Interview Questions for Boating Secrets

Below is a list of questions put together for interviewing purposes on putting “Boating Secrets: 127 Top Tips to Help You Buy and Enjoy Your Boat” together. Feel free to pick and choose the questions you’d like to ask.

1. How long did it take you to put this book together?
2. How did you come up with the idea for your book?
3. What was the interviewing process like?
4. Where can people buy your book and how much is it?
5. How did you find these SME’s (subject matter experts)?
6. What’s the title of your book and how long is it?
7. What are one or two tips you got out of the book/interviews?
8. What would you tell your audience the biggest reason they need to purchase or have this book in their library is?
9. Who’s your target audience or ideal reader?
10. Do you have any book signings coming up?
11. What other format is your book available in?
12. What inspired you to write your first book?
13. Do you have a specific writing style?
14. How did you come up with the title?
15. Is there a message in your book that you want readers to grasp?
16. How much of the book is realistic?
17. Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
18. What books have most influenced your life most?
19. If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
20. What book are you reading now?
21. What are your current projects?
22. Can you share a little of your current work with us?
23. Who designed the covers?
24. What was the hardest part of writing your book?
25. Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?
26. Do you have any advice for other writers?
27. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
28. What were the challenges (research, literary, psychological, and logistical) in bringing it to life?
29. What are your expectations for the book?
30. What books/authors have influenced your writing?
31. What genre do you consider your book(s)?
32. Do you ever experience writer’s block?
33. Do you write an outline before every book you write?
34. Have you ever hated something you wrote?
35. What is your favorite theme/genre to write about?