How I Came to start writing/ The Birth of Eddie James

How I Came to start writing/ The Birth of Eddie James

A Story by James Beksha
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This is where you'll learn not only about my main charactor. But myself as it's writer and Creator.

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My name is James Edward Beksha, and I'm a 51yr old gentleman living in Massachusetts.
I have a learning disability and A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder)
I've had many jobs in real life up until 1991 When I was diagnoised with A.D.D.
Back in 1985 I was in a garage band as a singer I was good, just not great after that audition. We had 3 other members besides myself and two of them were also named Jim.
Excluding the bass player who's name was Jim, we also had a drummer we all nicknamed J.R. for his name.
I though dropped my last name and switched my first and middle name and created from there Eddie James.
So as Eddie James would be Rock n Roll singer retired from that ambition.

It wouldn't be until Febuary 3rd 1991 that I took a pen and scibbled Eddie James name on a pad of paper thinking to myself "Why not take this name I created back then and make him a fictional character like Spencer (Robert B. Parkers Private Eye) So I began from there.
I did so many re-writes over the years trying to create "The Case Of The En-Slaved Souls"
I created a love interest, an Uncle, an Identical twin brother, a Cousin, a sidekick, an imformer, and a villian.
I read countless writer magazines to prefect a diffrent kind of book manuscript people would read and say to themselves "Wow this is very good" 

Back in 2004 I did 2 things The first was I sent my finished my book manuscript along with my original character names to The Library Of Congress to be copy written and yes I do have the copy writes.
And 2nd I sent a short story excert entitled " A Bikers Dream When Eddie Met Lori-Ann to The Romance with Attitude people so they could use it in their Spicey Thrills Managazine. (I made $25 also for the sale too)

Now some years later I still have the finished book manuscript unpublished.
I really wanted to have it published back in 2008 before my daughter graduated High School but sadly that didnt happen.
So now in 2012 I have the creative burning hotter to get it published.
I want to see my book with my name in a book store shelf for others to see.
And I want to show all my nah sayers that there I did it I set out to be something you told me I was wasting my time in doing.

© 2012 James Beksha


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James Beksha

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Well, I'm 51yrs old I Have spent the last 20yrs completing my first Manuscript "The Case Of The En-Slaved Souls" In 2004 I sent a copy of it to washington D.C. to the Library of congress and do have .. more..

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