Jaycom Publishing is a fledgling enterprise with the goal of fostering the development of new authors and publishing their works. Jaycom Publishing will feature:

• Short stories from our growing list of writers
• A blog about CIDP (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy), a debilitating neurological disorder

Works to be published include:

• Norwegian Woods: a novel about the clash between environmentalists and builders
• A Matter of Balance: a memoir about one person’s battle with CIDP.

Further details are provided below.

Bob Smith and Paula Wright are itinerant environmental activists who are determined to stop ‘Olausson and Son Home Builders’ from developing sub-divisions that will destroy local wildlife and taint the water supply. At a rally staged by the Romney Ridge Ecological Club, Bob hurls a dead fish at Wilf Olausson and his business associate Raj Singh to protest municipal approval of Olausson’s latest sub-division ‘Norwegian Woods’. Bob lands in jail, but Olausson, influenced by his son, Bjorn, decides not to press charges. Bob is released and the stage is set for a conflict that includes environmentalists, builders, and the provincial government.

Click here or the picture below to read the first chapter.

The symptoms struck suddenly. On the morning of June 3, 2016, Jason Monas, a sixty-four year old software analyst, experienced some loss of balance and tingling in his hands and feet. Within a few short days he could no longer walk! By July 25 his legs and arms were paralyzed! Over the course of a year, he struggled to surmount both physical impairment and psychological demons.

Jason Monas was the victim of CIDP – a rare autoimmune disorder that causes paralysis and leaves up to thirty-percent of its victims wheel-chair bound. “A Matter of Balance” is his story. “A Father’s Gift to His Daughter” is an article and video on the UHN (University Health Network) about the initial stages of Mr. Monas’s battle with CIDP. We will publish an excerpt from “A Matter of Balance” later in 2017 and plan to publish the memoir in 2018.

Our blog has on-going postings about CIDP, including links to websites with further information about this debilitating disorder.