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After I got this gig writing for JR, I sent him a list of questions I had regarding his book. In order to give you a "behind the scenes" look at this novel, I thought I would delve into his emails and discuss that very topic with him.

Question: How did you come to write this novel? What was the first thing that got you to thinking about this plot line?

Answer: I don't know if other authors do this or not, but when I create characters, I try to create a unique human being in my mind's eye. Covering everything from physical traits to clothing they would wear, verbal slang, music they like and so on.

 

I was in my car one day running some errands. I had Jonny Lang's CD, "Wander This World" playing and was listening to the title track. The lyrics paint a picture of a man that feels alone and is homeless. Exhausted both physically, emotionally and hope in short supply. I began to "see" a character in my mind's eye that would feel this way. I could literally envision the character, Nicholas Fontenot walking in time with this song on the streets somewhere in middle America. Feeling desperate and tormented. That's when the creative juices start flowing.


 

I think the lyric that grabbed me most in that song was, "Even God has lost track of my soul." It's a very lonely, hopeless feeling to really feel that way. The story of "The Long Road to Extradition" was born from that song.

 

My hat's off to Jonny Lang. He introduced me to Nicholas Fontenot.

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I encourage readers to listen to this song. It's very interesting to see how JR crafted a novel from this song. The links provided for Jonny Lang's music is a free listen.

 

Til Next Time-

 

The Freelance Writer

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Comment by Stephen L. Brayton on March 25, 2011 at 11:19am
That's the way it happens sometime. I conceived the idea for Night Shadows after listening to a radio show. They discussed shadow creatures and I thought, "What if the shadows started killing people?" The plot took off from there.

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