Interview Form

At horse-books-pony-stories we are doing author interviews. If you are interested please go to Author Interviews on the sidebar to see to what others have done. Then choose rather You want to be interviewed or Your Horse be interviewed by one of the ponies.

Sharon interviewing author.

Questions marked with a * must be answered. Please choose 5-7 questions to answer. Add a pertinate question if you want.

*1) Your name and title of your book.

*2) Where did you grow up and did that influence your decision to write? OR What life experiences had a influence on your writing?

3) College, business, awards for/about your writing career.

*4) Why did your write a horse book?

5) What genres do you read?

6) Some of your favorite authors.

7) When did you become fascinated/involved with horses?

8) Is your horse in your book or did she/he inspire a horse in your book.

9) If yours is an instructional book. Which horse in your life taught you the most?

10) Artists/illustrators Have you always drawn horses? Did you draw them on your schoolwork?

11) Did your parents understand you love of horses?

12) Does your spouse share your passion for horses?

13) What have you learned from horses?

14) Do you write as a profession or for fun?

15) What is your favorite horse activity?

16) Will you be writing more books?

17) Do you have a routine you follow with your writing?

18) Do your characters ever define themselves to you?

19) From your own question and answer it.

Interview questions for your horse.

Choose the five to seven you would like to answer. Have fun with this, after all your horse is speaking and we all know horses have a good sense of humor.

Must do:

We all know it is us the horse behind the human that provides the inspiration to our author parents. So first tell us about you.

Your name. Breed. Main activities you do with your mom/dad/human (please select one).

Did your mom/dad/human name you that? Do you like your name? What is your mom/dad/humans name?

1) Are you the boss/friend/partner of (author’s name)?

2) Are you portrayed in any of your mom/dad/humans books? Did she/he do an accurate job of showing the real you? Does she/he know the real you?

3) If you aren’t in the book were you the inspiration for the book?

4) Which is your favorite book?

5) What is the best time you had with your mom/dad/human?

6) When your mom/dad/human is writing does she/he stayed chained to the computer and forget about you? What do you do for entertainment?

7) Does she come out and bemoan “writers block” to you? Do you try to help her? Does she even listen to you? Could she/he be an author without your help?

8) What happens when (author’s name) gets a bad review? What do you to comfort her?

9) When she gets a good review does she share it with you? What do the two of you do to celebrate?

10) What is the best part of living with an author? The worst?

11) Do want to share some advice with other horses whose mom/dad/human is thinking of becoming an author?

12) Has your horse come up with a pertinent question? Then let me ask and answer it.

Questions about your interview? Contact sharon.