My First Radio Interview as an Author (Before)

Tonight, I will be a guest on The Morgan Show on WBZ News Radio to talk about my book, “ISSUES: The Opposite of Everything I Was Taught“.  This will be my first radio interview of this kind.

I’m very lucky, because I’ve known Morgan for 30 years; I honestly don’t know how I would have landed an opportunity like this on my own as an independent author learning the business of book promotion at the same time I’m promoting my book.

Still, the fact that he’s a friend of mine doesn’t mean that I’m taking this lightly. His show reaches 38 states –

38 states!  –

and I’m not going to be on as just a caller. I want to put my best Professional Author foot forward.

This was only just scheduled last night (we waited until I had a date for a bookstore book signing event – and I just got it yesterday), so you can imagine how ill-prepared I feel.

I’ve already done work on putting together a media press kit (yes, I wrote the book and published it before I did any pre-promotion work) – I’m even preparing to take pictures tonight to add to it – but I’m going to be facing Morgan wearing a different hat. He knows flighty, snarky, opinionated, too-talkative, and sometimes insane Susie quite well; but it’s Sue the Author that needs to be there tonight. Sue, who is able to convey what her book is about and why it’s relevant. Without using some of the words in her book, and without going off on many tangents (or at least limiting the number of different directions).

I wish I didn’t have to work today so that I could allow myself more time to prepare (by prepare, I mean google again every aspect about author self-promotion, get quite overwhelmed, then take a nap) – or at least do my hair. You know how important that is for radio.

Morgan’s talk show is late night; I’ll be on from midnight to 1:00 am EST.  I’ll actually be doing another one the eve before my book signing; hopefully, I’ll do better then – but I’m hoping to be ‘not bad’ tonight. If any of you happen to listen in and have any suggestions, I’ll take them here.  If’I’m totally sinking and you feel bad for me, you can even call in to the live show and try to rein me in!

Tune in tomorrow for the “After” update!

(Wish me luck!)

 

WBZ Radio Boston: https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/

Book Signing Event:
Readmore Bookstore, 330 Winthrop Street, Taunton, MA 02780
March 21, 2020  2:00 – 4:00 pm