The goal here was to use the internet to expose new readers to a group of authors they might not be familiar with. I got 15 sites and 25 authors to sign on and the key is that we are linking to all the interviews taking place each day. Yes, some authors did agree to multiple interviews (3 at most), but this allowed different bloggers to ask different questions and for readers thus to get different answers.

What I was hoping for was to extend the reach of the blogosphere and force some readers out of their ruts. For example, I was not aware of Sonya Hartnett’s work until I read her interview at 7 Imps today – likewise I’ve heard from several people who did not realize that David Brin had a YA SF novella coming out until they read his interview at my site.

By the end of the week there will have been 55 interviews at 16 sites and a lot of readers (and librarians and booksellers) will have found out about a lot of writers (and thus books) they didn’t know much about.

Hopefully that will translate into going to libraries and/or buying books. We’re trying to be proactive about authors whose work we enjoy (thus explaining Justine’s inclusion!), and expand their readership.

Hope that explains it all! You can also hit my site, Chasing Ray and read more about all this.

Dawn: Not as sad as me. Oh, hang on, I wasn’t sad, I was BOILING WITH RAGE.