Category Archives: Introversion

Book Promotion Experience

Well, it has been quite a week in my writing world so far. Not only did I launch the novel, but I had my short story “The Cave” chosen as one of five finalists in the monthly Writer’s Digest flash fiction contest. (It would mean a lot to me if you would go read it …

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Introverts Are Not Specimens

I’m the organizer of a local introverts meet up group. Just less than two years ago, I went looking for a local group that catered to introverts and found none, so I started one myself and called it “Social Introverts.”  It has by and large been a success. We meet this Saturday, in fact. I’ve …

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Autumn: The Introverted Season

Autumn is here. I prefer autumn to “fall,” though I’m not sure why. Perhaps because as a word autumn seems more spiritual. More artistic. Even more introverted. Naturally a word cannot be introverted. That doesn’t however, stop me or any one of you from feeling certain human qualities emanate from certain words. Words evoke different things …

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The Introverted Writer’s Dilemma

You readers of this blog should know by now that I’m an introvert, and happily so. I don’t consider myself, or any given introvert superior to extroverted types, as there are pluses and minuses to both temperaments. That extends to my writing as well. The vast majority of time, I consider my introversion a plus …

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Introverted Fiction?

This might be getting too metaphysical, but I’ve wondered lately if my introversion actually has some connection to the type of fiction I most enjoy both reading and writing. I’ll start off by saying that any fiction that’s well written with good characters can touch me. Any tense, just about any genre, structure, length. I have my preferences, naturally. …

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