Granite Rock Now Available from E-book Sources

          

I am pleased to announce that "The Granite Rock" is available as an e-book at the following links:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-granite-rock

https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1490386309

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-granite-rock-jane-alexandra-krehbiel/1134913483?ean=2940163194391

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082DF7CV3

https://booklocker.com/books/10664.html

 

 

 

 

 

The First Interview of Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel, Following Release of "The Granite Rock"

            (My close friend Christine wanted to interview me following the release of this book)



Christine/ C :   "So I read that "The Granite Rock" is the sixth book and third novel.  Have you pretty much settled on writing novels for the foreseeable future ?

Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel/ JAK:   "Not really. I once said that I write what I think needs to be written, or needs to be said. Sometimes that takes the form of telling a personal story, or a biography, or a self help book, or a novel.  When I get a concept for a book, and it begins to take shape, it might be a novel, but it could be something else.  There are two or three other books I would like to write which would be biographies of amazing women, but I don't have enough personal information to write them. If this changed, then I might do some biographies.

C: " The book about your father, "Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey: The Life of the Explorer" was very much a biography."

JAK:    "Yes, and in a sense, "What I Learned from Daniel" was a biography not only of my youngest son Daniel, but a biographical look of our family in that period of time."

C: "So tell me about "The Granite Rock" and where that concept and those characters originated.

JAK:  "Well my family and I do spend time in Nova Scotia, and as I conveyed in "The Granite Rock", there are legends and stories, particularly about the sea. The sea is quite mysterious, even to those who are experienced with it, or who live nearby.  There is also a rock that very much resembles the rock in my book.  The genuine rock actually did act as a platform for people who were exiting sinking ships on several occasions within a few hundred years, and I thought that was fascinating.  I began to wonder if the rock could actively help people rather than passively help them, during life's hardest moments, when their own survival was at stake."  "As for the characters themselves, it has long been said that a good novelist uses everything and everyone they know in the construction of their places described, and characters that grow in their novels. These characters have features and attributes of a number of people I know, and also, of myself."

C: "So there is truth in this novel?"

JAK: "There is a lot of truth in this novel. In fact, one technique in selling the reader on believing your novel is to load it with a great deal of truth. I research or have experienced many of the things I related in this book, in one manner or another."

C: "Why did you make the husband and wife in the story a psychiatrist and a psychologist ?"

JAK:  "A good friend of mine is a psychiatrist, and I have psychologist friends also. They are often very bright, creative people who have a lot of interests. I thought it would be interesting for the couple, who most of the time are very down to Earth, to be required as a result of happenings within the story, to deal with a concept or a possibility that cannot be explained. I think that makes the story more interesting."

C:  "Are you working on another project now ?"

JAK:  "No, not yet.  It has taken me some time, since 2012, to learn the process of writing a book, or at least the process that works for me.  I get an idea, then I develop it, research it, outline it, and then I begin to write. After the initial draft there are multiple revisions and then people who read it and provide feedback.  Thus far, it takes me about a year to have the book itself ready.  Most of the time, I also have a concept idea for the cover and so either I, my daughter who is an artist and photographer, or my husband, take cover pictures.  Then once the book is out, time must be spent, no matter who you are, in promoting your efforts. The competition is fierce, even for the well established authors.  Traditionally, I have found promoting my books unnatural for me, and challenging. I need to learn to budget time and energy for it, following each project.

C: "So you are presently in the promotion phase of "The Granite Rock".

JAK:  "Yes, that and the recovery phase from all that writing and those revisions. 

C:  "Thank you for taking the time to talk. I didn't realize that you research even the novels, and that you try so hard to make them reality based.

JAK: " Well, I think of all that we have discussed, we may just never have touched on that before. Thank you for interviewing ME.  Yes, I think the greatest compliment paid to me in a recent review was that the reader wondered if "The Granite Rock" was actually true."

The Granite Rock is Released !

             
                   My third novel, and sixth book, "The Granite Rock" has been released.

Both electronic copies and softcover copies are available at the following link.

Shortly, the book and varietal electronic copies will be available on Amazon and also at fine book 

sellers, particularly online worldwide.


https://booklocker.com/books/10664.html

The Link above also does sell electronic copies.

Kindle, Kobo and all other manner of electronic versions will be available soon.
 

"The Granite Rock" Could be Released Within Ten Days

             
    

This painting is the work of Alina Ciuciu.  Alina is a painter who lives in Italy who paints many things, including very interesting painting of boats and water.  You can contact her here http://artedialina.com

  

The release of "The Granite Rock" is very close. Today, I approved the cover, and so we are very close to its release.   For those of you who don't normally read books which touch on the subject of time travel, this is a 2017 Newsweek article on the topic.  It is not as far fetched as we once thought.


Newsweek's Article on the Possibility of Time Travel to the Recent Past 

Progress on the Granite Rock

        

     This week I found the answers as to why there were some rather odd formatting difficulties with the book, that had never been an issue in prior books.  About a year ago, I began writing on some software that should have been compatible with the publishing software used by my publisher. Then I promptly forgot that I had done so.  Because the programs are very slightly different, there were some odd errors. Some paragraphs began with periods or full stops. Unusual spacing occurred at intervals.  Finally, I realized this, and the book was run through the correct software, corrected and then waits for printing.

             This is the very first book I have done which waits for its cover rather than has the cover waiting for the formatting and perhaps final corrections to be completed.  Like children, each project is slightly different.

             For me, the cover process usually goes fairly quickly, and then this project should be found in book, Kindle, Kobo or other electronic forms for you to read soon. I know that I can't wait !

              I noticed this week that Wal-Mart has all of my books electronically via Kobo.

I'll keep you posted.



 

In the Days Before the Release of the Granite Rock

                  The days weeks and months before the release of a new book are often spent similarly.    After the author finishes with all he or she planned to do with it, it goes off to an editor.  With luck, the editor wishes to make few changes, and this helps the author to perhaps gain a little confidence as the release comes closer.  Then, the book goes to be formatted.  For some reason, I did something with this book that I had never done before. I had made spaces before each sentence of dialogue, but in some places, I had allowed two spaces. This needed to be fixed. I am not sure why I did this, or why I missed this on multiple proof readings.

                    During final formatting, we can turn our attention to the cover of "The Granite Rock".   The photos for the front and back covers were taken some time ago, but the piecing together and concept for the cover itself is always a the job of a master.   These elements sit on the master's computer now. 

                    Despite the fact that this will be my sixth book, the process is always new, always a little daunting, and since I personally only publish a book a year, I do forget certain aspects of the process from year to year. There is also the issue that since each book is different, that the process for each varies just enough to keep the process a little unfamiliar, and just a bit interesting.

More About The Granite Rock

  The Granite Rock is the sixth book, and third novel of author Jane-Alexandra Krehbiel.  The book will be released via its publisher Booklocker.com and will be available in softcover and in varietal electronic forms in November, 2019.  Shortly afterward, it should be available for online purchase almost everywhere else, including worldwide markets.

             The Granite Rock is the story of a family who is very much steeped in the normal world. Jen is a clinical psychologist and her husband Sandy is a psychiatrist. The two met during her internship in clinical psychology, and during the end of his final residency year, as he occupies the role of chief resident in psychiatry at the University of Kentucky in Louisville.  Both of them live in a rather reality based world and both of them could be described as having both feet on the ground.  Over time, they fall in love, and marry as they complete their educational training obligations and enter practice in their chosen careers. 

             Although it's tough to pair two careers which have the potential to be demanding with parenting, they find their way.  They also find ways to depressurize from careers which place them each front and center in the sorrows and losses of others.

             One of the places they find to depressurize is at their summer home, where life is quite different than it is in Kentucky. In addition, Sandy cultivates his life long love of sailing which also helps him recall the closeness he enjoyed with both of his grandparents who were accomplished yachtsmen.  Sandy and Jen are also interested in the history, legends and lore of Nova Scotia, the maritime province where they not only honeymooned, but bought a vacation cottage.

            They find that Nova Scotia is also a place of legends, and that one of the places less than an hour from their summer cottage is reputed to be a site where a number of people throughout history have been reputed to have time traveled inadvertently. This is an interesting legend, though neither of them believe it.  There are other local legends that are equally as dubious.

            Eventually, the two of them are faced with such a loss that Jen actually wonders if she could time travel sufficiently to rectify what has happened to their family.  This story focuses on a family who works in the scientific and the proven, who must consider a leap of faith, the unproven, the unscientific and a plan clearly seated in the unexplained realm, if they are ever to regain the happy family life they knew before.