There may be something to be said for "Just do it" as a motto after all.
I blogged earlier about hating to do interviews, or not hating actual interviews, just hating the lead-up, and particularly hating cold calls. I noticed when I was doing several interviews, with lots of cold calls and a few hot calls (aren't I extremely witty?), for my story on Gale Harold, though, that my anxiety level had lessened considerably.
And today when my editor asked me to do a last minute interview, I felt nothing, not even the least little fluttering in my stomach.
Is it possible I have, at last, grown up? And why is talking to television PR hacks less nerve-wracking than talking to veterinarians, dog trainers, or pet book authors?
And for those of you who are breathlessly waiting for the tiniest morsel of news about my private life, OMG, I'm moving on the 27th! Unless something completely unforseen happens, me and the dogs will be in our new San Francisco home, literally one house away from Sigmund Stern Grove, in 15 days. I'm anxious, happy, filled with worry, excited, and other contradictory and adrenalinized adjectives.
This self-indulgent blog post was brought to you by Gina Spadafori, who sniffed disapprovingly at me for not blogging daily and suggested that linking to articles I've written elsewhere is not REALLY blogging.
This self-indulgent blog post was brought to you by Gina Spadafori, who sniffed disapprovingly at me for not blogging daily and suggested that linking to articles I've written elsewhere is not REALLY blogging.>>>
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Hurray for Gina for making you blog! I read yours and Gina's blog everyday. Keep up the awesome posts and I can't wait to hear about your move to SF!
Posted by: Judi | 12 September 2006 at 04:02 PM
It might be indeed that you have grown up, but I have a sneaking suspicion that you actually respect veterinarians, dog trainers, or pet book authors and don't think so highly of the television PR hacks...which makes talking to them uneventful.
Posted by: Ana | 12 September 2006 at 04:34 PM
LOL, well, that's probably very likely ... I did enjoy and get quite nervous about interviewing Ellen Ratner and Cholene Espinoza... but they're not PR hacks. ;)
We'll see what happens if they ever let me interview Lucy Lawless or something who makes me hyperventilate.
Posted by: Christie | 12 September 2006 at 04:43 PM
Hurray for Gina for making you blog! I read yours and Gina's blog everyday. Keep up the awesome posts and I can't wait to hear about your move to SF!
Gina is a very bad influence on me.
Posted by: Christie | 12 September 2006 at 04:44 PM
We'll see what happens if they ever let me interview Lucy Lawless
Oh ... I *so* want this to happen. Or ... better yet ... that road trip to LA for a certain charity event paired with an interview with a certain person who often attends it? 'Cos you know ... then I'd be there too ;)
Posted by: KT | 12 September 2006 at 11:05 PM
Oh ... I *so* want this to happen. Or ... better yet ... that road trip to LA for a certain charity event paired with an interview with a certain person who often attends it? 'Cos you know ... then I'd be there too ;)
Then you could have lunch with a certain Los Angeles based actor who first and last name starts with *cough, cough* T. ;)
Travis
Posted by: Travis | 13 September 2006 at 12:11 PM
Geez, I don't visit your blog for a day and I come over here to find out I'm a bad influence on you. Not even true!
Have fun with today's interview. :)
Posted by: Gina | 13 September 2006 at 01:18 PM
Then you could have lunch with a certain Los Angeles based actor who first and last name starts with *cough, cough* T. ;)
You know ... that is a good idea! We'll have to do that. We'll see if I can convince Christie that it should be a true road trip done with a car (or SUV) so that we can have even more fun ;)
Posted by: KT | 13 September 2006 at 04:45 PM