Leisure Reading 101

Lesson 8: Making A Profit While Enjoying Reading

Effective techniques & benefits of interviewing authors

Smile when having a conversation with the author, either on the phone, thru email or in live chat. Always make eye contact and repeat in conclusion what the author is saying. Be sure that your questions have been prepared before hand and never present yourself as unprepared. Your questions should be geared to the following focuses:

1. How did the title came about?

2. What measures do you use to keep the theme of the book alive throughout your chapters?

3. What was the primary reasoning behind the making of the book?

4. What mentor or motiviator encouraged your to write the book?

5. Which part of the book was the most passionate to the you?

6. What character of the book came closest to your reference of identity?

7. How did you originally perceive the characters would progress if the story continued?

8. What area of additional focus will you take for the issues that you raised in a future book?

9. Are you working on a sequel?

10. How many titles have you already written with this same theme?

These are basic but important questions that will get the interview moving and show the author and the audience that you are a professional as well as an interested reader of this author. The author and the audience will appreciate your preparness.

Word of mouth has been said to be the best way to publicize a business. Once word gets out that you are an excellent interviewer, many more local or non local authors will be eager to get their books digested by you and your book club.

Happy Reading A Page At A Time!

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