I read alot of author interviews and they are good, informative, interesting but rarely tell me all that much about an author's personality. I often find myself thinking, "Well that's all good and everything but I want to know more about the real live person behind the book."

So, I want to try an experiment that I hope will be fun for both the readers and authors. I want to conduct a "fun" interview, something that will give my readers a good laugh while giving them insights into the type of person their favorite author is. Besides that, I'm betting you get tired of reading the same old interviews with the same tired questions all the time.

I chose as my first victim interview, Michael J. Sullivan, author of The Crown Conspiracy. I got the impression that he had a great sense of humor from his book which was a really fun read. Much to my surprise he fell went for it!

So this is how I set this up, I gave Michael Sullivan 10 wacky questions, plus 2 bonus substitutes in case he didn't like or want to answer one of the original 10, he answered all 12! So here for your reading pleasure is a look inside of the mind of Michael J. Sullivan....

Interview - Michael J. Sullivan: The Crown Conspiracy

Very interesting--although I'm not published (yet!), I want to volunteer to be interviewed.

Mulluane,

well done! Thank you for your questions and thanks to Michael J. Sullivan's amusing answers.

Looking forward to your next wacky interview.

SparklingBlue: I'm not ignoring your request, I'm trying to decide the best venue for granting it.

So far I've come up with 3 scenerios.

1.) Do it here, open to bloggers, readers, potential authors. Make it a part of Forum Games.

2.) Do it on my blog as a feature, Meet the Reader, type thing.

3.) Do it for Tia's new Discovery Showcase but limit it to 5 questions (I haven't discussed this with her yet, so don't fall too in love with this idea...) If you submit a work to her and it is approved, you get an "interview" from me.

I can't in all fairness call it an author interview if you aren't an author yet, but that doesn't mean I can't do it, just need to find the best method.

Suggestions are welcome!

Take all the time you need, I can wait.

The second Interview is up!

This one is with Peter V. Brett, author of The Warded Man which is being released in the US on Tuesday, March 10th!

Interview - Peter V. Brett: The Warded Man

Enjoy!

Been awhile since I've done one of these (a series of "Nos" discouraged me a bit.) but Tim Byrd volunteered!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Interview - Tim Byrd - author of Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom