Shameless Self-Promotion
Today I'm indulging in shameless self-promotion. A few weeks ago I was interviewed by our local newspaper. They received a press release regarding my Golden Heart final from RWA who graciously sends them to three media outlets (designated by me). I had no idea if the press releases would bear fruit and was thrilled to get a call from Kristen Forbes who wanted to interview me for the article.
I'd never done an interview before! But I'm a talker (no, really?), so it was pretty easy (okay, except when I spotted a couple of teachers from my daughter's school at a nearby table and had a moment's panic for some inexplicable reason). The only problem was not asking her a bunch of questions in return (which I ended up doing anyway - she was incredibly nice and fun to talk to). I'm just amazed at how much information she packed into the article. And I'd even forgotten a few things I'd said. She took awesome notes.
Ever done an interview? Been on the news? What about from the other side - ever interviewed anyone? What's the one thing you'd like to share about yourself - dish it here!
Oh, and here's the article of course!
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4 comments:
Great interview, Darcy!! :)
Yay you!!
And the day care gave your daughter someone else's breastmilk!? Good grief.
Best of luck with Glorious. I've got my fingers crossed for you.
w00t!! Great interview!!
Whenever I see a live TV camera around town (and with all the weird things that go on around here, that's pretty often), I'm always quick to offer a pithy sound bite to two. Not the same as an interview, I know, but it's fun to have people call up from all over the country saying, "I saw you on TV!!"
Of course, since I don't watch TV (too habit-forming), I never know exactly what it is I said that was found airworthy. Sorta like what you say about forgetting things you said. But my friends assure me that whatever it was, it came out just fine. *Sigh of relief*
I used to be in the local papers all the time as a kid, for various things. And I was a staffmember of both the school newspaper and school yearbook all through school (I *started* my elementary school paper) so I've done plenty of interviews.
As an adult, however, not so much... unless you count the time I was interviewed for a scrapbooking article in the St. Pete Times. (Tampa paper)
No writing interviews thus far, though... but when I do, I want to be just like you! Your interview totally rocks!!!
I was interviewed for the local paper when I got my book deal and it was nerve wracking at first.
*I* usually conduct the interviews, so it was weird being on the different side of things.
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