Hello Authors,
For this author interview opportunity, we would like you to choose between 5 and 8 author interview questions from the list below. Choose different themed questions to allow readers to get to know you better. This builds loyalty. You also want to give your readers a look inside your writing, past, current, future projects, and personality.
It’s best to answer the questions from your heart and give readers a reason to go out and purchase your book! We suggest answers that are at least a few sentences, and it’s essential to be yourself.
Submitted author interviews are handled on a ‘first to arrive’ basis and will post on our website within seven days. Make sure you send a hi-res image of your book and or author’s picture, bio, and any other image that might be relevant for this opportunity.
If you would like to film an interview and have it promoted, we will be glad to do so on our YouTube Channel.
If you have any questions and to submit your author interview questions and answers, email author@stressfreebookmarketing.com
Author Interview Topics
CURRENT PROJECT:
Tell me about your latest book and why you wrote it?
How long did it take you to write this book?
What is your work schedule like when you’re writing?
What kind of challenges did you come up against while you were writing?
What was your biggest challenge in publishing and launching your book?
What did you edit out of this book?
What do you hope to accomplish now that your book is out?
Where can we purchase your book? You can answer this question within your bio if you would like.
AUTHOR RELATED QUESTIONS:
Where do you get the information or ideas for your book from?
When did you write your first book and how old were you?
When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?
What advice would you give other authors who are just starting out?
What kind of feedback have you received on your writing?
Can you attribute your writing skills to any teacher you have had in the past?
Does writing energize or exhaust you?
What is the most difficult part of your artistic process?
Does ego help or hurt writers?
Do you believe in writer’s block?
Do you have any friends who are authors and have they helped you in any way?
If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would that be?
Has publishing your first book change your process of writing?
What was the best money you ever spent as a writer?
How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
Have you read anything that made you think differently about fiction?
How do you select the names of your characters?
How many hours a day do you write?
Have you written about a specific period in your life and why is that important?
Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
What was your hardest scene to write?
Have you read any of your own book reviews? How do you deal with challenging feedback?
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 kind of research do you do, and how long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
What’s the most difficult thing about writing characters from the opposite sex?
Do you have any tips for first-time authors?
Did you write stories when you were a kid?
Can you describe the moment when you decided to write a book?
What does literary success look like to you?
How long does it take you to write a book?
Is there any place in the world you would love to travel and write a book?
Have you ever used beta readers to provide honest feedback?
PERSONAL QUESTIONS:
What is something you cannot live without?
As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
Does your family support your career as a writer?
Have you been inspired by any teachers in your life and why?
What could you have done as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult?
What would you like readers to know about you?
What’s your favorite line from any movie?
If you could go back in time and give yourself some advice what would that be and would you have listened?
What is the best thing you have done in your life so far?
What are your favorite hobbies?
What item, that you don’t have already, would you most like to own?
If you could visit any place in the world where would you choose to go?
If you could time travel, where would you go and what would you want to accomplish?
If you could eliminate one thing from your day, what would it be?
If you were to write a book about yourself, what would you name it?
If you could choose one superpower, what would it be? What would you do with that superpower?
If you could meet anyone from history, who would you want to meet and why?
If Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would you like to see cast as you?
Are there any questions I haven’t asked that you would like me to? Feel free to ask and answer.
If you would like to submit an author interview question and answer that is not posted here, please do so, but let us know when you email this back to us.
We highly recommend promoting this interview on your social channels as a way of promoting your work. If you have any questions or would like to discuss additional cross-promotional opportunities, feel free to email us.