AUTHOR INTERVIEW
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First Section
1. What is your name, where were you born and where do you live now?
2. Did you always want to be a writer? If not what did you want to be?
3. When did you first consider yourself as a "writer"?
4. Did it take a long time to get your first book published?
5. Do you work another job as well as your writing work?
6. What is the name of your latest book, and if you had to summarize it in less than 20 words what would you say?
7. Who is your publisher? or do you self-publish?
8. Do you have a "lucky charm" or "lucky routine" you follow when waiting for your book to be accepted by a publisher?
9. How long does it usually take you to write a book, from the original idea to finishing writing it?
10.Which of your books were easier/harder to write than the others?
11. What can we expect from you in the future? ie More books of the same genre? Books of a different genre?
12. Do you have plans for a new book? Is this book part of a series?
13. What genre would you place your books into?
14. What made you decide to write that genre of book?
15. Do you have a favorite out of the books you have written? If so why is it your favorite?
16. Do you have a favorite character from your books? and why are they your favorite?
17. If you had to choose to be one of your characters in your book/books which would you be? and why?
18.How long have you been writing? And who or what inspired you to write?
19. Where do you get your book plot ideas from?What/Who is your inspiration?
20. Do you have a certain routine you have for writing? ie You listen to music, sit in a certain chair?
21. Do you have anybody read your books and give you reviews before you officially release them?ie. Your partner, children, friends, reviewers you know?
22. Do you gift books to readers to do reviews?
23. Do you read all the reviews of your book/books?
24. What was the toughest/best review you have ever had?
25. How much input did you have on the cover?
25. How much input did you have on the cover?
26. How do you come up with the Title and Cover Designs for your book/books?Who designed the Cover of your books?
27. Do you choose a title first, or write the book then choose the title?
28. How do you come up with characters names and place names in your books?
29. Are character names and place names decided after their creation? or do you pick a character/place name and then invent them?
30. Do you decide on character traits (ie shy, quiet, tomboy girl) before writing the whole book or as you go along?
31. Do you basic plot/plan for your book, before you actually begin writing it out? Or do you let the writing flow and see where it takes the story?
32. How do you market/promote your books?
33. What do you think makes a book a really good/bestseller?
34. Have you ever suffered from a "writer's block"? What did you do to get past the "block"?
35. What do you do to unwind and relax? Do you have a hobby?
36. Have you ever based characters on people you know or based events on things that have happened to you?
37. Are there any hidden messages or morals contained in your books? (Morals as in like Aesops Fables type of "The moral of this story is..")
38. Is there a certain Author that influenced you in writing?
39. Which format of book do you prefer, ebook, hardback, or paperback?
40. What is your favorite book and Why? Have you read it more than once?
41. Do you think books transfer to movies well? Which is your favorite/worst book to movie transfer?
42. What are you currently reading? Are you enjoying it? What format is it?(ebook, hardback or paperback)
43. Do you think ebooks will ever totally replace printed books?
44. Do you think children at schools these days are encouraged enough to read? and/or do Imaginative, writing?
45. Did you read a lot at school and write lots of stories or is being a writer something newer in your life?
46. Did you have a favorite author as a child?
47.Do you have a treasured book from your childhood? If yes, what is it?
48. Do you have a favorite genre of book?
49. Is there a book you know you will never read? Or one you tried to read but just couldn't finish?
50. Are there any New Authors you are interested in for us to watch out for? and Why should we watch out for them?
51. Is there anything in your book/books you would change now if you could and what would it be?
52. What do you think about book trailers?
53. What piece of advice would you give to a new writer?
54. Do you or would you ever use a pen name?
55. If you could invite three favorite writers to dinner, who would you invite and enjoy chatting with?
Dual Author Questions
1. How does the writing process work with two authors?
2. Do you ever disagree on the direction of a character or the plot?
3. Do you market the book any differently with it having two authors?
4. Do you write alone as a sole author of a book too? If so which do you enjoy most?
5. How do you decide who writes which part of the book?
6. If there's a disagreement, say about plot, title, cover etc how do you solve it?
7. Do you enjoy writing with another author more than writing alone?
8. How do you find your perfect author partner to write with?
9. Who decides which name goes first on the book?
10. Do you get together in the same room to do the writing or is it all done via computers?
50 Good Questions to Ask an Author
- What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
- What is the first book that made you cry?
- What is the most unethical practice in the publishing industry?
- Does writing energize or exhaust you?
- What are common traps for aspiring writers?
- Does a big ego help or hurt writers?
- What is your writing Kryptonite?
- Have you ever gotten reader’s block?
- Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym?
- Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
- Do you think someone could be a writer if they don’t feel emotions strongly?
- What other authors are you friends with, and how do they help you become a better writer?
- Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
- If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?
- How did publishing your first book change your process of writing?
- What was the best money you ever spent as a writer?
- What authors did you dislike at first but grew into?
- What did you do with your first advance?
- What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?
- What are the most important magazines for writers to subscribe to?
- What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
- How do you balance making demands on the reader with taking care of the reader?
- As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
- What do you owe the real people upon whom you base your characters?
- How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
- What does literary success look like to you?
- What’s the best way to market your books?
- What kind of research do you do, and how long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
- Do you view writing as a kind of spiritual practice?
- What’s the most difficult thing about writing characters from the opposite sex?
- How long were you a part-time writer before you became a full-time one?
- How many hours a day do you write?
- What period of your life do you find you write about most often? (child, teenager, young adult)
- What did you edit out of this book?”
- Have you read anything that made you think differently about fiction?
- What are the ethics of writing about historical figures?
- How do you select the names of your characters?
- If you didn’t write, what would you do for work?
- Do you read your book reviews? How do you deal with bad or good ones?
- Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
- What was your hardest scene to write?
- Do you Google yourself?
- What one thing would you give up to become a better writer?
- What are your favorite literary journals?
- What is your favorite childhood book?
- What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?
- Does your family support your career as a writer?
- If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
- How long on average does it take you to write a book?
- Do you believe in writer’s block? (DO NOT ask whether they’ve had writer’s block).
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