In this episode of Storyline Sessions, internationally best-selling author and the host of The Greatest Podcast in the Multiverse Herman Herman Steuernagel talks about his 10th novel The Bartender Between Worlds, changing genres in writing, experience with podcasting and much more.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Start

01:05 - Conversation start

01:16 - The power of podcasting and building a writing community

05:20 - If he was starting now, what would he do differently

07:27 - Why Sci-Fi?

08:42 - Switching from YA to adult fiction

09:55 - Using tropes in writing

11:12 - Switching genres

14:20 - Why did cozy fantasy get popular?

16:05 - Introducing The Bartender Between Worlds

18:18 - The appeal of standalone novels

20:42 - Herman's writing process

24:16 - (Not) using beta readers

25:31 - Experience with editors

26:55 - Dropping two books at the same time

30:14 - Audience feedback, reviews and getting into libraries

33:44 - Trying Kickstarter and promoting your work

37:31 - Audiobooks

38:47 - Getting the right cover art

41:52 - Authors doing their own marketing

44:09 - Trends in fantasy

46:35 - Exploring the multiverse

48:31 - In a parallel world, how would a different decision affect your life?

52:03 - Cocktail recommendation

53:00 - Outro