No More Excuses!

Mar 30

Last year I struggled to complete 5 books, one of which had a Halloween launch date. I already knew I work well under pressure but was it necessary?

Looking back in hindsight I found myself making a lot of excuses as to why I was struggling. Some valid and some silly:

1. I was working an over night shift and when I came home I slept half the night away. I would only be able to write 2 hours a day and the bulk of it was done on my two days off.

2. I changed jobs that required a grueling 5 week training program where I sometimes wouldn't get home until 10:30 pm only to be up at 5 a.m.

3. Family demands.

4. Noisy neighbors

5. My office space is too small (I know...that's the silly one lol)

But when I took a moment of pause I recall a writer's words during one of his interviews "If you think this is easy; think again!"

And it's not going to get any easier as I continue to write. The books I'm working on now are becoming more complex and is requiring me to put more work in than I have in the past. And what I've decided to do in the future is to maintain the "happy happy" feeling i have when I write. To stay focus and tune out the distractions.

But most of all I need to remember the reward at the end of the road. That wonder feeling you get when you see your book published and shared with the world!

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/

No More Excuses!

Can You Hear the Trumpets?

Okay! So I lied.