There are tons of fantastic authors, and we thought it would be fun to hear directly from them.

We’re looking for creators with work to share. For example, authors who have a link to buy or pre-order their book, or podcasters with live episodes. If you want to engage with the Night Beats community but don’t have anything available, look at some of the other Night Beats activities here.

If you or someone you know would be interested in being interviewed, send us an email at nightbeatseu (at) gmail (dot) com. We’ll be in touch about turning their words into a blog post.

The process: we’ve got a general question for all artists, and then 10 numbered questions for fiction authors. If we decide to run an interview, the author will answer the general question, and then 2-5 of the numbered questions (of their choice). The whole interview should be less than 500 words. We’ll lightly edit it, and send it back for final approval. Once it’s approved by you and us, it will be scheduled for a free slot on the Night Beats blog.

If your creative work isn’t a fiction novel and these questions don’t apply—nonfiction, or music, or visual art, for example—e-mail us and we can come up with specific questions for you.

We reserve the right to reject or remove any blog post if we feel it’s not consistent with the values of the Night Beats community. Our values are basically “no hate” and “don’t be a jerk”, but we’ll deal with situations on a case-by-case basis.

We do not publish AI- or LLM-generated work on our blog.

Please ensure that your submission is:

• No more than 500 words
• Starts with a description of the work
• Answers some but not all of the questions
• Ends with a link to the order/pre-order/episodes for the work and a link to the creator’s socials (if they have any)
• Tells us your pronouns (if you’re comfortable sharing)
• Does not include any AI/LLM-generated text

The list of questions are below.

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A) Please tell us your name and pronouns if you’re comfortable sharing.

B) Tell us a little about your creative work. For example, give us the blurb for your book.

C) Answer a few (but not all!) of the questions below. You want the total interview to be around 500 words.

1) What inspired you to write this book?
2) Is there a visual image—a painting or a photo—that inspired you?
3) If you could meet your characters, what would you say to them?
4) If your characters met you, what would they say to you?
5) Who is your favourite fictional character someone else wrote? And why?
6) Why do you write? What drives you?
7) If you weren’t a writer, what do you think you’d do instead?
8) What’s the secret to editing?
9) Who did you imagine reading your book as you wrote it? And who ended up reading it?
10) What’s your next writing project?

D) Tell us where the Night Beats community can find you and find your work! Provide a link to your socials and to your book.

E) Tell us if you used AI or LLM to write any part of your interview.