Reader Friday: Dinner With an Author

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: Dinner With an Author

Image by Pavel Charny from Pixabay

You and your author of choice (see last week’s post) are enjoying your meal.

You can ask two questions. What would they be?

Reader Friday: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

You can have dinner with any currently living author. The rules: It’s at your house. You have to cook. No take-out, no delivery. You cannot ask the author about preferences. For the sake of this exercise, there are no food allergies, dietary restrictions.

Who’s coming to dinner?

What are you going to prepare?

Based on early comments, it looks like my one-on-one dinner with an author has been hijacked into dinner parties. You guys are going to have trouble with next week’s Reader Friday. 😉

Reader Friday: Animal Characters

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Sue Coletta

Do you have any animal characters in your WIP? Tell us about them!

Or:

What’s your favorite fictional pet? Why?

Reader Friday: Tense and Person

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: Tense and Person

I’m seeing more and more books written in present tense. Do you like it? Why or why not?

Does it matter whether it’s first or third person?

Terry Odell is an award-winning author of Mystery and Romantic Suspense, although she prefers to think of them all as “Mysteries with Relationships.”

Reader Friday: Your Vacation Destination

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Sue Coletta

Congratulations! You won an all-expense[s]-paid trip to the location of the last book you read or are currently reading.

Where’s your vacation destination?

For the next 10 days feel free to explore.

Will you venture outside or stay locked in your hotel room? Why?

Reader Friday: New Game Show

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Sue Coletta

Congratulations! Big shot producer turned your writing life into a game show.

What’s the title of the new show?

Who’s the host?

What about your reading life as a game show?

What’s the title? Who’s the host?

Reader Friday: The Role of a Lifetime

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Sue Coletta

You just landed a starring role in the remake of one of your favorite movies.

What is the name of your character?

Or:

Give us a line from the script.

Let us guess the movie!

Bonus points if it’s a book-to-film adaption.

Reader Friday: 4 Objects in Your WIP

Posted on August 6, 2021 by Sue Coletta

Without explanation, name four objects in your WIP.

No characters, no pets, nothing with a heartbeat. I’m looking for four objects. One could be a MacGuffin or simply a random “thing.”

I’ll start the ball rolling with my thriller WIP.

Rope
Antler
Grandfather clock
Dog bed

Reader Friday: What Would You Watch?

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: What Would You Watch?

What book published in the last year have you read that you would like to see adapted for streaming?

(HT to Joe Hartlaub for the suggestion.)

Reader Friday: Writers as Readers

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Terry Odell

Reader Friday: Writers as Readers

Last week’s answers got me thinking. Most everyone said they saw no reason to finish a book they weren’t enjoying, for a variety of reasons. Someone told me that once you’re a writer, you can never read the same way again.

As a writer, do you think you’re more critical than before you took up the craft? Did you finish more “unfinishable” books when you were “only” a reader? Has your definition of a “unfinishable” book changed?

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