My friend Elena Dillon and I do a lot of career planning together. We talk about what's working for us in terms of writing faster and better, what marketing techniques seem to work for us and what doesn't seem to help, and we discuss new things we've learned – much of which came via podcasts.
In fact, we've talked a few times about doing our own podcast. I really wanted to, but it's a lot of work to make it really professional. Then Elena had an idea to do a weekly Blab – kind of like a podcast, but live so there's no editing. I said “YES!” pretty darn quick! LOL! (You may remember me saying this in the past – John thinks I love being the center of attention. I refuse to confirm or deny on the grounds that it might incriminate me.)
So starting this Wednesday, February 3, we will host a weekly Blab from 7pm to 8pm Pacific interviewing authors. The weekly show is called Elena and Kitty Blabbing About Books and it will have a kind of “Inside the Actor's Studio” feel. We'll have funny questions like “What is your favorite word?” and “What sound or noise do you hate?” and “What profession would you never want to be in?” as well as questions about the author's books and characters. The people watching can ask more questions in the chat box during a live Q&A at the end!
To make sure we were ready for our first guest (the very fun Tracy Reed), we did a test run yesterday. We hit the record button when we were ready so we could be sure we knew how to do every single bit of the process, but we said beforehand we probably wouldn't use it because it would probably be “junk.”
BUT…it was hilarious! I was the show announcer and Elena was the interviewer, but she needed someone to ask the questions of, so she interviewed me. Oh my gosh, we laughed so much! I decided – embarrassing or not – it was too much fun not to share, so I've posted it here for you. I hope you laugh out loud at our silliness. 😀
If you'd like to watch our weekly show, go to my Blab profile, then look for and click on the Follow button. You might have to create your own account first to follow. But if you don't want to do that, you should be able to go to my profile page every Wednesday at 7pm Pacific and find the live Blab that is happening right then.
Elena and I are super excited – we have over a dozen authors lined up already! We hope to see you on Wednesday!
