We all wish we could talk to them

Character Interviews

Dear Fellow Author,

Due to a limited amount of time and the fact that this is not a book-review blog, I do not accept review requests.

However, I love helping out my fellow authors, so a feature I enjoy having on my blog is Character Interviews. I run these a little differently than most interviews you've seen. I like to collaborate with you to create a scene in which I get to step inside your book and talk directly to your chosen character - which means that when you answer the questions I send you, I need you to include any reactions, dialogue tags, or action beats that are appropriate to the location where I am meeting them. This usually requires a bit of extra effort, but I think it’s worth it.

You can find an example of a previous interview HERE - I highly recommend reading it to get an idea of what it is I'm after. This will help your interview go smoothly.

My readers enjoy this feature more than your basic Q&A because 1) it's different and 2) they get a better feel for the writing style of a new author!

If you are interested in participating in this feature, please send me an email at Jenelle.L.Schmidt@gmail.com and include the following information:

  1. Please write "Character Interview Request" in the subject line of your email.

  2. Your name.

  3. Title/Genre of your book (amazon link if the book is published) and the cover image.

  4. The name of the character you want me to interview and a brief physical description of them and who they are/what role they play in the story.

  5. A brief (up to a paragraph) description of the location INSIDE your book where I will be meeting with them.

IMPORTANT NOTE

This blog is read primarily by young adults and young families. Some of my readers are even as young as eight years old. In that vein, I only promote wholesome, family-friendly books/movies/music/art. Thus, I am only interested in promoting artists whose works are family-friendly. If your book contains bedroom scenes, excessive crude or foul language, innuendo, or graphic violence, then I am afraid that this is not the place for your interview.

Also, my site is visited primarily by fans of the speculative fiction genre, and so that is the genre I am most interested in promoting. I may make certain exceptions for other genres on a case-by-case basis.