I am very excited because it was a long process that brought us to this point. It required first lots of self-reflection on my part as well as patience in order to see the process through. But I am happy to say that I am most pleased with where we are right now.
As an artist I have always appreciated people who take the time to sit me down and explain what they think I need to do in order to make improvements. As a writer, I have always been creative with my ideas and decent with dialogue but struggle with certain particulars of the craft due to my raw background.
As a student in school I usually had no interest in English classes because I didn't care for most of the reading choices that were given to us. In fact, the only time I ever cared about a class assignment was when we got the chance to write an argumentative essay, which I usually did good on because I was always good with my research and had some clever ways of writing out my arguments.
In terms of my reading choices now and for the past several years, I prefer biographies because they move faster and because I choose to read books by people I admire or an curious about so I find myself wanting to learn more about their lives. I rarely read novels because I find many of them to be boring because they take too long to get going. You see, I'm a fan of Western and Martial Arts movies and everyone knows that such films do not waste time in terms of getting started with us knowing who is going to die in a blaze of glory at the end of the film.
So when I started writing Through Time & Eternity many years ago I had imagination, good research and clever words for dialogue but that was it. Now I realize more than ever how blessed I was to get the book published as it had been written before because in reality it was pretty bad. However, thanks to the efforts of my good friend Meg Villanueva, who is also an expert editor, I got some great feedback on some good writing concepts, which led me to want to reevaluate the story in its totality.
So as I started to proof the book yet again and that's when the artist also came out of me. I started to question some of my plot ideas as some of the previous material just didn't have the realism that I had originally intended. This also led me to go back to the religious folklore that I drew many of my ideas from. That turned to be a wise move because as I dove further into the traditions of the Nephilim I saw many great things that could help further develop the whole Angelic Conspiracy trilogy and not just Through Time & Eternity. Before I knew it I was now changing some plot ideas, which led to me to redefine some of the main characters while also adding new characters. I wish I could say more about the story but I don't want to spoil these changes for those who plan to read the updated version.
Fortunately my publishing company was most supportive of the idea and that is another reason why I love working with Crimson Cloak Publishing. To them I am not just a writer but also an artist and a person and they want me to be happy with the book as well. Aside from that I was also given a new cover to work with as well so it feels like a new start to say the least.
The first sequel is titled An Early Apocalypse and I have already made changes to that story based on the changes that were made to Through Time & Eternity. I am not worried about that book right now as we are now in full promo mode for the re-release of book one of The Angelic Conspiracy series. I am very excited to say that we have what I think is the correct version of this story. I am not afraid to admit my failings and need for refinement because life is all about learning and making ourselves better at what we do.
Finally, aside from promoting the re-release of Through Time & Eternity I have other writing projects to work on. I am finalizing my music memoir, which will be self-published on Amazon before my publisher re-releases it later. That will be an updated version that will feature many things that have happened to me in the last few months and boy will there be a lot to add! That and the fact that I will add many more pictures of things that I purposely left out of this version. After that I might explore some other literary ideas that are away from the supernatural genre in order to get a bit of a break from the world of angels and demons. But, I do have the outline of what will be the conclusion of The Angelic Conspiracy trilogy so once I get back to it I hope it won't too long to complete.
I am more than excited to say the least.
Carlos Arthur Solorzano
@csolorzano18
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