In this episode of Storyline Sessions, Nebula award-nominated author R.R. Virdi talks about his upcoming book The Doors of Midnight, a sequel to The First Binding, using myths and legends as inspiration, his experience with trad publishing and many more interesting topics.

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Timestamps:

00:00 – Start

00:45 – Conversation start

00:55 – Reactions to The First Binding

03:40 – Working on the sequel

04:52 – Using mythology in writing – South Asia, Silk Road and beyond

12:00 – Meta layer – storytelling in storytelling

14:36 – Clues and breadcrumbs – foreshadowing

16:52 – POVs

18:35 – Mixing multiple timelines

22:20 – Writing with ADHD

22:47 – Surprising yourself

24:25 – Urban fantasy vs epic fantasy – different influences

27:46 – Writing to market and different genres

32:41 – Lengthy books and „purple prose“ vs editors

41:09 – Using appendix and how books change on re-reads

43:24 – Creating maps

45:34 – Cover art and different book editions

47:56 – Trad publishing vs indie

51:20 – Getting paid as an artist

57:46 – Advice for younger/starting writers

01:02:00 – Teasing The Doors of Midnight

01:03:32 – Outro