Top Ten Tuesday: Questions I Would Ask My Favorite Authors

What an interesting topic! I’m always curious about author interviews because they often get asked similar questions:

• Can you tell me a little bit about the book?
• What is your inspiration?
• What does a typical day look like?

I took a few minutes to scan some websites for more interesting, yet still related questions that I’d be intrigued to learn from my favorite authors. Just a note, I pulled questions I liked and would obviously work toward more difficult questions and not throw my first question at an author before getting a little more comfortable with them.

Top Ten Tuesday: Questions I Would Ask My Favorite Authors

1. What is the first book that made you cry?
2. What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?
3. When writing an emotionally intense scene, do you do anything in particular before or afterward?
4. What is the best investment you ever made in your writing? (class, tool, etc.)
5. What’s the worst writing/publishing advice anyone ever gave you?
6. What is your most unusual writing quirk?
7. What fellow author would you like to give a shout-out to?
8. What is your favorite word, and why?
9. What makes a good story?
10. What do you wish readers and interviewers would ask you?

The Artsy Reader Girl currently hosts Top Ten Tuesday, an original feature created by The Broke and the Bookish.