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Writers: If you were published...(Random writerly questions)? - Joss - 11-27-2012 06:32 AM
If you were published, would you:
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
13) Hire an assistant?
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
Sorry, if you were answered this question and I deleted it. It wasn't showing up in the questions list. :/
Next time, I'll try to keep the questions to 15 or fewer. o.O lol.
Wow. I'm so surprised at the number of people who wouldn't pay it forward with Q1.
^
I mean, nothing wrong with it if that's not what you want to do or something you wouldn't have time to do or don't care to do, etc.
In response to the people who don't know what a blog tour is: There are book review blogs that have large followings (or authors whose blogs have large followings) and they offer up space for authors to write posts on the blog (guest blogging) about some topic (usually of the author's choosing). This is a way for the author to get potentially increase sales, new readership, and get their name out there. I think guest blogging is the best way to describe it. Going on a blog tour means you're guest blogging on different blog sites around the same time to get your name and book out there.
^
I should say that with blog tours, you're not necessarily writing an article for the blog, you might be giving an interview for the blog.
- Percy Potter - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
Yes.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
Yes.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
Yes.
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
Yes.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
No!
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
Perhaps.
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
Yes.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Yes.
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
Yes.
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
Yes.
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
Perhaps not clothing but bookmarks and bookplates yes.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
Of course I would of course.
13) Hire an assistant?
Does my Mom count?
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
Nah. Fans can see me as the real me. The person who created the enjoyable read they favored.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
Yes!
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
Yes
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
Sure
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
I'm naturally shy so...self-conciously no
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
Yes
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
Follow fans on twitter, don't friend those on facebook, and follow fans blogs.
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
One or two or three.
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
Not too much. Maybe the poor or disabled.
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
Of course I would. Readers deserve it.
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
Of course! It would show that they appreciated my writing as much as I appreciated them for reading it.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
Yes and no. The people support me and that's salary enough.
- HP Resource - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
Probably not full manuscripts - I'm a writer not an agent or editor. I'd help out with query letters or basic writing tips, though.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
No - I might have a few tips and tricks on my official website.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
Twitter, yes - blog no - fan page yes
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
I don't know... I would probably only read the good reviews at first, so as to not destroy my self-esteem.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
Nooooo.
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
Blog tour? What's that? Book tour, totally.
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
Yes.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Yes
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
Seems like a waste of shipping to me...
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
YES! I would love to do this! I've never been overseas before.
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
Probably not.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
No, I'd probably make them buy it.
13) Hire an assistant?
YES! Can't wait to afford one. It would be for life stuff, though (bills, laundry, errands, etc) and not for book stuff.
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
Maybe.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
I'm pretty extroverted - I can't imagine being stoic and non-responsive to fans.
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
I doubt my books would have fan sites, but if it did, I'd give interviews to fansites, sure! I imagine they'd have the best audience, after all!
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
No.
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
Yes. What!? Don't judge me
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
Maybe. I like what John Green does and responds to random questions like "is this book any good?" with "I've read it... it's okay."
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you?
No - I'm not a mutual follower. I'd get myself lost in content that I don't care much about. I don't need to know what a fan is eating for breakfast.
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
I can't imagine any book of mine having one fan site, let alone multiple...
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
Sure!
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
Certainly! I doubt there will be much lol
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
Why not
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
I wouldn't charge, no. I'm not a fan of book clubs, but maybe I'd do a life web chat thing.
- bigbutter640 - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts? -- Nope.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors? -- No.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page? -- Yes.
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book? -- Sometimes.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer? -- It depends on the author and what I have to say about them.
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked? -- No.
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked? -- Depends on how busy I would be at the time.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book? -- Certainly.
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back? -- Not really...
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)? -- Probably.
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.] -- Sure.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one? -- Yes.
13) Hire an assistant? -- Depends on how much work I end up with.
14) Hire a publicist? -- Same as above.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? -- I'd try to keep in touch. X3
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters? -- Sure!
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)? -- No way. XD
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book? -- If I figured they'd say something nice. XD
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc. -- No, unless they said something cute or funny.
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? -- No way. I don't know those people. X3
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website? -- No.
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason? -- If I'm in the mood, sure.
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email? -- Yes!
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie. -- Depends on what it is.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge? -- I might, but I wouldn't charge.
- IsÑαεl вαηε - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
No
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
Nah
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
Yup
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
Yes, need feedback some how.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
No
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
Maybe
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
Maybe
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Yes
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
Sure
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
Maybe
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
If people like my book to that point but doubtful.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
No...(Close family maybe)
13) Hire an assistant?
No
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
Maybe
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
I'd try to.
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
Yes
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
Sure
***Takes a break*** o_O
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
If they wish to do it, they can. Good or bad, idc.
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
Maybe
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
No
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
No
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
No
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
I'd try to.
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
Sure. If i had those pages (favebook, twitter) i'd post them.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
Sure and no i wouldn't.
- Ritsuka ♥ Grell - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
~ No
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
~ Maybe
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
~ Yes
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
~ Yes
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
~ No
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
~ No
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
~ No
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
~ Yes
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
~ No
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
~ No
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
~ Sure
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
~ Yes
13) Hire an assistant?
~ No
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
~ No
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
~ Yes
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
~ Yes
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
~ No
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
~ Only if it is truthful.
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
~ No
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
~ No
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
~ No
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
~ No
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
~ Yes
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
~ I wouldn't accept a homemade pie, but something innocent like a drawing I would accept.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
~ No.
- cathrl69 - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
I imagine the way I feel about interacting with strangers who read my writing wouldn't change much from how I feel about it now, so on that basis...
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
No, not unless I'd beta-read the book.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
Nah. Millions of the things already.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
No. I'd have a website.
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
Yes.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
No. Their books, maybe.
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
No - I'm not a blogger so I'd probably make an idiot of myself.
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
I have no idea. Probably not. I have two kids and a day job.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Maybe. It would be good to support a local store instead of everyone going to Amazon.
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
That sounds like a major pain in the rear end. No.
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
Again, I wouldn't have time.
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
No.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
No. Sorry, but if they want to read it they can buy it. I don't expect my friends to do professional work for me for free either.
13) Hire an assistant?
To do what?
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
I'm not interested in being published at that level.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
No.
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
Probably. I mean, I'd rather talk about my characters to people who actively like my writing than to people who couldn't care less and are only interested in how many books I've sold.
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
Ew. No. I might consider a contest to supply names where I picked a winning _name_. But no way would I commit to maybe having to accept Crystylle Marysue.
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
Hell no. I wouldn't even do that with my fanfic.
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
I think that's up to the publisher.
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
I don't do any of those sites, so no.
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
Probably. I mean, having started out as a fanfic writer I'd like to have somewhere to point anyone who tried to send it to me, since I'm aware that reading it myself would be a Really Bad Idea legally.
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
Not for no reason...but it might be fun to, for instance, run a little contest for people to draw fanart associated with the book? Since I have all the artistic talent of a dead frog, it's not like I'd ever pass it off as my own...
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
I'm cheerfully saying "yes" from the position of a fanfic writer who gets, if I'm lucky, two reviews a month. For as long as it was practical to do so, yes. I appreciate that bestselling authors simply _can't_.
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
If it was posted to me, there wouldn't be much else I could do, would there? I'd love drawings.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
That would be way cool. If it was local? No, I wouldn't charge. If it wasn't, it would probably be impractical (see above comment about kids and job).
- S.K. - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
You bet. My publisher needs to know I'm a team player. This is simply good business.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
Again, pretty much expected of the team player.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
And more team player BS--how am I supposed to make time to write, again?
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
I will try not to read my reviews and let writing friends direct me to the good ones--but I know most authors do not have the strength to do this. (And yes, they're stung by bad reviews.)
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
Never, even those who richly deserve it. My name is synonymous with a brand name once I'm published, and I will not tarnish it.
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
I'm not really sure what a blog tour is, but sure.
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
Definitely. I have writing acquaintances all over the US, people I've met online. I'd love to meet them and sell some of my books in a single trip.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Absolutely. I already signed a writing conference program sheet. The girl could not be convinced I was nobody, just some bozo with a few short stories.
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
Yes, but I'd need hand-holding. Want to come along?
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
If and only if my publisher believed the uptick in sales would make it worthwhile. That seems unlikely with clothing.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
No. I get a limited number of free copies, a pretty small number, in fact. If they like or love me, they'll buy it.
13) Hire an assistant?
No. Maybe a maid, though!
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
I doubt it. I'm pretty shy and don't relish 'events'--and I'm not convinced publicity = sales.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
Specific fans in a limited way. I won't have time for online buddies. But I will attempt to add content to FB and Twitter for my fans often, and try to make it worthwhile.
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
If my publisher thinks it increases the buzz. (What, I'm getting a buzz? For my *writing*?) Buzz = sales.
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
Sure. My work always has a few innocuous walk-ons. I might even try to make room for a character the winner defines, in a small role.
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
No. If my book is good, I won't need to send in shills.
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
Yes. Here's my best so far: "A few stories save the collection from total mediocrity. [My Penname]'s “Whatever It Takes†is a satiric gem..." I'd be foolish not to use that.
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
It 'costs' me nothing to return a follower. I don't have to actually view it.
- Nicola - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) No.
2) No.
3) Yes, probably.
4) Of course!
5) Their books, yes.
6) Not sure what this is.
7) Yes.
8) Absolutely!
9) I don't see why not.
10) Absolutely.
11) Yes, I love that sort of stuff!
12) It would depend. I would like to think that they'd buy the book and support me.
13) Maybe.
14) Maybe.
15) Yes, definitely.
16) Yeah, of course!
17) Yes, sounds like a fun idea.
18) Nope.
19) Sure.
20) Yes, providing there wasn't too many of them.
21) Yeah, sure.
22) No.
23) Yes! Definitely!
24) Of course.
25) Yes and no, I wouldn't charge.
- Hazel - 11-27-2012 06:40 AM
1) Offer to read and blurb writers soon-to-be published manuscripts?
Sure, this sounds like it would be interesting.
2) Have a blog dedicated (keyword) to offering advice to aspiring authors?
No. I hate giving generic advice.
3) Have a Twitter account, Author blog, or author Facebook fan page?
Maybe. I never saw the point in Twitter, and I fail at keeping a blog, but a facebook fan page I could probably manage.
4) Read the good, bad, and ugly reviews for your book?
You bet.
5) Criticize other published authors publicly without being questioned or baited by fans or an interviewer?
Nope.
6) Do a blog tour if you're asked?
Maybe
7) Do a regular national tour if you're asked?
Yes. That sounds fun and a good way to market.
8) Sign copies of your books for the local bookstore so fans can get signed copies when they buy the book?
Yes.
9) Let readers send you their books so you can sign them and mail them back?
Yes.
10) Do an overseas book tour if your foreign publisher asked (assuming you've sold foreign rights)?
Sure.
11) Give out bookmarks, bookplates, clothing branded with your book's title (like hoodies that some authors giveaway), pins, or other tangible items branded with your book to fans? [You'd have to pay for it.]
I doubt it. Maybe every now and then for like a special event.
12) Give away books to all your family and friends who wanted one?
Yup.
13) Hire an assistant?
This seems unnecessary. I guess if I really needed one.
14) Hire a publicist? [Publishers don't do it all or might not put a lot of money into it.]
If I thought I needed one then sure.
15) Communicate with fans regularly on Facebook and Twitter? [Some authors do, some don't.]
Yes. I think it would be fun to communicate with fans.
16) Give exclusives (interviews, info about upcoming books, or whatever.) to fansites dedicated to your book and/or characters?
Sure. Assuming I had a lot of time on my hands.
17) Hold a contest to have a fan name a character in your book (including using their own name)?
Maybe. Only if it was a character who's name didn't matter all that much to me, or I really couldn't think of a name. I'd hate to do this chose the winner and decide I really just can't use the name or something.
18) Have family and friends go to review sites and review your book?
Only if they really wanted to. I wouldn't pressure them or bug them to do it.
19) Quote the good fan reviews your book has received on your Facebook, Twitter, blog, tumbler, etc.
No that would just get annoying. No one else would care about the review except me.
20) Follow fans on twitter, Friend fans on Facebook who send you a request, or follow fans blogs who follow you? [I know this is kind of confusing, hehe, but if you have one of these things then you'll know what I mean.]
Probably not. I don't see myself really getting into Twitter. Maybe blogging but I'd only follow them if I thought their blog was interesting. I'm not going to follow them just because they're following me.
21) Have a list of fan sites on your website?
Maybe.
22) Give away books to random fans for no reason?
No. I would for a reason though.
23) Read all your fan mail, including physical letters and email?
This would depend on how popular I was. If I wasn't that popular then yes I would. But if I were majorly popular than I probably wouldn't have time to read it all.
24) Accept gifts from fans? Including the innocent like a fan's drawing of your characters to someone's homemade pie.
This would make me feel awkward. But I guess it would be even more awkward to turn it down.
25) Attend a book club discussion of your book if asked by the book club? If so, would you charge?
Sure I'd attend. It could be interesting. No I wouldn't charge, that just sounds petty.