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Being Interviewed

September 26, 2025 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credits: Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay images. The Writers’ Narrative image was supplied by Wendy H Jones with text added by me, Allison Symes, via Book Brush.

As many of you will know, as well as writing for the fabulous Chandler’s Ford Today, I also write for a monthly online magazine called Writers’ Narrative. I am also their copy editor. The magazine has a monthly theme and the October edition will be about Short Form Fiction.

I’m delighted to say I will be their Featured Author for October and have been interviewed in depth by the Editor in Chief, Wendy H Jones. I also wrote a separate article breaking down one of my published flash tales and looking at how I wrote it, as well as sharing some of the influences which led to its creation. Am very much looking forward to sharing this via my website and social media later.

It was interesting being on the other side of the interview. The questions were thoughtful and challenging and a joy to answer. So I thought for this post, I would look at what makes for a good interview, what authors can do to prepare themselves for interviews they face, and how to make the best of them once they are “out there”.

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Building On What Has Gone Before

May 9, 2025 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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In all walks of life, we build on what has gone before. Well, there is no point in reinventing the wheel, so to speak. One person’s discovery often does lead to someone else taking that discovery and doing something special with it.

Isaac Newton confirms this thought with his quote, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

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Making the Most of an Author Interview

February 21, 2025 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

Image Credit: Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos. Some images directly from Pixabay.

Author interviews are a joy to conduct and to take part in on the other side of the questioning too. They take many forms, of course, but all can help the writer with their marketing. It pays any writer to be prepared for interviews, even if you’re not yet published.

You can study interviews already out there, including the ones I share here on Chandler’s Ford Today and figure out how you would answer the questions if they were put to you. This is invaluable practice for working out how to talk about the writing you do.

And you will need to talk about it at some point, else how will anyone know about it?

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Good Interviews

September 9, 2022 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos, one taken from Pixabay directly. Screenshot taken by me, Allison Symes.

A useful skill for any writer is to develop interview techniques.

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