DISCLAIMER: Unfortunately, this was the best audio I could salvage from my talk with Bryan as there were some sound issues. I decided to publish the conversation because I think it was great and it would be a shame for you not to hear it. It’s listenable, but just wanted to put a disclaimer out because this isn’t the norm. Hope you’ll still give it a chance!

In this episode of Storyline Sessions, the author of SciFi/Fantasy novel The Forsaken Planet Bryan Wilson talks about how he managed to complete his debut novel after 20 years, his influences, experience with the writing community, the sequel The Son of the Prophets and many more interesting topics.

Bryan’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/bryan.wilson.author/

Timestamps:

00:00 – Start/Disclaimer

00:56 – Conversation start

01:24 – Landing on the series name (Power of the Stars)

01:56 – Second book cover reveal and thoughts on book art

06:31 – 20 years in the making

09:05 – The story evolution

10:11 – YA vs Adult fiction

12:18 – Influences

16:11 – Prologues

18:38 – Info-dumping

22:45 – Writing process and pace

26:22 – Beta readers

28:32 – Dealing with perfectionism

32:24 – Construction business, local community and writing

35:03 – Fan interactions and dealing with reviews

40:08 – The indie writing community and working with other authors

44:40 – Promoting his work

47:30 – Crowdfunding and audience connection

50:58 – Adaptations, The Wheel of Time, The Rings of Power

56:58 – Future plans for the Power of the Stars series

59:46 – Outro

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