Author Archives: Jay Vielle

Hey Cataclysm Fans– Well, Book 3–“First Months After”–is finished (in draft form at least)! There will be a period for editing, polishing, and then eventually publishing–but the goal is to have it out on Amazon in August in both Kindle and paperback formats. This is a small “teaser” to let you know what to expectContinue reading “BOOK 3: FIRST MONTHS AFTER- TEASER”

Hey Cataclysm Fans– First, a small celebration as the first published book of the Cataclysm Series– “First Days After” has cracked Amazon’s “Hot 100” sellers, entering at #67 for Post-Apocalyptic Fiction. Here’s hoping it’s the first of many such statistics to come! Next– progress on Book 3, “First Months After” is coming along nicely. I’mContinue reading “Book 3: “First Months After” currently in Progress”

Who is this guy, and what business does he have starting his own blog? Let’s start with the covid-19 shutdown in March. Things in Maryland are changing drastically and quickly. Schools are shutting down. Towns are shutting down. People are making mad dashes to the store to buy reams of toilet paper. Hand sanitizer goesContinue reading “HOW DID THIS ALL BEGIN?”

Where did the idea(s) for the characters come from? Well, the old adage is “write what you know.” In the case of characters, that would be “write who you know”–or whom you know–for the grammar junkies. So to start from scratch, I started with what I saw every day: my family, my work friends, andContinue reading “CHARACTERS: FROM CLAY TO SCULPTURE”

How I decided where to put my fictional high school and where the adventures of Jake Fisher and his friends would take place. HUNTER’S RUN HIGH SCHOOL— Obviously not a real place–in fact, at the time of this blog, there are no high schools in Emmitsburg at all… but I definitely had some schools inContinue reading “SETTINGS: EMMITSBURG, DC, & VIRGINIA”