Authors as a bunch tend to be intraverted camera shy individuals who would rather write than speak in public, but I'm the exception to the rule having grown up with a family of performers on my dad's side of the family. So it was a total thrill to get to make a guest appearance on TV 24's East Alabama Today with host Carl Brady to talk about my writing and books.
I'm quite comfortable in front of a TV or movie camera or on stage, having performed in my first dance recital when I was four-years old and going on to perform with the Auburn Entertainers Dance Team in college, CAST Theatre in Anniston, and from teaching group fitness classes for the past 28 years. I even had occasion to sing one of my own songs--"A Night at the Drive-in" at a Barnes and Noble in Manchester, New Hampshire during a Writers' Slam a few years ago. And yes, I had back-up singers.
So if you have 25 minutes or so, pull up a chair and maybe some popcorn and a cold drink and enjoy some insider info on what makes me and my books tick.
Correction: during the interview I mention that my paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister. That's a little verbal boo-boo I made "in the moment." It was actually my great-granddad. I knew y'all would want to know that. ;-)
Update: the show is now available on TV24's website via the On Demand tab.
Here's the link: http://www.tv24.tv/#!east-alabama-today/cvws
I'm quite comfortable in front of a TV or movie camera or on stage, having performed in my first dance recital when I was four-years old and going on to perform with the Auburn Entertainers Dance Team in college, CAST Theatre in Anniston, and from teaching group fitness classes for the past 28 years. I even had occasion to sing one of my own songs--"A Night at the Drive-in" at a Barnes and Noble in Manchester, New Hampshire during a Writers' Slam a few years ago. And yes, I had back-up singers.
So if you have 25 minutes or so, pull up a chair and maybe some popcorn and a cold drink and enjoy some insider info on what makes me and my books tick.
Correction: during the interview I mention that my paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister. That's a little verbal boo-boo I made "in the moment." It was actually my great-granddad. I knew y'all would want to know that. ;-)
Update: the show is now available on TV24's website via the On Demand tab.
Here's the link: http://www.tv24.tv/#!east-alabama-today/cvws
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