{"id":67,"date":"2013-08-21T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2013-08-21T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:25:52","slug":"the-newbies-guide-to-being-interviewed-for-a-blog-posting-step-1-dont-panic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/archives\/67","title":{"rendered":"The Newbie\u2019s Guide to Being Interviewed for a Blog Posting (Step 1: Don\u2019t Panic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Christoph Fischer asked if I wanted to do a blog interview and have it posted on his site, I said yes&#8230;very, very hesitantly. Could I sound intelligent and mature enough for his audience? (um, no) Could I come up with dramatic and compelling personal stories to inspire his readers? (not a chance) Would anyone actually <em>care<\/em> about my daily writing routine? (very unlikely, since I sit in my pyjamas, push cats off my desk and poke at a keyboard) <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Before Christoph even asked his first question, I was convinced that my answers were going to be so lame they\u2019d put him into a coma. But Christoph is good. Very good. He can make even a putz like me feel like they\u2019ve said something useful. If you\u2019d like to see the results of this very kind man\u2019s interview\u2014and I\u2019d be delighted if you did\u2014please <a title=\"Christoph Fischer's Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.christophfischerbooks.com\/theres-nothing-wrong-with-claudia-by-brenda-kearns\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>. Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Christoph Fischer asked if I wanted to do a blog interview and have it posted on his site, I said yes&#8230;very, very hesitantly. Could I sound intelligent and mature enough for his audience? (um, no) Could I come up with dramatic and compelling personal stories to inspire his readers? (not a chance) Would anyone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-bits","category-writing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brendakearns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}