This is the first part of a two-part interview.
Each time I see a new story or seed about Turkey I think of Dennis McCann, who I've come to call "our man in Turkey" I asked him to do a quick email interview like I did with Walt D and he agreed. Apologies to Dennis for any dumb questions I asked. Here are the results
I am a big fan of the Putumayo Kids music label and have done about ten interviews promoting at least ten of their albums. The label's goal is to educate people – children and families alike – about music of other cultures.
I decided for 2007 to try to meet two challenges from two LiveJournal memes: To read 100 books and to watch 100 movies. Since I review books and movies and interview authors this gives me a chance to open my eyes to lots of different things.
This is the second part of a two-part interview with Bill Bryan, author of Keep It Real. In the first part we talked about his career. For this part I focused more on questions related to this book.
This is the first part of a two part interview
This is the first part of a two-part interview
This is the first part of a two-part interview. The first, this part, will focus on his background. The second part will focus more on the book.
Carolyn Parkhurst does not do things the easy way; breaking convention and surpassing expectations seem to be more of her forte. Ostensibly her first book, The Dogs of Babel, was about a husband grieving after his wife dies.
This is the second part of my three-part interview with Rob Bellew about his Current Life In the War In Iraq Part 1 is here.
This interview was sparked by Rob's piece here: Hello from Baghdad
This is the first part of a two part interview. As is often the case with my two-part interviews, the first part is focused more on the author while the second part, written after I finish the book, focuses more specifically on the book. Part two should come in about two weeks.
This is the second part of a two-part interview
One of the good results of all of my a> is that I not only have authors I like and respect seek me out for interviews but I also receive some good stuff unsolicited. It's also always exciting when authors agree to interviews.
You may not recognize the name Robert Fulghum but you have seen his work.
Background: I posted an article with suggestions on how to do interviews. Clue suggested I interview Walt. I then sent off questions, after reading what is going on in his backyard. I nominate Walt for an RAV for his coverage of this disaster.
Note: This plan is for doing interviews in person or on the phone. An email interview, which is how I do most of my interviews since leaving paid journalism, is a different creature.
I've wrangled an interview via email with Kinky Friedman, one of the most colorful people I've ever had an interview with, from songwriter to mystery writer to Texas governor candidate.
This continuation from part one wraps up an interview with Mike Carey, author of The Devil You Know.
Continued from Part One, this is the second part of my interview with novelist George Shuman.
This is the first part of a two-part interview with TV writer-turned-novelist Tom Straw.
Mae Robertson has gone from owning three children's stores to recording albums named as "Notable Recordings for Children" by The American Library Association.
This is the first part of a two-part interview.
This is the first part of a two-part interview