In this episode of Storyline Sessions, bestselling author and winner of the Firebird Book Award, Pinnacle Achievement Award, and runner-up Page Turner Award winner Starr Z. Davies talks about the launch of her new book – Stormvalor: A Noblebright Fantasy (Divica Stormborn Chronicles Book 1) that marks her genre shift from dystopian fiction to epic fantasy.<\/p>\n
Find Starr Here: https:\/\/www.starrzdavies.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Watch on YouTube – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@StorylineSessions<\/a><\/p>\n Follow Storyline Sessions Podcast on Instagram – https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/storyline.sessions\/<\/a><\/p>\n Listen to Storyline Sessions on Spotify or Deezer – https:\/\/taplink.cc\/storyline.sessions<\/a><\/p>\n Riverside.fm<\/a> affiliate link (I receive a recurring commission with no additional cost to you): https:\/\/www.riverside.fm\/?via=marko<\/a><\/p>\n Timestamps:<\/p>\n 00:00 – Start<\/p>\n 00:47 – Conversation start<\/p>\n 01:20 – How does this release feel different from the others?<\/p>\n 02:10 – Marketing vs Writing<\/p>\n 02:50 – Beta readers, initial reviews and changing the ending<\/p>\n 04:18 – Making the first book feel more than just a setup for sequels<\/p>\n 07:00 – Difference in writing and worldbuilding process between genres<\/p>\n 08:28 – Deciding to shift genres<\/p>\n 10:18 – From YA to adult<\/p>\n 12:04 – THE CHARACTER ASSASIN – letting go of your characters<\/p>\n 16:24 – Surprising yourself and choosing the POV for your story<\/p>\n 18:20 – Organized chaos and worldbuilding<\/p>\n 20:40 – MAPS!<\/p>\n 23:10 – Naming characters<\/p>\n 24:30 – How to be a prolific writer and stick to a schedule?<\/p>\n 28:38 – Writing awards<\/p>\n 33:22 – Finding the right artrwork<\/p>\n 36:34 – Kickstarter process and crowdsourcing<\/p>\n 40:55 – Audiobooks<\/p>\n 44:32 – Self publishing vs Trad vs AI<\/p>\n 48:05 – Building your audience<\/p>\n 50:15 – What would you do differently if this was your first series?<\/p>\n 53:02 – Future plans<\/p>\n 55:16 – Outro<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this episode of Storyline Sessions, bestselling author and winner of the Firebird Book Award, Pinnacle Achievement Award, and runner-up Page Turner Award winner Starr Z. Davies talks about the launch of her new book – Stormvalor: A Noblebright Fantasy (Divica Stormborn Chronicles Book 1) that marks her genre shift from dystopian fiction to epic…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":389036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[673],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storyline-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/podcast.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}