A LOVE REFRACTED IN A STREAM(2023)/ JAQUEJAW(2024) -And Some Notes of Creation concerning both works
ALRIAS, I started in 2017 - finished 2022 (with copyright) published june, 2023 - JAQUEJAW , also started in 2017- finished 2023- ALRIAS was published independently with BookBaby. JAQUEJAW (This first edition, errant, may be read free online) BookBaby did great work in terms of design of cover and formatting including the bookbinding which I find to be excellent as well. I have some issues with edits(as I edited the book myself) and will likely continue to do so- with Jaquejaw- I worked with an editing service based in New York-( freelance) which helped, but JJ is still an errant copy due to me- so I decided not to put out this version of Jaquejaw(traditionally and currently)these are my two novels so far. Jaquejaw and A Love Refracted In A Stream. With Jaquejaw , I had notes of a beginning scene with my character Benji Crudry at a campsite with youths recounting a tale, although a simillar scene present itself in that way within the Jaquejaw- these specific notes/scene did not present itself- that was the first scene I imagined- Crudry was speaking with a variety of youths around a campfire and we see what is later to be found, namely ...the Jaquejaw. Now, with A Love Refracted In A Stream, Raynold is a schizophrenic man who is addicted to drugs and alcohol and dropped out of college( a very curt snapshot). Crate, I see, as a manic depressive( although this detail is not explicitly stated) also he graduated from college(stated), and likely commits suicide at the end of the story - although this is not explicitly noted/stated.