Dear WordCount is a weekly advice column answering your questions about writing, blogging and running a freelance business. Got a question? Ask me at wordcountfreelance@gmail.com. Dear WordCount: A publicist wants to know who else I’m interviewing for a business trend piece, saying, “I’m sure Joe Smith will want to know.” I’m tempted to tell her that I’m […]
Keeping sources on the subject in short phone interviews
You’re on deadline and only have 15 minutes with a source before you need to hang up and move onto another previously scheduled phone interview. But your source wants to talk and talk and talk. And not necessarily about the matter at hand. Sound familiar? If you’ve written for any length of time, you’ve run […]