a clarification or two

Just that when I'm asked about my introversion, and I say something to the effect of how it can take me two days to recover from an afternoon of being social, that does not translate into "I don't like people." Or, worse, "I don't like you."

If I like the people in question (and I'm not inclined to hang around with people I don't like), I usually consider the recovery time well worth it.

Oh, and I do really wish I didn't go into panic mode when someone makes a spontaneous suggestion involving me and something they think I'm good at and I know I'm not. But I do.

I was really, really flattered this afternoon when it was suggested at the Heritage League board meeting that I have all this knowledge about self-publishing (I'd taken my proof copies to show them off) and that it would make a really great workshop.

After I got to a point where I could even begin to think of anything other than, "Eep! I can't get up in front of people!" Which wasn't until about an hour after I got home.

I would really like to share what I know about POD and ebook creation with our membership, but only if I don't have to spend a week of my life working myself up to getting up in front of people, make a mess of it anyway (the latter is guaranteed), and then spend three or four days calming back down afterwards.

Note, I'm not looking for "how to get comfortable doing public speaking" help -- if I haven't seen your technique in the forty years I've been fighting this, it probably doesn't exist, and no, none of it helped at all.

I'm just kvetching. And clarifying things to the wrong audience (it not being appropriate to do so to the right audience).

Thank you if you got this far.