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  • Being Interviewed by Rachell X Russell

    Rachel X Russell interviewed me ages ago—in fact, it’s one of my favorite interviews ever—but for some reason I can’t find the blog post where I told you all about it. It’s probably somewhere on my site, called something like “How Not to Be a Pirate, or Why Ninjas Make No Sense,” which would be why I can’t find it. But, anyway, I’ve been sort of tidying up my blog (I know, I know) and creating a page for all the interviews I’ve done over the years on others’ sites, and of course I need a blog post pointing to Rachel’s interview.

    But, as it turns out, Rachel herself has had trouble with her blog in the meantime. So she and I have agreed to re-post it on her new blog under the title Hit Me Again, Dorothy L. Sayers.

    Just kidding. We didn’t name it that. But she did re-post it at Interview: A. Victoria Mixon.

    Seriously, you guys—Rachel asked me some of the hardest questions I’ve ever been asked. Such as: whom would I hit with one wall of my office if I could? And how do you hit someone with a wall, anyway?

    Except she sneakily made that question about purses.

    Please join us and find out how my father could have been in Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp (true story!).

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5 Responses to “Being Interviewed by Rachell X Russell”

  1. Sabine said on June 29th, 2012 at 3:36 am

    Thanks for that great interview. Your obvious love of literature is refreshing in an environment where there is too much talk about sales and marketing.
    Speaking of vintage mysteries, I know you have written posts about Hammett and Chandler before, but do you think you might write a post about obscure writers from the 20s to 50s that are worth rediscovering?
    Despite having a TBR pile that’s trying to reach the sky (and well on its way to succeed) I’m always on the lookout for ‘new’ authors and I’m sure your readers would be interested too!

  2. Victoria said on July 9th, 2012 at 5:17 pm

    Sabine, I have a whole wall full of writers from the 20s to 50s who are worth rediscovering! I find them in mystery aisles of second-hand bookstores up and down the entire US West Coast. Powell’s Books in Portland breaks out the champagne when they see me coming.

    Thanks for the request—I will try to get to this next week.

  3. » 19 Vintage Authors Well Worth Your Time | A. Victoria Mixon, Editor said on July 16th, 2012 at 10:27 am

    [...] couple of weeks ago Sabine asked a fabulous question in the comments on Being Interviewed by Rachel X Russell: Thanks for that great interview. Your obvious love of literature is refreshing in an environment [...]

  4. » Debuting on video—A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, interviewed by Joanna Penn | A. Victoria Mixon, Editor said on September 7th, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    [...] and craft. For years. Recently, I’ve been interviewed online in a number of places, including Rachell Russell, The Meta Game, Editing Hacks, Constant Revision, and Book Trends [...]

  5. » 4 Reasons to Love Rafael Sabitini & Freddie Mercury | A. Victoria Mixon, Editor said on September 24th, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    [...] I did that was all lurid, over-the-top covers of vintage mysteries. And that post was caused by Sabine in the comments on an even earlier post when I was interviewed by the extraordinarily strange and wonderful Rachel [...]

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