Moja 2022. ukratko

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2022. je u pravilu bila dobra godina, kako poslovno tako i privatno, ali nadam se da će u oba aspekta 2023. biti još bolja jer, ono, zašto ne.

Pročitao sam hrpu dobrih knjiga i stripova, poslušao dobrih audio knjiga i podcasta, pogledao dobrih filmova, serija, a i pokoji stand up nastup uživo.

Sa spisateljske strane, godina je bila najvećim dijelom posvećena radu na nastavku A Town Called River, radnog naslova Seasons of the River. U trenutku dok ovo pišem preostalo mi je još samo par prepravki i dodavanja, nakon kojih rukopis ide natrag urednici i započinje time konačna faza koja bi trebala – nadamo se i izdavač i ja – rezultirati objavom nastavka u rano proljeće 2023.

Osim nastavka ATCR, ove sam godine po prvi put pisao spekulativnu fikciju za njemačku publikaciju, ali o tome više kad ista bude objavljena u nekom trenutku 2023. Ovo je inače prvi put da javno spominjem taj mali projekt tako da eto, prvi ste put to ovdje čuli 😀

Morina kutija, online časopis za spekulativnu fikciju koju uređujem s Antonijom i Vesnom ove godine ne samo da je izbacila oba planirana broja (3. i 4.), već smo pokrenuli i podcast! Mora FM je mjesto na kojem pričamo o pisanju, a u trenutku dok ovo pišem, negdje smo na pola emitiranja i snimanja druge sezone, nakon što smo već čitavu prvu snimili i objavili na tjednoj bazi ovog proljeća i ljeta.

I za kraj jedna lijepa slika, svi moji objavljeni prijevodi romana za ovu godinu:

Sve najbolje svima nama u 2023! 🙂

My fanfiction story

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I’ve never been much into fanfiction. I have nothing against it, I don’t look down on people who create it and enjoy it, but I just never connected with it in a serious, significant way. That being said, fanfiction has played a role in my life, both as a writer and as a fan of multiple works of fiction. It was there from my earliest age even though I won’t actually find out there is such a thing as fanfiction until I’m in college.

The first thing I ever wrote was a fanfic.

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A Town Called River coming November 2021!

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My first novel is coming out in less than two months, courtesy of Shtriga Books. Am I excited? Oh yes.

It started with me coming up with the title after explaining to foreigners that Rijeka, the town in question and my birthplace literally means “River” in Croatian. A town called river, now that sounded cool to me. So when I went to scratch an itch and try my hand at urban fantasy, and when I decided to set it someplace that isn’t the US or UK, that title popped back up and that was it.

For a bit more about the novel and also about me, check out the interview on my publisher’s webpage.

Here’s the back copy:

Returning to his hometown of Rijeka, Croatia, to wrap things up after his grandmother’s passing, Paul gets more than he expected in terms of inheritance—way more than just a stuffy old apartment downtown. The legacy of his grandmother’s work as a krsnik—a traditional magic user tasked with keeping the thin line between the humans and the things that prey on them—falls on his shoulders, threatening to change everything he thought he knew about life, the city he left behind so long ago, and himself. As the line keeps getting thinner, it’ll soon be up to Paul, with help from some unexpected (and witchy) places, to prove worthy of his legacy while fighting for the city’s humanity, and trying not to lose his own along the way.

Here’s the cover by the amazing Korina Hunjak.

So pretty *.*

ATCR will be available in e-pub and print on demand from this November. There will be a chance to pre-order in late October, more info on that as I get it. Meanwhile, you can find the book on Storygraph and Goodreads.