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Roy Bright
Hi Ron.
The 3rd book is now in copy edit stage and with my copy editor. We have it flagged for completion by 16th July. This may happen sooner, depending on how much editing is actually needed. The 3rd and final chapter in the saga is the longest yet at a pre-edit count of 147,500 words (give or take).
Should all go well, I am hoping it will be out no later than 13th August.
Thanks very much for your question and for becoming a part of the family :)
I very much hope you will enjoy reading the final instalment, as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Warmest Regards
Roy Bright
The 3rd book is now in copy edit stage and with my copy editor. We have it flagged for completion by 16th July. This may happen sooner, depending on how much editing is actually needed. The 3rd and final chapter in the saga is the longest yet at a pre-edit count of 147,500 words (give or take).
Should all go well, I am hoping it will be out no later than 13th August.
Thanks very much for your question and for becoming a part of the family :)
I very much hope you will enjoy reading the final instalment, as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Warmest Regards
Roy Bright
Roy Bright
At this moment, I am working on the final edits of the 2nd novel, Judas: The Relic. Pretty much reviewing the copy edits from my editor and into the final stages of that.
Once we have finished with that, I will begin work on the 3rd and final installment in the series. I won't mention the title here, as that would be a HUGE spoiler.
Once we have finished with that, I will begin work on the 3rd and final installment in the series. I won't mention the title here, as that would be a HUGE spoiler.
Roy Bright
I tend to listen to a lot of dramatic music on youtube. Artists such as 'Two Steps from Hell, Audiomachine and Immediate Music and their lavish and awe-inspiring soundtracks really force ideas together within my mind, especially for the large action sequences.
Roy Bright
The embryonic idea for Judas started many, many years ago.
I was watching a movie about a very famous Vampire and within the context of the movie it was suggested that said antagonist in question was Judas Iscariot who had been punished for the betrayal of Christ and had formed into the twisted creature of the plot. Whilst the movie was mediocre (at best), I actually found that notion of Judas walking the earth for two thousand years (give or take) absolutely fascinating.
Having mused over the idea for a while (thinking it was actually the coolest thing the movie had thrown up) I eventually shelved it and put it to the back of my mind so to speak. At this point I should tell you that prior to writing my first paragraph of the story a close friend had, very kindly, given me the book, ‘On Writing’ by the legend himself, Mr Stephen King, to fire up a little inspiration in my belly. Something inside the early pages of that book really sprang out at me and made me realise that a lot of writers begin their work because of (how Mr King had put it) an ‘infusion’ of ideas. What he basically meant was they have an idea, an embryo in their mind and it takes a second idea, a catalyst so to speak to explode the two (or more) together and give them life and a reason to begin writing. Well, my first inspiration came from the movie and the notion that Judas was punished and walked the earth etc. etc. etc. My second idea embryo came from a piece of music.
Around eight months prior to starting work on the book, I became hooked on a band called Within Temptation, more so by one particular song, the song in question…’What Have You Done’ also featuring the vocal talents of Mr Keith Caputo. The song is about one or both of the singers (protagonists) engaging in an affair and the subsequent fallout (hence the ‘What have you done’ part). For me, like many people who listen to a song where its meaning to them, can be completely different to what it is actually about, a secondary understanding was garnered from those lyrics and I immediately began thinking of my Judas idea and of him walking the earth, not as a Vampire, oh no, but as a tortured man, punished for all eternity for what he had done to Jesus Christ. The song itself is so epic, so huge, so movie metal-like, that I began forming a movie-type reel in my mind to this soundtrack, a sort of 'movie-music-video' if you will. The engaging and dramatic production moments in the song started to really push my ideas together and bring a semblance of life to my character. I had something, I knew it, but I didn’t know what the hell to do with it.
I spoke to some family members and close friends about the idea, told them what my basic, and I mean very basic, plot synopsis was and they all agreed that I should put pen-to-paper, so to speak and transfer the idea into a novel. I smirked, no in fact, guffawed as I had never undertaken a writing project so huge, so frightening in my life. That is where my good friend, Google came into play and a search for 'how do I write a novel'.
I was watching a movie about a very famous Vampire and within the context of the movie it was suggested that said antagonist in question was Judas Iscariot who had been punished for the betrayal of Christ and had formed into the twisted creature of the plot. Whilst the movie was mediocre (at best), I actually found that notion of Judas walking the earth for two thousand years (give or take) absolutely fascinating.
Having mused over the idea for a while (thinking it was actually the coolest thing the movie had thrown up) I eventually shelved it and put it to the back of my mind so to speak. At this point I should tell you that prior to writing my first paragraph of the story a close friend had, very kindly, given me the book, ‘On Writing’ by the legend himself, Mr Stephen King, to fire up a little inspiration in my belly. Something inside the early pages of that book really sprang out at me and made me realise that a lot of writers begin their work because of (how Mr King had put it) an ‘infusion’ of ideas. What he basically meant was they have an idea, an embryo in their mind and it takes a second idea, a catalyst so to speak to explode the two (or more) together and give them life and a reason to begin writing. Well, my first inspiration came from the movie and the notion that Judas was punished and walked the earth etc. etc. etc. My second idea embryo came from a piece of music.
Around eight months prior to starting work on the book, I became hooked on a band called Within Temptation, more so by one particular song, the song in question…’What Have You Done’ also featuring the vocal talents of Mr Keith Caputo. The song is about one or both of the singers (protagonists) engaging in an affair and the subsequent fallout (hence the ‘What have you done’ part). For me, like many people who listen to a song where its meaning to them, can be completely different to what it is actually about, a secondary understanding was garnered from those lyrics and I immediately began thinking of my Judas idea and of him walking the earth, not as a Vampire, oh no, but as a tortured man, punished for all eternity for what he had done to Jesus Christ. The song itself is so epic, so huge, so movie metal-like, that I began forming a movie-type reel in my mind to this soundtrack, a sort of 'movie-music-video' if you will. The engaging and dramatic production moments in the song started to really push my ideas together and bring a semblance of life to my character. I had something, I knew it, but I didn’t know what the hell to do with it.
I spoke to some family members and close friends about the idea, told them what my basic, and I mean very basic, plot synopsis was and they all agreed that I should put pen-to-paper, so to speak and transfer the idea into a novel. I smirked, no in fact, guffawed as I had never undertaken a writing project so huge, so frightening in my life. That is where my good friend, Google came into play and a search for 'how do I write a novel'.
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