I am reblogging this from Felicity’s site as a warning. If you ever think about doing a blog interview, read this first.
Two years ago I interviewed a well known author who objected to the verbatim written form of their verbal statements. It put me in a difficult position since I did not agree with them about their representation of the veracity of the interview.
Looking back two years later at our emails I see we were arguing over what the author thought they had said, and what in fact I had written down, after I had carefully reviewed and transcribed our conversation.
As a result and as they requested I agreed not to publish the verbatim Q & A..
I was in a difficult position however since I had spent a lot of time preparing for the interview, and also on conducting it, thus I decided to use some of the material I had collected. I took it and wrote a comparative critique between the two of us drawing parallel…
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Thank you Pete! My first love ever was (and is) interviewing officials and politicans, to get this out her brain what they never ever thought to say. Lol Michael
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Thanks to Felicity for her advice and warning, Michael.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sorry! Correction: “out of their brains”. Lol Using speech detection with a foreign language is not always a good idea. 😉 Awaiting a combination of speech detection and grammar correction too. 😉
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I guess people don’t like what they reply sounds like. 🙂
Warmest regards, Theo
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Could be, Theo. Most of us don’t like to see ourselves in photos either. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I did a blog interview with an author a couple of years ago, and to say she was fussy about the format, etc. is putting it mildly.
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Thanks, Kim. As Felicity says in her comment, fortunately they are not all the same.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for posting this Pete. I should say I went to interview Andy Weir, Sean Stone and John Crowley who were all wonderfully gracious and so humble and kind!
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Thanks, Felicity. I am sure they are not all the same, but it’s good to be cautious.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Goodness! What a minefield
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It certainly put me off ‘interviewing’ anyone, Sue. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It was but others were helpful and gracious so I’m glad I didn’t give up.
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Very good!
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