{"id":14077,"date":"2025-10-29T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=14077"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:30:51","slug":"even-introverts-can-support-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/even-introverts-can-support-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Introverts Can Support Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Charlotte-Wilkins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14078\" style=\"width:207px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Charlotte-Wilkins.jpg 396w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Charlotte-Wilkins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Charlotte-Wilkins-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Charlotte Wilkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had an interesting discussion in my <a href=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/jumpstart.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jumpstart<\/a> writing group the other day about being an introvert and how hard it is sometimes to be around people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As writers and readers, it\u2019s important to support authors. One possibly easy way is to attend author events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/charwilkins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlotte Wilkins<\/a> offers suggestions on how to be a successful participant at author events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI attended the two book readings to support these authors, yet I\u2019m the one who learned so much from them: relax and be yourself; having a sense of humor about yourself puts your audience at ease; read short snippets that makes the listener wonder what\u2019s to come (Woodson says you must have intention in every line to pull the reader forward); be generous with your responses; hope for the best, prepare for the worst; and stick a couple of questions in your pocket just in case. It seems literary citizenship is a win-win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brevity.wordpress.com\/2024\/12\/19\/whats-in-it-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Literary Citizenship: What&#8217;s in It for You<\/a>&#8221; by Charlotte Wilkins, Brevity Blog, December 19, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, I keep a note on my desk, \u201cI am an introvert who can act like an extrovert.\u201d From \u201cA Reformed Introvert,\u201d by Laurie Neveau, Chicken Soup for the Soul, July 19, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Wilkins We had an interesting discussion in my Jumpstart writing group the other day about being an introvert and how hard it is sometimes to be around people. Well! As writers and readers, it\u2019s important to support authors. One possibly easy way is to attend author events. 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