Help, friends!

[impressive]

I need your ideas ... fresh, creative ones.

Coming Together: For the Cure will be e-released next Sunday/Monday. I've been hopping around the 'Net trying to score some free promo.

I got the promise of a review in PlayGirl (and will be sending them a printed copy as soon as it's delivered to me). I got the ladies of BookPeek Videos to donate a promo trailer. (You can see it HERE.) And, I got a promo blurb from NYT best-selling author, Barry Eisler.

Not too shabby!

Now, I've got an offer from All Romance eBooks (an on-the-rise ebooks vendor) for a feature interview in its newsletter. What they want to do is have ME (as editor) interview 3 or 4 of the participating authors.

I wanna make this unique/memorable -- not just the standard questions (When did you start writing? What prompted you to submit to a charity anthology? Tell us about your story.).

So, please, share with me any ideas you may have for putting a new twist on the interview.

Thanks!

 

[impressive]

*cough* Please?

 

[cloudy]

I'm thinking, I'm thinking...

 

[impressive]

I'm thinking, I'm thinking...

I'm thanking, I'm thanking...

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Try things like "What would you most like to see readers walk away with after reading your piece or the anthology as a whole?" or "how would you challenge other authors to make a difference with their craft?"

Ask them about upcoming projects they may have going

and the stand by "If you were stranded on a desert island, what three sex toys would you want to have with you?"

 

[impressive]

Try things like "What would you most like to see readers walk away with after reading your piece or the anthology as a whole?" or "how would you challenge other authors to make a difference with their craft?"

I like this!

 

[English Lady]

Hmmm, think, think, think.

Maybe ask questions that have to be answered with a "cure."


How do you cure writers block?

What would you do to heal a wounded plot line?

What home remedies do you know/use?


Those are the only things I can think of off hand.

 

[impressive]

Hmmm, think, think, think.

Maybe ask questions that have to be answered with a "cure."


How do you cure writers block?

What would you do to heal a wounded plot line?

What home remedies do you know/use?


Those are the only things I can think of off hand.

Oh, that's CATCHY!

 

[English Lady]

Oh, that's CATCHY!

That's what I was aiming for!!

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

Erotica is about fantasies. Are the ones you share with the public the same as those that move you personally? If not . . .

 

[impressive]

Erotica is about fantasies. Are the ones you share with the public the same as those that move you personally? If not . . .

*grin* This is an inside joke amongst some authors -- the obligatory "Is it real?" (or some variant of such) interview question.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

*grin* This is an inside joke amongst some authors -- the obligatory "Is it real?" (or some variant of such) interview question.

Heh-heh. Just to be clear, I don't mean, "Do you actually do that stuff in real life?" I mean, "Is this the stuff you really fantacize about in real life?"

 

[impressive]

Heh-heh. Just to be clear, I don't mean, "Do you actually do that stuff in real life?" I mean, "Is this the stuff you really fantacize about in real life?"

Got it.

 

[Liar]

Heh-heh. Just to be clear, I don't mean, "Do you actually do that stuff in real life?" I mean, "Is this the stuff you really fantacize about in real life?"

"...or is the stuff you fantacize about in real life so weird you don't even know how to spell it?"

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

"...or is the stuff you fantacize about in real life so weird you don't even know how to spell it?"

Or need scientific notation to count that high.
(OK, this is veering toward threadjack, and our friend still needs help. The flirting and smartaleckness can come later. )

 

[TxRad]

I'm thinking also.... I know, that's really wood smoke from the forest fire.....

Quick question..... Among the authors, do we have a cancer survivor or someone very close to one. Might be some questions in that area.

 

[impressive]

I'm thinking also.... I know, that's really wood smoke from the forest fire.....

Quick question..... Among the authors, do we have a cancer survivor or someone very close to one. Might be some questions in that area.

That was one of my ideas (kinda): In what way has your life been touched by breast cancer?

 

[gauchecritic]

How or why do you think an erotic story can be of any value whatsoever to someone who has lost a major part of their sexual anatomy?

I was in CV mode when I thought of that one. (and yes I know that breast cancer affects men too)

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

That was one of my ideas (kinda): In what way has your life been touched by breast cancer?

My aunt was diagnosed with it this year. The first time I saw her after she started the treatments, I hugged her tight and rubbed her head then growled... "bald chicks are sexy!"

She nearly wet herself she laughed so much.

 

[Roxanne Appleby]

OK these are trite, but perhaps of interest to readers: Is writing a pleasure or a trial for you? Most writers say that reader feedback is a large part of the satisfaction they get from writing and posting/publishing. (Others lie. ) If your answer to the previous question was, "I enjoy writing," how much does the satisfaction from each play into your motivation to keep doing it?

 

[impressive]

OK these are trite, but perhaps of interest to readers: Is writing a pleasure or a trial for you? Most writers say that reader feedback is a large part of the satisfaction they get from writing and posting/publishing. (Others lie. ) If your answer to the previous question was, "I enjoy writing," how much does the satisfaction from each play into your motivation to keep doing it?

Thank you!

 

[impressive]

How or why do you think an erotic story can be of any value whatsoever to someone who has lost a major part of their sexual anatomy?

I was in CV mode when I thought of that one. (and yes I know that breast cancer affects men too)

Little harsh there, gauche.

 

[TxRad]

Little harsh there, gauche.

Not really if you turn it around. So you've lost something, why should that turn you off to sexy stories. Sexy stories might just be the thing to get someone back on the horse of life.

 

[impressive]

These are the questions I turned in. Thank you all for your help:

1. How has your life been touched by breast cancer?

2. Do you think erotic fiction has a role in the healing process for those experiencing a life-threatening illness such as cancer? If so, why?

3. If you could use your writing to remedy just one injustice, cure one disease, or fix one problem, what would it be and why?

4. Do you believe those in the public eye, such as authors, have a responsibility to increase awareness of social issues and/or causes?

5. Give me three words that best summarize your experience as a Coming Together participant.

 

[CharleyH]

I need your ideas ... fresh, creative ones.

Coming Together: For the Cure will be e-released next Sunday/Monday. I've been hopping around the 'Net trying to score some free promo.

I got the promise of a review in PlayGirl (and will be sending them a printed copy as soon as it's delivered to me). I got the ladies of BookPeek Videos to donate a promo trailer. (You can see it HERE.) And, I got a promo blurb from NYT best-selling author, Barry Eisler.

Not too shabby!

Now, I've got an offer from All Romance eBooks (an on-the-rise ebooks vendor) for a feature interview in its newsletter. What they want to do is have ME (as editor) interview 3 or 4 of the participating authors.

I wanna make this unique/memorable -- not just the standard questions (When did you start writing? What prompted you to submit to a charity anthology? Tell us about your story.).

So, please, share with me any ideas you may have for putting a new twist on the interview.

Thanks!

Promo? You need more.. umph to your questions at hand. Suss out the audience first - the target - ensure that your questions always go back to what you want to promote for the book. If romance is the main topic ... ask questions that a romance reader wants to know (I am not sure what those questions might be) but try things like:

What was your most romantic moment? The first romantic moment of change?
How do your RL thoughts on romance relate to the fiction you write?
Why do you feel it important to write romance in a context of the "said" cause?

(I don't have enough info from you to make an informed answer to you, sorry, Imp, I'd enjoy answering more fully).