Publicists: An Author Questionnaire

The first thing the publisher asked me to do to connect with my new publicist was to fill out an Author Questionnaire.

First and foremost, the questionnaire wanted basic information about me such as:

Contact info

My preferences in the order I wished to be contacted (e-mail, cell phone, etc.)

The best times of day to be contacted for media interviews

And the form also asked me to provide a current photograph of myself.

I filled out the info and got out my digital camera.

And while I was at it, I am trying to take lots of photos of myself that include:

headshots

candid photos of me writing

photos of me with interesting backgrounds

When you're getting ready to release a new book, the more photos you can have on hand the better. I'm creating a folder of my favorite photos and am labeling them "Promotional Photos."

These are the ones I can have handy to send to different blogs or media interviews so that not everyone has the same one. Especially during a Virtual Book Tour, people don't want to see the same picture over and over again.

And when I get my new book in the mail (oh happy day!) I'm planning on taking lots of pictures of it with different props and in different backgrounds and with me holding it in different poses as well.

That's it for the basics…in my next post I'll list more info that was needed on my Author Questionnaire.