Comments on: On writing biography: Interview with Carole Angier (Part 2)

By: fenderbirds

fenderbirds — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:42:06 +0000

nice article, keep the posts coming

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:50:39 +0000

Hi guys – really glad you both enjoyed reading the interview with Carole. I was fascinated too! She’s a lovely lady, with huge amounts of knowledge/experience and she was very generous with her time and advice.

Nick, I loved your idea of an extended interview written up as an article. I had a look at the Paris Review interviews and found them inspiring… you’ve got me thinking now.

Fiona x

By: Nick Le Mesurier

Nick Le Mesurier — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:39:12 +0000

This is a really engaging and useful insight to the biographer’s job, Fiona, and you present the interview well. You should think about publishing this in another form, an article or something like that. I wonder if the Paris Review would be interested? http://www.parisreview.com/ Click on interviews.

I’m serious. You would need to expand the interview to discuss the two biographies as well as the techniques of writing them. It would be good practice for you as a biographer and publicity for yourself as well.

As if you haven’t enough to do!

N x

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:29:40 +0000

What a fantastic insight! I really enjoyed the highlights: it must have been a wonderful moment when you came across ‘Lancelot Hugh Smith’ and were able to join the dots.
Just occcured to me that an ‘extras’ section of a biography similar to that found on DVDs would be a fascinating addition. The kind of stories you tell here would make a wonderful introduction to a book: certainly this kind of material would serve as great publicity for inclusion on an author’s blog.
Thanks for the post!