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  1. Christa Gettys
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    Introvert here as well. I’m just starting this path to writer-hood, -ship-, uh. see LOL I can write a storm but if I don’t know you, I won’t speak unless spoken to. If you do ask me something, at first it will be small answers. If you keep talking to me and I start to feel comfortable and we hit a topic I love…forget it, you will never shut me up, I am so used to my wife and 17 yr old son interrupting me cause romance is boring, that not only will I never shut up, I will talk super fast to try and get everything out and I may go up in volume until you cringe cause I am nearly shouting I am so excited to talk to a real live human adult being that loves something I love and we want to talk about it. (pant pant-see LOL)
    *dragging the word out* Unless… you are a guy. Bad past experiences make me super jumpy and very nervous around men. I find it hard to trust them and it will be like opening a can of WWII army beans with your fingers to get me to open up. I HATE THAT! Guys are really awesome and funny, but I have a hair trigger waiting for something to happen. Not so much physically (although there is that) but that somehow they will try to make me feel stupid , or dominate the conversation, or turn my words around and confuse me. I usually never give them a chance. I’m working on it. Is it just me? Do other authors “buck up” and plaster a smile on their faces and plow through? How do you manage?
    At the moment I am a humble fanfic writer, working on two books I pray to finish by the end of November to give to an editor and then we’ll see. I don’t have the money to really “go pro”, but I am curious how far these two stories can go. Best of luck to you! I already feel stupid enough I may as well ask…how do you pronounce your name? I would say it like Kaiya because it is very close to a Norwegian princess’ name, Kaja. Ok running for my hidey hole now.

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  2. 16forward
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    Have a great time, Kaje!! Just think of all the plots you can come up with, the locations you’ll see and the interesting characters you’ll meet… Maybe you’ll have some new fodder for another book…or two!

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