Keeping Records and Published Interviews

Of Keeping Records and Published Interviews

One day last month, I decided to take the entire day off - totally took it off, not even glancing at the computer or the cleaning equipment, barely glanced at the cell phone, didn't even visit the gardens. I fed the dogs and ran the dishwasher, that's it. We had leftovers for supper. Believe it or not - I'm proud of that because I find days off are one of the hardest things to do!! The next day, I came back to the office to find a long list of communications and in those - I discovered an interview was published.

Luckily I keep really good records and so upon doing a quick search in this year's marketing worksheet, I found all the details regarding Interviews With Writers; as it turns out we first began communications back in February and the interview was created back in March. I thought it would be interesting to highlight the timeline here for other authors, helping them realize that each publication has a unique schedule and available dates may pop up here and there, but they may also be working a year, or more, in advance. Freelance writers know that any approved submission might be published 18 months later (and they don't get paid until the piece is published). This is not uncommon and it is a reality that new authors, new writers, are often unaware of. 

My advice is to just be patient with the process, expect delays, rescheduling and even mistakes such as they forgot, were distracted by an upheaval in their lives, or mislaid your work. It happens. Have compassion for the publication's heavy schedule and tired staff, don't pester them asking if it is published yet - just go there and take a look. Take the reins and be diligent and helpful. And as this story I've shared shows - if you keep records, and colour code them, you will find that when periodically glancing back over your file it is easy to see who needs following up on, whether the interaction was completed and whether it was published and if that contact can be an ongoing one in the future. 

So back to the interview, which was the original reason for this post... 

It was so kind of the website owner to connect and let me know that their interview with us was published on June 16th. 🙂 Here it is, I hope you enjoy it and if you do... please share it 🙂  :

https://interviewswithwriters.com/interview-with-author-lillian-and-dave-brummet/

And thank you for taking the time to check out the interview :) 

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