# Article from The Guardian - Questions that authors are never asked

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**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-from-the-guardian-questions-that-authors-are-never-asked/541922 "2010-06-04T14:21:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-from-the-guardian-questions-that-authors-are-never-asked/541922/1 "2010-06-04T14:21:32Z")

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I wanted to share this article that I found today - [Questions that authors are never asked.](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/29/writers-hay-questions-never-asked)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/article-from-the-guardian-questions-that-authors-are-never-asked/541922/2 "2010-06-06T16:55:33Z")

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Nice!

I like, “What made you think anybody else would care about this subject?”

and

“How much are vanity publishers charging these days?”