The Confession Book is a blog in which authors are asked a set series of questions about life, inspiration, and writing. Each author is asked the same questions, and their answers paint an intimate portrait of the people and their profession. These questions were carefully selected, based on existing confession books, the Proust Questionnaire, and other interviews, to provoke a balance of professional, personal, and unusual responses.
The questions asked of each author interviewed are listed below. Feel free to take the questionnaire yourself, and submit your own responses to The Confession Book via the Comments section. We will publish appropriate submissions from professional or aspiring writers and creative individuals.
Name:
Most recent book:
Where did you grow up?
Where and what did you study?
Where do you live and why?
Of which of your books or projects are you most proud?
Describe your morning routine.
What is a distinctive habit or affectation of yours?
What is your favorite item of clothing?
Please recommend three books (not your own) to your readers.
What book do you wish you had written?
Do you have a writer friend who helps and inspires you?
What is a place which inspires you?
Name a work of art, in any medium (book, film, painting, etc) which inspires you.
Describe your routine when conceiving of a book and its plot, before the writing begins.
Describe your writing routine.
Do you have any unusual rituals associated with the writing process?
Is there anything distinctive or unusual about your work space?
Besides the obvious, what do you keep on your desk?
What is the view from your favorite work space?
What do you do when you are stuck or have temporary writer’s block?
Describe your ideal day.
Describe your evening routine.
What do you do to relax?
What is guaranteed to make you laugh?
What is guaranteed to make you cry?
Do you have any superstitions?
What is something you always carry with you?
What is your favorite snack?
What phrase do you over-use?
What is a gadget/object/collectible that you could not live without?
If you could have a meal with any author, and any one other public figure who you do not already know, who would you choose?
If you could bring back to life one deceased person, who would it be and why?
Is there a fictional character with whom you identify?
Tell us a funny story related to a book tour or book event.
What would you do for work, if you were not a writer?
What advice would you give to an aspiring author?
What would you like carved onto your tombstone?
Tell us something about you which is largely unknown and perhaps surprising.
What is your next project?
The questions asked of each author interviewed are listed below. Feel free to take the questionnaire yourself, and submit your own responses to The Confession Book via the Comments section. We will publish appropriate submissions from professional or aspiring writers and creative individuals.
Name:
Most recent book:
Where did you grow up?
Where and what did you study?
Where do you live and why?
Of which of your books or projects are you most proud?
Describe your morning routine.
What is a distinctive habit or affectation of yours?
What is your favorite item of clothing?
Please recommend three books (not your own) to your readers.
What book do you wish you had written?
Do you have a writer friend who helps and inspires you?
What is a place which inspires you?
Name a work of art, in any medium (book, film, painting, etc) which inspires you.
Describe your routine when conceiving of a book and its plot, before the writing begins.
Describe your writing routine.
Do you have any unusual rituals associated with the writing process?
Is there anything distinctive or unusual about your work space?
Besides the obvious, what do you keep on your desk?
What is the view from your favorite work space?
What do you do when you are stuck or have temporary writer’s block?
Describe your ideal day.
Describe your evening routine.
What do you do to relax?
What is guaranteed to make you laugh?
What is guaranteed to make you cry?
Do you have any superstitions?
What is something you always carry with you?
What is your favorite snack?
What phrase do you over-use?
What is a gadget/object/collectible that you could not live without?
If you could have a meal with any author, and any one other public figure who you do not already know, who would you choose?
If you could bring back to life one deceased person, who would it be and why?
Is there a fictional character with whom you identify?
Tell us a funny story related to a book tour or book event.
What would you do for work, if you were not a writer?
What advice would you give to an aspiring author?
What would you like carved onto your tombstone?
Tell us something about you which is largely unknown and perhaps surprising.
What is your next project?
