The Media Interview

Anyone who’s been on a long media tour or simply didn’t get enough sleep before an interview will really feel for Israeli President, Shimon Peres, as he literally nods off on live TV.

Author Carolyn Hughley is doing her first TV interview in the morning and she’s having a bit of trouble sleeping… I crawled back out of bed and headed to the bathroom to take two sleep aids, thinking they might help. I no sooner swallowed that last pill when I suddenly began worrying that I’d sleep [...]

John Stamos, late of Full House, now of ER, seems to be following in the footsteps of Paula Abdul, or rather, the missteps. On a media tour in Australia earlier this week, he apparently slurred and strangely gesticulated his way through one TV interview, as related by host Olivia Bishop on the blog of WHO [...]

For those of you who’ve been sleep-deprived on a media tour, consider the story of Tony Wright, a researcher who recently stayed awake for more than 11 days and nights. (thanks to Nosy Snoop for this) [Fellow researcher Graham Gynn describes the situation] our main concern was not the record but to show that Tony [...]

When I travel for a media interview, I’m always paranoid that I’m not going to wake up in time and miss the show. So, I go a little overboard on alarms: I request a wake-up call, I set the alarm clock by the bedside and set the alarm clock on my cell phone. After not [...]

File this story from author Amy Hagberg under “things you can’t prepare for on a media tour”. As I walked out the door of the hotel to my rental car, I was surprised to find an unexpected blanket of newly fallen snow. I wasn’t really prepared for that (no self-respecting Minnesotan uses gloves unless it [...]

Here’s the most detailed explanation I’ve found by Paula Abdul herself (posted on MeeVee), for her odd behaviour in those recent TV satellite interviews. Accepting her explanation here still doesn’t answer why she or her handlers didn’t stop the interview and say ‘there’s a problem or I’m so tired I can’t do this, etc.’ Whatever [...]

Been a lot of talk about a TV interview with American Idol judge Paula Abdul on January 11. People are saying she was drunk; her spokesperson says she was tired after three straight days of media interviews (see his comments below the video). Whatever the cause of her wild swaying and slurred words, she shouldn’t [...]

Excellent analysis of the costs and benefits of doing a book tour, from author Ron Franscell, who’s posting his thoughts on each day of his current tour. His conclusion? book tours don’t make good, short-term economic sense. Their value is for the longer run, and provide the best opportunity for authors to commune directly with [...]

Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd has some wonderful stories on her website about her adventures doing book tours. This excerpt is a good example of why it’s important to have your key message firmly entrenched in your mind – life has a way of trying to distract you: My first order of business in Philadelphia [...]