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.