An Interview with B.A. Bellec - Author of Someone’s Story

B.A. Bellec’s debut novel, Someone’s Story, won the Reader Views Reader’s Choice Literary Award for Young Adult Book of the Year. Someone’s Story is a young adult coming-of-age book and has seen good support over Instagram, YouTube, and Goodreads. One of the aspects that makes Bellec’s projects unique is he includes musicians in his novels and then he actually produces the songs as his book goes through the editing stages.

Bellec was born in Richmond, BC, and raised in Langley, BC, before settling in Winnipeg, MB. His first adventure was a career in Finance, where he spent 15 years developing his business skills. His highest achievement was the Certified Payroll Manager designation. He currently still consults with businesses on their systems and processes. Over that period of time, he also attended Lights Film School where he started to nurture his early creative abilities. 

A self-starter always interested in research, he taught himself many of the aspects of storytelling through reading books, screenplays, and material online. Whenever he found an inspirational piece of art, he quickly went to the source to find the story behind the artist who created the work. It took many years after attending film school for him to finally combine his creative skills with his life experience and tell these stories he had been holding back. Some of his favorite creative people: Lukas Rossi, Justin Furstenfeld, Peter Jackson, Stephen Chbosky, J.K. Rowling, and Stephen King. 

During COVID-19, Bellec started a YouTube channel and was awarded a grant from The Canada Council for the Arts. He also pounded away on the keyboard to bring his second novel, Pulse, from his imagination to the page. He can’t wait to release that book along with the new songs that will go with it!

For more information about B.A. Bellec and his works visit his website at www.babellec.com.

Topics of Conversation

• About Someone's Story and the inspiration behind the book.
• Putting your story out and the editing process
• Publishing during a pandemic
• Creating an anonymous character as the lead protagonist
• Incorporating Music into the story
• Marketing during a pandemic
• Blonde roast anyone?
• What's next for BA Bellec?

CONNECT WITH B.A. BELLEC!

Website: https://babellec.com/ 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BABellecsProductionStudio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ba_bellec 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/b_bellec 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/babellec