Women and Writing

Female Indie Author Survey

Your responses to this survey will be used in a chapter about contemporary female authorship. The following questions explore how your journey to establishing a credible following through book sales and social media.

This chapter will flesh out the opportunities digital and self publishing have given authors.

For questions about the project please contact Mohana Rajakumar, mohanalakshmi@gmail.com.

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* 1. Have you considered commercial publishing (i.e. with a trade publisher like Penguin)?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Have you ever queried a literary agent?

Yes (if yes, please indicate below how many)

Not yet, but I plan to

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Are you currently able to support yourself with earnings from your book sales?

Yes

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Do you have memberships in author organizations?

Yes (if yes, please indicate which ones)

No, but I plan to

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is your ethnicity?

Latino

African American

Arab

Asian

American

I prefer not to answer

European

Please expand on your answer above. (Why or why not):

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* 6. Has being self published affected your writing habits?

Yes

Maybe

Not sure

Please expand on your answer above. (Why or why not):

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* 7. Anything else you want to tell us?

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* 8. How long have you been writing?

Under one year

1-5 years

6-10 years

10 or more years

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What genre(s) do you write in?

Romance

Crime

Horror

Literary

Young Adult

Children's

Memoir

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Please indicate your age:

Under 18

19-25

26-36

37-47

48-58

59+

I prefer not to answer

Other