By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Although I don’t do a ton of interviews,
I probably do a live or recorded interview every few months. I especially like the recorded ones because I
figure if I say something dumb, they can edit it all out and make me look as if
I know what I’m talking about. :)
I’ve learned from my mistakes in the past
with these things, too. I think of my
house as being a very quiet place, but apparently, judging from my interview
experiences, there is actually plenty of noise pollution there. The pets, for one. My corgi will bark at the cats, at the
doorbell, and sometimes when she wants to go outside. The cats are male litter-mates and fight tooth
and nail with each other. Various
appliances make buzzer-like alarms when they’re done running. My UPS guy feels the need to hit the doorbell
when he drops off a package (I do appreciate this, but it makes the
aforementioned barking happen).