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Mar 31

As the book moves forward I have several purposes in this second chapter.

1. To show the abandonment of Gaberdeen by her father.

2. To show the love that Aunt Carol and Uncle Robert showered on her.

3. Her accelerated growth.

4. I introduce Judge Jedediah Bromel, affectionately known as "The Hanging Judge"

This second chapter was endanger of slowing in my opinion, so to spice it up (at the suggestion of my editor...yes I give Joel Hinrichs credit for this one...he did what a good editor does) I moved up showing the first sign of the evil that was growing in Gaberdeen when she was only two years of age.

I also needed to establish a pattern of mental and physical abuse by returning Gaberdeen to her father and showing her first experience with interacting with other kids.

The chapter ends on a note that makes the reader want to turn to see what happens next.

Jerrimiah Stonecastle

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/

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