Whether it’s at writing events with other authors, or you’re pitching your work to agents and editors, or talking about it with readers at events, or even in daily encounters—if you’re writing and you plan to share your writing then at some point you’re going to have to talk to people about it. People you don’t know and who don’t know you. It can be fairly terrifying. If you happen to be a writer who is more prone to introversion than extroversion—which seems rather common in ...