Introvert vs. Extrovert by Guest Author Jacqueline Kolosov

We're delighted to welcome Guest Author Jacqueline Kolosov to the ball today. She wrote the young adult novels A SWEET DISORDER (2009) and THE RED QUEEN'S DAUGHTER (2007), both from Hyperion. A native of Chicago, Jacqueline now teaches in the creative writing program at Texas Tech University. She blogs at poppiesbloom.blogspot.com.

I would have to call myself an introvert with extrovert tendencies. I'll explain. The etymology of the word 'introvert ' is helpful here. It comes from the Latin: in