tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post8757477808979320681..comments2023-10-03T20:58:22.216-05:00Comments on Peni Griffin - Idea Garage Sale: Okay, Conference ReportPeni R. Griffinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-78561109284293011232010-02-11T09:06:04.033-06:002010-02-11T09:06:04.033-06:00Among writers, when it comes to insecurities, it i...Among writers, when it comes to insecurities, it is never just you! Most of your vivacious friends are fronting. You can learn that, too.<br /><br />But there's such a thing as rational self-assessment. I've known myself for 48 years now and I have two modes: silence, and can't shut up. When I'm overstimulated, underrested, or improperly fed (and at conferences I'm all three) the odds of my doing or saying something completely off-the-wall, and to be unable to stop saying them, are astronomical. And I never learned how to introduce myself to total strangers. No clue how to do it. Writing a query letter tends to paralyze me with irrational terror, but at least there's rules I can follow, and I can edit, and sleep on, what I say as often as I need to. In person - well, it's not chickening out, it's self-preservation.<br /><br />Besides, I don't care what anybody says, I'm not selling myself. I'm selling the books.Peni R. Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01781761011389542245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052050523351394.post-6369496295811462142010-02-09T08:27:45.895-06:002010-02-09T08:27:45.895-06:00I'm glad to know I'm not the only fearful ...I'm glad to know I'm not the only fearful one who would rather let my manuscripts talk for me than me do the first meeting. I worry that I am forgettable while my other writer friends are full of vivacious personality. So, I'm glad it's not just me. :)Kathryn Layhttp://www.kathrynlay.comnoreply@blogger.com