My Daily Blog

Written By Jerrimiah Stonecastle

From My Desk

February 10, 2018

Coffee & Reality

7:55 am

“ Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.”

St. Jerome

I didn't realize the easy part about being an author was the writing of the book. The hard part is all the peripheral requirements needed to make the book a success. And the money you'll waste getting there.

Then I'm reminded of the old adage "It takes money to make money"

Due Diligence

I now realized you have to do comparative shopping before you buy a design, higher and illustrator, editor, or website platform.

Now I see why successful authors have teams that handle that aspect of this business for them.

When I reach that level I will do.

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/
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