I Almost Forgot

 

     Early this month, I sat for an interview with poet and novelist Alice McMurtry (Yes, she's related to that McMurtry). It was originally supposed to be conducted on March 5th but during the call, she ran into some technical problems. We wound up doing an hour-long interview then Alice immediately discovered that not a second of it had been recorded. 

     After profuse apologies on her part, we'd rescheduled the interview a few days later. Alice usually does live broadcasts but that wasn't possible as the microphone on my new (used) laptop doesn't work. So, a quick purchase of a wireless recorder from Amazon and we were back in business.

     The interview went up on the 9th and, in the midst of the madness that's going on in Washington, I forgot all about posting the link to it, so here it is. 

     She and I discussed Tatterdemalion, even though it'd originally launched nearly a decade ago and, partly to her efforts, it's been enjoying a bit of a comeback of late. She bought not only two paperback editions for herself and a coworker but also the audiobook version narrated by the incredible and versatile Tracie Frank.

     The pictures above show the box of swag that Alice had kindly made with her own two hands and sent to me (it arrived just yesterday). It contains scores of dagger bookmarks (my idea), buttons, refrigerator magnets, bottle openers, pens and even a small notebook. Alice does this for all the subjects of her interviews because she's a real sweetheart of a gal.

     So go check out the interview.