During my interview with Fred Toye, which you can get HERE on iTunes, HERE on Stitcher, orDownload HERE , I learned something important about people and podcasting. Continue reading
LESSONS LEARNED about PODCASTING
Lessons: Decide, Hustle, Have Faith
When I started this podcast, I decided that there were a few people I really should interview. So what if I didn’t know them or have any idea how to reach them… All of those details are temporary circumstances – none of it erases intention. True, some people are really hard to contact. Does that stop me from trying? No. Continue reading
Lessons: Slow Readers Interviewing Authors
I just had my sixth interview with a really funny author. More about him later. Lesson learned about interviewing authors — it takes me a lot of TIME to read their books before the interview. So, unless I get an intern to read a bunch of books for me and tell me what they are about, I can’t interview too many authors in too short a span of time. Unless they write really short books or picture books. Then I could probably handle it.
Lessons: Park in Shade+Slow the F Down
I learned a few things the hard way. First, if you are going to record podcasts in your car, and you need to keep the windows rolled up to cut out the background noise of traffic, and you live in a hot climate… PARK IN THE SHADE! Continue reading