That First Chapter "Ugh!"

Mar 30

You would think that after my 17th novel, getting started with a new manuscript would be a piece of cake...NOT1

Never Whistle in the Houe is proving to be the book I've always feared would turn up. The title came with ease. As did the synopsis, outline, and cover design. But this first chapter is proving to be one to test my metal. I've never struggled in the past to get through the first chapter let alone the first few paragraphs. But here I find myself over a week later and I've only completed the first 4 pages of Chapter 1.

I've gotten up and done jumping jacks, stood on my head for an hour, drank two gallons of coffee and the "zoom" is not there yet.

But one thing I've learned from listening to videos from experienced authors and that is: this too shall pass. I just have to be patient and then I'm confident the book will unleash itself.

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/

That First Chapter "Ugh!"

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