My regular readers know how much I love Wordsy. It’s the Digg of the literary world. Their tag line reads “We love Books,” but you might not know that they love blogs, too. Many of the Wordsy contributors are bloggers as well, so when Wordsy began podcasting, Hans decided to reach out to the Wordsy bloggers and get the stories behind the screen names.
I was thrilled when Hans contacted me about an interview. I enjoy his witty banter with Richard during the regular weekly podcast (they discuss the latest literary news posted in the Wordsy community), so I was excited to have the opportunity to work with Hans myself.
First interviews are always nerve racking, but Hans makes the process painless. Despite early technical difficulties (and a little time zone confusion), our final interview went off without a hitch. Well almost. Due to rescheduling, my three year old was at home instead of the park with her Daddy as planned, so I’m afraid I had to step away from the mic for minute.
Unfortunately, I was distracted during my response to the question “So what are you reading now?” You will hear me mention a speculative fiction book by Nina Munteanu (which should be pronounce Mun-te-ānew, by the way, sorry Nina). It was at this point that my daughter yells “Mooooomy”. Dooh.
Anyway, Hans (being forewarned about the possible interruption) kept the podcast rolling along. So smoothly in fact, I completely forgot about mentioning the TITLE of the book I was reading: Darwin’s Paradox.
Darwin’s Paradox is a fast paced eco-thriller. I was intrigued by the strong female characters and the cooperative philosophies underscoring the action-adventure, so Nina was kind enough to let me have an advanced peek of the book (Due to be released November 15th). You’ll learn more about the book and author in an upcoming review and interview, where I will get to ask the questions.
Aside from this little ‘book plug that never was,’ my first podcast interview went well. I’m glad I had the opportunity to get my feet wet over at Wordsy, where Hans really cares about his community. If you stop by Wordsy to hear my interview, or any of the other thought provoking podcasts, leave a review at the itunes store (where you can also download their entire podcast library for free). They’d love to hear what you think.
November 3, 2007 at 3:03 am
I thought it was a great interview! I may have a biased opinion since I’m the Better Half of Mr. Hans Wordsy, but really, it was very cool
I’ve started checking out your blog as well.
November 6, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I agree with Kerry. Great interview … and that interuption was so cute! Thanks for the plug, Tricia! Looking forward to the interview too and your insightful comments on “Darwin’s Paradox”.
November 12, 2007 at 12:22 am
As a male reader I was quite delighted to find I enjoyed this blog. I had questions upon reading the title of the blog was Modern Matriarch, but I’m open minded. Anyway fine interview. It gets easier the more you do it.
Darwin’s Paradox you mentioned is a fine eco-thriller. I’m quite a fan of this sub genre. Your readers and you might also be interested in Paul Mark Tag who recenlty published his sequal to Category 5, called Prophecy, another fast paced eco thriller.