In this episode of Storyline Sessions, self-published Amazon best seller horror author Boris Bacic talks about his experience as a foreign author making a name in the US. We discussed his writing process, inspirations, plans for the future and other interesting topics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Timestamps:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
00:00 – Start<\/p>\n
00:47 – Conversation start<\/p>\n
01:05 – Serbian and Eastern European authors (self)publishing in English<\/p>\n
03:45 – Getting recognized and challenges of getting published locally<\/p>\n
06:08 – Getting trad published in The Netherlands<\/p>\n
07:30 – Publishing a children’s book<\/p>\n
09:55 – Writing different (sub)genres<\/p>\n
13:07 – Zombies and staying original while writing popular subgenres<\/p>\n
15:35 – Series vs stand-alones<\/p>\n
17:00 – Outlines, editing and the process<\/p>\n
21:22 – Creepypasta and Reddit NoSleep<\/p>\n
25:45 – Listening vs reading stories<\/p>\n
27:50 – Audio books<\/p>\n
30:05 – Building a community<\/p>\n
34:10 – Being genuine and using personal experience in writing<\/p>\n
37:05 – Iceland and northern lights, US research<\/p>\n
40:45 – Bodybuilding<\/p>\n
43:35 – Alternatives to writing horror<\/p>\n
46:15 – Co-writing a Sci-Fi horror book<\/p>\n
49:40 – Deep sea and space horror<\/p>\n
52:45 – Atmoshphere<\/p>\n
54:10 – Good horror movies<\/p>\n
58:20 – Writing good characters<\/p>\n
1:01:00 – Using local themes and locations<\/p>\n
1:02:15 – Serbian horror heritage<\/p>\n
1:05:30 – Getting his work adapted<\/p>\n
1:09:10 – Picking titles<\/p>\n
1:12:42 – Picking covers<\/p>\n
1:15:05 – What readers want<\/p>\n
1:15:55 – Lessons learned and promotion methods<\/p>\n
1:20:55 – Signed copies and issues with shipping<\/p>\n
1:22:40 – Meeting readers in the US<\/p>\n
1:23:40 – New books – domestic thrillers<\/p>\n
1:24:52 – Ambitious goals and next steps<\/p>\n
1:26:20 – Outro<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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