Last week, I had an interview with one of the hosts on the radio station I listen to. He hosts the 9-12 segment. This was my first over the phone interview that was related to my new career; been an author - my writing. It all started at the beginning of the month, when I made a comment on their Facebook page. He sent me a message via Facebook wanting me to expand on what I written and he was very interested. He then asked if I wanted to be interviewed on the subject and I said sure. We arranged for a time for him to call me to get more acquainted. He was very interested in the fact that I spent time on the train writing my novel. He wanted that to be the focus of the interview and arranged the second phone call.
Thursday afternoon, he called up and after the formalities, we began the interview, been my first time ‘interviewed’ I didn’t want to steer the conversation away from the main theme. So I answered honestly and was vague about my career. Overall it was a great interview. After the five-ten minutes, he thanked me and promised it will be on air the following week.
Tuesday 22nd November: I wake up and after awhile, get a message “Thanks again for having a chat with me. I can put your interview to air today around 9:45. Listen out! I can also send you a copy of the interview” I was originally told it was going to be Wednesday but any day is okay.
Now this radio station has thousands of listeners, not just in NSW but in other states and overseas. Long time ago, (about 7 months or so - back in April), a host of the very same radio station was leaving and read my farewell message on air as her very last message. And how she started it was by saying “Remember this name, he’ll be a famous author one day” I didn’t know how I could live up to her words, but I am going to try. This was a small step. I don’t know how many people will remember that back in April, but at 9:45, my interview was broadcasted across the Sydney and when the interview was over, he mentioned my series and told people to look it up.