{"id":1538,"date":"2011-11-28T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2011-11-28T05:18:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T13:18:45","slug":"how-to-prepare-for-an-author-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/publishingblog\/?p=1538","title":{"rendered":"How to Prepare for an Author Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you ever invited to participate in interviews related to the theme of your book? I have done dozens of interviews over the years and a number of them recently with regard to my latest book, Promote Your Boo<\/em>k. In fact, my interviews are posted in blogs and at websites throughout the Internet. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I\u2019ll be interviewed by Penny Sansevieri of A Marketing Expert. I\u2019ll let you know where and when it will appear.<\/p>\n

One thing I always try to do when I agree to an interview, is to send them a list of possible topics and questions. Most interviewees appreciate the assistance and it gives you the opportunity to appropriately prepare. <\/p>\n

It is always helpful to ask for their list of questions ahead of time, too. When I get a list of questions from an interviewer, I typically go through my book and tag pages related to the questions so I can flip to the statistics and material I might need in order to speak on the topic.<\/p>\n

I love doing interviews\u2014in particular, email interviews. Many bloggers post interviews at their sites. They send the interviewee the questions. You can think before answering and you can even respond at your leisure.<\/p>\n

The most unusual interview I ever did was the time I was responsible for the whole show\u2014there was no interviewer. And I didn\u2019t know this until minutes before the interview would take place. Here\u2019s how that happened.<\/p>\n

I agreed to a telephone interview. The day before, I emailed the interviewee to check in and ask how I should prepare. They emailed me back on the day of the interview saying that they would call and introduce me and then I would take it from there. What? No one would ask me questions? It was up to me to fill an hour of air time on my own? This turned out to be a seminar rather than an interview. I had no idea until, as I said, minutes before the call. I quickly crammed, made notes, placed tabs throughout my book and that\u2019s as ready as I had time to become.<\/p>\n

As it turned out, all went well. I was sweating it, but I made it through. Had to pat myself on the back when it was over. It\u2019s not every author who could turn that bag of lemons into an enjoyable pitcher of sweet lemonade.
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Are you ever invited to participate in interviews related to the theme of your book? I have done dozens of interviews over the years and a number of them recently with regard to my latest book, Promote Your Book. In fact, my interviews are posted in blogs and at websites throughout the Internet. Tomorrow, I\u2019ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t