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.

Timestamps:

00:00 – Start

00:47 – Conversation start

01:05 – Serbian and Eastern European authors (self)publishing in English

03:45 – Getting recognized and challenges of getting published locally

06:08 – Getting trad published in The Netherlands

07:30 – Publishing a children’s book

09:55 – Writing different (sub)genres

13:07 – Zombies and staying original while writing popular subgenres

15:35 – Series vs stand-alones

17:00 – Outlines, editing and the process

21:22 – Creepypasta and Reddit NoSleep

25:45 – Listening vs reading stories

27:50 – Audio books

30:05 – Building a community

34:10 – Being genuine and using personal experience in writing

37:05 – Iceland and northern lights, US research

40:45 – Bodybuilding

43:35 – Alternatives to writing horror

46:15 – Co-writing a Sci-Fi horror book

49:40 – Deep sea and space horror

52:45 – Atmoshphere

54:10 – Good horror movies

58:20 – Writing good characters

1:01:00 – Using local themes and locations

1:02:15 – Serbian horror heritage

1:05:30 – Getting his work adapted

1:09:10 – Picking titles

1:12:42 – Picking covers

1:15:05 – What readers want

1:15:55 – Lessons learned and promotion methods

1:20:55 – Signed copies and issues with shipping

1:22:40 – Meeting readers in the US

1:23:40 – New books – domestic thrillers

1:24:52 – Ambitious goals and next steps

1:26:20 – Outro

You can find Boris at https://www.instagram.com/author.boris.bacic/ and https://www.authorborisbacic.com/

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