I love almost everything about my work except conferences. I am too shy in front of an audience. But I love signings and having eye contact with a reader who already knows my soul.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk.
I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.
Every time I sit in the audience and watch a show that I have been involved with, it is such an amazing feeling to see all those people around me, knowing they are actually watching and enjoying something I have written.
I love meeting new people and telling them about my stories and my projects that I am working on.
I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.
I love interviews, meeting fans, teaching workshops, giving speeches... all of it.
I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
I'm a fan of meeting readers face to face, at reader events, where we're able to sit down and take some time to talk. Too often, at regular book signings, I meet readers who have traveled six or eight hours to see me, and I'm unable to spend more than a few short minutes chatting with them as I sign books.