The Media Interview

File this story from author Amy Hagberg under “things you can’t prepare for on a media tour”.

As I walked out the door of the hotel to my rental car, I was surprised to find an unexpected blanket of newly fallen snow. I wasn’t really prepared for that (no self-respecting Minnesotan uses gloves unless it is below zero) but there was a snowbrush in the Explorer so I was good to go.

I quickly stepped up into the truck (it’s a big step for a little girl like me), turned the key, cranked the defrost and looked around on the dashboard for the seat-heater button like I have in my car. I wasn’t very familiar with all of the buttons I found, so rather than stumbling around aimlessly, I hit the button for the dome light to illuminate my search.

To my horror, I found out the hard way that it wasn’t the button for the dome light I’d hit, it was the button for the sun roof. In what seemed like slow motion, I watched helplessly as the roof-top window opened and mounds of wet, sticky, newly-fallen snow dumped into the car. It was a surreal moment … it was almost like I was paralyzed as I realized what was happening. By the time I figured it out, it was too late to do anything other than shout, “NOOOOO!”…

Now I could have gone completely off the deep end … after all I was stressed, tired, hadn’t had my morning latte and was supposed to be at the studio in 45 minutes. Instead, I sat in the cold wetness and laughed out loud.

Not only did Amy manage to get changed and to the studio on time - she even grabbed that latte on the way. And she says the interview went very well.

BTW, Amy has a lot of postings about her adventures doing publicity for her books.