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