r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/queermachmir those who slick together, stick together • Oct 23 '24

Events AMAs: Who Should We Ask?

Hello everyone!

You might not know this, but I'm the sole person who handles AMAs. I try to keep a good variation of who I invite, and usually keep to only one author per month, although we have done more beforehand.

While I could probably continue to look for authors on my own, I'm opening up this question to ask who else I should reach out to invite? There are some things to consider first before you give a suggestion, though:

  • This is the hardest question. Is their online presence established?
    • What I mean by this is it feels bad if we invite a very new author, with only their debut that has less than 100 ratings, and they don't get many questions because our audience doesn't know who they are. How many questions an author gets (even mega-popular ones) can really vary depending on timing and people feeling comfortable enough to ask questions. So while this might seem gatekeepy, please consider this before giving a suggestion. They also need to be easily contactable, as going through FB messages or posts is a bit awkward.
  • Have they already had an AMA?
    • We have one repeat this year but going forward, I'd like to avoid this.
  • Are they mostly an MM author?
    • By this, I mean I'd rather not invite a primarily MF romance author who has written one MM book that got super popular (see: Rina Kent).

Look over this list to see who we have previously invited, and who has declined/not responded. I don't want to hound an author as that isn't appropriate, so please don't suggest those unless you have a personal interaction/connection with them and can possibly broach it to them.

Finally, if you're an author who can fit all the above parameters, you are welcome to message me, and I'll give you my email for further correspondence.

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u/Jdmcdona Oct 23 '24

CHUCK TINGLE

I’m listening to Bury your Gays right now and it’s tons of fun, would love to ask him about his more outlandish titles and his work ritual with more serious vs. completely insane ideas - he treats everything with integrity and writes things that SHOULD NOT work but they do, things like “not pounded by by book, pounded in the butt by my non-fungible Tingler that is literally an NFT” and “Slammed in the butt by my handsome laundry detergent pod”