going to be a spiritual thriller (I think I just created a new genre lol). The main character is a 13-year-old Jewish boy named Joel who just had his bar mitzvah. He is given a special gift during the celebration by his bubbe (grandmother). It is a shofar, a horn that was handed down to his family through generations.

The story starts out in New York City but ends up on the high seas of the Atlantic Ocean.

I finished the 11 chapter outline on November 10th, but after entering chapter 2, I became convinced that the book was going to be a lot longer than anticipated. Already smaller events are taking on a more essential role in providing a more impact to later chapters.

I was hoping to make a Christmas launch date but, because I don't know squat about boats and (dare I say it) I've never been on a cruise before, I'm wearing out my Google and friends ears.

The other thing that will make me miss a Christmas launch is the fact that I can't turn my brain off. While working on this book, two new books popped in my head. "School Bus 533" popped in my head during a dream on November 22 at 5:33 a.m. I reached over, almost falling out the bed from a sleep induced stupor, grabbed my iPhone and immediately put in the entries for the book in the notes app. (I learned my lesson from a couple of years ago when a book came to me while I was at work and didn't write down the notes. Got busy with life and *POOF* gone forever). Then, on November 26, I was watching a movie and a random commercial came on. There was an image in it that made me come up a new horror called "The Path"

Now if I can put on my blinders and focus, I might be able to release this book by January and the other two book by Valentines day (I really should stop smoking crack lol)

Wish me luck!

"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/

Can You Hear the Trumpets?

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