Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.
I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.
I'm a writer; it's not just what I do, but who I am.
One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.
I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.
I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.
When I was first offered the book deal, I was like, 'I am not a writer. I haven't practiced this.' My approach has been completely stream-of-consciousness, and then edit down, because that's been YouTube for me forever.
In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The written work was supposed to speak for itself, and to sell itself, sometimes even without the author's photograph on the back flap.