Author Guest Post Options

We welcome guest posts by authors who are promoting a book (or books) published by an independent or university press.

Here are some options for posts. Please contact us for approval before submitting to contact@bigindiebooks.com. If you need this as part of a blog tour, please include date range for the post and we can let you know if that is an option. Also note that we are getting so many “Playlists” there is a good chance that we won’t accept your submission so we encourage you to think about one of the other options below 🙂

1. LISTICLE

Tell us 5 books in a particular genre, or that fit a specific theme (books by Australian authors) or that fit a particular current event (spooky tales for Halloween IF it is near Halloween). This works best if you choose a theme that your own book would fit in since a person who is reading the article to the end to see the info about your own book, probably has interest in it! You can also choose non-book items if they are relevant to readers; such as movies adapted from books.

We need: The post, proofread, in a word document. It should include:

  1. An introductory Paragraph about the list you are recommending. Share your personality and voice in the writing! Rated PG please.
  2. The list itself. For each book, the name of the book, link to Amazon, (we can get the cover there), and a sentence on why you recommend it.
  3. An author bio.
  4. Info on the book you are promoting with link to it on Amazon.

Also include as attachments, your author photo, photo of your book.

2. GUEST POST

Write a guest post on a related topic that our readers would enjoy. Our readers are bibliophiles first and foremost. Some are also authors and some are in the book industry in some way. Remember we are celebrating small press books, so a guest post on a big 5 publishing company isn’t going to be a match. This works best if you choose a topic that somehow relates to your book (the content, the process, etc.).

We need: The post, proofread, in a word document. It should include:

  1. Your guest post with title
  2. An author bio
  3. Info on the book you are promoting with link to it on Amazon.

Also include as attachments, your author photo, photo of your book, and any images that go with the post. In addition to attaching, paste them into the word doc in the location they would go in the post.

3. AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Provide us with an author interview (questions and answers) or choose from our list: always answer the first and last in the list (denoted with ##) and choose any 8 of the others. You are free to include two of your own questions.

We need: The post, proofread, in a word document. It should include:

  1. A short introduction to the interview.
  2. The interview itself.
  3. An author bio.
  4. Info on the book you are promoting with link to it on Amazon.

Also include as attachments, your author photo, photo of your book

Interview Questions

## What inspired you to write [name of book you are promoting]?

  1. If your book were turned into a movie or TV series, who would you want to play the main character and why?
  2. What’s the strangest or funniest research you’ve ever done for a book?
  3. If you could have a dinner party with three fictional characters, who would you invite and why?
  4. What’s the most unexpected fan interaction or fan theory you’ve encountered?
  5. If you were a character in one of your books, what kind of role would you play and how would you contribute to the story?
  6. What’s the most unusual writing ritual or superstition you have?
  7. If you could co-write a book with any author, living or dead, who would it be and why?
  8. Share one interesting or quirky fact about yourself that readers may not know.
  9. What’s the most memorable fan mail or fan art you’ve received?
  10. If you could choose any fictional world to live in, which one would it be and why?
  11. What’s the most challenging scene or chapter you’ve ever written, and how did you overcome it?
  12. If you could have a superpower for a day, what would you choose and how would you use it?
  13. What’s the most unusual or surprising inspiration for one of your characters or storylines?
  14. If you could time travel, which era or historical event would you visit, and what would you do there?
  15. Share a funny or embarrassing writing-related anecdote from your career.
  16. If you could step into the shoes of one of your characters for a day, who would it be and what would you do?
  17. What’s the most interesting question you’ve been asked during an author event or interview?
  18. If you were stranded on a deserted island, which three books would you want with you?
  19. Share a behind-the-scenes secret or Easter egg from one of your books that readers may have missed.
  20. If you had to choose a different career outside of writing, what would it be and why?

## How can we find out more about you and your book?

4. PLAYLIST

Share a playlist that is related to the book you are promoting. It can include songs that inspired you, that you listened to while writing, or that are somehow related to the book. No more than 10 songs.

We need: The post, proofread, in a word document. It should include:

  1. An introductory Paragraph about the playlist you are recommending. Share your personality and voice in the writing! Rated PG please.
  2. The playlist itself. For each song, include the name of the song and the artist, link to youtube video of the song on its own line with no formatting, and a sentence on why it is on the list.
  3. An author bio.
  4. Info on the book you are promoting with link to it on Amazon.

Also include as attachments, your author photo, photo of your book.